This would make Yoda's "Don't give in to despair" one of his good pieces of advice!
One of his only good pieces of advise, I'd say. ;)
Yes, I'll admit that the end of ROTS was not put together very well. And I hate Vader's "Nooooo!" because it just seems totally out of character for him to say that. I can't even imagine Anakin saying that before his transformation. But I suspect George wanted to show that, even though he's in his snazzy suit now, he's still essentially just a broken man inside. Or something like that.
Personally, I don't think Vader was thinking a whole lot as he stared at the Death Star at the end. I think he was probably feeling rather numb, just sort of mechanically (if you'll pardon the pun) going through the motions. Despair and numbness go together.
And maybe he was even like that for the next twenty-odd years. He doesn't seem to have a lot of spark in his character in ANH, either. Sure, he tortures Leia, and he even starts strangling Admiral Motti. But those actions seem pretty mechanical, as well.
It isn't until he finds out about Luke that he starts to show some spirit and some real interest in what he's doing again. (As evidenced by the inordinate number of crewmemebers strangled in ESB.)
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One of his only good pieces of advise, I'd say. ;)
Yes, I'll admit that the end of ROTS was not put together very well. And I hate Vader's "Nooooo!" because it just seems totally out of character for him to say that. I can't even imagine Anakin saying that before his transformation. But I suspect George wanted to show that, even though he's in his snazzy suit now, he's still essentially just a broken man inside. Or something like that.
Personally, I don't think Vader was thinking a whole lot as he stared at the Death Star at the end. I think he was probably feeling rather numb, just sort of mechanically (if you'll pardon the pun) going through the motions. Despair and numbness go together.
And maybe he was even like that for the next twenty-odd years. He doesn't seem to have a lot of spark in his character in ANH, either. Sure, he tortures Leia, and he even starts strangling Admiral Motti. But those actions seem pretty mechanical, as well.
It isn't until he finds out about Luke that he starts to show some spirit and some real interest in what he's doing again. (As evidenced by the inordinate number of crewmemebers strangled in ESB.)