Darth Vader's Biggest Fears - Star Wars Explained: Wisecrack Edition
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- Welcome to this Wisecrack Edition of Star Wars Explained where we explore the The Philosophy of Darth Vader. What ultimately turns the innocent Anakin Skywalker of The Phantom Menace movie into the Dark Lord of the Sith is something we all confront: a paralyzing fear of death. Anakin must choose between two competing ideologies when faced with the impending death of his loved ones - The Sith way, or the Jedi way. From Buddhist texts to Pulitzer Prize-winning discourses on death anxiety, we dive deep into one of the most iconic characters to ever star on the silver screen.
Written by: Tom Head
Narrated and Directed by: Jared Bauer
Post-Production Assistants: Sarah Haver and Sierra Valdez
Edited by: Ryan Hailey (www.ryanhaileydotcom.com/)
Assistant Editor: Andrew Nishimura
Motion Graphics by: Drew Levin
Produced by: Jacob Salamon
#starwars #darthvader #anakin - บันเทิง
It’s a shame that Vader’s most significant line isn’t in this video. It’s probably the most emotional moment in the entire trilogy.
Luke: I will not leave you here, I’ve got to save you!
Anakin: You already... have...
yeah.. ;)
You were right, Luke, tell your sister, you were right...
On the end he accepted the thing he feared. He embraced it and let go of his life to save his son. That is what having a child of your own( your own flesh and blood) will do to you. You will still be afraid of death but when it comes to it any normal person would throw away their life for their loved ones.
Good point you amde with that line.
Anakin was robbed by Palpatine & failed by Kenobi, then saved by Skywalker.
@@teddykazandjiev I have two sons. I would happily give my life to save theirs.
Say what you want about the prequels, you put it on paper and Anakin's path to becoming Darth Vader is a modern tragedy and he is one of the most sympathetic villains of our culture.
A boy born into slavery, no father figure, having great talent at the cost of leaving behind the only family and world he knew, being scrutinized by the almighty council who try desperately to control him since they suspect him of being the Chosen one. Grows up, banned from feeling the human emotion of love, lest he be forced to abandon the council, which was all he had in the world, yet he loves anyway in secret.
Haunted by visions, he fears the death of his loved ones, is preached by the council to find peace only to be forced into a war (hypocrisy). He succeeds as a warrior, only to be preyed upon the dark side again and again and is seduced by a supplementary father figure in the Emperor to avoid the death of another loved one. He commits heinous acts, kills his own loved one in anger and high on power, is defeated by his master, loses limbs, burned, and forced into a metallic suit that the Emperor INTENTIONALLY made painful, slow, and cumbersome to feed his rage and keep him in line, a shell of his former power. Now he is coerced into continuing evil, constantly reminded by his pain and the acts he commits, the shame and agony making him a lifeless puppet of the Emperor who cannot forgive himself. One of the comics have him state that the key to his power, hate, comes from the one thing he hates more than anything else: himself.
Sorry, but I just LOVE Darth Vader.
+CanterlotCrusader
I completely agree. There's a lot of great, richness in this story that Lucas, unfortunately, seemed to stray from when he translated it to the screen. Funnily enough, the computer animated Clone Wars dug deeper into Anikin's emotions as well as those of the clones.
CanterlotCrusader
This is simply a anazing character synopses.
DUDE HIS FAMILY DIED SO DARKxEDGY LMAO
CanterlotCrusader
yes. on paper the prequels are great.
the novelizations are quite good.
but George Lucas admits himself he's a mediocre writer and director; and much like ESB & RotJ, he wanted to turn over execution of the prequels to others. That didn't work out, so he got stuck at the helm. And the movies are executed very poorly.
I think the story of the prequels is great. Honestly, it's more interesting than the OT and LOTR to me. It was just held down because GL can't write dialogue or direct actors.
"He kills children, his wife, and even tried to kill his mentor". I love how that last point is apparently the most serious. LOL.
Because he holds his mentor more important to him
@@geminikid609 And yet it really should have been children, mentor, and then wife since she was so important he turned to the darkside then ironically killed her
@@geminikid609 well that's not fucking true at all.
Well he didn’t kill padme she lost the will to live
but the women and children too
I think it's kind of ironic that the Sith who are self centered can save others from death. but the Jedi who are more selfless can only save themselves from death
Ironic.
Yin and Yang
No. Only two Sith Lords knew how to manipulate midichlorians to the point they could bring people back. However, doing so is unnatural and caused the Force to balance the light and dark by creating Anakin itself. Sith Lords can become Sith ghosts, but they are usually trapped where they are laid to rest or where a dark side nexus converges. Become one with the Force was an ancient Old Republic technique of perfect oneness. It was lost after Darth Bane and the Battle of Ruusan. Qui-gon Jinn rediscovered it by mastering the living force. However, his discovery was incomplete and for a while could only communicate with his voice. But he trains Yoda how to become totally one and Yoda learns how to physically manifest himself. He the trains Kenobi to do the same.
@@bosefareheart9699 maybe It's not about being a force ghost, it's about keeping the mortal body alive, like maul did, like Sidious did, like many other sith lords did.
What the sith created were Abominations, so much so that when Palpatine tried the Force created its own counter measure. Whats more the Sith were known to drain the lives of others, where as Jedi literally had an entire subgroup for healing with the Force
anikin turned to the dark side because he doesn't like sand
No.
also Jesus was a sith lord.
Butt true that
coarse and rough, and it gets everywhere!
***** more like Anacant
Perhaps then it's no surprise that Vader's master literally looks like the grimm reaper. Vader is in some sense literally controlled by death.
Whoa...mind blown, never thought about that before!
Hermaeus Mora gee I guess old Herma'mora isn't as knowledgeable as I've been told lol
General Vic Rattlehead Nowhere did i ever say i was all knowing...why do you think i have a massive library and all those librarians to Seek out books for me?
Rico Suave Mind blown. Awesome point!
Awww, jee, thank you.
I try.
Anakin/Vader character arc
His arc is the 5 stages of grief over fear of losing his love ones to death.
Denial - in TPM
Anger - in AOTC
Bargaining - in ROTS
Depression - When he becomes Vader
Acceptance - When his Son, Luke turns him back to the light in ROTJ
5 stages, 5 likes lool
But usually, the five stages don't lead to millions of other people dying.
And somehow, Jar Jar Binks is the key to this character arc.
@@Madsovic999 Jar Jar should've been the Sith that count Doku replaced but fans complained too much.
“Your mother.”
-Ki Adi Mundi
"Your Mother".
"What about the droid attack on your mother"
@@ryanmassie448 “What about your mother’s attack on the Wookiee’s?”
The lack of views disturbs me.
NerdSync true, that is
Its just been uploaded...
NerdSync Hey Scott, nice to meet you elsewhere
NerdSync The fact that you're commenting here excites me!
same
Fun Fact: Mark Hamil (the guy who played Luke Skywalker himself) wanted to see Luke turn to the dark side. He wanted to play the "fallen hero" and thought it would be a good twist to the classic story.
Andrew Tickel Dude, i sooooo wished at the end of the new flick that when Luke turned around; he had the sithy, dark sider eyes. That he was at the jedi temple for the purpose of either trying to purge himself of the DS or maybe it was the only thing preventing him from fully falling. It would have been bound to thr loss of his students, the 'new hope' losing hope in a sense and is now bound in a similar manner to yoda, but isn't in the strictest sense hiding, he's trying to preserve whats left of himself.
iona2225 That would have made the speechless ending so much better
Andrew Tickel Would have liked that better because he would play a good bad guy and solo got the girl.
That was actually the intended ending of star wars. However, it was changed, obviously.
Luke was supposed to turn at the end of Return of the Jedi, even after Vader and Sidious' deaths, by taking Vader's helmet and wearing it
This could have been avoided if the Jedi council had rescued Anakin's mother.
Exactly!!! I've been saying that fot yeeaaars.
@@marie-helenemartel7147 they knew what he feared and yet they bypassed it. Where is the balance in mentally torturing children?... lol
@@Victory987 It was a clear flaw the jedi have in avoiding tough issues such as helping padawans understand pain and the dark side. Which is why Luke is able to use dark side energy against vader yet not be consumed by it.
That's not really solving the issue though. The Jedi preach non-attachment and the test for Anakin was letting go of attachments. Anakin can't pass the test if the Jedi just remove the obstacle. His mother doesn't die sure but Anakin never grows as a person. This means his is still flawed and could easily fall to the Dark Side for any number of attachments later on (like his wife).
The fault of Anakin's fall is his and his alone. Besides, there are serious problems with the Jedi justing going to free whoever they want from slavery. Just freeing your loved ones is borderline nepotism and the Jedi can't just go into neutral space and inflict their will on the people there. They don't like slavery but they can't go to foreign land and just tell those people to stop.
Obi-Wan Kenobi dude you can’t raise a good hearted kid in the absolute worst way possible and blame it all on the kid. The Jedi order were arrogant heartless political assholes and they (almost) deserved what they got.
This video was magnificent. The Sith, attached to the material world, think that power and never dying are the main drives. But the Jedi show, with humility and the simplest irony, that their path is the right one. By giving up power, they become more powerful than the Sith could possibly imagine. By accepting death, they become immortal.
...they're both wrong.
@@LatinAladdin arguments...
They are at peace with death because the light side is love & life. "The Force" is the Owner & Plane in which souls join after death after accepting the light side within them. Almost saying The Force is God's Spirit and by living by His will in goodness, and love, peace & life everlasting is given unto the light siders.
The Dark side users after death either go to hell or cease to exist altogether
That's why they seek to essence transfer to other youthful bodies to stay in the flesh realm. To cheat death by prolonging life in the mortal realm by channelling divine power. (Satanic/Darkness) unlike power given to light side users to do good by The light side Force (God/Light Spirit/Good)
The most extreme case is Darth nihilus... it literally consumed him into a shade.
tisFrancesfault yeah but that's legends now unfortunately
AvengingNarwhal omg ikr
AvengingNarwhal omg ikr
tisFrancesfault The clue was literally in the name lol. Darth Nihilus, Nihilus hinting at the word Nihilist, meaning one who does not believe in traditional morals and values, and that life is meaningless. This could have been his justification, just not believing in societal morals.
At one point peole said Nhilus dosent even care about light and dark, saying he will consume the sith once he is done
In sort, Nihilus confront death by pretty much eating the living
Do the Philosophy of *Filthy Frank*!
This is my 11th petition.
Do the philosophy of SHUT THE FUCK UP
There is a Bobby Burns video about Filthy Frank, maybe you are interested
I concur
Please.
ot7461 petitions don't work honey
Its kind of annoying how theres so many things that can lead to joining the dark side, like basic human qualities that are well basic
That's kind of the test of being alive. Are you going to give into primal instincts and urges to be an animal or will you rise to be something greater as a human?
Obi-Wan Kenobi Fear, anger, anxiety, love. These are all aspects of life that the Jedi told their followers to suppress. When someone suppresses their feelings, it will just lead to more complications. This is why the Jedi order failed.
Catholic Priests aren’t allowed to have relationships. That hasn’t lead to any problems right?
@@bluebeard8617 To be fair, The order was sustaining itself for hundreds of years "without fail". Since they basically brainwash children, it seemed natural that near all of them had the ability to suppress any desire at an older age. The Jedi failed because their teachings where incompatible with "their savior" (the chosen one). Were they bound to fail? Probably... I'm not going to pretend that the Order did anything wrong in itself. Just to Anakin. Which led to their destruction.
Doesn't the philosophy of death denial also apply to Voldemort someone who kills in order to preserve his life through horcruxes
I think it Apply in many fictional villans
Its an easy Good vs bad story Idea
It is even more literal there since a horcrux can only be created by taking a life. You have to inflict death on others to avoid it yourself. A ritual that tears apart your soul.
One could argue Voldemort is an even better example of the concept - or just a less subtle one if you want to be a jerk about it ;)
@@unionsocialist4611 maybe that's all about living isn't it?
This feels more like "the psychology" of Darth Vader, rather than the "the philosophy"
I always thought the latter was more interesting aspect of Vader: i.e the entire seduction of the Dark Side is the prospect of imposing *order* on the universe, not just as a pallative of the pain of personal death-events, but as a broader social goal for the benefit of the galaxy:
By establishing a total force, one can create a monopoly of violence that inhibits the emergence and power of smaller and petty tyrants, and chaotic conflicts, and later advance to other aspirations. Hence the Death Star and the murder of the Jedi is like a metaphor for our own establishment of state power, born of destroying local territorial feudal power and violence.
Darth Vader's variant of 'the dark-side'' is seductive precisely because of its latent nobility, and is vexing because it is ultimately subsumed by the very ruthlessness it requires.
Furthermore, it makes the Jedi look like a bunch of crypto-religio tyrants unfazed by death or suffering and with no broader agenda to lessen it. Their Zen-ness is acquiescence to animal forces, Vader's evil is the triumph of the will.
MaoTseFunkadelic Psychology was a branch from philosophy.
Brandon Byerly Everything is a branch of philosophy. If this particular, he should say Psychology.
Considering that the presenter used sources from philosophy, this is the PHILOSOPHY of Darth Vader.
Demarco Wynne But as it pertains only to the mind and interpersonal relations, the philosophy is limited to psychology.
It also pertained to the belief in death and mortality. Those are heavy areas under philosophy.
The philosophy of don't hug me I'm scared!
Dustin Clark That doesn't really have a philosophy, it's just really fucking creepy and terrifying.
There's a film theory on it and I doubt that they'd want to step on a friend's channel's toes
***** If you're trying to do satire, you're doing it wrong. If you're trying to be sarcastic, you're doing it wrong. If you aren't kidding, then fuck you.
Unlike the Film Theorists Nightmind did a *complete* overview and analysis of it which is absolutely superb! Just a warning it's kinda long, but totally worth it for the curious
Dustin Clark Matt Patt does a really interesting video on DHMIS, check it out on film theory if you haven't already.
Well actually, it's believed that Padme was killed by Palpatine, he allegedly took her life to save Darth Vaders
What? For real?
@@thebiggusdonnus8453 literally nothing to back it up. Just fanboys trying to cover for bad writing.
Kevin Strom so?
@@primalaspid2843 so nothing I guess. You guys keep spreading that lie to make yourselves feel better.
Whatever it takes.
@@es-lb4mw It makes sense if there was a single shred of evidence to back it up.
But George thought it'd beer poetic if Padme couldn't live without Anakin and "died of a broken heart"
I don't like it, but I accept the truth off it.
FINALLY SOMEONE who researched the right stuff(because I couldn't pull the sources for backing why Sith childish PASSION worship(anger emotions) is bad vs JEDI control of passion GOOD). So many ignorant youth getting into Star Wars are making up their own selfish wants desires needs as paramount why SITH ARE COOL BETTER THAN LAME JEDI cuz they embrace passion. The fact it relates to DENIAL OF REALITY of Life/Death was the argument I kept missing.
JUST Because Luke ACCEPTS his PASSIONS(immense love) and Acts on them doesn't mean he doesn't know he needs to control or denies learned how to control them after his deadly mistake on Cloud City. Regular trained Jedi , DO NOT DENY their passion but as trained from childhood learn it isn't to elevated over reason and wisdom to the extent Luke allowed his. But that is the Grey Jedi path letting emotions be more a defining and decision force.
DARTH VADER = The Best Vilain
I prefer Deadpool
Do you mean DeathStroke?
Deadpool = Anti Hero
Deadpool > DeathStroke
léo jean As a Villain? No way..
to be fair, Anakin did bring balance to the force
there were tens of hundreds of Jedi and like 2 Sith. after order 66 there are now like 2 Jedi and 2 Sith
Balance
pi to the i wich one ?
No, balance to the force would mean the light side and the dark side are equal. You can not, I repeat, *CAN NOT* Have light without the darkness. Period. This was the Jedi's biggest flaw in the prequels they assumed the prophecy meant to demolish the dark side but that would have made the force LESS balanced and ultimately cause more Kylo Rens.
