Why Darth Vader was TERRIFIED He was Palpatine's NEXT General Grievous

"Of all the monsters I have created, I still regard Darth Vader as something of a minor masterpiece. No, he was not an entirely alchemical creation, but he was my monster nevertheless. Even though he failed to live up to his full potential, there was much pleasure in transforming Anakin Skywalker from a bright-eyed, tousle-headed youth into the greatest Jedi killer of all time. Yes, he ultimately turned against his Master, as monsters sometimes do, but that was my fault, not his. Given the opportunity to create Vader again, I would, and with zeal." – Palpatine

Poor Vader was so focused on General Grievous that he didn’t recognize his fulfillment of Dooku’s fate.

I wouldn’t put it past our beloved Emperor to attempt rewiring Vader’s brain. Especially during the early days of the Empire. He probably considered a lobotomy

Considering how much Sidious thought through stuff it's not surprising he made Vader weaker than he could've been otherwise to make sure he had as little chance of overthrowing Sidious on his own terms as possible. Side note: the back half of the video is noticeably louder than the front half for some reason.

I never understood why Vader, who was a genius mechanic, never upgraded his suit and limbs. He had the knowledge to do so

That is the tragedy of Vader, even as the vile villain he is, you as the audience still wishes he never lost all of his potential the way he did.

In the end Darth Vader was never able to surpass and defeat his master, only Anakin Skywalker was...

Heres my thing if he knew that he was limited by his cybernetics and his suit was susceptible to force lightning. why didnt he go behind the Emperors back change out the cybernetics for better ones and change his suit for something better and stronger?

So, "what if" time: what would Sidious have done with Vader (his role/job in the empire) if Vader hadn't been dismembered at Mustafar?

Vader's realizations are weak. He never translated it into performance; either pain made him stronger, which means a suit that enhances pain, especially as he acclimated to it over time, or a suit that was far more comfortable and delivered on minimizing his physical limits. One or the other. He chose neither. The Death Star failure to be fair wasn't Vader's fault. Sure he was a Sith yet this was Palpatine's failure in trusting Tarkin and Vader was demoted for it. Vader would've been better off, as a story line similar to Maul, by turning to Mother Talzin, through use of the Nightsisters Force Sorcery and regrowing his limbs then quietly returning to Palpatine's side with a better/revised plan to take Palpatine and his Force Lightening on. All Vader does is give up till Luke shows up.

So basically Vader was worried that Palpatine was going to turn him into Robotman from Doom Patrol…

This is great. Great explanation! It was Anakin's fault. Everything. Defeat on Mustafar,death of Padme,loos of his friends. It was Anakin's fault. So Vader's power started to grow much faster,stronger. He really became Sith Lord and one of the leaders of the Empire. May the Force be with you too😊

Vader was like im not a agile as i use to be got stop Palpatine from general grievous me

Drink a shot, whenever he says ''just like Grievous''.

This should give him more incentive to upgrade his suit or find away to clone his body and only in starwars relegated to a position to command a massive army is a bad thing

I got admit that never new that Darth Vader fears that he just new General Grievous I never thought Vader even think about Grievous so this was eye opening that Vader understand both his situation and his position both Empire and Emperor plans it truly sad view especially realizing that Grievous was pawn in begin

@the stupendous wave - you should do a video about the in-store causes of the differences in the Disney Sequels Timeline and the so-called Legends Timeline. What happens differently, and why, to make things go in such different directions.

Grevious was a means to an end as part of the sith's grand plan during the clone wars as a mindless butcher to lead the forces of the confederacy and do with it horrific viciousness and bloody efficiency. Vader was a sith lord of tremendous skill and power, the right hand and chosen successor of Darth Sidious, destined to rule at his side and only ended up in a slightly lower role due to his own missteps and failure on mustafar.

Thing is with something like this is he could make Vader quite a bit worse even more then already was post Mustufar. In all honesty Palpatine was ALWAYS trying to get Vader to be a true Sith without changing him anymore then needed, lest like said, he made IT WORSE an irreversibly. As Science WASNT Palpatines strong suit an he knew it. An honestly, there WASN'T vast majority of time anyone both strong as even Classic Vader or as trustworthy for Palpatine

My thoughts are simply empathy. Make your bed now sleep in it. Madness of mice and men.