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As opposed to Luke, who in the old canon never said he was obsessed with finding the man who killed his father, Darth Vader had always been “obsessed” with finding out the identity of the Rebel pilot who blew up the Death Star. And increasingly, the story of the Star Wars classic trilogy era is starting to be painted as the very personal story of Luke vs. Vader against the backdrop of the Rebellion. In the past, however, it was more about the Rebellion itself, and the Luke vs. Vader thing was more like a boss battle than anything else.
But what do YOU think? Do you like the way the new canon is shaping up? Have your say in the comments!
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Personally, for me–Vader and Luke is THE most important relationship in Star Wars. Full stop. I love that the story group is clearly all about it. I really appreciate in general how geared towards the universe of the films the main title comic and the Darth Vader one are in particular–as somebody who only really dipped her toe into the EU (and didn’t like most of what she found because it didn’t seem to bear much resemblance to the FILM SERIES) it’s rather refreshing.
Vader and Luke don’t actually get that much time on-screen together, considering how their relationship is really what the two trilogies hinge on; I think showing the parallels and how they’re two sides of the same coin in many ways is a nice way of thematically connecting father and son.
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Hi Ieyre – you bring up a great point about how Luke and Vader really don’t have much time onscreen together, and yet the two of them are the emotional center of the original trilogy. I’m like you, I didn’t get very deep into the EU at all, though mostly because I couldn’t keep up with it. But I don’t get the sense that much of the EU at all touched on their relationship, or put them “onscreen” together the way that we’re already getting with the rebooted canon. Thank you so much for your comment!