Both sides are complete shit
The jedi dont understand the force and neither do the sith. Both see it as something they own wich is not true. The force dosnt belong to anyone its like a physical law in the Star Wars universe the force=balance.
Luke is the Chosen one not only is he the strongest force user to ever exist he can also use both the dark and light side with not falling for one of them (see him using force-choke or actually going berserk on Vader in Ep 6).
You cant have just light and just Darkness you need both so the Jedi and the Sith need to die out.
Dancing Deity
What's at the center of our galaxy?
That makes so much sense
9:43 An interesting take on that sequence which I quite like, is that Darth Sidious was actually responsible for Padme's death. After Anakin force chokes her, we see her drp to the ground, in great discomfort and emotional distress, but very much alive. When Sidious finds Anakin after his duel with Obi-Wan, he's a quadruple amputee with fourth degree burns to everything that remains. Even with the best care available, surviving the trip to the medical station, much less the hugely traumatic implantation of the cybernetics needed to keep him alive, would be an extremely long shot.
As Darth Vader is being "born", we see Padme dying for reasons the medical droids are unable to ascertain. It's not a stretch to imagine that the average medical droid would not be familiar with Force powers and their effects. When the robot claims she is "Losing the will to live", this makes very little sense, as a new mother with twins just born would have everything to live for. When Darth Vader steps off the operating table and asks after Padme, Sidious responds, "It seems, in your anger, you killed her." Sidious couldn't possibly have known about her death- unless he was using the Dark Side to siphon her life force into Darth Vader to sustain him during his operation. It's heavily alluded that Sidious learnt Darth Plagueis' techniques for sustaining life, and it's entirely possible that the method he used for this was to leech the life off of others and divert it into those he cared about. This would also remove Padme as a distraction for Vader, allowing Sidious to take complete control over him as his new apprentice.
TL;DR, Sidious stole Padme's life essence to sustain Vader, and that's what really killed her.
They thing that sucks is that if the Jedi council had freed Anakin's mom from Slavery and given her a life...idk somewhere safe and out of anakin's reach he wouldn't have turned.
but if the Jedi Council would do that for Anakin... then what about the other children the Jedi kidnap.. err.. recruited to be their padawans, who had to leave their mothers behind? The Jedi Council would have to save them, too, right?
(Not to mention Yoda's mother (and the other masters') who he didn't save because he bought this Jedi BS... )
This is way too much trouble.
So no special treatment kid. Everyone else get to lose their mother, Anakin should too. Fair is fair after all.
@@gendoruwo6322 Not really, since they kidnap children before they form any attachement to their parents.
@@gendoruwo6322 The other padawans are not the Chosen Ones. They paid the price for their arrogant and incompetent management.
but you knew the council was gonna make that mistake b/c
we know that we get Vader!...so we were just waiting for the fact of it represented
(Represent!)!
@@gendoruwo6322 No one is ever kidnapped. They are willingly given to the Jedi Order because it's considered a great honor and parent want their kids to be the best they can be.
I'm going to live forever...or die trying
Dye it red
CaptainJackValdy's Crew-lol fixed it 😂
That's a Groucho Marx quote
WEREWOLF457 Catch 22 reference!
Yup, Death Denial, and the perpetual cycle of suffering and madness, :(
You summed it up well my friend.
The philosophy of Jar jar Binks plz
It'll be a hit...trust me.
Kildare meesa a dark lord
Heesa not the dark lord of the sith, MEESA the Dark Lord of the Sith!
(Gets promptly lightsaber gangbanged)
ThePCguy17 and yeesa in big dudoo this time
ThePCguy17 AA
meesa tinka yousa muy muy kerazee.
That was painful to write.
I clicked for Vader, stayed for Mars playing in the background.
Gotta have some good Holst
I think it's DashStar who has a theory about Padme's death and how Palpatine syphoned her life force to keep Anakin/Vader alive during his surgery. More believable than the broken heart.
People actually die after their loved ones die for no reason, husbands, wives, children, etc... they just get into a really strong depression and then they get ill and die, or they don't get ill but their inmune system starts to fail. You can also get cancer for being too sad or angry. Her death is not medically explainable, like cancer, or hiv, but it's a common thing.
Yoda says to embrace death, yet knows of a way to become immortal. The Jedi are hypocritical to the very end.
Physical or spiritual death, its irrelevant. We can see that the Jedi's "faith" comes from one of two places. Their preadolescent "indoctrination" (see: brainwashing) or, in the case of Yoda, knowledge. Yoda criticises the fear other's have of death while knowing himself to be immortal. That is the epitome of hypocrisy.
If seeking spiritual immortality is good, then what gives him the right to criticise those who seek physical immortality? The Jedi are more like a religion than most people think.
I don't know about the expanded universe, but in the movie was implied that Qui Gon Jin was the first one to find how to come back from death with the force. Yoda is almost a thousand years old, I think that loooong before he knew you could come back as a blue ghost he had actually accepted death, because when you're 900 years you saw dozens of persons you love dying.
+Imbalanxd
When Yoda said that line. he didn't know yet that Immortality through the Force is attainable . Qui-Gon was the first Jedi who discovered how to be a Force Ghost.. but he didn't attain the full Force Ghost form unlike Obi-Wan and Yoda.
