re: How does Darth Vader know Luke is his son?

quote:

---

The suit was designed to torture him for his failure

---

Where did you gleen this nugget of information? Was this covered in one of the movies?

And what's the deal with Anakin hating sand? Was this a major plot point?

quote:

---

If you're not even sure which movie this is in I have to assume you've never watched the movies more than once.

---

You're correct. I've watched the first six for the first time over the past two weeks. I also watched the commentaries on each movie, so I've seen the scenes twice but only heard most of the dialogue once. Ive also watched The Force Awakens and Last Jedi once. No commentaries on those two.

I'm not trying to pretend to be a super fan. I'm just confused by some of the plot and knew there would be people on here who are well versed on all things Star Wars related.

quote:

---

Which seems like overkill. His junk already got burned off, so he had to live out his days not being able to make it with a woman.

---

The Emperor is one evil dude. At the end of Phantom Menace Yoda and Mace speak of the rule of two in regards to the Sith. Part of that is the Sith Lord subjecting the apprentice to grueling, often torturous, near impossible task; the purpose of which is to get the apprentice to the point where they kill their Lord. Palpatine explains this to Anakin at the opera in Revenge with the story of Darth Plageuis the Wise. Seeing Anakin as the chosen one, with the highest potential power in the Force ever, Sidious/Palpatine viewed him as his successor. When Anakin lost his limbs at Obi-Wan’s hands on Mustufar, Vader’s force potential was decreased by a decent amount. He’d never be able to reach a point where he’d surpass Palpatine’s power. This enraged Palpatine, in canon material he is always searching for someone to replace Vader. This is also the reason he jumped at the chance to replace Vader with Luke instead of just attempting to have him killed.

He also couldn’t really eat. Most of the time nurtritional paste was fed through the suit to maintain what was left of his organic parts. On occasion he would eat a nutrient dense paste.

quote:

---

How'd he know? Palatine told him in TESB.

---

Okay, fine. How'd Palatine know?

Noboby knew Padme was carrying twins until the last minute. The babies are whisked away in secrecy. Padme is obviously still very pregnant in her casket, which I assume was a planned deception operation by Obi-Wan and Yoda. So how did Palatine/The Emperor know? It was already established that he was a Sith Lord by then, so he was precisely the person they were trying to hide the children from.

The Emperor said to Vader in Empire Strikes Back: "I have no doubt that this boy (referring to the "young rebel" who destroyed the Death Star) is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker."

Vader asked, "How is that possible?"

The Emperor said, "Search your feelings Lord Vader, you will know it to be true."

The Force Awakens and the Prequel trilogy are a good source for the answer. In the PT Yoda is shown multiple times sensing Anakin’s pain when not in his presence, establishing the premise that one has a discernible identity in the Force. In TFA Rey has incredible, but dormant, Force potential. At the beginning of the film Kylo lands on Jakku and cannot sense her presence. Once she taps into the Force not only can he sense it, but Snoke (wherever he is in the galaxy), can sense it as well. These tie directly to Luke. Before he taps into the Force in any significant way, he doesn’t cause “a disturbance”. Once he does, he is discernible from other Force users. It doesn’t take much of a stretch to think there is a familia likeness between his Force presence and that of Anakin.

quote:

---

Well, he should have thought of that before he gave up the high ground.

---

Haha yea! Arrogance is a hallmark of Dark Side users. Didn’t help that Kenobi was the GOAT at defensive saber combat.

quote:

---

I've watched the first six for the first time over the past two weeks. I also watched the commentaries on each movie, so I've seen the scenes twice but only heard most of the dialogue once. Ive also watched The Force Awakens and Last Jedi once. No commentaries on those two.

---

Good god, lemon.

quote:

---

Okay, fine. How'd Palatine know?

---

Is this a real question? I can think of 100 different ways the Emperor of the Galaxy could have found out the identity of the hot shot pilot that blew up the death star and was decorated by the rebels.