If Darth Vader Was Charged For His Crimes

If Darth Vader Was Charged For His Crimes In Star Wars Episodes 1-6 (1977 - 2005)
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Anakin Skywalker was a Force-sensitive human male who was the prophesied Chosen One of the Jedi Order, destined to bring balance to the Force. Had he been arrested after the events of "Return of the Jedi", these are the criminal charges he would have faced.
Our exploration extends beyond fiction as we draw parallels to real-world scenarios. We examine cases of real-life criminals and their prosecutions, drawing on legal expertise to examine the likelihood of Darth Vader's criminal activities leading to actual charges.
Please note that the video you are about to watch is entirely fictional and is produced solely for the purpose of raising awareness on the consequences of committing a crime. The scenes depicted in this video are not real and do not reflect any actual events or persons. We do not condone or promote any illegal or unethical behaviour, and this video is intended to serve as a cautionary tale to deter individuals from engaging in criminal activity.

[@jackmarshall757]

Vader is innocent, this is rebel propaganda

[@winghongchia5796]

Yes, the empire is innocent and the rebellion is clearly evil

[@Aewon84]

@@winghongchia5796 The Nihil are the true victims in all of this. I'm telling you, Marchion Ro did nothing wrong!

[@SilaSoralump]

yo dudes the empire is pretty chill maybe you could join it or something

[@ace74909]

The empire did nothing wrong.

[@Hvision0000]

i'm not racist, but the empire did nothing wrong on kashyyyk

[@boxoid5230]

the very first crime and its allready 1500 years 💀

[@LILBLUEHATTS]

Order 66 was legal because it was order by the chancler

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

@@LILBLUEHATTS Chancellor that was already under arrest by the Jedi and just murdered 4 of them.

[@Aewon84]

@@LILBLUEHATTS Every single war criminal who was charged at Nuremburg "simply followed orders". It's a war crime regardless of who ordered it. That's the point of having international laws concerning warfare.

[@Lord_Raymund]

Atleast he starts strong :D

[@swag_Godzilla69]

@@user-xx6vy9ri8ppalpatine was underarrest and therefore he had no authority over the grand army. Also it’s still a genocide since he wasn’t yet ruling the galaxy

[@noahplaguecrowwalsh470]

Charge Palpatine next.

[@Mirnii1998]

And Luke after that.

[@GodzillaFan1985]

@@Mirnii1998And Then R2-D2 (who’s done multiple war crimes)

[@RinOtonashi]

@@GodzillaFan1985wait a minute, you can’t charge a droid?! 🤖 Technically, droids too can be charged for their crimes. IG-11 for example attempting to murder Grogu.

[@yoda3341]

​@@RinOtonashieyeballs chopper

[@snafuthegreat]

No. Charge Kathleen Kennedy for killing the franchise.

[@quinn941]

I like how there’s the billions of life sentences, nearly 2 thousand years, and substantial fine, And then there’s just “discharged from Jedi.”

[@Florin20D]

Like it will matter anyway by the time Anakin gets out of prison our solar system will be in the beginning stage of dying as the sun will enter red giant phase

[@chrissonofpear1384]

"It's unfair!"

[@JustSomeFuckingGuy]

Funny cuz he would've been discharged from the Jedi before the clone wars even started

[@cabbievonbump]

A dishonorable Discarge, most likely.

[@captainobvious9233]

They do that in real life too. I've heard reports about a someone being arrested after a police chase and the reporter will say something like "He's being charged with armed robbery, eluding police, resisting arrest and having a broken tail light.

[@Michael-W42069]

The Fortunate Son playing for each war crime committed is just priceless!

[@Mei_Ling75]

I would’ve imaged if The Cinema Cop made a video of A•••f H••••r from the movie Downfall based on the real life Dictator back in World War II.

[@kylecope528]

What if Hitler faced Nuremburg?

[@sulphurous2656]

I find it amusing how Fortunate Son has just become the default theme for war crimes being committed on screen.

[@Emigdiosback]

@@Mei_Ling75 He just made one of Kim Jong Un from The Interview, and put in crimes that the real one would likely face.

[@WolkeStreit]

Inmate: So what are you in for? Anakin: Yes.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

2 Billion Life Sentences: It is… acceptable Dishonourable Discharge from Jedi Order: Nooooooooooooo!

[@reeceemms1643]

Good Job you didn't include the TV shows. This video would be an hour long just tallying up all the War crimes Anakin committed in the Clone wars alone 😂😂

[@reeceemms1643]

What exactly is the sentence for False surrendering?

[@Bartaaron04]

I’d love to watch all that tbh 😂

[@reeceemms1643]

@@Bartaaron04 to be honest it’s the false surrendering and the child endangerment charges towards Ahsoka because she was fourteen.

[@snookerdooker471]

Well the Jedi order was in a hurry to get padawans and younglings have been training to become a Jedi from birth also didn’t anakin become a padawan at like eight or nine years old since he was so old when he was discovered. Also ahsoka has had the required military training even though she is 14 she also had pilot training etc so the Jedi and sky guy can’t really be charged since ahsoka knows how dangerous this really was.

[@fanofeverything30465]

​@@reeceemms1643There isn't one because you can never prove it

[@noobaccount5063]

“2.01 billion life sentences? Better Call Saul!”

[@Scorpius3019]

I'll fight for you galaxy !

[@Kevin1230san]

Good lord above, Darth Vader is a freaking savage, as 2 billion consecutive life sentences is insane. That is a whole new level of savagery.

[@LisFlamer]

And there's still Clone Wars with a lot of war crimes, and some things in Kenobi, and some things in Rebels.

[@legoking0951]

Exactly we need a part 2

[@eliminator1472]

And that’s only what we’ve seen in the movies. Not counting shows, comics, games and everything that he’s done in universe we have no idea of.

[@Matt-yg8ub]

It’s not even remotely realistic in the slightest. One of the few things that he did on this list that is actually a crime was choking Padme

[@eliminator1472]

@@Matt-yg8ub Yeah we don’t really have dudes committing mass galactic scale genocide in real life

[@kingb6427]

And this is only crimes he committed in the movies 🎥 just imagine how high his sentence would be if you counted the books, games, and tv shows

[@sandramarkus1054]

Don’t you don’t you don’t you?

[@sandramarkus1054]

Don’t you don’t you again I know cut you want the choice one try to not China bring about force I love you. You are my boy again not darkness. I love you. I got on your grandfather. You know you guys got like like old old you and John River always clear Obi-Wan Kenobi the audible one he is talking about all your part and everything everything alive, yeah I guess so. You are and why your fault trying to build a dead door. How do you in it machine but you clown too much I know the hell chips chips so yeah you have the Camino you had to get the hell out yeah well chips you know they have chips, trying to bait the diarrhoea yeah just telling Dad and why your phone I swear to God why are your fault I guess so yeah yeah you got kids yeah hey you are man. You’re welcome so my son did the fun again.

[@kingb6427]

@@sandramarkus1054 too late muhahahah

[@AndyHoward]

4:55 Objection: Not guilty by reason of (temporary) Insanity 6:03 Torturing a POW -- War Crime 8:13 In his defense he was grappeling with his loyalty to the Emporer and his son.

[@idiocrat3744]

There's an issue here. Protecting Palpatine is perfectly legal. Jedi aren't a government organization, they're a religious order. That's if the Catholic inquisitors decided to arrest the head of government. So Anakin was protecting the chancellor from a bunch of vigilantes. Besides, Windu tried to kill an unarmed Palpatine, and Anakin simply prevented it from happening. Oh yeah also he didn't order the destruction of Alderaan, he was just doing his job keeping the Princess at bay.

[@trayolphia5756]

Love the detail you go to there, but may I in turn point out Palpatine being a Sith Lord, even without a physical weapon - still has the power of The Force, thus cannot be considered ‘unarmed’ - further detailed in evidence from the scene as shown in the novel, which shows sidious had the power to defeat windy, but ALLOWED ANAKIN to make a choice…this then could be seen as manipulative entrapment, at the very least the death of windy legally falls on palpatine, with anakin being an accessory

[@idiocrat3744]

@@trayolphia5756 Indeed it falls on Palpatine. Anakin may be responsible for standing by, but not for the murder itself. Having the Force...well I don't know whether to count it as a weapon. The best analogy I could get is a master of martial arts being threatened by a guy with a knife. Unarmed but not defenseless.

[@MrMonkey2475]

@@trayolphia5756no dude, mace beat palp

[@thestopmotionchannel6980]

It's treason then

[@lucasholmberg5708]

ye I guess Goebbels and the other nazi leaders were also perfectly innocent by that logic...

[@Mei_Ling75]

***OUTDATED*** Current Leaderboards: Arthur Morgan: 420 Death Sentences Darth Vader: 2+ Billion Life Sentences Godzilla: $50.5 Billion fine Carl Johnson: 23,631.5+ Years In Prison

[@VincentK.McMahon]

CJ and Arthur are worse imo cause they directly killed all their victims, Vaders murders are pretty much all from a giant death laser fired from a very safe distance 😂

[@SydneyHarborBridge]

FREE MY BOY CARL

[@alexfischer7876]

@@SydneyHarborBridge But charge _you_ instead?