Imbalanxd No. You completely misunderstood everything that a force ghost is. Yoda is NOT immortal. He's literally dead. He's now a ghost of the force, not alive nor immortal.
They retain physical appearance, personality, and can communicate with the living. You can call it whatever you want, but it sure sounds a lot like being alive.
That made more sense than it should have.
Holy shit, I didn't recognize, that background music was in fact 'Mars' by Gustav Holst and not the actual SW soundtrack until the very end ... well played.
“Fear of death...” and the idiocy of the Jedi
This video was awesome. What's even more awesome is that you showed a bit of anakin as an OLD man, not the re-editing crap by George. Good job guys!
As a Star Wars fan, I'm glad you see Anakin's arc. But I have several problems with your presentation.
1. Anakin didn't become a "whiny little shit" until Attack of the Clones. And his status as such directly applies to the topic at hand. If you recall, Luke was also a "whiny little shit" through most of Hope and Empire. He got better in Jedi, which allowed him to reject the Dark in a way Anakin could not. Juxtaposition!
2. Qui-Gon is far more important than you give him credit for. It's clear that the Buddhism of the Jedi Council is what contributed to their downfall, and Obi-Wan's by-the-book attitude not a proper way to train an odd case like Anakin. Qui-Gon followed a more Taoist view of the Living Force that allowed him to transcend and teach Obi and Yoda from beyond (and also why Luke's training has a more Taoist bent). Qui-Gon was seen as a dangerous maverick for keeping his focus on the living rather than the cosmic, but it's exactly that trait that would have allowed him to train Anakin constructively rather than being at odds with him like the rest of the order. While Yoda's speech in Sith regarding fear of loss was absolutely correct, the way he said it further alienated a vulnerable man, allowing Palpatine's honeyed words and feigned empathy gain traction.
3. You showed the wrong Anakin at the end of Jedi. Shame on you.
4. While I understand not getting Padmé's death at first, it isn't "bad writing" as much as Sith having a limited time to wrap up a lot of elements and some not ultimately being able to get the attention they deserve (Jedi had the exact same problem, and handled it worse, but we love it all anyway). On paper, Padmé going into shock because of a combination of depression and residual Force Choke damage that the droids couldn't see makes technical sense, and dying of a broken heart fits the poetic arc perfectly. Really, disrespectfully dismissing this while ignoring the same or worse in other films is the worse kind of hypocrisy.
Geez...
Adam Bram that's not the "wrong anakin."
That's a shame on Lucas for just disregarding Sebastian Shaw. No reason at all to make that change.
"Jedi had the exact same problem, and handled it worse" well, that's extremely false
Also, watch the renegad cut about Luke Skywalker. He's only whiny at the start of a New Hope, at it has a purpose
Adam Bram Accusation of hypocrisy = not an argument. All your comments are just nitpicking the presentation for apparent "mistakes" that are actually just emphasis for comedic effect: "whiny little shit", "death by bad writing" were just humorous quirks with no real relevance to the main topic.
That ending was actually pretty heartfelt, wasn’t expecting that at all. Thanks for the awesome video!
Amazing. This was so much better than I was expecting. Perhaps the best Wisecrack yet!
After this and the Darth Jarjar theory, I'm beginning to think that Phantom Menace might've been genius writing on a level beyond my comprehension. Shame about the directing.
Genious idea and theme
Bad bad bad execution
Lucas was just too much of a pussy to go through with the Darth Jarjar idea. That would have shut the haters up
Phantom menace is the best one imo but im a 90s kid with rose tinted glasses. If you ask me, 4 5 and 6 are just as, if not goofier
@@ServantofBaal There would be a lot of plot holes with that. For example Palpatine is loyal to the ideology of "the rule of two" so there can only be two sith lords at the same time in order to avoid apprentices trying to destroy each other.
@@RandomPerson-cm2wg Matter of fact, the reason why Count Dooku was so rushed is theorized that they cut Darth Jar Jar and replaced him at the last moment. Not a plot hole. This is a bigger theory than you think, and way more dedicated fans have put it together
Didn't Voldemort had exactly the same motivation?
He did.
Sorta. It drove some of his acts, but the acts that made him truly awful were fueled by what seemed to be a denial of his "inferior' origins rather than his ultimate end.
Alucard BloodyVampire more reasons jk Rowling is completely overrated. Did a lot for child literacy though.
fatsamcastle Voldemort is Harry's father!? Noooooooo!!!!!
the name Voldemort literally means flight from death in French
The speaking voice in the Darth Vader video is probably the clearest, most understandable reader I've ever heard, reading at a really fast speed. I think you could be the James Earl Jones of the future--the go-to voice of advertisers, movies, books, etc. I hope your talents are widely shopped around. This is my first foray into this website but I am impressed with your many skills. But they are being under-utilized. It's not just your voice, but your understanding that is communicated in it. Namaste friend.
That was great. The best breakdown of SW I've seen. AND it was good see all of the classic footage instead of the abominations that are the newer re-edits.
I don't know what is more scary about death, the lost of what you have in life or the mystery beyond death!
Do you remember caring that you weren't alive before birth?
Donny S. I can't remember what i did five years ago rather than when I didn't born. I think my existence started when i joined humanity. Even if I did, and have no memory of it, that is even scarier!
I like that.
