Timeline for Why was Darth Vader so careless?
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| Jan 14, 2017 at 5:06 | comment | added | Broklynite | Maybe he's actually an inspiring leader to his troops? | |
| Feb 21, 2016 at 12:41 | vote | accept | Gaussler | ||
| Feb 7, 2016 at 0:00 | comment | added | Eric Towers | If you could sum up Obi-Wan's admonitions to Anakin in Ep's 2 and 3, would it be "Anakin, you really need to take more risks." | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 23:13 | answer | added | einpoklum | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 18:19 | comment | added | Tim | Dramatically these scenes quickly establish him as the villain. (Surprising, but sequels need to be written with the expectation some of the audience hasn't seen the preceeding movies in the series) | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 12:13 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | @Lilienthal - yeah - and isn't THAT just typical? In WWI the RAF learned that the best combat setup for flyers was a primary pilot and a wingman. During the "between-the-wars" timeframe they managed to forget the hard-won combat knowledge, and changed to having their fighters fly in "vics" - three aircraft, with two to do the screening. In the Battle of Britain the Germans made mincemeat of them until some bright boy said, "Hey! Why don't we go back to doing what worked in the last war?". My point: two wingmen? I DON'T THINK SO!! | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 12:09 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | Come on! The dude's a dude! He's a bro! He's an adrenalin junkie! He does it just for the rush, the excitement, the thrill!! And also because, y'know, he's, like, Palpatine's evil dark lord sock puppet... :-) | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 8:50 | comment | added | user42419 | At the risk of nitpicking: didn't he have two wingmen dedicated solely to his protection in the starship battle you mention? | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 7:30 | comment | added | Gaussler | @Thunderforge I am open for suggestions and edits, and I frequently accept them. But in this particular case, I felt the original title reflected ny vision for the question better. But that is all a matter of taste. | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 3:26 | comment | added | Thunderforge | I changed the title to the less click-baity title of "Why did Darth Vader put himself in danger so frequently" and it was reverted back. I don't want to get into an edit war, but I do think we need a title that better reflects the actual content of that question, instead of drawing people in based on the ambiguity. | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 18:44 | history | edited | Gaussler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 4, 2016 at 18:05 | history | edited | Thunderforge | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
since this is a hot network question, changing the title to more accurately reflect what the question is actually about
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| Feb 4, 2016 at 17:52 | answer | added | Xavon_Wrentaile | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 17:28 | comment | added | BCLC | same reason why Darth Vader jumped even though Ben/Obi-Wan had the high ground? | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 15:40 | comment | added | Gryzorz | I find your lack of faith disturbing | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 10:24 | comment | added | Kos | Didn't he do the same thing as a youngling? | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 3:25 | history | protected | Rand al'Thor♦ | ||
| Feb 4, 2016 at 3:19 | answer | added | Rick Henderson | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 21:28 | comment | added | ruffin | If I was designing it, I would've left that out. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:58 | comment | added | Gaussler | @TheodorosChatzigiannakis With that many exotic bacteria in my bloodstream, I would actually feel quite anxious. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:53 | comment | added | Natural30 | I hate to be that guy, but with a midichlorian count of over 20,000 you'd be pretty confident too. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:09 | comment | added | Petersaber | Overconfidence is a slow and insideous killer | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 16:48 | answer | added | Patrick Schaefer | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 13:44 | answer | added | mccainz | timeline score: -1 | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 2:00 | comment | added | Mazura | He was the best starfighter in the galaxy. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 1:29 | comment | added | sampathsris | Note that culture in Star Wars closely resemble wars of medieval times on Earth. There are nobility, and Knights. On Earth, knights used to take the very front of a battle (at least in Earth's modern cinema). | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 0:56 | answer | added | Oldcat | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 19:40 | answer | added | Amit Kumar | timeline score: -4 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 19:35 | answer | added | Deacon | timeline score: 20 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 18:54 | comment | added | njzk2 | hand-waving Because the force. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 16:00 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | In addition to other answers, the Imperial Fleet seems to be equipped with pretty good sensor technology, which would probably be able to detect booby traps. Presumably a scan was done on the Rebel ships / bases before Vader walked in. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 15:54 | comment | added | DevSolar | There is that story about Erwin Rommel, being flown about in a Fieseler Storch to get an idea of how things are going, dropping hand-written notes on dallying troops to the effect of "get a move on, or I'm coming down to make you". That's the kind of leadership Vader is trying to emulate. ;-) | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 15:06 | answer | added | aslum | timeline score: 10 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 15:05 | comment | added | anaximander | Vader is basically Palpatine's evil knight errant at this point. This is what that sort of unquestioningly loyal, combat-skilled- terrifying minion is for. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 14:10 | answer | added | mungflesh | timeline score: 43 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 14:00 | comment | added | user1717828 | @red_devil226, it's adequonfidence | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 13:56 | comment | added | kasperd | @red_devil226 Getting into the battle at the end of A New Hope might have seemed dangerous at the time. But in the end getting into the battle actually saved his life. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 13:49 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/694517942617251840 | ||
| Feb 2, 2016 at 11:55 | comment | added | phantom42 | Because he's Darth F-ing Vader. What better way to show how much of a badass he is than to have him walk right into the middle of a battle like it's nothing? A similar device is used later with Boba Fett when Fett is confident enough to talk back to him, and get singled out about not disintegrating anyone. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 11:37 | answer | added | thegreatjedi | timeline score: 66 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 11:17 | comment | added | ʀᴇᴅ_ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ226 | @PaulD.Waite I agree with your answer. Doing all those things didn't really bring him any harm. But he didn't have to do them. He could have sent a subordinate. But then he probably wouldn't be one of the most popular fantasy villains of all time if he was just ordering people around (not that his goal was to be best known villain of all time, just stepping out of the Star Wars universe for a second). | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 10:48 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | @red_devil226: it’s not over confidence if it’s accurate. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 10:44 | history | edited | Gaussler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 2, 2016 at 10:44 | answer | added | Cearon O'Flynn | timeline score: 16 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 10:36 | answer | added | Paul D. Waite | timeline score: 152 | |
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| Feb 2, 2016 at 10:11 | comment | added | ʀᴇᴅ_ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ226 | Over-confidence I guess. It seems to be a character requirement for every fantasy villain. | |
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| Feb 2, 2016 at 9:53 | history | asked | Gaussler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |