Techincally it was a threat to them all but you’re still rationalizing it with your own theories though.
I’m rationalizing using my ears, in both the original and Italian versions: it doesn’t sound like a threat to me. I could say the same for you, since nothing can confirm your theory.
About Kylo and Vader taking shit, no need to repeat ourselves, we’ve already covered this enough.
Which made the viewers fear for his life when Maul later reappeared and Qui-gon was forced to fight one-on-one again against him. This is good.
It made Maul imposing sure but we all knew Obi-Wan would probably win the duel but I digress.
We all knew Rey would’ve defeated Kylo, Marty would’ve came back from the future, Indy would’ve find the Arc, Batman would’ve stopped Joker…
Whether he did it or not, Luke’s “mighty” master had died by Vader’s hand, and Luke would’ve not been able to complete his training to defeat Vader anymore. It worked.
Still doesn’t make Vader imposing. He killed an old man who literally gave his life a way. So scary.
If you say so, ok. He literally faces Vader again during the final attack and doesn’t know how to handle him because of this.