Im not really scared of losing anything after I die. Afterall, it doesn't particularly strike me as scary if something is so common. And if anything NOT DYING scares me more than death itself. But admittedly I am pretty terrified of the possibilities of what could happen after death. I mean, they are limitless. So instead of giving into one particular faith I tend to stay devoid of any at all. When each one offers something entirely different and predicts an alternate future, none of this "oh no what happens after death" stuff really makes sense. I understand the motive for extremists and for people who simply practice religions and cults in their free time. But me standing where I stand, the idea of myself doing anything at least similar is confusing to say the least. Instead I literally just accept death. Not as something good or bad, but something that happens and is fairly uncontrollable. You can be the best in the world at everything. But you can't escape death.
When those existential dread thoughts creep in, I just remember, I'm not dead now! Then I'm happy again.
the level of thought, research and detail makes this video amazing.
I always felt that the lesson from Vader was: be careful who you trust. Even the most talented person can be brought down by choosing the wrong advisers.
I can't remember ever seeing such an in depth analysis of this major Star Wars theme before. Well done.
How about a philosophy of Avatar: the Last Airbender?
yeeeeeeessssss!
Avinoam Land there's not much to it...
Dylan Morrison the uncle was so cool
Avinoam Land A great area of focus can be how culture/upbringing affects how you act. All of the fire nation based episodes we see feature heavily the social norm of honor thy country and thy father. Zuko in the beginning wants to capture Ang because he believes that he's less of a human being without the approval of his father and his country and the bits of the fire nation we do see indicate that they're simply following the orders of the royal family because they were raised to believe that not doing so made you a traitor. Zuko is banished and scarred purely for speaking out of turn and his father claimed it was to "teach him respect". Ang has hesitation to kill and a natural curiosity for the world because he was raised entirely by meditative monks in a pre-war world. Both water tribes act entirely different from one another based purely on economic conditions. Much more is expected out of the Northerners socially because they had the more developed lifestyle while the Southerners who grew up in tiny igloos pretty much act however they want. The Earth kingdom is a tad harder to discuss because it's so large and expansive that there are so many different ways of acting.
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Bullshit.
Basically Voldemort entire motives as well. Does this mean that, ultimately, in the hero myth the villain is essentially the manifestation of our fear of dying?
Lust for power drives villains,but fear of losing It/what you have/ your life also does It. Personally, I believe mankind's lust for power led to mortality (paradise's loss) as in the Bible, which then led to death denial.
Voldemort is the equivalent of the Emperor, not of Anakin/Vader: both Palpatine and Tom Riddle are pure evil, both are driven by absolute ambition, and both could never understand the true nature of love. And, in both cases, it was their inability to understand love to cause their downfall.
So yeah, Sidious=Voldemort. The Dark Lord, the bad guy. Not so hard to write. But if you look for a figure as tragic and beautiful as Anakin's in the HP mythos... Actually, I don't think there is one.
@@rickblaine9670 What is the closest version to Anakin in the HP Mythos at least if not the same?
@@zacharyarons6950 Well, Snape, I guess. But only remotely close.
"Some people just want to watch the world burn"
8:34 I always like to imagine Vader mouthing "What the fuck..." under his helmet as he steps on the empty robes in this scene. 🤣😂🤣 Idk why that's just so hilarious to me.
so much thought and research goes into each wisecrack video, WOW!
It's a shame the prequels were handled so sloppily, because this is actually a wonderful and important arc and story, but it gets easily lost in a sea of poor dialogue and mediocre special effects.
George Lucas can't write dialogue if his life depended on it.
Frank G and he divorced his editor
Frank G the reason the originals had better dialogue is because the actors changed their lines when they felt awkward....the yonger cast of the prequels didn't do this to the script.
Karm A which one did you watch
There are still quite a few plot elements that just don't work also
Can you do the philosophy of The Cornetto Trilogy?
Yes! This should be done.
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Nice job playing "Mars Bringer of War" in the background
One could argue that ALL existence stems from death denial. We have destinies to be fulfilled, roles to play. A fear of death is necessary to overcome the burdens of living.
Another way that Anakins wish to conquer death manifests in the prequels is his fascination with droids, building them (C3PO) and his close connection to them (R2D2)
Droids are "immortal" and if a part of it breaks down, you can easily replace it. Something he even mentions at one point.
His fear of death was bound to grow during the prequels when he kills thousands of Trade Federation droids...
MAKE, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DREDD!!!!!
Liz Lee didn't find it tho
+Liz Lee no they didn't
Gustav Holst's The Planets: Mars ("inspiration" for the Imperial March) sounding in the background is a great little jab and easter egg! nice one
the force is strong with this channel
so anakin became a force ghost because he embraced death in the end something which obiwan and Yoda did.
Perhaps there is a little more to it than that?
The sacrificial component. Their deaths were linked to the will of the force and their service to the same. Obi-Wan's sacrifice to ensure Luke's escape (and so he could continue to guide him behind the scenes) and in Yoda's case, granting Luke his final revelation and quest.
Edit: In Anakin's case, he finally fulfilled the prophesy and brought balance to the force, ending both the unsustainable Jedi Order and the tyrannical rule of the Sith.
well... according to the lore, there is a planet at the heart of the galaxy (a bright center to the universe if you will) which has five priesteses, which can control this thing called the living force, which can give souls in the netherealm of the force a form in the physical world. Yeah.
Love your username! XD
Pearl Mas
And that is why Disney canon sucks
After watching this I realized that episodes 1-6 are about the story of Anakin's fall and return to the light. So now my question is, what's the point of episode 7-9?
