ESB question that has stumped everybody including Steven Sansweet

[decaturvader]

naa, no C3PO love...no wookie love...no "there's still good in him" ....

Vader was just keeping Fett on a short leash.
He showed the same authority when he gave Fett a lecture about "No disintegrations"..even pointed his finger at Fett.

Vader is boss.
He prolly rolled his eyes the same time he pushed Fett's weapon down. lol

 

[SSgt Burton]

That whole Fett "family" is just worthless.

Okay this made me laugh. :lol


Kevin

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

Vader is boss.
He prolly rolled his eyes the same time he pushed Fett's weapon down. lol

I totally acted this out just now, and got a great laugh out of it. :lol

 

[dcv]

From a Lucas Interview:

Back when I was writing the story in the 70's, I wanted to make sure that nobody knew Vader was Luke's father until Episode V, and then saved Leia for Luke's sister until the last one, but I thought it would be a neat touch to have Boba Fett (who BTW I already had planned on being Tumera Morrison, but was too young, so knew I had to wait 22years until Morrison was old enough so we could overdub his voice later on) anyway, have Vader stop Boba Fett from shooting, because Vader had deep down known Leia was his daughter, and reacted in a father instinctively protecting his daughter kind of way.

Then by the time ROTJ came around I added touches (that i'd already planned on in the 60's) so people might think Vader was a was getting a little senile and had forgotten completely that Luke had a sister until the end. further proof is when Vader goes back to the Emperor completely forgetting what the Emperor told him earlier about Luke and to remain on the command ship.


I think that's how the interview went...if not pretty close to it.

 

[Jet Beetle]

Yeah, all good aswers. I guess I was looking for the answer.

There was still good in Vader - remember? Split decision time reveals a lot about a person...

 

[Clerval]

Um, hi. Vader and the mentioned how few minutes later altered deal, anyone? One order of princess and wookiee to go. You don't know why, and it couldn't possibly have anything to do with an 'insurance policy', but you do know FROM THE FILM that he wanted them with him.

 

[neosporing]

... "No disintegrations"..even pointed his finger at Fett....He prolly rolled his eyes the same time he pushed Fett's weapon down. lol

^ This is how i always thought it was..

 

[Clerval]

^ I think by this point Vader already had his 'proof'.

 

[Howard]

I'm just going for the 'Couldn't kill of the Wookie because the kids would have gone mad.'
Couldn't have injured him because he would have gone mad. Either way, the scene was about Leia and Han more than Vader and Fett, and having had Fett fire / miss / injure Chewie would have upset the balance of the scene.

 

[rodneyfaile]

I bring this question up every few years looking for an answer and I STILL haven't found a reasonable answer.
In Empire, when Han is being dipped in carbonite, Chewie freaks, starts throwing troopers everywhere, Boba raises his rifle to fry our favorite wookie and Vader stops him.

Why?

There is still good in him. He thought of the last time he saw Padme as he saw how Han and Leia were looking at each other. He understood the wookie rage. Felt pity. He has been there. He also knew Chewie's display wasnt going to stop anything, so he let it run its course. But Vader had a job to do and he did it.

 

[Jedi2016]

It's easy to say stuff like that now, that Lucas has thought up all this backstory. But none of that existed when ESB was shot.. Vader was a villain, plain and simple. The whole "there is good in him" didn't come about until ROTJ.

I think it's more likely that he simply didn't want Leia and Chewie to die. He obviously had plans for them, and as long as they were alive, Luke would still be drawn to him.

 

[rlh11bravo]

Simple... Vader is part of the dark side... The dark side feeds on anger, hate, and sorrow... Vader was just basking in the negative emotions that Chewie was putting out.

 

[Jedi-72]

This stumped me for years, too. Looking at it now, and viewing Star Wars as a trilogy (there are no prequels), I think it boils down to a couple of things.

1. Earlier in ESB, Vader orders Fett that he wants them alive..."NO disintegrations". Fett is basically Vader's *****. Vader calls the shots, not some lowly gun-for-hire. Vader is also vain. He's not going to be over-stepped by this guy. It's HIS party.

2. Vader is master of life and death. He's evil, yes. But, he's not a wanton killer. I think he's indifferent to death. He kills, but it seems for good reason. I imagine that he looks down on killing simply for the sake of killing. It has to serve HIS purposes. Nobody dies in his charge unless HE gives the order.

 

[Timmythekid]

I think Vader is just saying "This is my game; hold your horses bro...".

And Vader, being the prescient force-wielder that he was, knew everything would go to plan anyway. :lol

Amen to this. He knew he was in control of the situation, and didn't need to turn the place into a shooting gallery because there wasn't anywhere to go or any way to escape; they're all trapped so why not let it play out however it will? Yeah the wook could toss a few troops around, but they're disposable.

What puzzles me more is why did Boba even bother? He wasn't being paid to protect Vader, or capture Chewie, or perform crowd control, so why would a cold-blooded mercenary do anything other than sit back and enjoy the show? Did he really think that there was a chance Han was going to get away and his prize was at risk?