DuracellEnergizer said:

darklordoftech said:

From the upcoming novel "Lords of the Sith":

"Vader completed his mediation and opened his eyes. His pale, flame-savaged face stared back at him from out of the reflective black surface of his pressurized meditation chamber. Without the neural connection to his armor, he was conscious of the stumps of his legs, the ruin of his arm, the perpetual pain in his flesh. He welcomed it. Once, as a Jedi, he had meditated to find peace. Now he meditated to sharpen the edges of his anger. He stared at his reflection a long time. His injuries had deformed his body, left it in ruin, but they'd perfected his spirit, strengthening his connection to the Force. Suffering had birthed insight. [...] When man and machine were united, he no longer felt the absence of his legs, his arm, or the pain of his flesh, but the hate remained, and the rage still burned. Those, he never relinquished, and he never felt more connected to the Force than when his rage burned. [...] The armor separated him from the galaxy, from everyone, made him singular, freed him from the needs of the flesh, the concerns of the body that once had plagued him, and allowed him to focus solely on his relationship to the Force. [...] He looked out and up through the large viewport that opened out onto the galaxy and its numberless worlds and stars. It was his duty to rule them all. He saw that now."

What do you think?

So now Vader is some semi-masochistic rageaholic? Sorry, but

this characterization just doesn't appeal to me.

In my mind, Vader considers himself a prisoner of pain, rage, loneliness, and his life-supporting suit of armour; he would shed them if he could, but he cannot. He certainly does not embrace any of these.

Vader as a darksider would utilize his rage to sustain him and make him more powerful. That's kind of common for a darksider in the EU and has been for a long time, he did the same thing to sustain himself when he was trapped underneath a building for days and he did it int he RODV novel to make him more powerful in duels