Lucas confirms Darth Vader is more powerful than ROTJ Luke?

Azronger wrote:Yeah, it works. The interview can be found in text form too.

https://billmoyers.com/content/mythology-of-star-wars-george-lucas/

Sam wrote:

Azronger wrote:Yeah, it works. The interview can be found in text form too.

https://billmoyers.com/content/mythology-of-star-wars-george-lucas/

Were you aware of this interview before Az?

MasterCilghal wrote:Interesting, although just like the interview with Pablo Hidalgo confirming Anakin>Vader it doesn’t specify the time period. It is also important to note that Lucas is referring specifically to the impression one has by watching the OT. I say this because I just cannot ignore the enormous amount of quotes that confirm Luke and Vader are equals by rotj.

DarthAnt66 wrote:Given all the surrounding context is about how children love power yet are powerless, I don't think Lucas' usage of "power" for Vader refers to "the amount of Force power he has" rather than "one guy is basically the ruler of the galaxy with Death Stars and armies whereas the other's a small tag-tag team." People forget "power" has many meanings and the one we commonly attribute to it isn't really ever how it's used in real life talk. Lucas isn't trying to rip out lore accolades here, lmao.

DarthAnt66 wrote:Given all the surrounding context is about how children love power yet are powerless, I don't think Lucas' usage of "power" for Vader refers to "the amount of Force power he has" rather than "one guy is basically the ruler of the galaxy with Death Stars and armies whereas the other's a small tag-tag team." People forget "power" has many meanings and the one we commonly attribute to it isn't really ever how it's used in real life talk. Lucas isn't trying to rip out lore accolades here, lmao.

DarthAnt66 wrote:Given all the surrounding context is about how children love power yet are powerless, I don't think Lucas' usage of "power" for Vader refers to "the amount of Force power he has" rather than "one guy is basically the ruler of the galaxy with Death Stars and armies whereas the other's a small tag-tag team." People forget "power" has many meanings and the one we commonly attribute to it isn't really ever how it's used in real life talk. Lucas isn't trying to rip out lore accolades here, lmao.

Sam wrote:

DarthAnt66 wrote:Given all the surrounding context is about how children love power yet are powerless, I don't think Lucas' usage of "power" for Vader refers to "the amount of Force power he has" rather than "one guy is basically the ruler of the galaxy with Death Stars and armies whereas the other's a small tag-tag team." People forget "power" has many meanings and the one we commonly attribute to it isn't really ever how it's used in real life talk. Lucas isn't trying to rip out lore accolades here, lmao.

I put a question mark. I'm not taking this as Lucas saying Vader>Luke. Just wanted to get everybody's interpretation. But if Lucas is referring to what you think he is. Wouldn't he say Darth Vader has more power than Luke rather than Darth Vader is more powerful than Luke?

NotAA3 wrote:

DarthAnt66 wrote:Given all the surrounding context is about how children love power yet are powerless, I don't think Lucas' usage of "power" for Vader refers to "the amount of Force power he has" rather than "one guy is basically the ruler of the galaxy with Death Stars and armies whereas the other's a small tag-tag team." People forget "power" has many meanings and the one we commonly attribute to it isn't really ever how it's used in real life talk. Lucas isn't trying to rip out lore accolades here, lmao.