Darth Vader Meets His Childhood Friends After 30 Years [Canon]

[@jameer7565]

I like how no matter what canon or timeline, Vader is literally just a depressed guy running from problems.

[@dustydd]

Relatable. He really is one of the boys.

[@betterluckchuck324]

and almost at every point he is reminded of his past and had multiple chances at redemption but he was too far in to back out

[@GrinningNimbus]

"Hatred is nothing but a place where men who can't deal with sadness go" Godo from Berserk

[@Ares99999]

He's a coward at heart.

[@clydecraft5642]

@@Ares99999in a certain way. A better way to put it is weak at heart.

[@Lion09887]

Vader: yo dude the empire is pretty chill you should join it

[@batofdestiny]

Was that a Star Wars Detours reference?

[@mathiasbasse9553]

​@@batofdestinyyes it is

[@John14710]

YO DUUUDES!!!😂

[@gingervitus1227]

Don’t give into empire pier pressure, remember kids say no to the dark side

[@pd0di]

”I basicly run this shiz i can hook you up”

[@justinchoate7458]

The fact that Vader didn't simply glass the planet, and his old friends along with it, in an effort to bury his past, is a pretty remarkable slip for him.

[@Supperdude9]

I don't think he could have brought himself to do it. Besides his mother, his friends were his sole comfort in that life of slavery. The only shining good part of that past life. They shared their love of podracing, they built stuff together. That's a bond you can't bury, and if you try, it's going to have to be buried DEEP. Vader still has a slice of humanity left. Otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to save his son in Return. Perhaps this event helped maintain it.

[@ABCDyeahyeahyeah]

It’s the post-ESB interaction with Luke that awoke Anakin in him

[@JoeySourlisVoiceover]

Well, this happened after Empire, so he was already on his way to the light. I think that's why they made this take place when it did

[@khfan9437]

@@ABCDyeahyeahyeah He probably still wouldn’t have hurt his old friends though even if he didn’t know about Luke at the time

[@emeraldkoala2]

"Will of the force" something something.

[@petersander5802]

This wasn't vader this was Anakin getting a chance to shine once more

[@Synthwave89]

Yup. It is proof that Anakin never died, he was only drowned in his darkness.

[@Jcococola]

The delusion that this distinction is real.

[@rafaelmartinez9259]

​@@Jcococolak

[@disguisedcentennial835]

@@Jcococolaidk it really seems like Vader may have had DID

[@tremendousyeet3467]

@@rafaelmartinez9259 Make an actual reply you illiterate child. "I disagree with your opinion but I'm too lazy to articulate so I'll rudely just type one letter to ironically agree with you. that'll sure serve you."

[@OrsonCallanKrennic]

Vader in his head after saving Kitster and Wald: "That was pretty wizard."

[@tymeier7570]

I love how Disney referenced Robot Chicken

[@Autom4tic]

I'M BRINGING IT BACK!!!

[@josael28tnz]

"I like your funny words magic man" -JFK

[@o_o-037]

Sabé is one of the very few characters in Star Wars Lore to not only know that Anakin is Vader, but also not be killed by him as he is aware that they know who he is.

[@comicbooknerd3570]

Loved that she survived this long too

[@hervymarquezgarcia1079]

Imagine how he would feel offing his wife and then doing the same to someone that looked exactly like her?

[@nexrex3042]

@@hervymarquezgarcia1079someone close to her no less

[@DddXdddf]

​@@hervymarquezgarcia1079 eh he force choked her in one comic so he wouldnt have a problem killing her

[@thesadistor-hl7lw]

@@DddXdddf hi dude how are you today

[@TetsuShima]

This was undoubtedly one of Vader's closest moment to returning to the light. Unfortunately, only Luke's love was strong enough to bring Anakin back.

[@IAloneAmTheYapper]

It’s one of the times he came close but definitely not one of the closest. Not counting any of the times involving Luke or his birth the closest times have to be obi wan and Ashoka slashing his mask.

[@IAloneAmTheYapper]

The reason I say this is because we don’t get anakin breaking through his mind like we do with those other scenes, don’t get me wrong this made VADER use the darkside but not once so I think anakin comes out. When anakin comes out Vader gasps and his eyes turn blue and he stumbles or leans a bit. We wouldn’t know if his eyes turned blue but we didn’t get any other indicators.

