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Message: [QUOTE="FeedTheDove, post: 1969839, member: 2219"] A lot of Star Wars fans prefer this in-universe explanation. Probably the next most popular explanation among fans. [SPOILER="Spoilers...seriously, go see R1"] The more I think about it, the more I don't care about an explanation for Vader's lack of fighting skills in ANH. There shouldn't need to be an explanation for making an awesome, modern day movie skilled Darth Vader. I get worried sometimes, that Lucasfilm might hold back on showing how dominant Vader is because of how he was portrayed in ANH. That obviously didn't happen in R1, and I hope that trend continues if we happen to see Vader in a future movie or TV show (they've done a pretty great job with him so far in Rebels.) Really, if they wanted to, Lucasfilm could easily come up with a story to be told in a comic book or some other medium for hardcore fans who are bothered by Vader's lack of skill in ANH. Maybe, in the couple of days or so in between the end of R1 and the Obi-Wan fight in ANH, Vader was badly injured, and needed a lot of time to heal in his bacta-tank to get back to full strength. He deals with Obi-Wan, still heavily hindered by his injuries, and then goes back to his castle on Mustafar to heal up to how we see him in ESB and RotJ. I'll write the friggin' story. Hire me Lucasfilm :D [/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]