Star Wars Explained | Why Does Darth Vader Stop Luke from Killing Emperor Palpatine? @StarWarsExplained | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
Why did Darth Vader stop Luke from killing the Emperor? Didn’t he want to rule the galaxy as father and son? I think this is open to audience interpretation. Maybe Vader was saving Luke’s soul. Or maybe he was just that loyal to the Emperor. My guess is the latter. The Darth Vader comics by Greg Pak take place in between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and show Vader’s several attempts to defeat Darth Sidious. Of course they all fail, no matter what he tries. When he tells Luke on Endor that he doesn’t know the power of the dark side and that he must obey his master, I think he truly believes that. I don’t think Vader believes the Emperor can be defeated, and the best outcome for him is to remain a Sith apprentice. So protecting Palpatine in that moment is like him proving his loyalty because he knows he can’t beat his master in a fight. Of course the irony is that brute strength doesn’t defeat the Emperor. An act of compassion for someone else does. #starwars