I believe it was canonized that Vader made improvements when it was required. Vader was still a technical genius and a pilot that no one rivaled.
Take his right hand for instance - he was given the first prosthetic, that he replaced during the clone wars. One of his legs in a comic gets beat to all hell, and he rips off a jedi training droid leg to replace it, which works better and is far sturdier.
But originally it was intended to be a hinderance. Anikin was a walking vergence in the force, simply by existing he made his connection to the force stronger. By sticking him in a much less technically advanced cyborg suit than what Grievous got, he could also just blast him with some lightning to weaken him physically again.
Yeah, I feel that its one of those things where people made up stuff to fit after the fact. If he was such a genius and had periods of independence as I believe its also canon that he did attempt a rebellion against Palpatine at least once then you’d expect that he could have fixed it up/improved it significantly in the years before Luke and Leia.
I believe he also treasured his times in his barochamber, and a new suit wouldn’t need it, so that was one of his reasons for not even wanting to get a new one himself.
Yeah there’s a reason that could be a lie too. He was barely kept alive while being put it in it. And ani choose to stay in it for his own reasons as well.
Palpatine couldn’t stop him ALL the time, especially after he was gone, so that reason just falls flat when you actually follow it.
It’s intentional to not upgrade it. He’s in that janky shit for 20+y
I believe it was canonized that Vader made improvements when it was required. Vader was still a technical genius and a pilot that no one rivaled.
Take his right hand for instance - he was given the first prosthetic, that he replaced during the clone wars. One of his legs in a comic gets beat to all hell, and he rips off a jedi training droid leg to replace it, which works better and is far sturdier.
But originally it was intended to be a hinderance. Anikin was a walking vergence in the force, simply by existing he made his connection to the force stronger. By sticking him in a much less technically advanced cyborg suit than what Grievous got, he could also just blast him with some lightning to weaken him physically again.
Yeah, I feel that its one of those things where people made up stuff to fit after the fact. If he was such a genius and had periods of independence as I believe its also canon that he did attempt a rebellion against Palpatine at least once then you’d expect that he could have fixed it up/improved it significantly in the years before Luke and Leia.
That’s correct, and when Palpatine found out, he was actually delighted because it was a sign that Anakin had embraced the Dark Side
I believe he also treasured his times in his barochamber, and a new suit wouldn’t need it, so that was one of his reasons for not even wanting to get a new one himself.
Who’s gonna tell Vader that he cant hide in his closet for a while?
Yeah there’s a reason that could be a lie too. He was barely kept alive while being put it in it. And ani choose to stay in it for his own reasons as well.
Palpatine couldn’t stop him ALL the time, especially after he was gone, so that reason just falls flat when you actually follow it.