Why Darth Vader SMILED When the Death Star was Destroyed! (Legends)
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The Non-Canon Expert looks at the immediate initial reaction Darth Vader had following the destruction of the Death Star during the Battle of Yavin in Episode 4, explaining how it actually caused a rare smile to emerge from the Sith Lord.
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He was thinking to himself "Nice shot, that was one in a million. That's the kind of shot my son might have made if he had survived."
Andrew Church cue palpatine “it’s ironic”
Followed by the next thought:
"...WAIT A MOMENT."
Now *That* is podracing
@@emetanti then he felt out with the force and all he got out of luke was...sand. rough course everwhere
why didnt he realize palpatine lied to him about padme tho
Vader smiled because the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force.
This
God dammit I was about to put that 😂
Don't try to frighten us with your _sorcerer's ways._ Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes.
Just beautiful!
To be fair, Darth Nihilus DID suck an entire planet dry of life using force drain. So yeah, the force is far more op than anyone but Vader and some force users give it credit for.
Because he was spinning, which is a good trick.
Lol I just noticed Vader spins when he is shot by the Falcon
Too bad he got spin over by the Rebellion.
Took me a moment to get this one 🤣
I know that reference.
Victor Bruant now this is tie fighting
He didn't like the Death Star. It was course and rough, and it gets planet debris everywhere.
Not like the force: the force is soft and smooth.
@@mrlescure
Like Padme
It turns an entire planet to sand. Absolutely the worst.
No doubt Tarkin wished he could wish away that thermal exhaust port.
@@j.franklin21 *B R U H* too soon
Ironic that it was Luke, Vader's own son, which proved his warning to the Imperial officers about the Force to be true.
@@spartanxdarth201 Luke: WHAT?!? YOU'RE PROUD OF ME FOR BLOWING UP YOUR DEATH STAR?!?!? OH, AND YOU'RE ALSO MY FATHER?!? *_NOOOOOOOO!!!!!_* _NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!_
*Darth Vader floating off in his tie fighter watching the Death Star blow up*: THATS MY BOY!!!!!!
Yes, because Anakin saw a vision on Mortis where Death Star blows up Alderaan before he meets Tarkin. After the Battle of Yavin 4, i Hope that Anakin had told at Ezra, Ahsoka and Bad Batch that Saw Gerrera and Bail Organa are died by Death Star but blowed up by a mysterious pilot. Is that because Anakin went to search Luke, while Ahsoka knowed that her formerly master must to learn that Luke Is his son that Bail told her After the funeral of Padme
"That's my boy."
Like Father, Like Son.
fuzzycatfur2008 hahah yes😂
Blowing up space stations and cutting off hands must run in the family
“Are ya winning son?”
Not surprised, he always seemed to hate the Death Star
Mac Welch honestly I feel like he’d be opposed to destroying a planet like they did with Alderaan but he couldn’t really just say “hey guys stop I think we spooked her” he always had a bit of anakin inside and I wouldn’t say he took pleasure in decimating civilians and innocents but who know forsure
will hall right, the only people we’ve ever seen him kill are Jedi and soldiers
Mac Welch true there’s been a couple times like when he’s getting his first lightsaber right after Revenge of The Sith, he is fighting an exiled Jedi master and breaks his will by causing a flood to destroy a village. Every time I can think of that he has done something like that though there’s been a reason, it’s methodical and strategical.
@@macwelch8599 he aslo killed a crazy nurse who stalked him.
claymator he’s faithful to Padmé 😂
Honestly I think once he realized Palpatine was using him as a puppet and purposely sabotaging him, Vader truly wanted to destroy The Empire and make a new one of his own. Vader rebelled against one set of Masters only to be enslaved by a more brutal master.
So thats what you call ut. Killing young ones, your wife, and trying to kill your master and friend.
Lance Alot It’s called being seduced and blinded by power. His intentions were pure, but his obsession led him down a bad road that ultimately turned him into the cause of his fears.
You think, or you could read the comics and know thats exactly what happened.
