• Björn Tantau
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    561 month ago

    You jest, but back then this was an actual debate. For most people it was obvious but some doubted it.

      • BougieBirdie
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        191 month ago

        In a similar vein

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        Vader is German for Father, so this wasn’t as devastating a reveal in european markets

          • @RamblingPanda
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            101 month ago

            You can try to deny it, but we all know the Dutch are the remnants of the empire.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 month ago

          Darth Vader was actually originally a separate character from Anakin, and his name was just “Darth Vader”. That’s why Obi-Wan addresses him as “Darth”, whereas after that it’s a title, not a name, as Lucas retconned a bit to have a grand plan.

          So when he was named Vader, he wasn’t even Luke’s father, so…

          • Rhaedas
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            71 month ago

            No one working on the first movie was even sure it would do well. Lucas may have had some plans in his mind for a bigger story, but at the time he was trying to get the initial movie made. I don’t even know if there’s evidence he had a huge franchise planned out with all the plots, but of course he’d claim he did once it took off.

        • @[email protected]
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          141 month ago
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          German

          Very close, alas no cookie. In German, that would be “Vater”. However, “Vader” exists with that meaning in Dutch.

          • BougieBirdie
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            41 month ago

            As the other comments will tell you, I’m mistaken on the language

            It’s just something I heard before the internet. It could be total baloney

    • @[email protected]
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      71 month ago

      Yup, I remember one guy replied to me once on a forum adamant that Palpatine wasn’t going to become the Emperor. It stick in my mind because it was so much “WHAT?” How do you not… WHAT?

      • Björn Tantau
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        41 month ago

        And then they deny that the Emperor’s name in novels and radio plays is canonical.

  • @[email protected]
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    121 month ago

    Seems a bit far-fetched.

    I mean Palpatine is a well-respected politician. Their kind wouldn’t lie. He has said himself that his side are the good guys, what more proof do you want?

  • @[email protected]
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    101 month ago

    Waiiit. THIS. CHANGES. EVERYTHING.

    I will have to go back and rewatch 4, 5, and 6. I thought that was Uncle Owen!

  • blaue_Fledermaus
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    81 month ago

    When I first watched RotS I thought that Sidious was only disguised as Palpatine (as in kill-and-replace) and the electrocution had just destroyed the disguise.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      At what point did you think he was replaced?

      I always thought the Clone Wars should’ve involved people getting replaced by cloned versions of them or something like that. But nope, the clones were just storm troopers. Oh well…

      • @[email protected]
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        41 month ago

        With how wars are named, the Clone Wars should have been the Republic fighting clone armies, not droids.

  • @[email protected]
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    51 month ago

    Darth Sidious and Vadar were played by completely different actors. Your theory has plot holes.