[@RinOtonashi]

Thanos has beaten both Darth Vader and Godzilla.

[@N1ghtwalk3r]

Now watch Thanos and his 5 Trillion life sentences 😅

[@cameronpark7131]

Is that "insubordination" one really a crime, though? Yeah, he was ordered to stay on Tatooine, but he was also told that protecting Padme was his first priority, and if Padme insisted on going after Obi-Wan, it's not really Anakin's fault and therefor is not insubordination.

[@frantisekvrana3902]

He could have restrained her. It was obvious that going to Geonosis would be dangerous for her, so he should have.

[@tk-6967]

2:56 That wasn't a felony murder on Windu. Windu and 3 other councilmen were trying to depose the elected leader of the Republic. After disarming him, WIndu attempts to execute him, and Anakin simply defends the Chancellor. He doesn't even kill Windu, he simply cuts his arm off in self defence. 2:57 Windu and the councilmen were conducting a coup d'etat against the chancellor, it wasn't a 'government' investigation since the Jedi didn't have government permission to investigate the Chancellor (Windu hadn't even convened with the rest of the Council on the matter let alone asked the Senate). 2:58 The chancellor wasn't a fugitive, as there was no concrete evidence to prove that he was a Sith Lord as the Jedi had suggested and they didn't have the authority to arrest him 3:37 Vader didn't commit treason, it was the Jedi who had committed treason. 3:42 The Jedi Temple was not owned by the Republic government, it was private property owned by enemies of the state. 4:31 the government property he destroyed was owned by the Separatist Alliance, therefore he was destroying an enemy facility as part of the war. 4:39 Obi Wan was an enemy of the state who had refused to comply with the government earlier. 6:23 Vader didn't order the strike on Alderaan, it was Tarkin who was in charge of the station, not Vader.

[@marles9196]

This comment was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Was about to say the exact same things. Long live the Empire my dude

[@tk-6967]

@@marles9196 for the Empire!

[@AwesomeMutation]

"it was the Jedi who had committed treason" Found Palp's secret youtube account

[@tk-6967]

@@AwesomeMutation If you try to arrest/execute the leader of any nation without any legal evidence to prove that they are guilty of the crime you are accusing them of, is that not treason? And even if they had proof that Palpatine was a dark side practitioner or he had admitted to the public to being a Sith Lord, how is that an arrestable offence? The issue with Palpatine is that he had caused the Clone War, but the Jedi had no evidence to prove that he did. All Mace Windu had was Anakin's testimony. Besides, when Windu does eventually detain Palpatine, he reveals that he had no interest in having him stand trial because he claimed that the courts were rigged. Imagine if a gang of armed men attacked the President claiming that he was part of a cult that was trying to overthrow American democracy with 0 evidence and then tried to kill him without trial because 'the courts were rigged'. Is that not treason?

[@daaa3932]

There's also that last one that could be considered Regicide, as Palpatine was the legitimate head-of-state. Palps committing a War Crime (Torturing a Prisoner-of-War) could make the Self-Defense claim justified, but instead of disarming him, Vader killed him.

[@Obi-WanKenobiTheHighGround]

2:00 "No Crimes Counted AT WAR" Seems like someone needs to watch the Clone Wars, war crimes were heavily committed.

[@JKBDTS]

Not what he meant

[@GBA811]

Have to disagree adding Alderaan's destruction to the count, that was Tarkin orders, he only witnessed, maybe a complicity to genocide would be more apropiate

[@cinemacop]

"Felony murder"

[@dennislemasters4339]

that is correct darth vader had no control over the death star he was merely there to keep it safe

[@GBA811]

@@cinemacop Inglês não é minha língua nativa.

[@funfunfun3624]

@@dennislemasters4339 If vader wanted he could kill everyone on the death star with the force. He was really in control the whole time

[@dennislemasters4339]

@@funfunfun3624 that is not what i meant tarken was given command of the death star not vader hence why i said no control and vader would need the crew alive and tarken was given comand by palpatine vader's boss

[@sirkredrum3406]

Not sure if Killing Dooku was a War Crime. Palpatine was still part of the Senate during that part of the movie, he gave Anakin the order to kill him. Wouldn't it be "under government orders?"

[@brucesim2003]

That wasn't acceptable in 1945. Same response here.

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

Palpatine doesn't speak for the whole court.

[@brucesim2003]

@@user-xx6vy9ri8p To paraphrase, Palpatine was the court.

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

@@brucesim2003 But that is illegal, he wasn't emperor yet.

