anyway i have a lot of #darthvader feelings and i'm going to put them in the goddamn tag because the tragic humanity of the character is an essential part that gets lost

for further reading/listening, please see this ancient fanmix i made yonks ago https://8tracks.com/harpalyce/that-slave-boy-all-grown-1 , "a lightly southern-gothic-flavoured mix for everyone's favourite country slave turned sith", because that description and cover art tells you like 90% of what my strong darth vader characterization feelings are about.