We were chatting the other night about how the Death
Star, for all its evil genius as a total killing machine, was really badly
designed. I mean from a defensive point of view – a huge open port,
with no gun turrets inside, leading to a big self destruct button. And Darth, despite all his Jedi training, is a pretty lousy pursuer of Luke.
So we wondered if, at the end of Episode 3, aware that the Emporer is set
to win, and that not much can be done about this, he reisgns to a life
inside a giant gimp suit while secretly making plans to allow it all to
come crashing down when the time comes, knowing that his son would one
day come to avenge his death.
I await the calls of derision from proper fans, but meantime, keep this thought in your
mind as you watch the latest Darth Vadar film doing the rounds.