[@brucesim2003]

@@user-xx6vy9ri8p Emperor was just a title. The defacto power still lay in the office of the chancellor.

[@braydensobecki340]

The aggravated battery for padmè could arguably be more if you consider that she was a government representative

[@samuelwoolwineiv7886]

And pregnant with twins

[@Gyarretto7]

Actually, to be fair, blowing up Alderaan was Tarkin's doing, not Vader's; he was even against it, but Tarkin was the man in charge, so Tarkin got what he wanted.

[@JKBDTS]

Was he really against it?

[@cam-qz5xe]

This is were the fun begins

[@damianmorningstar3150]

I would argue that him disarming Windu was acting in defense of a government official Windu was going to kill the Chansler without arresting him and taking the law into his own hands, hell you could consider that a military trying to depose the rightful head of state

[@hardcorebatmanfan7591]

Windu had tried to arrest Palpatine due to him basically admitting to treason (orchestrating the entire war) to a law official. Palpatine responded by killing three law officials and attempting to kill him. When Windu disarmed him and again, tried to arrest him, he again tried to kill him (demonstrating that he still was armed despite not having a lightsaber). At this point Mace had pretty good cause to believe Palpatine would attack him with the force equivalent of a flame thrower the second he was distracted.

[@NaNNaNNaNNaNNaN]

​@@hardcorebatmanfan7591issue is, Jedi are not law officials, they are a religious group. They had no rights to try and arrest anyone without orders from actual law officials. And no, being in a military doesn't make you a law official. So Anakin was in the right here in the eyes of the law

[@Matt-yg8ub]

@@hardcorebatmanfan7591 Windu didn’t have the legal authority to march into the chancellor‘s office and attempt to overthrow the government. Palpatine had the ability to fight back and defended himself. General Skywalker arrived in time to witness Windu attempting to murder the chancellor and acted in defense of the government. Windu committed treason in time of war and the chancellor exercised his authority to summarily execute him for his crime.

[@charcoal119]

@@Matt-yg8ub palpatine was a traitor, he comited numerous crimes as chancelor and as senator, he should've been executed for his acts of treason and war against naboo and the republic for orcestrating the trade federation's invasion and ordering the trade federation to murder people protected under diplomatic immunity

[@ketamineheadyoda2248]

​@@NaNNaNNaNNaNNaNyes they had. The jedi were a executive for the republic, which every showcased amd depicted. It just happens, that they are a religion cult, but they are still executive of the republic. Being generals, diplomantist and police.

[@philipthomas3503]

The $10,000 fine after the most traumatizing moment of his life lol

[@bizmasterTheSlav]

killing palpatine could theoretically be classified as state treason

[@Underworlder5]

on that note, since palpatine is a dictator in the OT, anything done under his direct orders would be legal. technically, killing palpatine would be his only crime under that trilogy, since everything else he did benefitted the empire

[@bizmasterTheSlav]

@@Underworlder5 This video could've been done from the point of view of New Republican prosecutors. Might be the reason why they counted all his war crimes but never classified killing Palpatine as state treason, since it was in the interests of the New Republic.

[@hardworkingslacker7233]

It all depends on who is prosecuting the defendant. I think this is much like the Nuremberg Trials: The people investigated there didn't do anything "illegal" under NS German Rule but the Allies found them guilty anyways (and rightfully so).

[@Matt-yg8ub]

Not theoretically, was. Palpatine was perfectly justified in legally executing order 66 because the Jedi really and truly were attempting to illegally take over the government. Tatooine wasn’t part of the Republic, and there is no legal body on that planet that’s going to give you 1500 years for wiping out a tribe of sand rapists. If anything, the locals would’ve thrown him a party and erected a statue in his honor.

[@Matt-yg8ub]

@@Underworlder5 even then, he’s the Sith apprentice under the rule of two. Under the rules established by Darth Bane… it’s his duty to eventually slay Palpatine and succeed him.

[@reypolemico1726]

If Phoenix wright ace attorney villans were charged for his crimes Now imagine the sentence if we count the series and video games (there are also the comics and novels but regardless of the canon I think it would be impossible to review it)

[@gannonsmith5807]

6:34 "Obi Wan swung first"

[@Dusty.Editsz]

this barely scratched the surface to what he has done. several war crimes in the clone wars and what he did as vader

[@Wright805]

If he included all those then we'd be here all day.

[@Dusty.Editsz]

@@Wright805 yeah bro has a point

[@dawidschaffrath8426]

That is why Vader is the best villain of all time… complex, relatable, has one of the highest stake in war crimes 😁🙂👍

[@Dusty.Editsz]

@@dawidschaffrath8426 the most valid comment ive ever read

[@Wright805]

@@Dusty.Editsz Thanks.