[@thesadistor-hl7lw]

@@IAloneAmTheYapper hi dude how are you today

[@moonwhooper]

​@@thesadistor-hl7lwyou

[@moonwhooper]

​@@thesadistor-hl7lwwhy are you everywhere I am

[@TetsuShima]

Anakin truly despised slavery even in the worst moments of his life, which is not surprising, considering that the first thing he saw when he arrived to Tatooine at the age of 3 was a slave being horribly murdered by his owner. That small event changed forever the mentality of the most important man in the history of the Galaxy

[@genesismultiverse4896]

And because of that Vader hates Nazis so much if he hears the name well you now know where did kylo got his rage issues

[@brandonjade2146]

@@flipflopsofpeaceandjusticedougs dead

[@Whoami691]

Galactic History has had many important men. Vitiate and Revan stand out.

[@Steven9567]

@@genesismultiverse4896 Nazis> what the heck your talking about

[@genesismultiverse4896]

@@Steven9567 you see slavery of jewish is something Nazis do

[@TetsuShima]

Vader after saving his friend: " NOW THIS IS PODRACING!!" Kitster: "...Ani?" Vader: *Whistles looking away*

[@anthonysmith3415]

HA

[@TheSpecialPlumsEveryoneKnows]

If he had said that during the podracer test drive, that would have been hilarious! 😂

[@BG-yz7hh]

Or if he called it "wizard"

[@Will-sq3ip]

Vader: *Whistling the Imperial March*

[@gendoruwo6322]

Let's try spinning !

[@Aivottaja]

Considering all the ways Vader usually approaches anything from his past, this was almost wholesome. I completely expected those childhood friends of Anakin to die.

[@rosabellaalvarez-calderon4586]

Well, it seems that he indulged in the Dark side to destroy those who were threatening his friends. As long as those friends did not recognize him as Anakin they would be safe.

[@gendoruwo6322]

they did not piss him off, they did not pry too much. they're a little reprieve to an otherwise miserable existence.

[@REXX-STRONGSTYLE]

It's called retconning characters......

[@ThatsOk83]

@@REXX-STRONGSTYLEThey didn’t retcon anything here tho

[@Dekomata]

i was half expecting vader to off them himself just to convince himself that his past meant nothing anymore. since he killed several naboo remnants several issues back which included someone he met as young ani. really shows that those he had a closer bond with as anakin skywalker still meant something to him when he's darth vader.

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Adult Kitster and Wald trying to break the silence between them & Vader is darkly comedic in a way. So glad they might actually get a happy ending. Also, the image of Vader riding a pod racer is also pretty hilarious.

[@senzanome7302]

We all know what Vader was thinking when he rode that pod racer to the storm

[@dustydd]

Meanwhile in Vaders head Vader: I'm not saying it Anakin: Say it Vader: No Anakin: C'mon Vader: I said no Anakin: Do it. Do it now! Vader: Sigh... Now this is podracing!

[@matthewwhite4564]

@@dustydd that was pretty damn good lmfao

[@Aivottaja]

@@senzanome7302 I almost said it, but of course someone beat me to the punch.

[@blacksun6245]

Why are they trying to make a darth vader good

[@justsomeguy2825]

It's beautiful how much Luke's existence rattled Vader's entire worldview. He was taught by Palpatine that the past should be destroyed, as it only brought him pain, and for the most part, that was true. He had lost everything and was left as a broken man, only left with his hatred and desire to destroy the past. Luke was an exception to that rule, as he was the part of the past that brought Vader Joy, which made him the first thing Vader didn't want to destroy. From that point, it reawakened the part of him that knew that his past wasn't only a source of pain and regret.

[@revanofkorriban1505]

"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to." 🤣

[@Synthwave89]

Luke was an extension of Padme, the person he loved the most in the world apart from his mother. When Luke was found alive and when Luke believed there was still good in him, like his late wife did, it completely destroyed all of the insidiousness that the emperor planted in him. Truly a beautiful redemption story.

