I just chalk it up to him being much closer to the transport than he was to the Falcon or the Blockade Runner. Plus they were moving faster.

I wouldn't discount that train of thought.  In the video Emily said that this Vader was the first all-new effort on Darth Vader that they had done in 10+ years.  Previous releases, like the ROGUE ONE Vader, were based on previous sculpts.  When Hasbro made that 500th edition Darth Vader they kept on cranking out Vader releases based on that figure for years to follow.

Honestly if they just want to tweak it and give us the different versions we need (inner robes over the armor for ANH, whatever changes needed for ESB, ROTJ, removable helmet, etc) I'd buy them in a heartbeat. This is a great scenario, where they've created a perfect template and now they can iterate on it.

Thanks for the link, I just ordered four!

Meh...I've seen worse disguises.

Honestly if you could have reached into my mind from 1979 onward, that's the Darth Vader I imagined hunting down the Jedi before ANH. I was disappointed that ROTS didn't feature a full cybernetic Vader doing what he does in this latest episode. That's the Vader I had nightmares about.

We'll see what happens in the next episode, but I got the impression Vader isn't all that concerned that Kenobi got away for now. He seemed to know where he was through the whole pursuit, and there's supposed to be no way off planet. He's already gravely injured Kenobi, and plans to hunt him all over the imperial-controlled planet he's stuck on.

My thought is now that Vader knows Kenobi had help from the town, will he use their suffering to draw him out. And he also now has Leia, so Obi Wan will have no choice but to put on his big Jedi pants and confront Vader. I want to see why Vader uses the line "Obi Wan once thought as you do..." The dueling is always appreciated, but I want to see some of the emotional drama between the two that didn't come across in ROTS. And I didn't see that exchange as a fight, I just saw it as Vader beating the crap out of Obi Wan for his own enjoyment. Obi Wan didn't have the upper hand or even an actual defense other than "run for my ******* life" during that. It was not a duel...it was Vader being sadistic, and enjoying it.

I know it's not canon, but I wouldn't mind a few female and alien versions of some of these characters. I get that'd greatly increase the tooling costs, but my rebel army is kind of a sausage party at this point. Leia, Toryn Farr, Mon Mothma and the 2 or 3 female pilots can only do so much.

Quote from: JediJman on June  1, 2022, 02:22 PM

Is there a new Vader out today too?

Vader and Meatcutter BlueShirt Obi-Wan are tomorrow at 1pm ET

Wait...there's a new TVC Vader and Obi-Wan tomorrow?

Edit: Never mind, I just realized it's black series.