the og star wars trilogy really said, here is a villain. it's ok, you can hate him. you can root for his downfall. he is ruthless and evil. he's killed countless people. he killed our hero's mentor. he chokes people to death, even his own officers.
oh, and also, he's our hero's father.
suddenly everything is flipped on its head. yeah darth vader is still the villain, but now he's luke's family, his blood relative, the long-dead father he used to beg his uncle for stories about. despite all we have seen, luke is certain there is good in him.
and luke is proven to be right.
star wars said here is a villain, and he is a man, and he has done terrible things, and he continues to do terrible things, and he still has good in him, and he is still worth redeeming, and all of those things can be true.

