[@walmartpimp2]

Obi-Wan: “You know, I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity. Would you mind if I...” [Kenobi makes a gesture to request permission to read Anakin’s mind. Anakin signals approval and while Obi-Wan reads Anakin’s mind, we see moments of Anakin's childhood with his mother] Anakin: “What did you just do to me? [Both Obi-Wan and Anakin shed tears] Obi-Wan : I accessed the brightest corner of your memory system. It's a very beautiful memory, Anakin. Thank you. Anakin : “I didn't know I still had that. Obi-Wan : “There is so much more to you than you know. Not just pain and anger. There is good, too. I felt it. When you can access all of that, you will possess a power no one can match. Not even me.”

[@El_Fabricio]

@@Synthwave89 "insidiousness", I see what you did here.

[@christopherhop1780]

​@@walmartpimp2awesome quote of professor X to my boy magneto! That line always stuck with me too. And I think it's true.

[@Nikkidafox]

I think that a quote from RoTJ describes Vader so much. "It is too late for me, son." I think he wanted nothing more than to be able to return to what he had once been, but didn't think it was possible anymore. He was too far gone. So he just gave into rage and did his best to block it all out.

[@jamiecyr6210]

I think you're dead on with that assessment.

[@NONO-oy1cu]

i love that line so much

[@hagamapama]

If he had been able to survive, he might have had time to change, but the Emperor's lightning fried his life support circuits. Immediate medical attention might have saved him but the Death Star was in the process of being blown up, there was no time. He wanted to live and love, but time worked against him and the best he could do is make his peace with himself.

[@gamester512]

There's also an exchange Vader had with Darth Maul: *Maul:* "What could you possibly hate so much to be this powerful?" *Vader:* "Myself." More than anything else, even more than Palpatine for manipulating and using him the way he did, Vader hates _himself_ for all of the horrible things he's done and falling for Palpatine's lies and manipulations, but until he found Luke & Leia and realized _they_ were his children, Palpatine was all Vader had left. So in Vader's eyes, killing Palpatine would leave him truly alone in the galaxy, hence why he never turned on Palpatine until Palpatine was about to kill Luke. Vader hated himself so much that he genuinely believed that he didn't _deserve_ to be happy. And yet, it was Luke's unconditional love and faith in his father than finally saved Anakin.

[@CephasTheWanderer]

I love Vader when he's a cold-blooded killing machine. I love it even more when a drop of humanity leaks through the surface

[@schwenda3727]

In retrospect, that simple scene in The Empire Strikes Back, where admiral Piett informs Vader of something, it’s a far more human “Yes, admiral; what is it?” Than plentiful of his usual responses… But on the other hand, according to either canon or theories online, he respected Piett far more than his predecessor (even when he f’d up) than Ozzel… supposedly because Ozzel’s title at the time was nothing short of pure nepotism while Piett actually had skill & respect…

[@viix3815]

@@schwenda3727 If there is anything Vader hates equally to slavery, it is nepotism and incompetence in one package. Vader hated Thrawn and Tarkin. Both of which rose through the ranks by the Emperor's will. But they had the skittlez to back their ranks up. It was the stupidity and arrogance of Ozzel that got him crossed off the census.

[@rev0568]

​@@viix3815🤔 I'm fairly certain he moreso hated Thrawn because he knew who Vader used to be and called him out on it, not so much because he rose through the ranks via the Emperor, and he hated Tarkin because he was reduced to being his lapdog on a few occasions where he could do nothing because of the emperors protection, something Tarkin also called him out on. Considering Thrawn was the most competent, or near enough to the most, military leader in the Empire. Vader wouldn't have cared if he was fast tracked by the Emperor so long as he was good at his job, and he was one of the best.

[@viix3815]

@@rev0568 Vader hated a lot of people for a lot of reasons. I do believe there was a statement from one person in one book (I read so many) that he hated anyone who got special treatment, or rose so fast through the ranks. But he also respected anyone who could produce results. The difference between Piett and Ozzel is that Ozzel had an undeserved rank, and that was why Vader had 0 fs to give about killing him. Piett actually had tried to stop Ozzel but was over ruled. This is also why Vader hated Moffs. They were lazy, incompetent and arrogant. Vader often killed for no reason. But he never exactly targeted those people. But there were members of the upper echelons that Vader did target. Just because he hated their work ethic. Tarkin. He hated him. But even without the Emperor there, Tarkin was a hard worker, and earned his spot. There was a grudging respect. There is the issue between 'legends' now and 'Disney'. But Legends always stuck with me more.