[@hayleyrosewilkinson6537]

I really enjoy watching your videos because I feel like the charges and fines you give to the characters are more realistic than the sentences a real-life person would receive. Never have I witnessed a character receiving over 2 billion life sentences. 😲

[@superslicer6]

Due to the fact that the droids are highly replaceable, and seem to have no impact when destroying them as they are technically war criminals, any crimes against the droids in the prequel trilogy shouldn't count against anyone.

[@rexinicle1942]

Bro skipped all of clone wars

[@Wonderworld877]

If he added the clone wars, this video would be over an hour long 😂

[@rexinicle1942]

@@Wonderworld877 perhaps he should double his efforts

[@joaovitorpachecodasilva1187]

Too much war crimes

[@cheesydanishgaming3333]

And rebels And any other show with anakin/Vader in it

[@Katakuna15]

60th like.

[@Lia-zw1ls7tz7o]

0:27 As a German, the blast sounds from the feighter Anakin is using sound so funny because they sound line "Knall", the German word for "bang" as in the bang of a weapon.

[@Groggers96]

For the Mace Windu murder, couldn't you argue he was acting in self defence to stop a fellow govenrment agent unlawfully killing a suspect?

[@Wright805]

I'm no law expert but from what I understand that would be classed as "defence of a third party" rather than self-defence. Same with saving Luke from the Emperor.

[@Matt-yg8ub]

@@Wright805 either way, the author played both sides, charging Anakin was second-degree murder for killing Dooku, but then throwing the book at Anakin for stopping Windu from murdering Palpatine

[@Soundwave2423]

Great video as always! Here’s some you missed off the top of my head. During the clone wars he committed multiple war crimes: false surrender and torturing prisoners (Cad Bane, Poggle the lesser)(I can understand not wanting to go through the entirety of swcw for one video). During Kenobi, he dragged a man out of his house with the force and snapped the man’s son’s neck

[@waydex1216]

In defence of Anakin: The Tusken commited murder to begin with + they are a feral species threatening the people of Tatooine, so basically you can count them as animals instead of real people! Still a lot of crime here...

[@Matt-yg8ub]

Tattooine isn’t under Republican jurisdiction…. Who is going to charge Anakin for taking out the trash? Jabba the Hutt? The locals would’ve thrown a party and erected a statue in his honor for putting down a tribe of sand rapists.

[@waydex1216]

@@Matt-yg8ub True! Basically the planet goes by its own rules. Even if the council found out, I don't think they would have done anything considering Jedi can be seen as glorified Police. There are a bunch of Jedi who did worse throughout this era in many other places. They gotta have the right to take lives, if necessary. Pretty sad that Anakin judges himself for hunting these down even. Anyone, including Padmé should have given him credit for this.

[@WednesdayAddamsMW]

In top of this, he was also a grief-stricken son at the time of this incident.

[@waydex1216]

@@WednesdayAddamsMW He was definitely but the action was rightful! He might have stayed on Tatooine longer to fight savage creatures and reduce criminal influcence in the area. It's the Jedi Way to do so. After all his dream was to come back and end slavery...

[@BorisderBankwarmer]

Dumbest shit ive ever heard.

[@D10S-z8c]

If Dominic Toretto was charged for his crimes

[@aresnir2725]

Against laws of physics

[@D10S-z8c]

​@@aresnir2725 Yes😂

[@snookerdooker471]

That would actually be around 9900 life sentences since around 99 percent of the Jedi were killed with remaining survivors either dying later on or turning to the dark side or hiding from the empire but 10000 is a rough estimate on how many Jedi were alive during the clone wars.

[@CursedAnqxl]

rather interesting that it was obi wan in episode 4 and luke in episodes 5 and 6 that pulled the lightsaber and made a move with it before vader did...

[@Godofnothingness6]

Yes vader has become lot more calmer and calculating compared to anakin who's always draws blade first. As Vader he is improved and learnt from his msitakes afterall

[@Obi-WanKenobiTheHighGround]

so you're saying I'm guilty? Oh I don't think so

[@Godofnothingness6]

@@Obi-WanKenobiTheHighGround dude the youtube fictional character impersonating accounts are no longer funny that age is gone. You should stop it's too cringe trust me, i had a darth vader account just like you now im just cringing remembering all that...i will save you from that regret later

[@Obi-WanKenobiTheHighGround]

@@Godofnothingness6 Thanks for the advice, but I’ve had fun with it.

[@Godofnothingness6]

@@Obi-WanKenobiTheHighGround so had i but it's very regretful later but whatever

[@jonathonspears7736]

You got me good with the war crimes. That needs to continue going forward. 😂 "It ain't me!!"

