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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Klaus" data-source="post: 3666233" data-attributes="member: 607">In the Empire, he IS the law. He speaks with the authority of the Emperor, and the regime is pretty much an autocracy.In the prequels it is shown that he looks up to Palpatine as a leader of men, as someone who can bring *order* to the galaxy.Tyrants are Lawful Evil. They use the law to suit their needs.When has he done that? There's nothing in the six Star Wars movies that show Vader overturning any law. In Episode IV, the Emperor dissolves the Senate and gives each Moff complete authority over their regional sectors. Harsh laws are still laws. If the penalty for failure is death, so be it.Where is this shown. Even so, he is following the Sith Rule of Two: there must be only two Sith, one master and one apprentice, one holding power and one desiring it.Once again, he *is* galactic law. Nothing he did in the six movies broke any laws. He turned on Mace Windu when he saw Mace attempting to execute the head of state without the benefit of a trial. He turned against the Jedi when they were branded traitors by said head of state. He stopped a ship suspected of harboring a traitorous politician with terrorrist aspirations.His chain of command is: he answers to Palpatine, everyone answers to him. He was just being courteous in obeying Tarkin.He wasn't planning on overthrowing Sidious when he pledge allegiance in Palpatine's office.What if there's no court-martial in the galactic law? Since he is the ultimate authority in the absence of the Emperor, he is well within his rights to act as Judge, Jury and Executioner and issue immediate justice.A Chaotic ruler issues very few, if any, formal laws. When he does, it's usually on site of whatever prompted him to do so (see Kull, the Conqueror, in that Kevin Sorbo movie). A Lawful ruler values discipline, order, tradition. If people can't agree to something, they should be FORCED to agree (as Anakin himself stated in Episode II).No, Vader is Lawful Evil throughout the Original Trilogy.</blockquote>

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