Why Luke called Vader 'father'?
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chriscougar7 — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 05:39 PM)
I very much believe that it was there for the audience, I have read on here of people saying that they themselves thought it was a ruse until RotJ however the scene is not breaking the 4th wall, meaning Luke the character wasnt asking for the audience but for himself
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ErgonomicSpliff — 9 years ago(January 17, 2017 01:57 PM)
It was sort of condescending act.
Luke answering Vader's call to him through the Force wasn't condescending. I don't think you are using the word you think you are using. There was nothing patronizing at all about that moment. For Luke, it was a moment of truth about betrayal, deceit, desperation, loss and pain. Vader wasn't even certain Luke had truly accepted the truth of the situation until their next meeting on Endor. -
Fluke_Skywalker — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 08:49 AM)
More that Vader was preying on a vulnerable Luke who was battered, exhausted and had his defenses down. Obi-Wan famously said that "The Force can have a strong influence on the weak minded.". Clearly Luke isn't weak minded, but at that moment he doesn't have his guard up, which is why he responds with "Father" so earnestly. And by that point you have to think that Luke deep down believes what Vader is saying, otherwise he never would've reacted so strongly ("Noooooooo! beat Noooo).
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tracylynnyoung86 — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 07:40 AM)
I agree with this in a sense. Except I think it's more like Luke calling out to him to join the light side of the force. I think one can say they were both feeling each other's presence for the first time no matter what the intent.