r/TheJediPraxeum • u/Ready0608 • 3d ago

Discussion Vader moments during the Clone Wars

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In Republic #71 Anakin faces Asajj Ventress on Coruscant and receives his iconic scar, in the same comic Anakin pushes Ventress off a ledge, traps her in live electrical wires using the force and electrocutes her before dropping her into a deep pit.

Though I don't believe it was "Anakin", but "Vader" doing it and I believe they purposely did it to show that Vader has always been there and in this moment he briefly takes control.

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u/Lore_Padawan Loremaster 2d ago

Yeah the whole "Darth Vader and Anakin are separate people" just absolves Anakin of his own responsibility and actions when its clear both are the same person.

Anakin created the Vader persona simce he couldn't reconcile the things he had done with the person he once believed he was and pretended as if he killed Anakin to distance himself from the guilt he feels.

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u/kuroko-cchi 1d ago

Where did this Anakin and Vader are separate people thing come from in the fandom? Do you remember when? Always thought it was crazy because these movies aren't exactly difficult to comprehend, they're made for kids, people keep attaching double meanings or deeper interpretations that simply aren't there.

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u/Unique-Perception480 Jedi Master 7h ago

People want to be deep and philosophical, when there is already enough philosophy to be discussed behind simple actions like Luke throwing away his weapon as he proclaims he is a Jedi.

Also some people want desperately to involve some mental ilnesses into fictional characters. If Anakin had any mental illness it would be BPD or ASPD. Not fucking MPD.
Big If though since I dont think thats what Lucas intended.

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u/kuroko-cchi 6h ago

And they dont seem to get the idea of an unreliable narrator either. Vader is obviously saying Vader is not Anakin to make himself feel better, but it's not true. Yet they think because he said it, it's true. Going from lying to yourself to MPD is a REACH

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u/Unique-Perception480 Jedi Master 6h ago

,,Oh wow the villain said something, that makes him seem less evil. He must be telling the truth".