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That is something that I have always wondered about, why Vader seemed to be under Tarkin. Of course, it could have been that in regard to the Death Star (which is where Tarkin exercised authority over Vader), Tarkin was in command. A matter of territories. You'll notice that when Tarkin tells Vader to release his force grip on the officer who had been disrespecting his power, Vader replies merely with an "As you wish," almost as if he was doing Tarkin a courtesy.
And then comes the aspect of what people's feelings toward the Jedi were. I mean it's only been 20 years. It's not that far gone. But if there was already fear and suspicion of the Jedi, then I can see the Emperor not wanting to advertise to the galaxy he was a Sith lord and that Vader was a Sith. I didn't see any indication that people outside his inner cabinet had any idea. So perhaps place Tarkin in charge of the Death Star was the Emperor's subterfuge. After all, he had finally dissolved the Senate, after 20 years of imperial rule. So he had had to walk carefully even then.
Of course, one has to wonder if Anakin would go along with it. But when he broke he became Palpatine's lapdog. He had nothing left to live for. He viewed life casually, meaninglessly, which is why he killed so casually and meaninglessly. What did he care? He would just follow the Emperor, who obviously was not a kind master. I'm sure the Emperor continued to psychologically abuse Anakin throughout the intervening years.
The Leia thing bothers me, too. I truly hope that the DVD adds a couple months or even a year between the birth of the twins and her death. It would have made her giving up of Luke very poignant and I think seeing her being very affectionate and sad with Leia would have worked. Small, not really contradicting the big screen version, and yet would get rid of the inconsistancy.
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I guess Leia says she just remembers images and feelings, since she was "quite young when she died" so...
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Here's one of my rants for The Empire Strikes Back
Why did the rebel snowspeeders attack the walkers head on? This angle of attack allowed the Imperials to project the greatest amount of firepower possible on the rebel ships.
No one in Rogue Squadron thought to say: "Hey Luke! Why don't we swing around behind that ridge there and hit the walkers from the sides and the rear where they have NO WEAPONS!"
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Oh, no weapons that we knew of. Think about what kind of a weapon a robotic elephant might have from the rear and I think that pretty well answers your objection.
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