Dude was like anakin in his youth. A general who fought in the front lines, ambitious, noble, and loyal. He even got burned just like anakin lol. This dude hit vader's soft spot.
He's everything Anakin could have been if he wasn't the chosen one. Also, even more poetic is how the man got burned because of his closeness to Vader - everything Vader has touched has been hurt in some way.
There was a quote that always stuck with me about Lekauf: Emperor: what makes you so loyal to Lord Vader? Lekauf: with respect sir, Lord Vader does not ask of me anything he would not be willing to do himself.
I read something like this somewhere. A clone trooper said this too. Why they trusted General skywalker so much. Bcs he would always be in the thick of the action with his men. He would never ask his troops to do something he wouldn’t do himself.
Claudy Focan you’re probably thinking of Fives in the Umbara arc, where the 501st is arguing over Krells flawed plans. Rex says some of Anakind plans were reckless but worked, and Fives responds saying something like “yeah but general Skywalker is usually leading his men up in the front, not bringing it up in the rear”.
1Dudelove hed probably be like “Oh this is sad.However he made peace with his son and fulfilled his destiny.Alas I have nothing but pride for Lord Vader”
If they make a Darth Vader solo movie at any point, they should use this as the premise. It allows Vader to be the terrifying badass that we know him as, but gives us JUST enough humanity for us to relate to him as an audience.
@@thatmotivatedchris6749 I relate to captain America... He's a soldier trying to do his duty to his country, it's just now he considers all of humanity as his country
“Do you fully understand the magnitude of how pleased I am with you?” Damn, I don’t know what’s scarier. The cyborg himself or the fact he gave a complement like that.
Being an intern for Vader would suck just imagine giving him coffee and he couldn't drink it through the mask so he just force chokes you for not giving a device to drink it with
Bat Cena. The next intern brings Vader's Coffee to his meditation chamber. A few minutes later he gets called back in. Vader snaps at him and says 'This isn't Mocha! but the mix up in coffee isn't why I'm mad!' Officer 'Then why are you mad sir!?' Vader rotates the chair and brings up the Big screen behind him showing footage of the Officer in question by the coffee pot. 'You see that shit, you stirred in the sugar and creamer counter clockwise, not clockwise which is a standard with in the Empire, but do you know why all Empire personal have to stir clockwise!?' The Officer gulped 'Uhm...no sir... why!?' Vader slowly turned back towards the Officer and said 'Only a Jedi would stir their coffee counter clockwise!!!' Vader then sprang from his chair and began physically beating the officer. 2 hours later Vader dragged the bloodied corpse of the Officer to the bridge. Officer 2 'Vader what is the meaning of this!?' Vader then used the force to remove the blaster from the second Officer's holster and fired one shot through the head of the badly beaten Officer who lay in a puddle of his own blood on the floor. 'this man was a Jedi Conspirator! he....' Vader glanced back at the the coffee pot and seen six other Officers stirring their coffee counter clockwise 'Dear god they walk amongst us' Vader said and ignited his lightsaber.
ahaha I read that mentally in vaders' voice and it cracked me up imagining him looking at the spill, looking round at the officer, then looking down on the spill and back to the officer.
Lakoff enthusiastically telling a story about Vader to his grand kids: “6 foot 8. More machine than man, but a heart of gold. His body was scarred, but not his spirit. He could kill 7 younglings with one stroke.”
Lakoff: "Would you like to come over for Thanksgiving?" Darth Vader: "No. I am preoccupied with my Master." Lakoff looked disappointed. Darth Vader: "But I can come over after for Pie. May the Force be with you."
He hangs around with Darth Vader daily... this man hangs around with Anakin Skywalker daily... You pick up 'jump into 99.99% certain death chances' by osmosis,
People like him don't die so easily bc he will keep fighting till his last breath those are the type of people that need to be in the imperial army but most of the imperial faction are a bunch of cowards and weakling except one that would lekauf I mean seriously he should be in the highest but he would earn his way up instead of getting the highest so fast he would work honest for his promotion and when he knows he's he accepts punishment but he would only get demotion not being force chokes by Vader and I can tell if the imperial had soldiers like him they would of won already but sadly a bunch imperial officers are cowards
One thing I like about Vader (and other characters) is how complex he is. Vader isn't just some mindless, evil bad guy. He's much much more than that. Same with Maul and Thrawn. Even Palpatine has some complexity to his character.
