Talkin' About...'Star Wars': Did the fact that 'vader' means 'father' in Dutch give any clues to the identity of Darth Vader when Star Wars was originally released in 1977?
(C) 1977 20th Century Fox Film Corporation and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) Did the fact that "vader" means "father" in Dutch give any clues to the identity of Darth Vader when Star Wars was originally released in 1977? According to George Lucas’s post-1999 revisionist history of how he created the Star Wars saga, the story was always going to be about the conflict between Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader and his twin offspring, Luke and Leia. In every interview or audio commentary track related to the Star Wars movies - especially the prequels - that was the Gospel According to George. That’s the “official version” in 2018. But just because that’s what Lucas said between 1999 and 2012 doesn’t mean it’s true. According to most authoritative accounts of the genesis of the original Star Wars trilogy (the saga’s Holiest of Holies, as it were), Lucas originally thought of “Darth Vader” as a supporting character and not as The Star Wars ’ Big Bad. Tha