The Little Pasty $$$
Yep 1-6 follows Anakins life and death, I guess you could say 7-9 follows the aftermath of his death? I don't know I honestly never thought they'd make a 7th one since it couldn't have Anakin, but hey it happened and it was great!
The Little Pasty milking from the fans.
The Little Pasty Don't know, the movies are still in production, how could we know if they haven't even made the second one
Anakin Skywalker Well production began about 10 months ago. That can give us a good estimate of time.
Fantastic video! Thank you so much!
9:24, I'm so grateful that you used the original footage for this 💛
The funny thing is that Anikin did bring balance to The Force. At the time of the prequels, the Sith are all dead, fled or in hiding and The Force was out of balance towards the Light side. Anikin brought down the Jedi and rebalanced, then overbalnced The Force towards the Dark side.
Well the Sith are actually the essence of unbalance. As they exist they bring suffering into other people's lives, thus giving them fear and hatred. The Dark Side spreads itself through pain.
Balance, in Buddhism is to be free of any desire. The Dark Side festers desire not only in those who use it, but by those who are affected by it. The Light Side, on the other hand seeks to free people from those desires, but also to alleviate them and spread compassion in those around the users.
So from my perspective, bringing balance to the Force is bringing an end to the contagious suffering of the Sith, and setting the galaxy on the eventual course to selflessness and enlightenment.
The lightside of the force is considered the balance. And I really wish I had a source for you but I remember reading it somewhere and I'm sure if you wanted to research it you could find it. But yeah killing the jedi is bringing unbalance to the force.
Okxer Disney cannon or Legends cannon?
Ben Brown Awe shit there's no way of know since I can't remember the source.
Anakin re-balanced the Force by killing Palpatine and himself. The power of the Sith is what took the Force out of balance.
Philosophy of the Punisher.
Wild WiseMan that ones kind of explained in Philosophy of Daredevil
thelone wiseman II
that would be amazing
129 can you explain Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe
"George Lucas isn't a good writer" - The Internet, basically forever
Looking at this, I'd say he's an excellant writer, just bad at dialogue, just a few tweaks away from being a genius philosopher and a world built on a very positive message about accepting what you can't control.
I think George is an excellent idea guy. He has crazy, wonderful, fantastic ideas, but very little talent for putting those to the big screen. He also needs help refining his vision, just like any writer, but doesn't seem to take criticism very well, hence the radical difference between the prequels and the OT.
Death isn’t control it’s natural
This video is better than I expected. Well done.
I have been having anxiety attacks at the realization for my own mortality for months now. Since then I've become much more isolated, angry, and hot tempered. I'm going to look deeper into this death denial theory. Thank you so much, you've helped me out so much!
Well if you want to get over it I recommend a job as a hitman. Or just do some good old fashion serial killing
Okxer I hear it pays great but not a lot of benefits :/ I would like some decent healthcare out of the deal.
Greg Evershed Yeah that's true. But at least you get hazard pay.
Okxer Very true! Off to the deep web to advertise my services.
Greg Evershed Good luck! Let me know if you get any contracts. I love knowing I've helped people(:
The Philosophy of the Nostalgia Critic
I'd love to see that.
So would I...
Daniel Landers that would be so awesome. Especially since when he reviews certain movies he looks like he hates himself for doing this and us For making him
He did that already. Its called existentialism
His Philosophy is, all sucks. You were once happy with your entertainment of old, you go to revisit again, you start dwelling on the "so good" Nostalgia, you start remembering all so well, you were so happy. Now, you start watching the old thing. It's not as good as you remember, you feel insulted. All of your life before sucks, your memories: taited. And the escapism you are craving to the past is no more. It sucks before and it sucks now. And what about the future? With all the reboots and remakes, your memories aren't taited. But you are 10X more insulted than before. Everything sucks. But you have to find confort in it, by destroying it apart and proclaming, "I'm the better phsycopath".
I appreciate the humor you put in here.
"I will not embrace Death, but I will accept Death's embrace."
liked for "this whiny little shit"
Anakin Skywalker BUT I WAS GOING TO GO TO THE TOSHI POWER STATION
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The funny thing is that they weren't wrong about him, in the end Vader was the one to kill the Emperor and bring balance to the force. They merely assumed he would bring this balance strictly on the light side of the force.
Good job, you've reached strictly to the cultural core of Star Wars. I'm deeply touched by how you've managed to incorporate the whole entity of Anakin and genesis of Vader in one wideo. And you must know that I really appreciate that you've added here this music masterpiece which is Gustav Holst's "Mars - War bringer" recognized after first tune :)
The use of Holst's "Mars, Bringer of War" was a nice touch. Also, totally loving these "The Philosophy of" videos being a huge philosophy nerd myself.
did you just redeem the prequels?
More like he showed another good idea that was destroyed by the execution
De Nitpichers yeah youre right
Sudev Sen prequels had good ideas. It was just presented terribly.
Sudev Sen No, the movies are still average. But he did make the prequels meaning a bit more out there
Anakin Skywalker Oh boy, I fear the day in which movies like the prequels are actually considered average
Did anyone else notice that Mars from Holsts Planets was playing in the background?
Me before watching: Eh, just Star Wars, what philosophy can there be??
Me after watching: HOLY SHIT THIS HAS EXPLAINED SO MUCH!!
