Well . . . except we know from the prequels that the Empire was birthed in a flurry of deceipt, corruption, and violence.

The author does make some good points. But then, sometimes flawed heroes make for better story telling than 2-dimensional "good guys" and "bad guys."

So, Pete, you can justify killing every man, woman, child and alien on a planet on the basis that one individual who happens to be you enemy comes from that region? Not only that, but she happens to be Darth Vader's daughter and she was probably conceived on the city planet or Naboo. You might as well blow up Naboo and Tantooine while you're at it as they are the areas of her family heritage. That make no strategic sense. The Empire was randomly, arbitrarily evil. It blew up a planet just to show it could. That would be like if we blew up Korea with the atom bomb in WWII just to show Japan we had the power to hit them next. Think of the younglings, Pete! Think of the younglings! The more interesting question is, could Vader really find redemption so close to death after a life of murder?

Hahahaha!

Nah, I was kidding. I'm just so bitter about what Lucas did to the franchise that I didn't find myself all that excited about geeking out over the anniversary.

What bugged me about the prequels was that in the original trilogy, Vader enjoyed being a villian. Obi Wan said he was seduced by the dark side. But in the prequels, Lucas throws all of that out and shows a naive boy tricked into accepting the dark side.

Vader was evil. And he liked it.

The prequels just throw all that away in favor of dealing with Anakin's mommy issues.

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