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Originally Posted by jammies
Have to disagree here, the reveal is one of the reason's the third film is far weaker than the first two. The ravaged look of the Emperor and the confinement of Vader to his mask was more than enough to show the perils of following the Dark Side
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Showing his face was to reveal his return to the light, his human side, and casting away his dark, robotic shell even if it meant his death. It was about creating a connection between Luke and Anakin, not Luke and Vader.
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[b]"*I* am your father" was a great movie moment, seeing Vader's fat pasty face was not. A far better ending would have been him attacking the Emperor in the penultimate scene (preferably before 10 minutes or whatever it was of "Die! Die Skywalker! *zzzzzt* *zzzzzt* Die some more! *zzzzt*") and being killed by him but allowing Luke to kill the Emperor in turn. How sweet would have a 2 on 1 Vader/Luke vs Emperor light sabre battle have been? But no, Lucas wanted to tell a vapid story of death-bed repentance instead, incidentally making his supposed hero merely a catalyst for events instead of the instigator thereof.
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That sounds likes #### from the prequels. It wasn't about just killing the emperor, but how it was done. Luke's goal was to 'save' his father from the Dark Side. He showed Vader mercy after beating him, but refused to destroy him, and his punishment was feeling the wrath of the Emperor. He was willing to die rather than kill his father and turn to the Dark Side and that sacrifice is what turned Vader.