When Vader told Luke that he was his father Luke was in complete denial and chose to jump to his death rather than to join Vader. However on Falcon when Vader reaches Luke through Force, Luke responds to him "father". Why Luke was so fast to call him father?
shareDo you mean other than searching his feelings and knowing it to be true and all?
shareYeah, but why did he choose to call him like that? Even if Luke searched his feelings, understood Vader was telling the truth, why he decided to admit it to Vader that he accepted him as father? It was sort of condescending act.
shareI thought it normal of him to call him father. Actually, thinking about it it would be agains his character to ignore it, to ignore the truth. Deny would lead him to the Dark Side.
shareBecause it was a fact, Vader was his father, there was no point denying a fact. Besides, he knew there was still good in him, that's why he directly surrended himself in ROTJ and brought him back.
shareBecause it was a fact, Vader was his father, there was no point denying a fact. Besides, he knew there was still good in him, that's why he directly surrended himself in ROTJ and brought him back
He believed it right away. The Yoda confirmation was added just in case kids didn't understand he was actually his father.
shareI very much believe that it was there for the audience, I have read on here of people saying that they themselves thought it was a ruse until RotJ however the scene is not breaking the 4th wall, meaning Luke the character wasnt asking for the audience but for himself
shareIt was sort of condescending act.
probably because he's yearned for his father all his life (or at least since he found out he was adopted)
"He's dusted, busted and disgusted, but he's ok"
I always saw it as Luke being in a very vulnerable state and Vader preying on that with a sort of "Force suggestion".
share"Force suggestion"? You mean like Vader made him say it or what?
shareMore that Vader was preying on a vulnerable Luke who was battered, exhausted and had his defenses down. Obi-Wan famously said that "The Force can have a strong influence on the weak minded.". Clearly Luke isn't weak minded, but at that moment he doesn't have his guard up, which is why he responds with "Father" so earnestly. And by that point you have to think that Luke deep down believes what Vader is saying, otherwise he never would've reacted so strongly ("Noooooooo! *beat* Noooo...).
shareI agree with this in a sense. Except I think it's more like Luke calling out to him to join the light side of the force. I think one can say they were both feeling each other's presence for the first time no matter what the intent.
shareQ: Why do they call him The Rabbi?
A: Because he's a rabbi.