True in legends palp was a brutal master. But canon does keep it consistent that both didn’t really hate each other and considered each other friends
He had this plan ever since Palpatine confessed to him he is a sith lord.
Maybe the annihilation of death star also gives him flashbacks of the time in phantom menece when he blow up a space station by the pure luck of the force
Well spinning is a good trick
@@lancealot4001 no, no it is not.
"In my experience there is no such thing as luck"
@@lancealot4001 It is in Star Fox.
"What the hells an aluminum falcon?"-vaders report to palpatine 0 ABY
Vader must smell like feet wrapped in burnt bacon
what are you crying?
I love you too
**Ohh I’m sorry I thought my Dark Lord Of the Sith could defend a thermal exhaust port that’s only 2 meters wide! I mean that thing wasn’t full paid off yet!! Do you have any idea what this is going to do to my credit!**
@@Spectre1st You get your ass back here, or I'm gonna tell everyone about Padamame or Panda Bear, or whatever the hell her name was!
"Hey, Tarkin! Tell me again how invincible this-... Oh, wait. YOU'RE DEAD!!! HAAAHAHAHA!"
roasted lmao!
Motti*
THAT'S why he was happy. Cuz Tarky dead.
And serves him right for messing with his old apprentice Ahsoka
@@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441 Quite literally
How do you think the crew would feel if they saw THE Darth Vader smiling
I think they shat themselves
No, they'd do that upon seeing his face, they'd die if they saw him smile.
I could not take it seriously I would be rolling on the deck never mind the god-awful smell
Seven- Seven they wouldn’t be able to see him smile as he has a massive helmet on
Vader was most likely thinking “now this is podracing!”
Tyranus421 how did all of these “first” comments get over shadowed by this jem of a comment 😂😂😂😂
"It's like poetry... they rhyme."
Vader smiled cuz deep down he was saying "i told you so"
Exactly
Darth Vader: called it
The Emperor: you are going to be punished for your failure
Darth Vader: worth it
“Sorry, I was told that the Death Star was invincible. It seems I was misinformed.”
Sidious: "Are you actually smiling? I can't tell with your mask on."
Vader: "This is my happy face."
*Palpatine announces a second death star*
Vader: Aww shit, here we go again
Could you imagine how happy Vader was...and then Sidious is like "New Plan: that again...but bigger"
V: *Horrible episode three "Noooooooooooo"*
Sidious: quit being such a drama queen
@@hmaster4522 That never happened
the second Death Star: *gets built*
Vader: a krif here we go again
Vader: Good, that piece of shit's gone for good.
Emperor: ya but we're building another one tho
Vader: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
I would have smiled too, as the Death Star was a gigantic waste of money and resources, inefficient, and even a danger to the Empire itself due to overambitious officers with delusions of grandeur. So many civilians and military personnel on board lost their lives for the mad dreams of Tarkin and the Emperor.
ImperialistOpinions technically the whole concept of super weapons are bad single devices can be stollen or captured. A massive fleet of ships is better of logistic isn’t a problem. If you stole a ship we send 10 more ships to kill the stolen ship is now dealt with
@@codename1176 the death star was designed with that flaw on purpose, without that the rebellion has no chance
@@disturbed157 And that flaw was only exploited with seconds left to save the rebel alliance, because to add to the intensity, whoever got first shot outta Luke or the Death Star would strike the final winning blow with their very next shot.
“I rely on the force, as should we all.”
That’s easy to say when your swimming in midi-chlorians.
Both Thrawn and Vader hated the Death Star.
Of course they both did, it's fucking stupid if you think about it for one second.
@@wrath2501 except its not... Against an unkonwn threat that is not the rebels, it is very powerful.
@@rohansampat1995 The modified star destroyers with death star weapons, Te world devastators, and the sun crusher were much better weapons.
@@wrath2501 all of which came later
@@rohansampat1995 you could of built a less vunerbale and more versatile fleet of souped up star destroyers with the materials and credits.
Vader smiled because his son just killed Millions of people.
