10 Video Game Mentors Who Were Actually Complete Morons
6. Darth Vader - The Force Unleashed
Crusher of the Rebels, extender of the Empire's long-armed reach across the galaxy, it's safe to say Darth Vader remains the world's most famous intergalactic asthmatic, cutting one of the most memorable villain-turned-hero arcs in the history of cinema. The Force Unleashed games elected to shine a little more time on his darker years - primarily those experienced in between the hilariously over-the-top "NNNOOOO" from Episode III, and wanting "those plans" retrieved in IV. As such, he recruits and trains quite easily the most powerful Jedi in many a solar system to help spread tyranny across as many planets as he can find. Hang on a minute though... Well, besides naming his protégé 'Starkiller' (yes, Luke's original name... it's still terrible), the reason Vader is such a moron is he decides to take pity on one tiny child after slaughtering scores of them in Episode III. Then, when Palpatine declares he's "betrayed" him by taking an apprentice, he fakes Starkiller's death and instructs him to amass an army comprising "an alliance of rebels and dissidents" to fight back. So, Darth Vader quite literally sets in motion the creation of the Rebel Alliance, and everything he'd then be fighting to vehemently against in the following three movies. When Lucas and co. wiped away all the expanded universe, you have to believe it was for ridiculous plot-flippers like this. It essentially makes Luke's plea to his inner sanity far less meaningful, and also makes Vader some religiously-minded maniac, spouting lines like "Fulfilling your destiny" before turning them on their head in the following scenes, as he forever ping-pongs back and forth between pleasing the Emperor and plotting to overthrow him. Not to mention, if the events of these games were still canon, he'd of flitted between fostering two father-son relationships that both ended the same way, painting him even more as some under-the-thumb lover forever trying to please a constantly-demanding partner in Palpatine. It's hardly your usual "Most Awesome Villain Ever" stuff, is it?
