Padmé Was Gone. Why Sith Anakin!?


"I won't lose you the way I lost my mother."
— Anakin Skywalker, Revenge of the Sith

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Darth Vectivus was possibly the nicest Sith Lord in Star Wars history. A former businessman turned Sith out of simple curiosity, Vectivus maintained strong personal ethics, never succumbed to Sith violence, and viewed the Dark Side as a research tool. He even died quietly at home with friends and family around him. (source)


Good morning Reader 👋

I always thought Anakin turned Sith purely to save Padmé, right? But then she died, and Vader kept right on serving Palpatine. That never sat right with me until I started looking deeper. Turns out, the Dark Side wasn't something he could just walk away from, even after losing his reason to join.

Here's why he stayed...👇

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