[@gunsharck]

Into child killers are you? You’ll love Myra Hindley

[@Mediados]

Imagine being the guy talking to Vader, suddenly he goes real quiet and just stares you down.

[@jardockjarvannia7954]

Me internally like "Oh no, what'd I say, what'd I do?"

[@ashlyncake]

Everything gangster till his iconic breathing stops and he goes deafeningly silent

[@suhaib8464]

@@jardockjarvannia7954in my head I’d be like “I wonder if he’s looking at me or staring into the abyss”

[@Fantasyremix]

I like when Vader said “you can do nothing.” He’s basically saying there’s no hope for me, I’ve gone too far away from the boy I was.

[@darthtroller]

"There's nothing we can do" bro became Napoleon

[@dark___matter_]

The greatest moment in this particular comic isn’t even that. It’s when Vader saves Sabe (and Kitster and Wald) by enclosing them in a container after ordering his Star Destroyer to fire upon the device they were tasked with taking down. Watching Vader pick up Sabe and hold her while walking off into the light was one of the greatest moments ever in Star Wars comics.

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

😂

[@Zmargo702]

So its canon that Ani gets to ride a pod racer again? Thats fucking sick man.

[@cutsleeve117]

You know he was having the time of his life on the pod racer again

[@thesurp72520]

Honestly this nearly made me cry, Darth Vader being able to feel some humanity once again.

[@GabrielRamirez-uv8ce]

Right???

[@WestLegend03]

Because, deep down, Anakin wasn't really dead. He was just so maimed and alone that most of the time, only Vader lived inside the armor.

[@Monkchelle_Kongbama]

I think it's very important to remind people that the sith aren't bound by "evil" deeds. They simply act in self interest

[@lisboah]

True. The Sith are guided by passion, not by evil. The problem is that the Dark Side eventually takes away their goodness. The only exceptions are Sidious and Vitiate. Those guys were evil from birth.

[@astrobookwormsinger]

​@@lisboahI love it when people of culture know Vitiate.

[@gibanicarstolar2149]

@@astrobookwormsingervitiate is the si gle most powerful force user ever

[@IliterateAshole]

Which is so often evil

[@lukashorvath8797]

@@lisboah don't forget Count Dooku (Darth Tyranus) who also wasn't that evil

[@SpiderJack99]

“There’s still good in him”

[@lifedeather]

I still believe in him *dies*

[@SpiderJack99]

@@lifedeather she was still right.

[@Ivan_Berni]

"I can fix him"

[@jacksonvoet8312]

I mean, yeah.

[@XBOWTOTHEFACE]

i can fix him

[@mechwarrior13]

As someone who has moved around for my whole life, I felt goose bumps just thinking about the one time i reunited with my 1st grade best friend after 30 years when I just randomly ran into him in my hometown in china. And im not even a dark lord of the sith.. yet

[@Geeksavant80x]

Wait what do you mean by "yet"🤨

[@christopherhop1780]

That's awesome man! Even the part about u being a sith lord! Jk.. Unless u train me lmao

[@solothurn20mm31]

What great house do you represent mechwarrior?

[@anthonychihuahua]

Being only a mild Star Wars fan, I find this information very cool! So, Vader, going deeper into his Sithness, still displays signs of compassion and love. Very interesting.

[@boeingnz]

Now I get why Anakin said from certian point of view Jedi are evil. A mother's son helped them from doom. And they took her son away. Who could've protected her, kept him away till it's too late. Many injustices all around them and they just said it's not our problem. It's their problem only when the council said so...

[@w4rr0ck_svcks]

Seriously they could’ve gone to tattooine, bought her and set her free. Instead they said to a 9 year old boy: „yea dude just forget about your mother living a miserable life in slavery attachments are bad“

[@robertrosales2285]

A young slave boy that gets a chance at freedom while meeting the love of his life, a being that he akins to an angel. While simultaneously being told that he's going to be trained by a very exclusive order to wield immense power. When he's told he has to leave his mother behind, he only agrees to go so that he can become strong enough to come back to the planet and free his mother. ONLY to go to the Jedi and be denied training. Have the only father figure he ever had killed. Be told that he can't have feelings for one of the people he loved most. And then told that he can't save his mother, the other person he loves most. And during the entirety of his time as Jedi, he was ridiculed, scrutinized, judged, and berated. And that's not even considering the influence from Palpatine. The Jedi really failed Anakin, crushed his hopes and dreams, and were indirectly responsible for his mother's death. One of the most tragic characters to exist.

