No offense, but that last bit is a really dumb statement. You try to make the appearance of some character be the same as the lack of a character in one movie after 3 he was in.
Fair enough. I don't think it's a dumb statement though. Just making a point that the idea of adding the Emperor is silly. He wasn't in three films when ANH was made, because there was only one film at that time. To go back and add him would be as choppy as when Jabba was added. It would not enhace the story at all (just as the Jabba scene did not). I don't need Sidious added to make the story better.
Myeah, your POV. In my view, Vader runs the show in TESB and ROTJ, while in ANH, he really is just some dumb dog for Tarkin.
In TESB, he can unleash all his power, like he did in ROTS. So why oh why, would this tragic hero, this troubled mind, submit himself to being bossed around.
He is the right hand of the Emperor, he helped create the Empire, he secured the Empire by wiping out the Jedi, why would he be content with being told what to do by Tarkin in the way he does in ANH?
No one said he was content; he was jus doing as he was told. There is mutual respect between Tarkin and Vader, and it's not all about power struggles anymore. Vader may be evil, but he's not dumb either. The Emperror says be cool, and he's cool. Tarkin is a big part of the Empire and its success.
Myeah, really connects with that rage Anakin has in ROTS, and what he also shows in the duel in TESB, just before he severs Luke's hand.
But again, your POV.
Of course it's my POV. Every single post on every single thread is a point of view. Yours is too, and I may not agree with it, but that's cool. We're all buds here. Vader isn't a mindless thug; if you want that, check out T2 for robotic killing machines. Vader is a bit more complex than that.