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Originally Posted by trebleshot

Darth Vader is definitely not an anti-hero. He murdered the clan of Tusken Raiders that killed his mom, purely out of anger and vengeance. He almost committed genocide of the Jedi Order (and probably would have, if not for his son). He killed children. He tortured and killed thousands of others. And countless other acts of an evil person. And the one and only reason he turned on Palpatine was to save his son, not return his mother back from the dead or even atone for his prior acts.

he killed the tusken raiders because they killed his mother,he avenged her death,the same thing your "hero's" do,they avenge,now I know they do not kill but we are talking about Vader,but how can you sit there and say he did not turn on palpatine to atone for what he did?luke saw the conflict and Vader did as well in the end,that conflict was remorse for what he did because he felt something,compassion,I am sure he turned on palpatine for more then just luke,palpatine twisted a young mans mind,he used Vaders anger issues and rage over...yep you guessed it his mothers death,and the fact he could not save her against him,anakin became Vader so he could save padme and his child,all he did was in his mind for her,out of love,though it is at that point a twisted viewpoint it was still out of caring for her,he was confused and lied to,his weaknesses were exploited by the epidimy of evil,palpatine,but in the end everything that drove anakin/Vader were drivin out of pain and a twisted viewpoint of love for padme and his mother,oh and it has been studied in psychological circles that his character indeed suffered from borderline personality disorder,I know its just a fictional character but anakin/Vader has had such an impact on our pop culture that they actually studied his actions,emotions and feelings throughout the saga and came up with this:
Darth Vader's Psyche: What Went Wrong? - CBS News
and there ar many other studies done on him as well.