Sir Pugsly That's the point Sargeant, he had fun doing evil things and just wanted to engulf the Galaxy in Darkness and he wanted to make sure that his Empire would outlive him to take that Darkness to the whole Universe.
its not that he wasnt a good guy, its that it showed weakness in Vader, if Palpatine saw him and the officer, he would force Vader to kill him, and his family, to try to keep his hatret and disdain strong
cr0wboi: It's likely. Except the burns ended Lekoff's career. Upon retiring Vader wouldn't have further contact with him anyways. Palpatine might have not considered it worth having the additional resentment towards himself worth removing a non threat already off the board. Plus Lekoff would be better served given a nice retirement package as a carrot to show how loyalty is rewarded amongst the officer Corp.
Vader seems to see himself in Lekauf. A loyal soldier with brash, self-sacrificial instincts, with great love for his family? Remember that it was Anakin's love for his family that CREATED Vader (his mother, Padme).
I was seriosly suprised when he survived. Liked his family, was close to Vader even met with emperor. And then survived the attack and retired. What a twist.
JitterBugIs ForOldPeople i mean, Darth Vader respects a man who can do things the honorable way, showing balls and willing to fight to the end like that. Vader was still emotionally there in the present, he hated his past.
Im so glad that writers didn't just "Bad people can't have friends! Just kill off his friend,that will make vader even more tragic even tho we already have enough of that"
I'm honestly surprised his story didn't end with Vader being forced by Palpatine to kill him, and his family. If he knew how much Vader respected this officer, it's very surprising to me that he would allow him to have even one source of compassion and kindness in his life, which could threaten the absolute (unlimited) power that the Emperor had over Lord Vader.
If Palpatine would feel that the relationship between Vader and the lieutenant would make Vader a better weapon to wield, then he would not only tolerate it, he would endorse it, that is how the old fart operates
Bo Kvarv Except Palpatine would also figure out that weapon would eventually be pointed at his back. The Sith are powered by rage and hatred, and Vader hated himself above all - forcing him to kill not only an innocent man, but an honourable one and his family, would give him that powerful weapon without the risk of Vader betraying him. THAT was how the old bastard really operated, which is why it's all the more surprising to me that he survived and lived happily ever after.
I like that there is a ''and they lived happyli ever after'' story with vader in it. This from now on my favourite Vader moment. I love this story so much. Andi am happy it didn't end up him deying. Although I am curious where palpetine was during the whole shuttle fight. If he would have seen Vaders reaction when Lecoth got burned. He surely would have taken action and still, forced vader to kill him. Because remember, he has forced Vader to do this kind of horrible stuf very often. I think if palpetine was there. He would have forced vader to kill the man. VADER Would have done it because is trust nad friendship with Lecoth would eventually be overwon by his fear for the Emperor.
Lance Curry Palps who was the most powerful sith ever (in my opinion), gave Anakin the chance to be his apprentice, a great honor! You know how many people would kill for that job? Plus, Anakin is the one that choked his pregnant wife and slaughtered children. So, he’s not exactly a great guy either. So even if padme lived she wouldn’t wanna be with him anyway
Vader respected soldiers, but not officers. You don't see him choking out Stormtroopers for failing him - and this guy was a lot closer to a soldier than most Imperial officers.
"That really hits me where I live, (Grabs & Chokes rebel) it's people like you is why Gary here never gets to see his wife & kid." Gary is the closest storm trooper to get respect by Vader in the eu And what is up with my comment thread. 'Stormtrooper
@@zeonmx That's what I've been saying for years. Don't get me wrong, some are/were good but unfortunately have no connection to the main stroy that's consistent
This is the goodness that Luke saw in Vader. That small mote of light drowning in the dark. Even after everything he did, the slaughter, the cruelty, he was still capable of saving a good man.
