why doesn't Darth Vader ever fiddle with the buttons on his chest? he's got built-in fidget buttons but he always acts like he's too cool to press 'em. he's not
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You could of course say that those are his life support functions and pressing the wrong button could make him stop breathing, which begs the question: why are those important buttons right there? What if he bumps into something?
I was in college when Star Wars (since subtitled A New Hope) came out. One of my dorm-mates had had a summer job working as a projectionist at a movie theatre when Star Wars was still in first run. Before the feature, they sent him out into the parking lot in a Darth Vader outfit. 1/
Vader is not a fiddle type. He's a squeeze type. He would have a stress ball, but he can force choke, so he can just randomly squeeze things with his mind.
He doesn't need to redirect his anger and frustration into an object. He can just go wreak havoc when he wants.
He does tinker and fix things.
Should've been a little talking computer like in Buck Rogers, just being sassy every now and again, and Vader just has to apologize for it, embarrassed. "Not now Shady-8, I'm force-chocking."
Okay he does actually use some of them in issue 1 of Charles Soule's Vader comic. They change the tinting of his lens' so that the desert looks a different colour.
My dude, only a licensed and bonded Imperial Button Technician and fiddle with the buttons. Everyone knows this. You can get in BIG trouble with the chest button union if you try to evade regulations.
He figured out that the blue one activates the rockets on his boots, but it felt OP. Plus he singed his cape the first time he tried, and they’re custom so they’re a PAIN to mend or replace…
In a comic or book someone finally actually did push Vaders literal buttons which caused him a few issues for a moment or two.
I think they're there because originally his suit was supposed to be a space suit designed so he could breach the ship in ANH. So the buttons make sense in that way.
I think one of them restarts his life support system. According to the lore the suit was an inescapable torture chamber. The emperor designed it to be awful.
On one hand, there's a high chance those control his life support and pressing anything would kill him. On the other hand, why didn't any Jedi with two working brain cells just aim for that box?
Actually I just remembered the hilarious RLM video where they read the lore about his suit and how the panel is designed to be really shitty and annoying, so this is actually not too far off. https://youtu.be/FVzc20Bm8Xo
Back in 77 or 78 there was a late night show like Soul Train and they had Star Wars on it, I stayed up late to watch it and I want to say the host was Wolfman Jack, who asked Darth Vader, ''what happens if I push that button" and Vader said "you die."
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They're for YOU to press.
He's a walking electronic game.
[ IN ]
[ OUT ]
[ AUTO ]
[ PURRR ]
[ AUTO ]
They would run up to him and TRY TO PRESS HIS BUTTONS. “Let’s KILL HIM!” they would cry.
He doesn't need to redirect his anger and frustration into an object. He can just go wreak havoc when he wants.
He does tinker and fix things.
Him:
(From one half of the Auralnauts):
https://youtu.be/Ox93IwDZB3s
….
…beeeep.
Vader: ... Now *I* am the master.
Kenobi: Only a master of evil, Darth.
Vader: Obi-Wan, your insults always push my buttons!
This necessitated buttons, but they forgot to take them off when the script got punched up.
True story.
I think they're there because originally his suit was supposed to be a space suit designed so he could breach the ship in ANH. So the buttons make sense in that way.
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https://youtu.be/FVzc20Bm8Xo