[@raymondcoventry1221]

Yep, back in 1999 you had theaters full of people saying 'So the Jedi just left his mom as a slave? What the hell?'

[@kevinskywalker5539]

​@@raymondcoventry1221, I wonder how they feel, now when they listen to obi wan's description of the jedi in a new hope, where he describes them as the keepers of peace and justice.

[@jacksonvoet8312]

@@robertrosales2285 And they didn’t defend Ashoka in the Temple Bombing Incident, which lead to her leaving due to feeling alienated, which left Anakin without an ally to tell him that Palpatine was bullshitting him, and a friend. That was the Jedi’s last chance to prevent Order 66.

[@PricefieldPunk]

Even Lord Vader cannot escape nostalgia for his past

[@Jaimethepanda]

*Riding the pod racer* Vader: “This is pretty wizard…”

[@atlxntic5411]

I Love how Vader Just casually Hops on that Podracer 😂

[@thalmoragent9344]

Man... Anakin's childhood as a slave is something I feel a lot of people don't ever really sit down and truly think about. Like, could you guys imagine? That's insane. Born a slave...

[@johnhoran9840]

ROTS novel talks about how he recalls Watto's beatings while the Dark Side rages inside of him during his duel with Dooku.

[@XantaliX]

Yeah , although I really like the prequels, I think they touched the slavery topic and all the factors that slowly piled in in Anakin's backstory to make him eventually turn into the war criminal he became in a very light hearted way, to a point that one really often dismisses it , and I guess it was because those prequels back in the day were supposed to be written as a family friendlly franchise (the most they could do in terms of "darkness" was the Revenge of the Sith" tho cause there's no light hearted way of telling THAT story , and even by that I still remember newscasts warning people of being careful with bringing kids too young due to the "gruesome images" in my country). Nowadays with shows like Andor, Obi Wan , and all the starwars spin offs there has been more chance of dueling in a more darker way of telling these stories so the psychological weight of the characters are more evident . It would've been badass if Anakin's childhood had had the "Andor style" story telling treatment.

[@BierBart12]

I kinda like the idea of rare moments of Vader doing good deeds, something that could never be allowed for the general public to know, as it'd kinda undermine his purpose of being seen as a purely terrifying symbol and enforcer of the Emperor's will. These moments of being forced to reflect on himself also really help build up to that final moment, like he had to slowly be nudged towards it over many years instead of suddenly changing his entire, deeply engrained Sith mentality, just because Luke was about to die

[@madambutterfly1997]

How convenient they couldn't find Anakin's mother might have actually derailed certain Canon events had they succeeded

[@darthknightwingphoenix2081]

No kidding... I mean, DID they even look? They knew where to start, all they had to do was ask Watto and they'd have found her. It would've made more sense if they actually DID find her, but instead left her behind because she was happily married by then and instead freed a bunch of other slaves per her request.

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@darthknightwingphoenix2081 they freed a bunch of slaves in her honor

[@Memelord1117]

They would've died to. Owen tried to rescue her with 30 people, and lost over 20 of them and one of his legs.

[@darthknightwingphoenix2081]

@@Memelord1117 those were farmers. The handmaidens are fighters. And if this took place in between Episodes 1 and 2, they’d have found her just fine. Shmi was only grabbed by the Tuskens like a month or two before Episode 2

[@Angelcas77]

@@Memelord1117really that’s neat to know and so sad he tried to rescue her and couldn’t:,(

[@JRF1004]

Love how these stories make Vader’s redemption so much more gradual

[@grunt7917]

We need an entire film about Vader made of stories like this. That would be a bomb.

[@emilioaramalvarado3402]

Can u imagine a TV series? Like seeing this on live action holy shit

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

You should do the EU comic where Vader runs across C-3PO and flashes back to the droid he built as a kid. Vader doesn’t realize it’s the very protocol droid he built (thinking it’s just another 3PO model) but goes out of his way to save the droid from an on going battle in space frigate.