(Fight in the Shuttle) Lakov:Vader we are surrounded Vader:Don't worry I will choke them all Lakov: No need I got this flamethrower Vader: WHAT WHY WE EVEN HAVE ONE ONBOARD *Burns clones*
I honestly thought it was the emperors sick joke of “let’s reminds Vader in every ship he got burned by having a emergency flamethrower when the ships infiltrated”
(through text message) *Vader* : You up? Lukof : Yea, what's up? *Vader* : Oh nothing. Can't slap. *Vader* : *sleep Lukof : Me neither. *Vader* : How are your burns? Lukof : Fine. Only hurts when I breath, LOL! *Vader* : Haha! Lukof : These painkillers help a lot, plus the wife has been taking good care of me. *Vader* : That's good. Tell her I said Hi. Lukof : Will do. *Vader* : Ok, I'll let you rest. Got a big week ahead of us. See you monday. Lukof : You too.
Lakoff: Vader: Tarkin: Something you two want to share with the rest of us? Vader: do it do it! say it! Lakoff: no you say it! Vader: aw come on bro you say it! Lakof: fine... Tarkin, yo mama soooo fat, the emperor congragulated her on creating a second death star so quickly! Vader:
Vader: Bro Lakoff: What’s uhhh bro Vader: I just wanna tell the whole world we’re bros bro. Lakoff: Then do it bro. Vader: *whispers* Bro Lakoff: Why’d you whisper bro, bro? Vader: Because you are my whole world bro. Lakoff: B-R-O
I’m very surprised by this. I’ve never heard of this character before, and to hear how Vader did light side care to him is amazing. He must have truly been the one person during that time whom Vader called a friend.
Reason why he was so lonely was because he looked like a samurai who you didn't want to mess with... unless you strip away his force abilities. Then he becomes your grandfather's grandpa, with sand in his shoes.
Unlike the manner in which Palpatine treated him, Vader didn't send people to try to kill Lekauf to prove he was the best sidekick Vader could have. He valued him as a friend, not just an asset. He was never completely evil.
Wow, Darth Vader the most known villain in the pop culture has a side that maybe some fans we don't know, I'm surprised to see that Vader had a friend I am so surpised after to see this
3:38-3:46 I don't think that Vader could have done that, without at least temporarily harnessing the Light side of the Force. Perhaps for at least a few moments, Anakin came out. After all, friendship and compassion are emotions stemming from the Light side.
I'm just picturing a landing craft coming outside his house one afternoon and he goes out to greet the troopers to rather be met by Vader. Catching up and introducing him to his family, maybe give the grandkid a piggy back ride (bcuz why not) and leaving happy knowing he had the chance to say goodbye to his only friend left
Nice to see that Lord Vader kept some humanity.... even though it’s only Legends... I hate how they are adding in new things and trying to make Vader seem so weak..How losing part of his legs and arms diminished his ability to use the Force... so stupid... He was still more man then machine to me...
He lost a couple of abilities because his members weren't organics, not to mention his suit was built like ass! But he got a lot others to so, it's a good trade to me.
He had respect for Thrawn, albeit begrudgingly. Thrawn at that point had proven his talents and skill as a tactician, and his ability to fight alongside Vader. He (Thrawn) actually offered his services and skills to Vader to help him with the thorn in his side, Xixor, to which Vader remarked, "alien vs alien, interesting"
This just goes to show you that even when one side is obviously in the wrong or evil it doesn't mean that the people on that side are evil. Hearing how this ended, I couldn't help but be slightly satisfied.
Yeap, seeing how everyone and everything in Vader's life ends up in death and misery (not through his fault necessarily). I just wonder if they considered each other *friends*, like drinking a beer together and telling stories kinda friends.
Sad fact: Jori served under Colonel Jacen Solo in the Galactic Alliance Guard and was one of Ben Skywalker’s best friends. He loved and admired his grandpa and was loyal to Jacen and Ben because the cousins were the grandsons of Darth Vader. He later sacrificed himself to save Ben during a mission.
Random Guy In most cases yes, Canon has not produced any new material that hasn't been done already in legends. And most books and games (especially games) have been worse in quality with canon SO yeah ill take my Star Wars battlefront 2 with mod support over EA's canon battlefront 2
Zimzilla 99 Clearly, you've never read any of the new Darth Vader comics or seen Rogue One. But ill agree with you, as long as the game rights belong to EA, we wont be getting anything good from there.
