Darth Vader Killed A Controversial Star Wars Prequel Character & Fans Are Losing It

“Star Wars” is a franchise filled with memorable deaths for iconic characters. There’s Obi-Wan Kenobi closing his eyes and letting Darth Vader kill him as his physique actually evaporates, Boba Fett being swallowed by the Sarlacc (don’t fret, he bought higher), Emperor Palpatine getting thrown down a reactor shaft (don’t fret, he additionally bought higher), and, after all, Darth Maul being minimize in half and falling down a shaft (by some means he, too, bought higher). These are some of the greatest “Star Wars” moments of all time and they’re a part of what makes the property’s motion memorable and artistic.

However “Star Wars” can also be a franchise that loves taking even the smallest a part of the story and making a spin-off designed to reply each pointless query nobody truly wished a solution to. From the explanation Chewbacca did not get a medal for serving to to destroy the Dying Star to why C-3PO positive aspects a pink arm, “Star Wars” comics are stuffed with pointless solutions. Nonetheless, generally the comics ponder fascinating situations and provides previous facet characters new life. Take Sabé and the remainder of Padmé’s handmaidens, who serve just for a foolish switcheroo within the prequel trilogy however truly get some depth and a thrilling storyline involving Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” books and comics.

Now, “Star Wars: Legacy of Vader” #2, written by Vader comics veteran Charles Soule and drawn by Luke Ross, is answering one of the pointless questions completely nobody was asking — what occurred to Watto after the prequels? Seems, the man who as soon as enslaved Anakin Skywalker and his mom met his doom when Darth Vader went to Tatooine to kill him. That is proper, everybody’s favourite flying stereotype of a blue alien with a trunk-like snout is lifeless, and we’re all in mourning (as you may see from the various reactions online).

It was Mark Paniccia, Senior Editor at Marvel Comics, who gave followers a sneak peek of the comedian displaying Watto’s merciless and meaningless dying on social media. In it, we see Kylo Ren and Vader’s disembodied attendant head Vaneé on Tatooine exploring the Sith Lord’s previous, with Vaneé claiming that Vader returned to the planet in some unspecified time in the future up to now to pay Watto a go to — a lethal one.

Although some followers have taken subject with Vader going all the best way to Tatooine to assert revenge on a man he hasn’t seen in many years, it is a transfer Anakin would completely do. Each the “Clone Wars” TV present and up to date Vader comics have made it abundantly clear that Anakin was however a pathetically petty man who beloved drama. Take the time he practically ruined his marriage with Padmé out of jealousy over an ex-boyfriend of hers by pulling a “True Lies” and utilizing Jedi assets to spy on them, or the time Vader saved the Grand Inquisitor alive via some historic Sith magic, binding his very spirit to a Jedi Temple with a purpose to torture him for years. Vader is nothing if not a vengeful drama queen.

Within the present canon, we even know that Vader has been slaughtering random Tusken Raider clans whereas on Tatooine for Imperial enterprise. (Does that imply he is aware of what Tuskens actually look like without their masks now?) And we all know he is spent many years fantasizing about killing Obi-Wan Kenobi, so why would not he need to kill Watto?

The actual query is why it took him so lengthy. Why did Vader wait so a few years to lastly search out the Toydarian slaver? Most significantly, did he execute anybody else? Are we to consider Vader spent his nights reciting a listing of names he needs to kill like Arya in “Recreation of Thrones?” As a result of that might be each completely hilarious and completely one thing Vader would do.

“Star Wars” is a franchise filled with memorable deaths for iconic characters. There’s Obi-Wan Kenobi closing his eyes and letting Darth Vader kill him as his physique actually evaporates, Boba Fett being swallowed by the Sarlacc (don’t fret, he bought higher), Emperor Palpatine getting thrown down a reactor shaft (don’t fret, he additionally bought higher), and, after all, Darth Maul being minimize in half and falling down a shaft (by some means he, too, bought higher). These are some of the greatest “Star Wars” moments of all time and they’re a part of what makes the property’s motion memorable and artistic.

However “Star Wars” can also be a franchise that loves taking even the smallest a part of the story and making a spin-off designed to reply each pointless query nobody truly wished a solution to. From the explanation Chewbacca did not get a medal for serving to to destroy the Dying Star to why C-3PO positive aspects a pink arm, “Star Wars” comics are stuffed with pointless solutions. Nonetheless, generally the comics ponder fascinating situations and provides previous facet characters new life. Take Sabé and the remainder of Padmé’s handmaidens, who serve just for a foolish switcheroo within the prequel trilogy however truly get some depth and a thrilling storyline involving Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” books and comics.

Now, “Star Wars: Legacy of Vader” #2, written by Vader comics veteran Charles Soule and drawn by Luke Ross, is answering one of the pointless questions completely nobody was asking — what occurred to Watto after the prequels? Seems, the man who as soon as enslaved Anakin Skywalker and his mom met his doom when Darth Vader went to Tatooine to kill him. That is proper, everybody’s favourite flying stereotype of a blue alien with a trunk-like snout is lifeless, and we’re all in mourning (as you may see from the various reactions online).

It was Mark Paniccia, Senior Editor at Marvel Comics, who gave followers a sneak peek of the comedian displaying Watto’s merciless and meaningless dying on social media. In it, we see Kylo Ren and Vader’s disembodied attendant head Vaneé on Tatooine exploring the Sith Lord’s previous, with Vaneé claiming that Vader returned to the planet in some unspecified time in the future up to now to pay Watto a go to — a lethal one.

Although some followers have taken subject with Vader going all the best way to Tatooine to assert revenge on a man he hasn’t seen in many years, it is a transfer Anakin would completely do. Each the “Clone Wars” TV present and up to date Vader comics have made it abundantly clear that Anakin was however a pathetically petty man who beloved drama. Take the time he practically ruined his marriage with Padmé out of jealousy over an ex-boyfriend of hers by pulling a “True Lies” and utilizing Jedi assets to spy on them, or the time Vader saved the Grand Inquisitor alive via some historic Sith magic, binding his very spirit to a Jedi Temple with a purpose to torture him for years. Vader is nothing if not a vengeful drama queen.

Within the present canon, we even know that Vader has been slaughtering random Tusken Raider clans whereas on Tatooine for Imperial enterprise. (Does that imply he is aware of what Tuskens actually look like without their masks now?) And we all know he is spent many years fantasizing about killing Obi-Wan Kenobi, so why would not he need to kill Watto?

The actual query is why it took him so lengthy. Why did Vader wait so a few years to lastly search out the Toydarian slaver? Most significantly, did he execute anybody else? Are we to consider Vader spent his nights reciting a listing of names he needs to kill like Arya in “Recreation of Thrones?” As a result of that might be each completely hilarious and completely one thing Vader would do.