[@simplyme85]

lord thank the maker

[@ThesonofAJR_edits]

@@simplyme85 What did you say

[@_MaZTeR_]

The one that takes place during Episode 5, where Vader holds 3PO's head against his after the scene where 3PO gets put into pieces?

[@zom8680]

Memory wiped remember? ​@@simplyme85

[@JagoShogun]

Man sees child hood friends. Saves them. Doesn't explain anything. Walks away.

[@mrdardon3463]

Apparently after Episode 5, there were many moments where Anakin came through a lot more frequently, because he was hoping Luke would finally free him.

[@_MaZTeR_]

Not necessarily free him from the Dark Side, but he finally had a purpose in life and could rule the Empire together with family and perhaps even kill Palpatine. And that Padmé didn't die in vain. That's why he didn't kill Needa at the end of Ep5 and why he's so soft in this comic. If this was pre-Episode 5 or even pre-Episode 4 timeline, Vader would've either let the beasts kill his old friends or cut them all down.

[@officialc00lkidd]

glad these types of comics exist, it shows that vader is just a broken man, not pure evil

[@brandonthomy5778]

Wholesome Vader does exist and he might hurt you.

[@GarudaUltima]

With lots of hugs and cuddles?

[@Medialover100]

This needs to be done Live Action or Animated!! These stories are just too precious!!

[@razorback10]

As tacky as some of the canon comics can be, they always do Vader right. I do like these comics.

[@cryalot378]

wow one of the rare moments of Vader actually having feelings.. also I love how he randomly uses the pod racer

[@skyboy4341]

This is one of my favorite canon comics series

[@articusramos808]

Anakin just wishes he can remeet his friends in a better condition. That way its less awkward and more pleasant.

[@InfiniteNaos]

One of the very, very few moments of Vader doing something nice for others. There has been times where he rewards those that prove successful and useful to the Empires cause, but this came from Anakin/Vader. Despite how much darkness was around him, in him, running through him he still went out of his way to stop the governor especially when Vader himself couldn’t see it.

[@Bruhtatochip742]

3:37 this image goes unbelievably hard. Can't believe someone drew this and have it be so perfect.

[@blackbankai0354]

Vader: (rides pod racer) Sabé: “Lord Vader, you’re crazy, spinning is not flying.”

[@LapisAndroid17ParkRanger]

Vader: But its a good trick.

[@Rinzler3757]

A heart of cold stone but yet the core remains warm chained by memories

[@innocuousalias6632]

The time period is very important for stories like this. If it happened before his confrontation with luke it undermines the eventual breaking of the darkside and Sidius' hold on him. It was meeting his son on cloud city and his son almost dying that cracked the prison of evil he had been trapped in. Before that he would never be looking into padme's death in the first place. His walls were up so thick he couldn't sense he familial connection to Leia. If he hadn't been closed to everything other that hate a power he would have had visions of his children the way anakin did with his mother and padme.

[@coronin8587]

Moments like these are what makes me appreciate RotJ so much more than Empire. Though most people say Empire is the better movie and has better highs and less lows, to which I can agree to some respect, I genuinely don’t think anything can top the whole last part with Luke and Vader finally interacting. Luke has no malice towards the man he knows as his father but instead a hopefulness towards him, knowing there is good within the man despite all he’s done wrong (it’s the tie in comics and everything else imho that starts taking away the idea of a redemption for Vader) and tries his best to bring him back to that time where he was a Jedi too. In this, we see not only has Luke become a true Jedi, a man able to set aside feelings of hate and anger and instead putting forth ideas of hope and goodness, but see that the man known as Anakin is still in there but he has been hiding from his pain and guilt by masking it with rage. Times that we can glimpse that Vader still has good in him reinforce this idea and really build up just why Luke can really be called the one true Jedi, not because he is the last (sorry, I just shivered typing those two words near each other), but because unlike many of those within the Order, Luke doesn’t immediately swat away the ideas of enemies being irredeemable villains. Even when Luke gets the closest to giving in to the dark side when he’s batting away Vader’s saber and being ordered to kill him by Palpatine, he calms himself and appeals to Vader’s sense of right even on the verge of death by lightning. And of course, this is all without bringing in the Disney fanfic that people are saying are canon movies.

[@Darthzim]

Why do people say empire is better

[@mingthan7028]

Damn...Vader is such a Tsudere

[@Nostalgia2000erafan]

We need a Kitset and wald Star Wars story series! Also I really love it! It’s show more of vader good side before his redemption in rtoj.