'Do you have any idea of the magnitude of how pleased I am with you?' Damn that's a really good line especially coming from Vader. You can see he has some genuine admiration for the officer.
Likely because of how the sunlight shone off his casing. An Aztec woman once set her son up as the next emperor by having him emerge from a cave dressed in shiny foil.
![The Officer who Stood Up to Darth Vader and Palpatine [Canon]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/maoXVwSIyPc/mqdefault.jpg)
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![When an Imperial Governor Snitched on Darth Vader to Palpatine [Canon] - Star Wars Explained](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/z_aRSXzdcdE/mqdefault.jpg)
Imagine Vader coming to his house occasionally and the kids being excited and yelling "Uncle Vader!!"
vader: hi kids.
Vader: *ignites Lightsaber*
@@Champsr0ck2247 time to slaughter the younglings once again
*turns of lightsaber
Vader: sorry old habbit
@@niclaswa5408 Sidous: Vader no not again!
Dude was like anakin in his youth. A general who fought in the front lines, ambitious, noble, and loyal. He even got burned just like anakin lol. This dude hit vader's soft spot.
Right where he lived
@@strawhatshinigami9190 fuck you, I wanted to write that.
there iss noo soft spot
He's everything Anakin could have been if he wasn't the chosen one. Also, even more poetic is how the man got burned because of his closeness to Vader - everything Vader has touched has been hurt in some way.
@@YuThinkUrCool but unlike others, he gets to live
Kid 1"my dad is a merchant"
Kid 2 "thats cool, my father faught along side darth vader"
Yeah, his kids/grandkids won every round of that game
@@fireblast8972 till a kid reply well my dad is Luke Skywalker and proceed to use the force
Damn son
My dad helped Space Stalin/Mao/Hitler.
@Joshua Beauchamp she wanted the D
So I gave her diabetes
There was a quote that always stuck with me about Lekauf:
Emperor: what makes you so loyal to Lord Vader?
Lekauf: with respect sir, Lord Vader does not ask of me anything he would not be willing to do himself.
Andy Berry Unlike the emperor
I read something like this somewhere. A clone trooper said this too. Why they trusted General skywalker so much. Bcs he would always be in the thick of the action with his men. He would never ask his troops to do something he wouldn’t do himself.
Claudy Focan you’re probably thinking of Fives in the Umbara arc, where the 501st is arguing over Krells flawed plans. Rex says some of Anakind plans were reckless but worked, and Fives responds saying something like “yeah but general Skywalker is usually leading his men up in the front, not bringing it up in the rear”.
The lowkey shade thrown at the emperor is real😂
Yeah. That’s a good one. My favourite is In His Image. It’s a great short story.
“I can’t bear to see you die one day so I’m going to clone you”
Man, the Sith really dont know how to handle death.
The greatest fear, death
@@bostontowny4life744 This is the greatest comment of all time.
Boston Towny4life yo 😂😭😭
"I can't bear to see you die one day....so I'll clone a million of you and watch them all die in many different ways."
@@iliadnetfear2586 *one way
And he actually had a happy ending. What a surprisingly wholesome story.
1Dudelove hed probably be like “Oh this is sad.However he made peace with his son and fulfilled his destiny.Alas I have nothing but pride for Lord Vader”
Until he was wiped from canon.
Ouch.
@@AxisChurchDevotee eh at this point we can pick and choose what's canon. We can only hope episode 7 is good.
@@garliconionshallot It isn't. Nor is any of the Disney canon. Lucas's canon and EU all the way.
@@tragedyplustime8271 What? They made episode 7?
If they make a Darth Vader solo movie at any point, they should use this as the premise. It allows Vader to be the terrifying badass that we know him as, but gives us JUST enough humanity for us to relate to him as an audience.
They don't do relatable characters in star wars films nowadays though
@@thatmotivatedchris6749 I relate to captain America... He's a soldier trying to do his duty to his country, it's just now he considers all of humanity as his country
@@thatmotivatedchris6749 but you can certainly understand it, even if you dont feel it yourself. That's what relating to a character is.
No or they’ll probably make it into a love story between them nowadays
This comment needs more likes... DISNEY DO IT OR VADER SHALL COME FOR YOU.
2:08 "Do you fully understand the magnitude of how pleased I am with you?" Daaaaaaamn....
