Thread:Mediawatcher/@comment-3581997-20150905032118/@comment-3581997-20150920162131

The reason people categorize Darth Vadar is pretty much the only thing keeping him evil was the Emperor's hold over him and Luke eventually forces him to confront and reject that control by killing the Emperor. We also see his untainted self in ghost form at the end so one way or the other the film is offering up redemption in death. We only see him as himself furing the moments before his death and then he just seems resigned to that death so not much room to weep about all the things he has done. Also I can't think of one point in the films where Darth Vadar was a sadist, I don't recall any scenes where he relishes the pain of others, most of the time he seems emotionally detached if anything. Like harming others is just part of the job, that doesn't make it ok but that's not sadism.