You can explain not just killing but many mean acts that people do to others as stemming from their need to feel control by hurting others 😯
This is one your best Wisecrack
I don't totally agree. While death denial was a big factor in Anakin's turn, I think that disillusionment with the jedi was the primary reason. Throughout the prequels, we see Anakin struggling with the pressure that's placed on him. This can be particularly seen in attack of the clones. He is expected to reject both love and anger--essentially stoicism. This is something he had a hard time doing and ultimately was unable to do. While he struggles with this pressure, he sticks with the jedi because he is convinced that they are good while the dark side is evil. In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin is constantly frustrated that he isn't living up to the jedi standards, and the high expectations that the jedi have for him. And then he begins to see that the jedi aren't living up to the standards that Anakin has always been expected to follow. He becomes more and more angry with the council for not promoting him, and for telling him to spy on Palpatine. He still clings to the notion that the jedi are totally good "The jedi are selfless, they only care about others". All this is ultimately shattered when Mace Windu tries to kill Palpatine--an unarmed prisoner. He says the very same line that Palpatine (whom Anakin now knows to be a sith) had said about Duku earlier. "He's too dangerous to be kept alive". At this moment, Anakin realizes that the jedi aren't living up to the expectations that they had placed on him, and that they are hypocrites. Thus the line "from my point of view the jedi are evil".
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ITS ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA!
This was the best analysis video of Star Wars I’ve seen
Thank You that was outstanding.
It's hilarious that the Jedi thought for a moment that "bringing balance to the Force" was a good thing when there were hundreds of them and only a few Sith.
Balance, in that situation, could only mean fewer Jedi. And that's exactly what Vader brought about.
Probably your best video I've ever seen.
that view of the theme of star wars is helpful in reconciling the lack of depth I usually see when I think about those movies
This was great!!
everyone thought the main character was luke when really it was anakin and vader the whole time
No... did you see the movie?
One thing. The 'old' Sith legend of Darth Plagueis the Wise isn't old. Plagueis was Palpatine's master, and Palpatine killed him on the same night that he became the Supreme Chancellor.
Are you sure? Aren't the sith supposed to be two? Darth Maul doesn't look like a new apprentice...
GBS4893 he was a secret apprentice and technically Palestine was the apprentice until he killed his master in his sleep
@wisecrack, I would argue that both the light side and dark side are death deniers. The light side does it by alternatively pretending that it doesn't exist or becoming force ghosts, and the dark side does it by trying to prolong their literal mortal bodies as long as possible, while also, somehow, becoming force ghosts.
Pacifism is usually as much death denial as genocide is. By saying violence isn't necessary to achieve our goals, we can pretend that death isn't necessary, and is ultimately conquerable. I.E. "I could kill you, but I won't, so there will be less death in the world and that provides me with a sense of control over death".
Lukes refusal to kill his father was not acceptance of death, but rather death denial. He wanted to pretend like everything was going to turn out a-okay without anyone he cared about, other than himself, getting hurt. Like he could just stand there and toss out platitudes at the emperor and that would fix everything. In that way it was also 'holier than thou' bullshit, but I digress. Because the plot demanded Luke not get his hands dirty, but the emperor die anyway, Darth Vader saves the day... and continues to deny death.
Why? Well, he finally got to save someone he cared about, which is literally the whole argument for his death denial in the first place. His ability to save his son was his second to last denial of death, the last being his transcendence into yet another force ghost.
In the end, the movie doesn't actually peddle a form of death acceptance, rather it pushes you to accept death as a form of death denial. It's the illusion of control over death (becoming immortal) by accepting it.
Excellent! I think a lot of this philosophy here applies to a number of classic villains. The quote at 7:30 especially. Reminds me deeply of Voldemort, for instance.
I enjoyed this far more than i expected! Thanks a lot!
"Philosophy of Rick Grimes" due to the debates I've been hearing on if he's good or evil
Christopher Helton He's indifferent, really. He uses his humanity as a facade, you can see this through his compassion in the first few seasons compared to him in later seasons where he kills indiscriminately. Chaotic neutral, possibly? This is just my opinion, Chris
He's clearly Jesuitic
He isn't good or evil merely a man in a world gone mad. Same goes for pretty much everyone in the show.
You can't really put a good/evil spin on a morally corrupt world. People survive as best they can. Some easier/better than others.
That's completely based off whether we believe right and good are the same thing. Rick always seems to do the "right thing" but is it always good?
Love this video!!!
I love that Holst's Mars soundtrack in the background... great job!
Thank you for your video. I really enjoyed the way you linked Ernest Beckers' book with Darth Vader very clever and very well articulated.
You've somehow made me love Star Wars even more
The addition of Holst's Planets Suite in the background, which was the basis/inspiration for the Star Wars soundtrack was a nice touch
Oh my god!! That explained my childhood so well. I became super depressed about the concept of death before my 10th birthday! Many crying fits at the idea of growing old and forget the feeling of being young before eventually dying.
You guys should do a video about the philosophy of Stanley Kubrick
This almost makes me want to rewatch the prequels. ALMOST.
Aaron Horrell The prequels are better.
3>1>6>7>2>5>4
PeterWatchesTheWatchmen
3 as the worst?
I would rather say:
1
Honest Happy Hater No. Best. That's why I used the greater than sign.
Darth Vader is without a doubt the Most Iconic Movie Villain Of All Time.
This video explains the Philosophy of
Darth Vader.
Excellent analysis. Thank you!!!