Why Darth Vader Abandoned Mustafar to Live on the Executor (Brilliant) - Star Wars Explained

The executor had air conditioning.

Seeing Vader’s potential for property; in another life, Anakin could’ve been The Dark Lord of The Real Estate world.

This video brings up an excellent point. I hear a lot of people say Vader didn't go to Tatooine for a long time because of all this trauma involving it, yet he set up personal HQ on Mustafar of all places. The only real answer is screenwriters having a flair for the dramatic and Mustafar looks a lot cooler than Tatooine.

I've always found it interesting that the Jedi and Sith both encourage a person to move on from trauma it's certainly for different reasons and motivations but that parallel is fascinating.

Another, potential important, reason for this movement was that he had also closed a very important chapter that had brought him down on Mustafar to begin with: Kenobi. Obi-Wan had been one of the major ties due to Vader's defeat at his hand on that very plannet, and he had finally, after so many years obsessing about him, finally ended his former master, the lowest point of his exsistance.

The Executor was a statement of drive. Following Mustafar, Vader was… listless. His potential squandered by his injuries and his wallowing on the past. He had no future, no drive, no hope to do much of anything. The pursuit of strength meant nothing with no purpose behind it. Luke was indeed a New Hope for Vader as well, unfortunately for some that resolve made Vader a much more active and potent force.

I think Vader was able to largely forget about his failures on Mustafar when put the place up on AirBnB. His focus on Luke may not have been purely familial, though. It may have focused more simply on someone strong enough with the Force to help him eliminate the Emperor. Maybe?

This theory makes a lot of sense. On Mustafar he just wallowed in the past. At least on Vajun he had his training facility and his starfighter workshop and kept active. But it was on his SSD that his fire, his passion was rekindled and he truly became a Dark Lord of the Sith.

Basically a 19km Motor Home.

I'mma take a wild guess before I hear you out: his Mustafar base symbolised his obsession with the past and kept him stationary within the galaxy, all incurring weakness. while his moving fortress executor symbolised him moving on and embracing the conquering aspect of the dark side, allowing him wreac havoc across the galaxy. btw - thumbnail just scream Papa Roach. The Executor even looks like a razor.

Darth Vader: far from home

the fortress was static and dead, the Executor is arrow-like and always moving

How uncharacteristically humane of the Emperor, to encourage Vader to move on from trauma.

The reason he moved was to save money on gas. And the ship has a decent starbucks and spots by windows to brood.

I aliken Vader to a walking corpse or tomb, a mausoleum to failure pain and depression, all that Vader knows, the discovery of Luke Skywalker ignited the spark that turned Vader into a legitimate and powerful threat, but this spark of life also ignited the sparks of Anakin, and slowly but surely Anakin started to resuscitate within the dark lord of the Sith, slowly but surely Anakin clawed his way out of the darkness that was Vader and then to save his son, the once powerful chosen one, broke free of the broken dark lord to save his son

Building his palace on a cliff, Vader/Anakin finally found/had the high ground.

Through passion I gain strength... He found his motivation again;family: his tie to Padme

Darth Vader sure as a lot of homes l want to see his other homes in future of star wars

Thats True about Vader's focus changing once he learned about Luke. It motivated him and made it his new reason for being. Imagine finding out Palpatine lied to you on the the most important level all that time? Phew!

Thinking about it. He might have had insight to be sure he would never be caught on a planet with a Death Star like weapon could kill him.