I AM IN REAL FUCKING TEARS ABOUT THIS COMIC
I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE GOOD BECAUSE DARTH VADER’S DIARY IS ALREADY A HELL OF A PREMISE
NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN MAKING FUN OF THE TERRIBLE PERSON THAT DARTH VADER IS
AND WHEN IT STARTS OUT WITH “I was summoned to his quarters earlier to remove a corpse and found it under, y’know, some ‘magazines’.” I KNEW I WAS IN FOR A RIDE.
AND BOY WAS I.
“He’ll never know. His place is such a mess, he’ll think he just misplaced it or something.”
I’M CRYING, ANAKIN STILL HAS THE JUNKIEST ROOM NO MATTER IF HE’S LIVING IN THE JEDI TEMPLE OR ON THE DEATH STAR, PERFECT CHARACTERIZATION
“Got a new helmet today! A better fit than the last, and I don’t get so hot and sweaty.”
IF YOU ASKED ME TO WRITE ANAKIN SKYWALKER’S DIARY AS DARTH VADER I COULD NOT HAVE WRITTEN A FUNNIER LINE THAN JONATHAN ADAMS HAS WRITTEN
“HE MISSPELLED NIGHTMARE”
PLEASE, HAVE MERCY ON ME, I’M ACTUALLY CRYING RIGHT NOW
AND THEN THE SWERVING BETWEEN INSIGHTFUL COMMENTARY ABOUT LUKE BUT THEN ALSO “HOW DO I TELL HIM I’M HIS FATHER? ‘HEY, YOUR MOM AND I USED TO DATE.”?”
ANAKIN. ANAKIN, PLEASE.
“GROWING UP WITHOUT A FATHER OF MY OWN, I CAN’T BE EXPECTED TO KNOW HOW ONE WOULD ACT. I’M NOT THAT WORRIED; I TURNED OUT FINE.”
ANAKIN.
“IF HE REJECTS ME, I DON’T KNOW. I’M NOT GOOD WITH REJECTION, I MAY HAVE TO KILL HIM.”
WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS, ANAKIN.
I MEAN, I KNOW WHY, BUT. WHY.
“MY TENDENCIES ARE ALWAYS TOWARDS PESSIMISM. IT’S AMAZING I’VE GOTTEN SO FAR IN LIFE.”
HELP, THAT IS 100000% AN ANAKIN SKYWALKER THING TO SAY.
AND THEN THE DRAWINGS IN HIS DIARY, CASUAL REMINDER ANAKIN SKYWALKER TOTALLY WAS AN ARTIST I’LL DIE ON THAT HILL, AND OF COURSE VADER’S DOODLES ARE… THAT.
“SURE, THEY DIDN’T HAVE A PARTY FOR ME LAST YEAR, OR THE YEAR BEFORE. BUT THEN ALL OF THOSE STORMTROOPERS ARE DEAD NOW, SO EACH YEAR BRINGS NEW HOPE.”
IF ANYONE TRIES TO SAY ANAKIN SKYWALKER IS NOT THE FUNNIEST PERSON YOU’VE EVER MET, YOU ARE WRONG
VADER WALKING THROUGH THE HALLS BEING MAD NOBODY GAVE HIM A BIRTHDAY PARTY
JUST STARING AT THEM AND THEN CREEPILY WALKING AWAY
TO GO SULK IN HIS BEDROOM
“I’M SO DEPRESSED, I JUST WANT TO SLEEP FOREVER. WELL, MAYBE IT’S A LITTLE THAT I HAVEN’T SLEPT THE PAST THREE DAYS. JUST A LITTLE.”
ANAKIN SKYWALKER, ANAKIN SKYWALKER, ANAKIN SKYWALKER
FACE DOWN ON THE FLOOR VADER
YOU CAN PUT HIM ON ROBO STILTS AND YOU CAN PUT A DEATH’S HEAD MASK ON HIM AND YOU CAN CHANGE HIS VOICE AND YOU CAN DEEP FRY HIM IN THE DARK SIDE
BUT THAT IS STILL ANAKIN FUCKING SKYWALKER RIGHT THERE
HE HASN’T EATEN ANYTHING OTHER THAN CHEESE CURLS IN THE LAST 18 HOURS
NOW YOU KNOW OBI-WAN’S PAIN AT TRYING TO GET THIS NERD TO EAT ANYTHING EVEN RESEMBLING A VEGETABLE
AND I 100% BELIEVE ANAKIN WOULD FIND A WAY TO STILL EAT NOTHING BUT CHEESE CURLS EVEN WITH THE SUIT
HE’S A MECHANICAL GENIUS AND HE’S THE MOST DETERMINED IDIOT YOU’LL EVER KNOW
HE WOULD FIND A WAY AND THEN EAT NOTHING BUT CHEETOS, I BELIEVE IN HIM
THE ABSOLUTE CONFUSION ON HIS FACE WHEN SOMEONE SAYS HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM
IT IS RAINING ON MY FACE
BECAUSE I LAUGHED SO HARD I CRIED GOD I LOVE THIS WEIRD NERD ASSHOLE
HE IS THE BEST AND IF HE WOULDN’T KILL ME FOR KNOWING ABOUT IT I WOULD TOTALLY JOIN HIM ON THE CHEESE CURL COVERED FLOOR WHEN HE’S FEELING DOWN