Vader: “that’s my boy”
Millions? No tf
@@Trathien- a few million were stationed on the Death Star, it was a massive super weapon lmao idk why your surprised
"I rely only on the Force. As should we all."
Meanwhile, on Malachor V, Kreia is spinning in her grave.
She should try spinning that's a good trick.
She's already spinning! XD
KOTOR2's trash.
Old World Jones don’t like her as isn’t the force the literal embodiment of life itself so if it dies doesn’t all life die?
@@craygroup your continued existence is displeasing
My main complaint with the Death Star was that you’d think there would be a fleet of star destroyers protecting it. Aircraft Carriers are very much like the Death Star yet they have a wide variety of smaller ships protecting them.
Arrogance.
They also have point defenses to prevent the EXACT thing that happened to the Death Star from happening to them.
They thought it was invincible and didn’t need escorts.
Well, it destroyed a CIS Battlecruiser all by itself some time before the Battle of Yavin, so I'd guess they were confident the Rebels would use the same capital ship strategy.
Only problem is, all of the metal that would have gone into creating that fleet was used on the Death Star itself. Grand Admiral Thrawn warned the Emperor about such a risk of consolidating too many resources into one project.
That smile would end up back to a frown when Vader went back to Coruscant Palpatine was so pissed off that Palpatine cut off one of Vader's Hands and putting him in House Arrest
Lol.
At some point losing a member must have become a mild annoyance to Vader at worst
Vader: Damn should have worn my old hand.
not canon
Palpatine: Vader, you let the Death Star be destroyed which also killed Tarkin! You have failed me for the last time! (chops off Vader's hand)
Vader (deadpan): ....ow.
Papatine: You are hereby put under house arrest!
Vader (deadpan): ....nooooooooo.
Palpatine: In the meantime, we will be making a second Death Star!
Vader (no longer deadpan): ......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vader knew true power came from the force and the sacrifices that come with it, and Vader knows all about that, the death star gave power to people who didn't deserve it ( the imperial officers) the death star demonstrated arrogance to Vader not strength, the darkside triumphed against the light through cunning and the power of the force, not from a super weapon.. This was yet another sign of the emperors overconfidence in trusting this ' technological terror' to keep order, instead of the darkside
This is the reason Dooku would have been a better master for Vader than Sidious. Better to made deals and have spies with political clout than to waste money on a super weapon, target.
This best explains Vader, nice!
@@guardiankite690 thanks!
Palpatine: What is so funny, Lord Vader?
Vader: Nothing my Master. *sinckers*
He smiled because he knew he was going to kill the Senate one day. (Edit: first comment)
SWRC, you can't blame the guy, it had too much sand. Vader's greatest weakness.
What a beautiful irony: the Death Star getting destroyed by something that was claimed to be weak.
He smiled because he knew the Empire saved 15% or more on the insurance premiums by switching to Geico.
I think in Rogue 1Vader actually let the rebels escape with DS's plan. I seemed to me, he did not try very hard to stop them.
Is it just me?
Vader was actually orchestrating the fall of the empire. He actually forced the scattered rebel cells to unite into one force. He planned to topple the empire, kill Palpatine, and take over from the shadows
"Vader smiled, taking comfort in the fact that those tiny speck of sands his hated janitor always left in his room, is no more. Atomized into undiscernable particles, drifting away from his sight, away from his mind..."
Darth Vader : "Finally! A Worthy Opponent! Our Battle Will Be Legendary!"
Vader: "Master the death star exploded."
Sideous: "What?"
Vader: "The death star exploded."
Sideous: "Why?"
Vader: "A force user blew it up."
Sideous: "Why didn't you kill him before that could happen?"
Vader: "I got shot."
Sideous:"Excuses again? that thing cost me trillions of credits and took ages to complete!!"
Vader: "Oh, my apologies master, i was under this misguided assumption that the death star was mightier than the force so i just ASSUMED i could get shot and have to spend time correcting my tie fighter."
Sideous: "How did he blow it up?"