[@SWDude2710]

Another awesome badass Vader moment, and another great video further proving that Vader was not "pure evil" like I've been seen so many damn people saying, especially those who choose to ignore his tragic backstory and why he became evil in the first place.

[@lisboah]

Vader was purely on a downward spiral. His fall started when he betrayed the Jedi Order, murdered younglings, was responsible for his wife's murder and fought the closest thing to a brother he had. After doing all of that, he knew that he had become a monster beyond redemption. All he had was the Dark Side, that brough him only suffering, and Palpatine, who was the only relationship he had left, even if it was an abusive and toxic one.

[@SWDude2710]

@@lisboah I agree 100%. It's no wonder he not only had extreme self loathing towards himself, but he was immensely depressed because of his actions and how he hated the man he used to be.

[@randeli7785]

He was certainly "pure evil" between RotS and ESB, tragic past or not doesn't change the horrible stuff he did. It's not until after ESB that he starts to recognize what kind of person he is and later becomes a better person again.

[@SWDude2710]

@@randeli7785 you do make a point there. He was pretty much fuelled by hate and rage in his younger years in the suit, yet he mellowed out and become much more level headed overtime.

[@lisboah]

@@randeli7785 In Legends, he always hated himself from the get-go. There was one time when he tried to rescue Tarkin's son and used the Force to make the whole building fall apart with himself still inside. He was the only survivor because the hatred he had for himself kept him alive.

[@Leinad0001]

This is the kind of story that feels reminiscent of the Lucas era.

[@scottiestorch852]

That pod looked so sick Vader couldn’t help it

[@ReckSaber3664]

It’s always so nice to see anikan come out once in a while

[@maxy073]

aye a new The Lore Master video, its gonna be a good day today !

[@abaddon130]

Anakin Skinwalker is truly a character of all times

[@ProfSir1]

This may be my favorite Darth Vader story yet.

[@grayflaneur4854]

Always love the references.. helps to follow up on our own. Great stuff.

[@Mr__Geno]

Man, this really hits hard. Seeing the good person Anakin was as a child, coming back as a Sith Lord and saving his childhood friends. Even after all he did, can someone that committed so many atrocities be forgiven? Saved? Redeemed?

[@AlphaWolfHowl]

"I know there's good in you. The emperor hasn't driven it from you fully."

[@243Abolerz]

This wasn't Vader. It was Anakin. After Vader confronts Luke on Bespin, he takes a serious turn to the light, to the point where it's basically a conflicted Anakin.

[@hunterkiller1440]

We were on the verge of greatness. We were this close to providing peace and security for the galaxy.

[@TheBohobemeister]

Wonderful video as always!

[@TheLoreMasterYT]

Thanks!

[@TheBohobemeister]

@@TheLoreMasterYT You're welcome!

[@kattybratt1353]

i remember watching your videos when i was younger, they were some of my favorites! its really cool to see youre still going :)

[@Theemptythroneistaken]

It's moments like this that is the reason vaders mask was slipping and anakin was slowly but surely rising to the surface! Of course luke was always going to bring his farther back to the light (It was his destiny to do so) but these moments made it possibly that bit easier to do so.

[@huskotabago]

Very touching comic. Thy for sharing it!

[@heirtoroma4152]

You think they figured it out when he jumped in the pod? Had to be a story a child goes off, wins a race. Becomes a Jedi… Then this strangely* anti slavery imperial with force abilities jumps in and saves your lives and takes off in a podracer with no words… “You don’t think that was?” “No way…. Right?” Kinda thing

[@marrqi7wini54]

Imagine if the two lived into the time of the book Bloodline and found out about Vader being Anakin?

[@quakethedoombringer]

I am pretty sure Vader will off both of them if they start inquiring about his past. Their ignorance saves them big time in this case

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Again some very good canon it shows Vader as he should be shown. A tragic figure not some monster like some thing he is.

[@JaylaisAwesome]

I can’t believe that Darth Vader did not kill his friends…. Anakin is still in there.

[@antonius9]

Thanks for doing this. This was a beautiful story.

[@JohnDoe-ym8si]

bro this story is soo sick and I love it , ani always was in there somewhere deep I REALLY hope we see a live action some how some day of when obi wan taught him to become a force ghost in his dying moments THAT is true brotherhood and would be so sweet to see !

