Comments on: Luke’s Death Blow

By: Great White Pygmy

Great White Pygmy — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:35:15 +0000

I haven’t read all the comments so forgive me if I repeat what some one else has already said.
I don’t think the Emperor was ever in danger of a “death blow.”
He showed no sign of reacting to Luke’s strike. I believe it was a test by the Emperor for Luke to give into anger and also for Vader to test his loyalty. Also it would be cinematically anticlimactic if Luke had succeeded and there was no saber duel. And that is what the true reason is I think.

By: mIKE

mIKE — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:00:27 +0000

Its simple. He is the chosen one. It is he who is to bring balance to the force not Luke.

By: DarthKaal

DarthKaal — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:11:40 +0000

@Andrew: interesting theories, but one thing bothers me. You seem to imply, without any doubt, as well as J.W. Rinzler, that Vader already made his choice and is trapping the Emperor.

Even if Vader already made his offer to Luke in Empire, I (and this is only my point of view) have always seen Vader in Jedi being totally loyal to Palpatine, having accepted his own fate, the fact that he is not Anakin Skywalker anymore, and mostly the fact that he doesn’t have any choice. Loyal to Palpatine until the last moment where he realizes his true feelings for his son.

By: Bradboom

Bradboom — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:36:20 +0000

Obi Wan said earlier in the movie that Luke had to face Darth Vader again. Obi Wan knew through the force that it was Luke’s destiny to face his father. It wouldn’t be much of a stretch for Vader and Palpatine to see that destiny as well. The Emperor goading Luke into “striking him down” was just a ruse to get Luke to take his lightsaber and activate it in order for he and his father to fight once more and fulfill their destinies.

By: C-Master

C-Master — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:15:49 +0000

I think that Vader stopped the blow because Luke was about to do it only out of anger and hate, and because of the good inside of Vader, he didn’t want that path for Luke.

By: Darth_Rock

Darth_Rock — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:20:28 +0000

The main reason, if you read ROTJ Novel, Vader thought Luke was not ready yet for the reponsibility of killing the Emperor. That he could not handle the power required to take on such a task. Vader himself wanted to be the one to strike down the Emperor and rule the galaxy with Luke at his side. Vader wanted to be the one to seize the Emperor’s power and then train Luke in the ways of the darkside…

By: Dave! Yognaught

Dave! Yognaught — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:55:36 +0000

I would argue that Vader was just trying to stop his son from giving in to his hate knowing that, if he did, he would fall into the same trap as Anakin did may years earlier, thus giving in to the Emporor’s request without knowing it. Therfore, Vader realizes that the only way to save his son was to prevent him from killing the Emporor.

On a different note, the movie would have ended rather darkly had Luke killed Palpatine, so it’s better from a real-world perspective as well for Vader stop Luke.

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:41:04 +0000

This might be a more sinister thought, but what if the emperor used the force to move Vader’s mechanical arms, akin to a puppet master controlling puppet strings, it might further the point he makes by telling Luke about his mastery over the rebel attack as well as the Galaxy. Sounds like nonsense, but I try to keep an open mind.

By: Shadow Lord Thorwin Organa Mazeron

Shadow Lord Thorwin Organa Mazeron — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:32:44 +0000

You should also know Lady Misty that “Starkiller” was really Galen Marek, the son of Junto Marek a Jedi Knight that lived at Kashyyyk amongst the Wookies and with his wife there had their son Galen Marek. Amazingly enough, Galen Marek was since he had been about 12yrs old tormented and abused by Anakin Skywalker to be turned into a Dark Lord Of The Sith to some day replace Anakin Skywalker-Darth Vader….unfortunately Galen Marek learns the truth when Anakin Skywalker tries to crush the Wookie rebellion on Kashyyyk and Galen remembers that Darth Vader murders his father. I had reciently bought the book “The Force Unleashed” and it was excellent reading, Galen Marek was about 22yrs old when he died, just 2yrs older than Luke Skywalker himself would be at Star Wars: A New Hope.

By: Shadow Lord Thorwin Organa Mazeron

Shadow Lord Thorwin Organa Mazeron — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:56:57 +0000

Lady Misty you bring up some good points, Yesss Anakin Skywalker stupidly gets seduced by Senator Palpatine’s false promises…..supposedly the Tetan Elite had born to them a man named Plagueis, apparently he was born to them from the Diathim Angels and he could manipulate the Midicholorians to both create life and protect only one he loved from dying using the Midicholorians within him or using them in a biogel liquid.

This is how Senator Palpatine turns Anakin Skywalker to his cause because the Senator might give him the secret though he never does and I think perhaps the Emperor Palpatine had the secret in part of the Spaarti Cloning Chambers on Wayland, luckily that secret was destroy by an New Republic mission by Han Solo and Luke Skywalker to Wayland to stop Joruus Cabyoth.