@coriander ok but like… why DID vader turn to the dark side
@Lady That's the beauty, he's literally giving a straight answer here
@coriander no but like
i understand the arc of anakin wanting more power and being frustrated with liberal democracy and betraying them in a way which allowed fascism to take over
but like, there's a difference between that and being an outright fascist who believes in racial superiority and blows up planets because they displease you
prequel anakin is sometimes racist but he doesn't really have THOSE vibes to me and it's not clear where/when/how he gets them
at the end of episode iii palpatine has successfully USED anakin to overthrow the jedi but i'm not convinced he has actually signed on to the empire's ideological program at all; he just hates the jedi
@coriander i feel like "i hate the jedi" kind of stops working as a motivation once… the jedi stop existing…