[@Zombieslayer10668]

Darth Vader has the highest Prison Sentence of ALL TIME!!!!

[@-FourthInquisitor]

Just imagine Palpatine charges.....

[@RinOtonashi]

Looks like Anakin has beaten Godzilla in terms of Life Sentences.

[@rickfalcon5572]

First day in prison, and Vader was out faster than a wave of his hand. A new meaning to “The Great Escape.”

[@lego_boba_fett_watch]

3:54 surely the battle droids here would count as property destruction?

[@Matt-yg8ub]

He is a general of the grand Army of Republic under direct orders from supreme Chancellor, nothing he did on Mustafar was illegal

[@erickacarrasquillo4612]

What he did to padme was

[@Mei_Ling75]

Considering the Death Star is classified as a weapon of mass destruction. The destruction of Alderaan is estimated about 60 million times of Hiroshima bombs.

[@TastefulStupidity]

Me: “Ooh man he got a lot of prison time for those Tuscan Raiders, there’s no way he could…” Palpatine: “Go to the Jedi temple…” Me: 😳

[@mathieuvogels1936]

"if OJ Simpson was charged for his crimes" would be a fire episode 🔥

[@OhShiitakeMushrooms]

The Supreme Court said Vader has full immunity.

[@agent4ww191]

Did not suspect you to comment

[@madsword19]

Spoiler alert, Vader is found not guilty on all counts, because the Senate would decide his fate, and Palpatine is the Senate.

[@Combaticon]

Except that there is no senate after the Emperor dissolved the council permanently, meaning the remains of the old republic have been swept away.

[@hattoripool1533]

If this included all the crap Vader/Anakin did in both the Legends and Canon Comics, video games and etc then how big would Vader’s sentence be? Especially considering what he did to Starkiller

[@reypolemico1726]

40000 death sentences

[@GodzillaFan1985]

@@reypolemico1726Probably Worse than that 💀

[@fanofeverything30465]

​@@GodzillaFan1985400,000 death sentences?

[@miguelcondadoolivar5149]

Nearly unquantifiable.

[@cowboys8897]

This entire video had me dying😂😂😂

[@thedigitalbash1506]

Not even Emperor of the Galaxy can bail Anakin from this one. 😂

[@warriordarvinmgl5191]

1:32 Going to genosis to help kenobi was not his fault, Padme wanted to go, not Anakin. And Anakin's orders were to protect Padme at all cost, so he had no choice but to go.

[@yoda3341]

Charges Vader for his crimes, doesn't count his clone wars war crimes

[@MightyDucky96]

If this guy actually did research into Darth Vaders crimes, we would be here for at least 2 hours

[@Mei_Ling75]

Vader would most likely receive a 2 hour video like the GTA online protagonist.

[@Matt-yg8ub]

Mainly because those might be his only actual crimes and this is satire. Basically nothing he listed here is actually an enforceable crime.

[@Pretzel_Puppet]

4:53 I love how they charge him for that even though he did because of uncontrollable pain.

[@JasonFoxTheGreat]

A great video. Anakin-Vader stans - "All those victims had it coming most of all the younglings."

[@bkjeong4302]

I don’t think most people who are fans of him are fans because he’s a nice person…

[@jokerwick69420]

We have a new record holder for now

[@Delta-1145]

Palpatine specifically ordered the elimination of the Jedi Order as a national security and existential threat to the republic, and the Jedi conspired staging a coup against Supreme Chancellor. Vader and the Grand Army's 501st carried out a government mandate to ensure the peace of the galaxy under Palpatine's orders, and therefore was not treason. The Jedi in essence were deemed a domestic terror threat and had to be eliminated.

[@lukei.1227]

Palpatine was a fugitive acting on false pretenses. Fruit of the poisonous tree. Vader committed mass murder against the Jedi by objective standards

[@JacksonGuitarsPlayer03]

He was thinking when Sidious was electrocuting Luke He said “you ain’t killing my son” He returned back to himself there

[@solitarything1209]

I can imagine Vader screaming NOOOO after learning of Padmes death and then Palpatine just giving him a citation giving him a fine for destroying property

[@shaggysnax01]

I loved this episode, but what about all of the extended canon? I'd like to see updated versions featuring all of Vader's crimes from both Canon and Legends.

[@RokuHanmar]

Are you insane? We'd be here for hours

[@shaggysnax01]

@@RokuHanmar Yes, I am. I'd love to see the full extent of Vader's crimes, both heinous and justified. If we're going to fully examine Anakin, we need everything he's done, whether or not the Republic - or the Empire - pardoned him.

