5 Awful Fictional Father-Son Relationships In Movies (And How To Correct Them)

5. Darth Vader & Luke Skywalker - Star Wars Darth Vader is probably the worst father in history, relatively speaking. But really, what if it's all image? Say you have a son that perhaps you didn't even know was alive. Happens to a lot of us, according to those sitcoms that flip a coin between either adding a baby or an unknown child to the mix in a sad, predictable effort to give the show one last hurrah at human drama as their ratings plummet towards inevitable cancellation. But say you have been pretty busy building a bad-ass reputation for yourself - really climbed the corporate military ladder so to speak. You have a kick-ass medical plan, a new identity, people who fear you. Life is pretty good, aside from a small pesky group of rebels who - to your surprise - have recruited your male prodigy and are trying to throw you into the unemployment lines. What do you do as a father? For starters, capturing all of his friends and torturing them isn't going to earn you points down the road. Neither is killing his newly adopted father-figure that replaced the one that your employees recently killed while looking for some droids. Insisting on a lightsaber duel on your home court is a pretty over-the-top way of introducing yourself, too. So what about maybe phoning him first and trying to arrange a meeting at a neutral place? Maybe share an ice cream. I'd suggest avoiding hot drinks in case he decides to throw it in your face, especially if you tell him that girl he likes is actually his sister. Yet if you still want to go the lightsaber duel route, go easy on him, because he doesn't know who you are yet. Just because your son gets in a lucky strike, you don't need to overreact and cut off his hand. Instead, compliment on his efforts and show him the better parts of joining the Dark Side, like the aforementioned health care and the kick-ass uniforms and travel perks.