Archaedin That’s not Lekauf, that’s Piett - and it’s from a fan comic by an artist called Laivaaja. You can find her works on AO3.
@@Silveirias
Lol thanks
Things were starting to make me nervous
RESPECT
@@Silveirias Thank the maker! That dialogue was waaaay too out of character to be in an actual official comic.
HA! GAAYY!
“Do you fully understand the magnitude of how pleased I am with you?”
Damn, I don’t know what’s scarier. The cyborg himself or the fact he gave a complement like that.
Ikr, I would be kind of uncomfortable lol
Dude, new meme format
greenman but turned on😏
I thought it was the guy from A New Hope..."She'll die before she tell you anything" Vader: "leave that to me"
Its actually from a fanmade comic.
It's nice to see that Vader had a friend. A real friend
Turner B Come on....
Except it’s not considered canon by Disney (to me it’s canon but yknow) so Vader still has no friends
Until Luke stumbled into his life...
Then, everything changed.
@@bertgoat8183 Disney is not canon to Star Wars.
@@LemonRush7777 Neither is Disney canon to me. Only the EU is.
"What have you done with those plans?! Gary here doesn't see his daughter because of people like you!" -Darth Vader
That hits me from where I live.
oof
Is that robot chicken?
@@MoneyTrees2012 yes when a stormtrooper took his daughter to work.
Frankie Hernandez Gary!!
Random Bastards: burn Lokof
Vader: *Your free trial of life has ended*
The best comment.
random bastards:" RUN RUN RU-" gets cut into pieces
Underrated comment
@@aero-cc6mt LMAO🤣😂🤣
@@aero-cc6mt darth vader: WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?
Vader had a friend... and he survived until retirement... that's impressive
Most impressive.
Extremely impressive
Astonishingly impressive indeed
Impressive... Very impressive.
0:26 "for even the simplest of mistakes" *spills Vader coffee* "You have failed me for the last time"
Being an intern for Vader would suck
just imagine giving him coffee and he couldn't drink it through the mask so he just force chokes you for not giving a device to drink it with
Bat Cena. The next intern brings Vader's Coffee to his meditation chamber. A few minutes later he gets called back in. Vader snaps at him and says 'This isn't Mocha! but the mix up in coffee isn't why I'm mad!' Officer 'Then why are you mad sir!?' Vader rotates the chair and brings up the Big screen behind him showing footage of the Officer in question by the coffee pot. 'You see that shit, you stirred in the sugar and creamer counter clockwise, not clockwise which is a standard with in the Empire, but do you know why all Empire personal have to stir clockwise!?' The Officer gulped 'Uhm...no sir... why!?' Vader slowly turned back towards the Officer and said 'Only a Jedi would stir their coffee counter clockwise!!!' Vader then sprang from his chair and began physically beating the officer. 2 hours later Vader dragged the bloodied corpse of the Officer to the bridge. Officer 2 'Vader what is the meaning of this!?' Vader then used the force to remove the blaster from the second Officer's holster and fired one shot through the head of the badly beaten Officer who lay in a puddle of his own blood on the floor. 'this man was a Jedi Conspirator! he....' Vader glanced back at the the coffee pot and seen six other Officers stirring their coffee counter clockwise 'Dear god they walk amongst us' Vader said and ignited his lightsaber.
Fred said omg lol. that ending
I died laughing writing it.
ahaha I read that mentally in vaders' voice and it cracked me up imagining him looking at the spill, looking round at the officer, then looking down on the spill and back to the officer.
He protecc
He attacc
But mostly
He had Vader’s bacc
That never gets old
in the imperial infirmary:
vader: y-you know my suit is fireproof tho right?
Lukaf : Crap
Lekauf: NANI?
Lekauf : well, you returned the favor, so it's fine.
Yeah but im guessing that hes trust proving his loyalty
Lekauf: In all honesty, I forgot.
Lakoff enthusiastically telling a story about Vader to his grand kids:
“6 foot 8. More machine than man, but a heart of gold. His body was scarred, but not his spirit. He could kill 7 younglings with one stroke.”
This right here should be a movie. Humanizes Vader and shows the more moral side of the Empire. God, I love this story.