[@HolyknightVader999]

Problem is, the Empire as a whole is Sith property. So everything Vader did was legal and within the bounds of the law. Yes, even killing his master, since that's how Sith get promoted.

[@RinOtonashi]

CineCop is only counting the US Federal Law as well as NATO laws.

[@sup209]

I love how he has more life sentences than he has dollars in fines to pay

[@a_user725]

Best one yet

[@JonathanLundkvist]

May it please the court; My name is Commander Lundkvist from Imperial JAG. I wish to object to this biased rebel video and provide to the court of public opinion that Darth Vader was only doing his duty. 0:53 Objection your honor. The planet is lawless and the Tusken Raiders had abducted and killed innocent humans. Lord Vader was merely conducting a police action to deter from further raids. 1:32 Objection your honor. Lord Vaders order was to stay close to his charge. His charge chose to conduct a rescue mission. It would be irresponsible for him to abandon his duty to the Imperial Senate! 2:14 Objection your honor. Count Duuko was a clear and present danger to the Empire. In such extreme cases, summary execution can be warranted under Imperial Law. 2:56 Objection your honor. Lord Vader saved the Chancellor who was the lawful, elected official against a Jedi Insurrection! His acts are clearly defense of another being! 3:25 Objection your honor. The Jedi had shown themselves to be a threat towards lawful elected officials. This is a Police Action; the Jedi clearly resisted arrest! 3:31 Objection your honor. Lord Vader did not command the clones to execute Order 66 and the order was given by lawful authority of the Empire! As such, it cannot be treason! 4:08 Objection your honor. This was a special military operation to neutralize the leadership of a destructive galactic war under the authority of lawful elected officials. 4:17 Objection your honor. Lord Vader subdued an enemy agent who conspired to bring a Jedi Assassin to kill him. His restraint is to be commended. 4:39 Objection your honor. Self-Defense! 5:03 Objection your honor. Director Krennics lack of character and inability to speak is no fault of Lord Vader. He was simply a worthless underling. 5:36 Objection your honor. The subject was a known terrorist and a clear and present danger to the Empire. In such extreme cases, summary execution can be warranted under Imperial Law. 5:43 Objection your honor. The Moff is merely overcome by concern and unable to speak. He can testify to this effect in front of this very court. 6:00 Objection your honor. Princess Leia is a clear and present danger. Extreme measures are warranted. We been over this before! 6:23 Objection your honor. The lawful order to fire was given by Grand Moff Tarkin under the authority of the Emperor. 6:38 Objection your honor. Clearly a medal of honor for personally engaging and defeating a dangerous fugitive is in order. 6:57 Objection your honor. Medical records show at this time, Admiral Ozzel suffered a heart attack.His life could not be saved. 7:16 Objection your honor. Captain Needa was so ashamed of his failure that he bit a cyanide capsule. Lord Vader consoled him in his final moments. 7:15 Objection your honor. Clear and Present Danger rules apply. Han Solo was a wanted fugitive who previously fired upon Lord Vaders personal craft! 8:21 Objection your honor. Seeing that the Emperor was corrupt and dangerous and tortured prisoners, Lord Vader brought it upon himself to put a stop to the corrupt ways of the Emperor. As such, we must insist that Lord Vader is cleared on all charges. We will leave a detachment of Stormtroopers and a few ISB Agents here to ensure a fair trial. Thank you for the courts time.

[@marcelmiller7551]

Jax from Sons of Anarchy

[@ImperialLordVader]

The music when he killed Dooku 😂

[@jonathanthompson5900]

Both Princess Leia and Han Solo were generals in the rebel alliance and prisoners of war. Torture in this case is definitely a war crime. Also considering he wasn’t even interrogating Han, that would add to his sentence

[@knowledgebornsmith9719]

Do one on the US Government

[@TheDarkSideOfIndustry]

Every government has committed war crimes

[@KrouzVercetti]

Thanos

[@shawnmoun9849]

Anakin: master i got 2 billion life sentences help

[@MegaTy54]

I couldn’t stop saying oh no after his crimes against Mace because we all know what comes next 😂😂

[@patrickspencer6550]

I hope you guys do Jameson in the MCU next. Or at least that naked man, Agatha Harkness.

[@ttime6907]

Next: Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) & Knuckles (2024).

[@Cod894]

2:58 Vader technically defended the government official, which would pardon him, even if it wasn’t defending the chancellor

[@Dqrthmalgus]

This isn’t even counting the expanded universe beyond the movies 💀

[@RinOtonashi]

Legends Vader would’ve been charged even worse than his Canon counterpart.

