Although Rogue One is coming in close at second…

  • Dandroid@dandroid.appEnglish
    55·
    1 year ago

    I love that Disney’s portrayal of him is that he’s an absolute unstoppable force and no one stands a chance against him. All they can really hope to do is run away.

  • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    Kenobi

    But only parts of the portrayal. The absolute menacing figure walking through the streets killing at a whim was easily the best representation of prime Vader, but that broke down the longer the episode went.

    • DearOldGrandma@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Each episode of Kenobi, and the show as a whole, seemed like it started with a great idea that just got worse the more they drew it out. Anytime I rewatch it, I skip through any scene that isn’t mostly Vader or Anakin / Vader and Obi-Wan.

      Just give me a PG-13 or MA-rated miniseries - that isn’t afraid to test the limits - about Vader in his prime. I want to see “All I’m surrounded by are dead men,” energy on screen.

      • fluckx@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Wasn’t there a guy who turned the series into a movie by remastering it into a 1h30m video. I think I bookmarked that on my Reddit account before Lemmy was around ( or before the whole fuck spez thing anyway. Lemmy has been around longer than that ).

            • KidsTryThisAtHome@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I watched it some time after watching the series, it does a decent job of cutting out the filler and making it more enjoyable. If I remember right they just straight up cut out reva’s character. A notable moment is the beginning when Leia is somehow able to outwit and outrun multiple adults that have her surrounded, that chase is completely cut out and they just grab her right there XD

  • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    Should have used the scene in Rebels where Vader’s on top of the tie fighter as he enters the sith temple to fight with Ezra.

    • aegis_sum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      You mean the one where he’s piloting his tie fighter with the force while looking like a total badass?

      • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        That’s the one. He has the high ground and then throws it all away to do the superhero jump to be on Ezra’s level.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        I like the one where they drop a chicken walker on him in rebels. Also the moment where Vader attacks Home one and Hera leads him into the tractor beams. The palpable “we’re dead” from the imps conveyed some of the mojo they lost in the prequels- when they turned Vader into a whiny emo crybaby

    • GraniteM@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Counterpoint:

      “Your master has deceived you into believing that you could be a Jedi…”

      …as he slowly prepares to decapitate Ezra with his own fucking lightsaber while Ezra is still holding the damn thing.

      Using Vader as the Star Wars equivalent of Jason Voorhees is the best idea they’ve had in a long time.

  • Mr Fish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    1 year ago

    Definitely fallen order for me, not quite as much survivor. There was something terrifying about “oh shit Vader is here? And he just casually tossed Cere? And now we’re fighting him? Wait, where’s his health bar?” And then you just get crushed.

  • Destraight@lemm.eeEnglish
    72·
    1 year ago

    The Kenobi series one, because he acts the most threatening. The other ones make him feel like a plush toy

  • KidsTryThisAtHome@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    Survivor Vader was a little bitch compared to fallen order Vader imo. Spoiler alert for survivor, I get that Cere is strong, but I don’t think she would’ve ever done THAT MUCH damage to Vader. Vader in fallen order was absolutely terrifying and untouchable. The way he hobbles away in survivor is comical. Unpopular opinion but they really wasted him, AND he’s not that tough of a fight at all since they made it that everyone faces him at the same difficulty.

    So idk, guess my answer is always going to be rogue one

  • ADHDefy@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Rogue One was the first time I feel like we got to see Vader as properly terrifying. That was my favorite appearance of his until Jedi: Fall Order came out, and omfg he is even scarier in that one. I love scary Vader.

    Kenobi was hit and miss. There were moments like when he had Kenobi backed into a corner, then Kenobi lit a fire between them and escaped, like Vader couldn’t deal with that? I feel like he would have like parted the flames or tried to pull Kenobi into them or something. He just let him go, but then we see him indiscriminantly killing people in the streets and it’s like, “okay, there he is.”

    • Thavron@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I feel like he would have like parted the flames or tried to pull Kenobi into them or something.

      If we’re being honest, so many fights could be easily won by simply force crushing someone’s skull or something. But that wouldn’t be an interesting fight.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Vader in Jedi Survivor 2 is a massive asshole… It’s fantastic that you know how to beat him, there’s only one good method, yet I have spent hours trying. This is the way. Vader should be almost impossible yet clearly not.