The empire has no moral side, except in its manipulative virtue signaling. Its vader who still has a shred of authentic yang left.
After the kenobi spinoff I hope the make a Vader one
@@Sxnemi- I want mace windo have to be a movie just him siting in a chair like reading a book not out load or anything
If you want a moral side of the empire, just watch robot chicken
Love to see that, bro team.
Vader having a TRUE friend in the Empire should DEFINITELY be a Stand Alone Film
You mean a SAND alone film
It the senator Jar Jar
Maybe a mini series would be better? Do like a bedtime stories for the friend's grandson?
@@chasepeeler9188 Princess Bride: A Star Wars Story
Skylar Nelson You Right
I bet that guy reminded Vader of captain rex
Tac caT Man captain Rex was a good guy, he will be missed
@Terror Princess Padme*
@@novapoop2 no lord padme
@@genericname8768 no emperor Padme
@@heehoo8868 No Supreme Leader Padme*
On tatooine
Lekauf: I dont like sand very much....
Vader: :D
Lekauf: It's coarse and rough and gets just about every-my Lord?
Come let’s make sweet love on those rocks
The only sand joke that made me lmao
Joseph Stalin lmao I wanna see that no homo
Im not a Star Wars specialist but what's the deal with Vader and sand?
Man, imagine Lukof's face if or when he discovered Darth Vader's suit is flame proof.
Lukof: SON OF A BITCH
Lmao I can imagine the look of betrayal
"WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME?!"
@@NinjasUseGlocks "Why didn't you ask?"
I doubt vader would told him, to not make him feel as an idiot...
Damn even Darth Vader has more friends than me
Me too
Yup
bro, i have 5 amigos lamo
Don't be so proud of this.
The ability to know every single element of Star Wars saga is insignificant next to the power of friendship.
2meirl4meirl
Lakoff: "Would you like to come over for Thanksgiving?"
Darth Vader: "No. I am preoccupied with my Master."
Lakoff looked disappointed.
Darth Vader: "But I can come over after for Pie. May the Force be with you."
LOL
Aww wholesome
Thank you guys :)
@@Amadeus8484 you welcome #Itakescreenshotofthis
I got you for the 1k likes
"Amigos Till The End"- Vader.
Nana V.S. Tata "Mi saber es tu saber" - Darth Vader
I wonder if he ever used Vader's lightsaber to cut open a tauntaun for him.
Joseph Simpson
Disney do us a favor and canonize this.
And if so, did he also thought they only smelled bad on the outside?
Joseph Simpson he probably would
Joseph Simpson cutting open a cold one with the boss.
City Guard honestly tho
This has already been stated multiple times, but goddamn did Lekauf have so many death flags, I'm genuinely shocked he survived to the end.
He hangs around with Darth Vader daily... this man hangs around with Anakin Skywalker daily...
You pick up 'jump into 99.99% certain death chances' by osmosis,
SHOCKED😳
People like him don't die so easily bc he will keep fighting till his last breath those are the type of people that need to be in the imperial army but most of the imperial faction are a bunch of cowards and weakling except one that would lekauf I mean seriously he should be in the highest but he would earn his way up instead of getting the highest so fast he would work honest for his promotion and when he knows he's he accepts punishment but he would only get demotion not being force chokes by Vader and I can tell if the imperial had soldiers like him they would of won already but sadly a bunch imperial officers are cowards
This guy is prime MVP material. Fighting against impossible odds and taking flames for you
what everyone should look for in a friend
Absolute chad
I like that there was at least SOMEONE in the hole empire that held great respect for Darth Vader.
Ewoks_On_Drugs There were many who held Vader in hero status equal to Anakin. These were imperial worlds often harassed by rebels
Ewoks_On_Drugs. Hole ?
Ewoks_On_Drugs it seemed like after Vader died, a lot of people respected him.
The stormtroopers loves him, it was the officers that he frequently killed
what?
Lekauf: “To the end of the universe.”
Darth Vader: “Bro...”
Bro…. 🤝
One thing I like about Vader (and other characters) is how complex he is. Vader isn't just some mindless, evil bad guy. He's much much more than that. Same with Maul and Thrawn. Even Palpatine has some complexity to his character.
Palpatine was a straight psycho who torture bunnies for funsies. Vader at least had legitimate reasons behind his cruelty. Mostly.
