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…
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.
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?
You jest, but back then this was an actual debate. For most people it was obvious but some doubted it.
Wait, so Darth Vader is
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Luke Skywalker’s father?
In a similar vein
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Vader is German for Father, so this wasn’t as devastating a reveal in european markets
Source on this pls, never heard of it and am resident.
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
OK, thanks!
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Very close, alas no cookie. In German, that would be “Vater”. However, “Vader” exists with that meaning in Dutch.
Dutch, and it’s a coincidence, nothing more.
You can try to deny it, but we all know the Dutch are the remnants of the empire.
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…
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.
Yeah.
Reminded me of: George Lucas is a timetraveler and I wrote Star Wars
That was great
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?
And then they deny that the Emperor’s name in novels and radio plays is canonical.