I thought Darth Vader was suppossed to be in the lead, since that was what he wanted as Anakin.
2006-09-23 14:08:05 · 11 answers · asked by T Kirk 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Think of Vader as the emperor's troubleshooter. Whenever something gets screwed up he is sent to fix it.
People will do a hell of a job because if they screw up they know they'll sent Vader their way. Imagine you are at work, you do something wrong and next thing a Dark Lord of the Sith is in your cubicle, pissed off and about to give you the Sith choke move. Bad stuff.
The General was the one in charge, so you could argue it the death star was his responsibility. Vader being there means the emperor did not have that much faith on the general to begin with.
2006-09-23 14:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by veraperezp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you find out if you read the novel Dark Lord: The Ride of Darth Vader. That the Emperor used Grand Moff Tarkin as a check and balance to Vader. It helped him push Vader deeper toward the dark side and allowed him to look toward the future of the Empire without worring and keep and eye on what Vader might do or was doing.
2006-09-23 22:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by Darth Vader 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's never said that Vader is under Grand Moff Tarkin, it's just assumed by some fans that he's taking orders from Moff Tarkin. Besides the scene at the Imperial meeting room, Moff Tarkin doesn't give any 'orders' to Vader. Even in the meeting room scene when Moff Tarkin says "Vader, release him." Vader doesn't go "Yes sir." He merely says "as you wish..." as more a courtesy to his command.
Then the scene where Moff Tarkin hears the news that Dantooine has not rebels and finds out that Leia lies, he says "kill her, immediately !!!" but that command wasn't necessarily directed at Vader, it could have been directed to imperial troopers off camera.
Vader is the Emperor's #1 guy, not in the military sense, but he's the man. Need proof, who escaped the Death Star and who didn't?
2006-09-23 22:02:54 · answer #3 · answered by DarthFangNutts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Politics. The emperor was in charge and had a political agenda. The general Grand Moff Tarkin was working under the emperor fulfilling his agenda. Vader was along for the ride, but at the time was not given any political or technical responsibilities. He was traveling the galaxy eliminating Jedi stragglers and pretty much being the enforcing arm for the Republic.
2006-09-23 21:18:30 · answer #4 · answered by don1joker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty much unknown there is really no reason why he should have taken orders from Grand Moff Tarkin because Vader is Palpatine's right hand man and is the second most powerful in the empire. There is no reason he should have been taking orders from someone under his command.
2006-09-23 21:11:26 · answer #5 · answered by Snowtoe 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Vader isn't politically connected, he's just an enforcer for the Emperor.
2006-09-23 21:20:10 · answer #6 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vader did what he was told, yes, but if he had "disobeyed" he would not have been punished or repremande. it was more of taking a sujestion than obeying an order
2006-09-24 19:38:43 · answer #7 · answered by Han Solo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well he always seems to be taking orders from someone else.
First the general and then Darth Sidius. You would think he would kill those bastards just to assume full power.
2006-09-23 21:30:30 · answer #8 · answered by retrodragonfly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no "Episode IV". The 1977 film is, was, and will always be "Star Wars", despite all the revisionist crap Lucasfilm has foisted in order to milk a cash cow cultural phenomenon.
2006-09-23 21:10:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
the General was still in command of the Death Star at that point in the saga.
2006-09-23 21:11:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