Sir Pugsly That's not true. I will admit that Palpatine was born to be a sith emperor but he's a very interesting character you look up his story.
I'm not saying he isn't interesting. I'm just saying he's an asshole haha.
Sir Pugsly That's the point Sargeant, he had fun doing evil things and just wanted to engulf the Galaxy in Darkness and he wanted to make sure that his Empire would outlive him to take that Darkness to the whole Universe.
Grievous had much more complexity before 08 clone wars.
People are saying why didn't Vader kill him? He didn't Because Vader sensed La-Koff was genuinely good natured, and had no means of betrayal.
its not that he wasnt a good guy, its that it showed weakness in Vader, if Palpatine saw him and the officer, he would force Vader to kill him, and his family, to try to keep his hatret and disdain strong
cr0wboi: It's likely. Except the burns ended Lekoff's career. Upon retiring Vader wouldn't have further contact with him anyways. Palpatine might have not considered it worth having the additional resentment towards himself worth removing a non threat already off the board. Plus Lekoff would be better served given a nice retirement package as a carrot to show how loyalty is rewarded amongst the officer Corp.
Vader seems to see himself in Lekauf. A loyal soldier with brash, self-sacrificial instincts, with great love for his family? Remember that it was Anakin's love for his family that CREATED Vader (his mother, Padme).
Vader: you my Nerf herder
LaKoff: you my Nerf herder
*Fistbump*
ONLY WE CAN SAY THAT. ONLY WE!
Hey that's OUR word
SHADYCOCK nerd herder is our word but you can say nerf herda
That’s racist, you can’t use the hard “r”! It’s nerf herda!
god I loved those parodies
Erv: *jumps in front of Vader to take on the flames*
Vader: Holy shit, Lekauf, we're now Burn Bros!
Erv: Lol, hell yeah. *passes out*
Darth lol xD
Did we just become best friends?
This is prime Robot Chicken material right here.
YOU WIN!
Darth Burn Bros for life!
he was raising so many deathflags
im glad he lived at the end
I was seriosly suprised when he survived. Liked his family, was close to Vader even met with emperor. And then survived the attack and retired. What a twist.
yeah...
DDDZzs 223355
Not even shamialan could make this up.
He died when they blew up corsont
no that was Leis home planet which was not corosont
“Do you fully understand the magnitude of how pleased I am with you?”
When I get a kid and they do something I’m proud of, I’ll ask them this.
You know you're a badass when Darth fucking Vader respects and actually fucking LIKES you.
JitterBugIs ForOldPeople i mean, Darth Vader respects a man who can do things the honorable way, showing balls and willing to fight to the end like that. Vader was still emotionally there in the present, he hated his past.
Im so glad that writers didn't just
"Bad people can't have friends! Just kill off his friend,that will make vader even more tragic even tho we already have enough of that"
archiveofourown.org/works/11290794/chapters/25259286 here's the original work
sorta what they did when they made all of it legends
HELL SPOONtheJojoMain I actually thought that was what was going to happen.
I thought he was going to be killed by the Emperor or something
HELL SPOONtheJojoMain Well in the EU noone is ever depicted as truly good or evil
Being a friend of Vader, thats a huge accomplishment in itself if you've earned that type of respect.
And considering how likely it is to die from forcy chocky execution, no Wonder he survived.
"Achievement unlocked!"
I'm honestly surprised his story didn't end with Vader being forced by Palpatine to kill him, and his family.
If he knew how much Vader respected this officer, it's very surprising to me that he would allow him to have even one source of compassion and kindness in his life, which could threaten the absolute (unlimited) power that the Emperor had over Lord Vader.
Perhaps before legends was scrapped, this was one of the things that kept Anakin alive within Vader.
If Palpatine would feel that the relationship between Vader and the lieutenant would make Vader a better weapon to wield, then he would not only tolerate it, he would endorse it, that is how the old fart operates
Bo Kvarv Except Palpatine would also figure out that weapon would eventually be pointed at his back.
The Sith are powered by rage and hatred, and Vader hated himself above all - forcing him to kill not only an innocent man, but an honourable one and his family, would give him that powerful weapon without the risk of Vader betraying him.
