George Lucas Sees Darth Vader As Ultimately A ‘Pathetic Guy’

At the risk of having the first sentence of this article seem like it was written by a six-year-old, Darth Vader is awesome.

From the iconic mask to the all-black outfit, to the slow, labored breathing that heralds his arrival in a scene, everything about the artist formerly known as Anakin Skywalker just oozes cool.Vader’s lasting dopeness has made him one of the most popular movie villains of all time, achieving popularity in a 2016 poll that would have made him the frontrunner in the presidential election, had he not been a fictional space fascist.

But apparently, Vader is not viewed with such reverence by his own creator.

According to a 2005 Rolling Stone piece, George Lucas, the creative mind behind the “Star Wars” franchise, doesn’t see Vader as quite as cool as the movies’ fandom does.

Lucas actually sees Darth Vader as “a pathetic guy.”The public’s fascination with Lord Vader

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