George Lucas Explains Why Vader Stayed Loyal to Palpatine After Padme's Death

In Star Wars revenge of the Sith, we saw the final conclusion to Anakin Skywalker until his redemption 30 years later at the hands of Luke Skywalker, his son. Anakin’s journey as a slave boy on Tatooine, wide eyed and Ernest to save his slave mother one day, he goes off with the Jedi on some idealistic crusade. Anakin surprises all the Jedi at the temple with his ability to learn quickly and develop his powers beyond what was believed possible for his age. The chosen one, they called him, Anakin went to become the poster boy of the Clone Wars, killing Dooku and befriending the Chancellor, he was haunted by visions of padme dying. Anakin’s prime power, his main power in Star Wars, was the ability to see into the future, which sadly seized immediately once he lost to obi-wan, losing many of his abilities in the process.

Once he sold his soul to the Devil as George Lucas calls it, and pledged his allegiance to Palpatine in exchange for the power and knowledge to save his wife, Anakin obliged all of Sidious’ orders. And only through doing such horrendous things, would Anakin achieve such a power in the darkness, that he would be able to safe his wife from certain death. We all know how the story went…

Why did Anakin/Vader stay loyal to the Emperor? Why didn't he just move on? Could he have moved on? Why was he sticking around after Palpatine ruined his life?

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