Let's chat about THAT Darth Vader scene in Rogue One
Spoliers!
For two whole scenes.
But they are mighty scenes and one is sure to live on for years as the stuff of Star Wars legend.
Vader's first scene arises as a result of Director Krennic seeking out Vader at his fortress. This fortress has long been whispered about as George Lucas once made noises about it. And if I recall properly Lucas said he had pet dragons. No dragons in R1 however Krennic is reptile enough as he does his best to suck up to Vader. But he miscues and feels his thorax tighten as Vader gives him the good old Force Choke for being a bit too cocky.
Did I spy Krennic smiling after he was choked?
We also loved how the closer Vader walked towards Krennic, the larger the shadow on the wall grew.
Great stuff.
The second scene involves Vader following Tarkin's orders to get the Rebel's copy of the Death Star plans. As an audience ,we know he's not going to get them but we also know someone stopped him.
So who was it?
By my rough count it was about 17 brave Rebel soldiers who faced Vader's blade as it sliced through them as he charged towards his goal.
We have never seen Vader quite like this before.
Great stuff.
The second scene involves Vader following Tarkin's orders to get the Rebel's copy of the Death Star plans. As an audience ,we know he's not going to get them but we also know someone stopped him.
So who was it?
By my rough count it was about 17 brave Rebel soldiers who faced Vader's blade as it sliced through them as he charged towards his goal.
We have never seen Vader quite like this before.
He was brutal, killing everything in his path. He used the Force to smash a man into the ceiling and he cut a man in half as he cut through a metal door. The man was simply in his way.
We've seen glimpses of this fury and might before. In Attack of the Clones Anakin kills everyone in the village of the Tuskens that held his mother captive and in Revenge of the Sith, Anakin massacres the younglings in Yoda's class but it was off screen.
We've seen glimpses of this fury and might before. In Attack of the Clones Anakin kills everyone in the village of the Tuskens that held his mother captive and in Revenge of the Sith, Anakin massacres the younglings in Yoda's class but it was off screen.
This scene will only add to the lord of Darth Vader as being a bad ass. Yes, we saw him duel with sabres a few times against Luke and Obi-Wan but we hardly ever saw him as the guy that almost single-handily hunted down the Jedi that survived Order 66.