10 Star Wars Fan Theories That Make Too Much Sense To Ignore

10. Darth Vader Stopped Luke Going From Down The Dark Path

Throughout Star Wars, Emperor Palpatine has always tried to manipulate those around him, usually successfully so. The most obvious example of a character defying him was Luke Skywalker, who told him he would never join the Dark Side, but was that actually true?

During the events of Return of the Jedi, Palpatine encourages Luke to strike him down, to channel all of his anger and hate, and kill him. This would have completed his journey to the Dark Side, and Luke actually took the shot, it's just that Darth Vader blocked it.

The most obvious explanation for this, so obvious in fact that it doesn't bare much more thinking about, is that this was an apprentice protecting his master. But, what if instead this was a father protecting his son from striking the blow that would have changed the course of the entire galaxy?

Way back when, Palpatine encouraged Anakin Skywalker to kill Count Dooku in much the same way, starting him on the ultimate path to being a Sith Lord. Seeing that Luke was about to take that same path, Vader stopped him, knowing just how crucial such a moment would have been. This may have been Anakin's first step back towards finding the good inside him.