[@cb3391]

And Vader, continued to insure, that colony was safe.....even past his demise.

[@sageumbra]

Knowing how painful Vaders prosthetics are, the fact that he moved so fast to save his old friends is absolutely crazy.

[@immaoriginal7094]

He has to use the force even just to walk because of that.

[@AlphaProto]

Excellent story. I enjoyed all the connections to the prequeals.

[@benjamindeh873]

Man those comics have some SO cool stories.

[@iReiGNxx]

Sabe is the most interesting and badass character I’ve learned existed in Star Wars in recent years. This sounds like such a great story for Vader, and I especially love when elements of the Republic era appear in the Rebellion era.

[@premierlitnant1570]

Why can’t we get cool stories like these in modern Star Wars movies 😢

[@overloadedninja4208]

People aren’t realizing how wholesome Vader is being because Anakin is shining and influencing his decisions. Like when he just stopped and starred into his own thoughts when he realized who he was talking to is hilarious and the moment they’re like “ can I help yo…” “No” and Vader stomps off trying to be evil but Anakin not letting his friends get hurt and Vader once again stomps off like a toddler. The idea of Vader on a pod racer is hilarious. He was being very childish this issue

[@JRGProjects]

Vader being an "under the table" anti-hero makes sense and its cool to see what the Empire could do if it was used like the Star Trek's Federation rather than a bloated self indulgent Empire. The Imperials could be a major force for good in the Galaxy if they wished it.

[@oliversmith9200]

Awww... Faith in -humanity- Vader restored.

[@I86282]

One of the only Darth Vader comics I liked.

[@alhaquin]

I wouldn't mind playing a star wars game focusing on Vaders stories

[@rorroryusoul]

Very cool video the lore master

[@williorio8733]

Honestly a great story from Disney. The implementation of these familiar faces in the story doesn’t feel shoehorned, it actually contributes to the overarching narrative of the story and shows the light in Vader, a theme called upon in the original trilogy as well. He’s not evil, he’s just depressed into submission. He insists Anakin is dead because he cannot accept the reality that Anakin is very much alive and still within him. This isn’t a throw away story, it’s emblematic of Vader’s character as a whole. Love to see it

[@danmolina2724]

Thats a really good story thanks for sharing this

[@michaelp772]

Vader riding a podracer with his cape flailing is one of the funniest things I've seen! Totally destroys any sense of terror by sheer comedy!

[@ralphbellamy4558]

Vader never escaped his past until he made peace with it

[@scarletcrusader5431]

Gosh I love the nuance of Vader

[@fcanela707]

Was just watchin the video you posted about leia meetin them and then this gets posted

[@silasestlander]

THIS is The Way to Create content! Upload a short, laying out the gist of the overall story, but still making it enough to understand. Then uploading a video going into detail, for those who want the more intricate details. Massive kudos to you!

[@Ragmon1]

Vader riding that pod-racer... epic. :D

[@marcosserrano383]

I absolutely loved this

[@sonicdbzfan94]

Okay, we absolutely need a fan animation of Lord Vader riding that Podracer. It's just too uncanny to leave on paper.

[@Horus2468]

Honor comes with loyalty and class, even evil can't stop pride.

[@wilykat]

I would've like to have been a story where Vader crosses paths with his old droid and companion R2-D2. Imagine the conflict between the two.

[@roadbeef]

Yoooo 3:40 is the COOLEST image of anything SW related I've ever seen!!!

[@justincooper5189]

Too bad Disney isn't up for doing alternate versions of Star wars, cause I have ideas but know I wouldn't get paid for them. This was interesting. He saved his old friends, and honestly was heroic, because a true hero never needs to be praised, because they see it as"just doing my job" and that's what he was basically doing without words. It shows he's not completely dark.

[@rickyolivarez]

This made me cry 😢

[@bigdoubleu117]

Disney should have hired their comic book writers for the films and TV shows, because these stories actually seem pretty good.

[@quakethedoombringer]

I swear, it's like they spent their entire talented staff on writing comics or novels on Vader, Tarkin, etc. and then leaves the intern team to handle the film script

[@Dylansanimaladventures]

That weirdly brought a tear to my eye