[@Dqrthmalgus]

@@RinOtonashi correct! Legends Annie makes his cinema counterpart look like a saint

[@robtheberge1928]

the empire did nothing wrong.

[@yoboinicossman]

Need a Part 2 with all his Clone Wars crimes 😭

[@zfilms4858]

And we got skywalker too. Palpatine needs to take the stand next... Also, you need to do clone wars, rebels and kenobi

[@eightnickel1513]

Woah, 2 billion life sentences? Vader was lucky that he died.

[@JEUndisputed]

This can't be real 2B life sentences, he'd be extremely lucky to see 100 never mind 2B the sentences must be made up willy nilly you can't give someone a sent3nce so long they'll have crumbled to dust by the end of it

[@maksymilianziele28]

Wow, considering the end results, better for him he didn't live long enough for a fair trial. And his (so as Palps) list goes higher and higher with every new production with him.

[@pixisp6347]

2:13 comedy gold Waiting for Joe Bauer(aka Not Sure) and Simon Phoenix

[@Syt1001]

Stumbled across this on my xbox, had to come and tell you that you’re super underrated. This shit was funny asf man keep it up just got a new sub.

[@musiceditz23]

*Adds in lifetime imprisonment* Me looking at the 1583+ years wondering how long Anakin is living: 👁👄👁

[@davidbakke9293]

That sith immortality must come in handy now.

[@brucesim2003]

The crimes listed for cutting of Mace Windu's hands should not apply. Palpatine was still the legal chancellor - being a sith was not a crime. As far as Anakin knows, Windu was committing treason against the head of state. Windu was supposed to arrest, not kill.

[@Matt-yg8ub]

Most of what Aniken did was actually perfectly legal, we just don’t like it in retrospect.

[@Scoobis925]

Star Wars outlaws comes out August 30th and I’m definitely getting the game. Can’t wait to see what charges the protagonist of that game picks up

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

I enjoyed the video, but I'd like it better if you displayed the "criminal charge" graphics for more than half a second so I didn't have to keep pausing the video to read them. About two to three seconds on screen for each graphic would be ideal.

[@Akai-Ishi]

Oh no full pardon for the perfect dad joke despite him not knowing he was a dad at the time?

[@classicrockandfurriesrule4743]

Yeah but , Who's going to enforce the punishment ? We're talking Darth Vader here !

[@yvesheinrich5013]

How Anakin managed not to turn to the dark side after wiping out that village is beyond me.

[@Aewon84]

Falling to the dark side isn't something that just happens. It's a slow process that might take years.

[@Matt-yg8ub]

Anakin is from Tatooine….. it’s not under Republican jurisdiction….. nobody on that planet is going to charge him with a crime for taking out the trash and wiping out a village full of sand rapists. the locals probably would have thrown him a party and erected a statue in his honor.

[@Road-r7t]

you could add griviously bodily harm when he cut dooko's hands off (forgive me for spelling)

[@FrostBite-oy5us]

"And for the crimes against humanity, two billion counts of murder and.. thousands of other crimes seemingly minimal to two billion counts of murder, you are hereby sentenced to death, which again, seems minimal for over two billion counts of murder..."

[@granitticore208]

The FBI is offering a reward up to 10000 galactic dollars for information leading directly to Anakin Skywalker's location. Anakin Skywalker is the latest addition to FBI's 10 most wanted people in the galaxy.

[@KnightedSilverWolf]

damn, thats a galaxy breaking record

[@KarlSinder-d5o]

7:03 was not 2nd degree murder more of a execution for "Insubordination" or "Treason" because Admiral Ozzel was apparently working with rebels and maybe Vader knew that once he proved he couldnt be trusted to be stealthy.

[@Tyln93]

1:05 Anakin: I killed Womens and Childrens!!! Padme: Oh, He's Hot!!!

[@brunorolim5199]

Before all the atrocities he has done, it's still funny to see that "Discharded from the Jedi Order" HAHAHAHAHAHA that's the LEAST of his problems! HAHAHAHAHA

[@frantisekvrana3902]

3:53 Seeing how he immediately murders them all, I think we can waive the False Imprisonment. It was just a part of the murder.

[@rayphoenix7296]

I have some other ideas for videos like this. What if Dwight Schrute was charged for his crimes and, What if Magneto was charged for his crimes.

[@Lexicon-ff6or]

2:55 The Jedi had no legal authority to arrest Palpatine, nor did they even have a warrant to arrest him. Windu himself said that he was too dangerous to be left alive and was fully intending to execute Palpatine despite him surrendering. If anything Anakin could be technically considered defending a head of state from an assassination attempt.