From Palpatine, the offer is a con. He allows no other to rival him. Vader, on the other hand, seemed to be entirely sincere when he made the offer to Padme and to Luke; but Anakin doesn't want to be in charge himself, he just wants to be important to it.
Hmm. Palpatine keeps Vader around because he is indeed powerful in the Force, and what Vader is utterly and completely focus on goals givens to him- one of which is to destroy the decadent Jedi, who then cannot ris eup a new rival. With no Jedi around, no rivals, except for Vader....
and then there is Luke, who is the sabot in the works. Palpatine sends Vader to confront Luke; "He could destroy us" is what Palpatine says. Vader see Luke as a mechanism for finally seizing power for himself- until after the confrontation, where it may have stirred his feelings. Palpatine sees his own end unless 1) Luke kills Vader, and becomes his apprentice or 2) Vader kills Luke, and keeps the status quo.
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"He could destroy us."
Date: 2005-07-04 04:57 am (UTC)Hmm. Palpatine keeps Vader around because he is indeed powerful in the Force, and what Vader is utterly and completely focus on goals givens to him- one of which is to destroy the decadent Jedi, who then cannot ris eup a new rival. With no Jedi around, no rivals, except for Vader....
and then there is Luke, who is the sabot in the works. Palpatine sends Vader to confront Luke; "He could destroy us" is what Palpatine says. Vader see Luke as a mechanism for finally seizing power for himself- until after the confrontation, where it may have stirred his feelings. Palpatine sees his own end unless 1) Luke kills Vader, and becomes his apprentice or 2) Vader kills Luke, and keeps the status quo.