Vader: "He shot it."
Sideous: "Your cheek is not appreciated my apprentice, find out who did this....have them executed."
Vader: "Of course my master."
*transmission ends*
Vader: "AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA! HAHAHAHAHA- ohohoho! it hurts to laugh! ohoho HAHAHAHAHAHA!! "OH MY DEATH STAR IS SUPERIOR TO THE FORCE! LOOK AT ME I'M EMPEROR PALPATINE THE ULTIMATE SITH AND I'M ALWAYS RIGHT!! GYAHAHAHA- ohoh....oh god it hurts...laughing hurts so much...hehe...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! FUCK YOU MASTER YOU DUMB FUCK! OH I'LL FIND THE JEDI ALRIGHT! HE'LL GET EXACTLY WHAT HE DESERVES!" *PAINED LAUGHTER CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT HOUR*
Nnn-yes
D4nk V4d3r: "lel, get rekt, noob-cannon scrubs".
He smiled because he didn’t have to worry about the Death Star blowing things up and turning them to sand
I choose to believe Vader just really hated the cafeteria food.
how the fuck can darth vader taste food with his mask ????
If he *really* wanted to he could take it to his personal chambers where he takes off his mask
Basically no one can resist the “I told you so”
so that's why Palpatine chopped off his hand : I'll teach you who's allowed to enjoy another's humiliation !
3:45 if Vader knew it was his son he’d be like...”That’s my boy!”
Vader, am intellectual: it’s gonna blow up, just saying.
Tarkin: No it’s not. (Dies)
Vader, while smiling beneath his helmet: Told you so.
Theres nothing like a tall glass of I told you so.
Darth Vader hate Death Star. He told imperial Officers to their faces.
So kind of a neat part from the original novelisation, in Star Wars vader views the original death star was just a toy. But in ROTJ vader calls it a grand monument to the dark side.
He changed his view based on who commanded [him vs tarkin] and where the plan originated [dooku, Poggle the Lesser, and Bevel vs palpatine himself].
Vader: You know me my master. Compared to bathing, tweaking and sparring, I would definitely prefer not to spend all my time supervising those incompetent bureaucrats.
Sidious: DEW IT!
😂😂😂😂
*Oh, Lord!!!! This is Seriously Underrated!!!!*
😂😂😂😂
If Darth Vader smiles, and no one can see through his mask, does a tree in the forest know the power of the Dark Side?
Vader smiles.
Me: How? He wearing a mask.
Wearing a mask doesnt restrict smiling what
1. He knew Luke destroyed it by using the Force.
2. He was proven right - the Death Star was no match for the Force.
3. Palpatine was adamant to prove his ideas were better than just using the Force and wouldn't learn from his mistakes.
4. Killed Tarkin
Thrawn hated the Death Star too
Your BEST and most insightful video essay yet! Loved every second of it!
How could you see him smile with his mask on lol
iDk
He saw it through the Force.
Novels thats how. Other then that I don't know lol 😆
@@colmlambe4068 his masks twists into a grin.
Thank you so much for making these amazing videos it's so interesting to me. I love to study Star Wars and LOTR it's so much fun.
Vader : i told u so
Vader probably had that feeling of “I told you so” and karma for the emperor tormenting Vader for many years.
"HAH! I knew that technological terror was overrated! Never going to let imperial navy command to live this one down!"
Because DV said "HAA TOLD YOU SO"...
Thanks for the video man.
That’s a beautiful smile
These videos are awesome. This is the best Star Wars Channel!
"Never have that damn thing down in front of me! How do I know you're not making faces at me under that thing?"
Great Video!
Death Star: *explodes*
Darth Vader: 🙂
It was perfectly balanced as all things should be😈
Hello there
@@theenderdestruction2362 General the Ender destruction!!
Vader was smiling because although he wasn't looking forward to it, it was one of the times he could've told Palpatine "I told you so" to his face, and lived.
