[OT- Star Wars, possible spoilers] Was Darth Vader truly evil?

[Umbran]

It may only be "passively evil" to sit by and watch an entire planet be destroyed as a demonstration, but it's a pretty darned big passive evil. Vader could have quite easily stoped the destruction of Alderaan, but did not. His implicit agreement with such an act marks him as evil.

 

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

His evil is nothing compared to mine!

 

[Baron Von StarBlade]

Didn't Vader hunt down and Kill all the Jedi. .I believe either Obiwan or Yoda mentioned it. That would make him pretty evil.

 

[Corinth]

That's what Obi-Wan said, and we know him to be a liar when it suits his purposes. Take that with a grain of salt.

 

[Ristamar]

But what he said WAS true... from a certain point of view.

 

[Black Omega]

Yes, Darth Vader is an excellent example of evil. Killing. Torture. Abusing not only enemies but your own subordinates. Slicing through Obi-wan Kenobi while he wasn't defending himself.

Now Darth Maul...what did HE do that was so evil? He looked evil. He was a student of the dark side. But all he did was single mindedly chase two jedi with the apparent purpose of engaging them in single combat. For that matter, he didn't mind letting them outnumber him 2-1. No torture. No threats. Waste of a cool character.

 

[Darkness]

His evil is nothing compared to mine!

Hah! You don't even exist - so there!

 

[Moon_Goddess]

Episode 2 spoiler from the comic version....















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After finding his mother dying killed by Tuskan Raiders, he goes on a ramage and kills the raiders, I wouldn't really consider it an evil act. In fact I've been known to base CG DND characters around things like that, but in George Lucas world it's evil.

It's not the killing the Jedi consider evil, Luke killed thousand by blowing up the death star. But they were evil you say, well, the Tuskan Raiders have never been depicted as anything other then evil, it's the anger that's what makes him evil. I don't buy it, but that's Lucas.


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[LostSoul]

Don't forget Vader killing Captain (Bail?) Antillies at the very beginning of Star Wars.

 

[Simon Magalis]

Another thing to is Vader's master plan in the original trilogy... not to only overthrow the Emperor, but to REPLACE him: "You can destroy the Emperor.... We can rule the Galaxy as father and son". Somehow I doubt he has a bright shiny version of government in mind. I don't think Lucas intends for us to think of Vader as evil himself (after all is said and done) but rather for us to judge his actions as evil. Vader is symbolic of how anger and ambition can lead to the loss of our humanity.