Awesome vid. Thanks. I love tie-ins. To further thread out the point, in the defeat of the Jedi the force provided hope for the future (by the hands of Yoda, Obiwan, and Bale Organa) in Luke and Leia. Even Luke's planting plays a part, "Bombing Swamp rats in the canyon back home in holes under two meters."
I wonder if Anakin was also smiling deep down inside of Vader.
I would have liked to seen the conversation with Vader and the generals, moffs after the death star was destroyed.
100%. Excellent excellent video. 👍
Vader's dislike for the Death Star has been surprisingly consistent from the release of A New Hope through the original legends material through the current Disney canon. His warning not to be too proud of the technological terror seems to have been picked up by most writers. In the radio drama he actually protested against Tarkin's decision to blow up Alderaan. In Legends he smiled when it was destroyed. In his Marvel series when he discovered the kyber crystals used in its construction and figutred out that the Empire was building a planet killer he was visibly angry, and at the end of that story he warned Tarkin that the Death Star would be his tomb. And of course in Rogue 1 he was again just pissed at the whole debacle, even at Tarkin's decision to destroy Jedha.
I just watched the Empire Strikes Back.. such a great movie.
“What the hell is an aluminum falcon?”
Lahey With You uuuuh yes Robot chicken
*Death Star Blows Up*
Vader:All right, no more babysitting that bucket of bolts.
Later...
Sideous:I am disappointed, Lord Vader. You shall make up for it by overseeing the construction of the next Death Star.
Vader:Another one?! Dammit.
There is still good in him! Great explaination & video as usual
Thrawn wasn't the biggest fan of the death star either.
Because he was afraid it could be used against his people.
Because it was a waste of resources, which could have been used for more ISDs and better TIE fighters
@@tureytaino2785 That was only a small fraction of it.
The Death Star was crude and clumsy like a blaster, not an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
Your thumbnail picture, really captures Vader's smile.
Vader's technically Qui-Gon's inverse if you know what I mean... from a certain point of view. Lol
A: He thought in his mind about exploding Death Star: Should have tried spinning, that's a good trick! (as he spun away into safety)
Vader: "Death Star battle station?"
"Oh you mean that Imp Officer get-out-of-real-fighting bitch-ball."
Just look at that smile on his face
I wonder how long that silent response to the news that a 2nd Death Star was already under construction rang for 😂 Poor Lord Vader xx
It’s kind of hard to believe Vader smiled because you know he wears a mask
The Surviving Clones: All our brothers were on that ship!
Vader: *Smiles*
I’ve seen enough of your videos to know Vader was mad jealy of tarkin and the swag of the Death Star, I’ll leave a like though, thanks for what you do
The same way I feel when my employer's stock drops.
Great video. So, are there no more Sunday livestreams coming our way?
When Vader learned of the construction of the 2nd Death Star: "You've gotta be shitting me"
Empire officer: The Death Star is indestructible. No rebel fighter can destroy it.
Darth Vader: Bitch, please. I destroyed an entire Trade Federation ship when I was 9 years old.
I bet when he found out it was his son he thought that’s my boy
Delta 23 well my soul actually lives for eternity as I moved beyond light and dark to allow myself to become a force spirit
@@eternalemperorvalkorion750 so basically what palpatine tried
Vader: That's my boy! Kicking ass just like his old man...I can't wait to tell The Emporer.........oh shit
I bet he also chuckled a bit in his meditation chamber, too.
great video.
First time he smiled in decades 😊
Vader texting palpatine: “Death Star just blew up behind me lmao”
Vader smiled because “this is where the fun begins”
Wonder why Tarkin was smiling when Vader forced chocked Motti, very subtle but its there
He warned him to not be so proud of the technological terror he constructed
Vader' expressions:
🤖Happy
🤖Sand
🤖Angry
🤖Super Angry
🤖Super duper Angry
🤖Smiling
🤖Laughing
🤖Pissing his pants
🤖On hard thoughts
🤖Worried
🤖Sassy
🤖In a good mood
🤖Sleeping in a conference
🤖Paying attention to the conference
I literally got a dentist smiling ad before this video.