THAT was how the old bastard really operated, which is why it's all the more surprising to me that he survived and lived happily ever after.
I like that there is a ''and they lived happyli ever after'' story with vader in it. This from now on my favourite Vader moment. I love this story so much. Andi am happy it didn't end up him deying.
Although I am curious where palpetine was during the whole shuttle fight.
If he would have seen Vaders reaction when Lecoth got burned. He surely would have taken action and still, forced vader to kill him. Because remember, he has forced Vader to do this kind of horrible stuf very often. I think if palpetine was there. He would have forced vader to kill the man. VADER Would have done it because is trust nad friendship with Lecoth would eventually be overwon by his fear for the Emperor.
Well the man was competent and an asset so Palps would only hurt himself by killing off such an accomplished and loyal man.
"Do you fully understand the magnitude of how pleased I am with you?"
For whatever weird reason this line put a smile on my face.
Thor: DIE THANOS!!
*Throws a brick to the head*
spinningninja2 That’s not Lekauf he says it to, that’s Piett - and it’s from a fan comic by an artist called Laivaaja. You can find her works on AO3.
It's the redemption that brings that smile to you. The thought of it, anyhow.
I can consider this as canon. If Darth Vader had a friend in Lekauf, that's a good thing. Even a Dark Lord of the Sith needs a friend.
He had palps
Lance Curry Palps who was the most powerful sith ever (in my opinion), gave Anakin the chance to be his apprentice, a great honor! You know how many people would kill for that job? Plus, Anakin is the one that choked his pregnant wife and slaughtered children. So, he’s not exactly a great guy either. So even if padme lived she wouldn’t wanna be with him anyway
Palps had a bro to.
Meet Sate Pestage!
this could fit into canon if disney decides to reintroduce more content from legends they cherry pick.
@@imperialbengal4068
But vader hated palpatine.
This was the Anakin in him. Vader respected officers like this one so I am not surprised he let him live
Vader respected soldiers, but not officers. You don't see him choking out Stormtroopers for failing him - and this guy was a lot closer to a soldier than most Imperial officers.
Fucking hell i was not expecting that amount of feels
Same here. One hell of a lore video, i almost cried..
When a french person is sick
*Lekauf*
Why would you do something so controvertial, yet so brave?
Saw this while munching on some chip.. now I'm choking *OUCH*
Underrated
You sir deserve a medal of honor 😂
unfunny.
This story is Beautiful
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Admiral Reeves
Shame it's not canon
Ügiustus Keiserus Disney Wars is not canon.
Film plz!
"That really hits me where I live,
(Grabs & Chokes rebel) it's people like you is why Gary here never gets to see his wife & kid."
Gary is the closest storm trooper to get respect by Vader in the eu
And what is up with my comment thread. 'Stormtrooper
RANDY TYSON. My lord
laz981
Stormtrooper
James Lopez My lord!
Patrick Seo
Ugh.....stormtrooper
Eric Bergen my lord
I’m genuinely happy this character existed for Vader. Kind of gives him even more layers of emotions and makes me appreciate him that much more
Lekauf: burned
Vader: so anyway, I started slicing
music in the background: RIP AND TEAR!
@@aero-cc6mt *DOOM FLASHBACKS*
Another possibility:
Vader: And so i took that personally
This is why I love the expanded universe in Star Wars, it sure beats the new trilogy
Too bad too many shitty ideas and bad plots from so many different writers outweighs any good parts in the expanded universe.
@@zeonmx That's what I've been saying for years. Don't get me wrong, some are/were good but unfortunately have no connection to the main stroy that's consistent
By a hundred miles!
I do like the sequel trilogy
"Do you fully understand the magnitude of how pleased I am with you?"
I have to admit, that one got me off guard...
Same
So did Randy Newman's song "You got a Friend in Me" play when Vader met with his friend, or was it still the "Imperial March"?
SanelyRed They played over each other.
lol
Shame on you for bringing up that song.
It was a mash up of both lol
SanelyRed SOMEONE MAKE A MASHUP
Damn, I wonder how triggered Vader would have been if Lukof died from the burns
he'd be like "you were the chosen one!"
"You were my brother Lokof!" "Give up clones, I have the high ground!"
Raging Gamer he clearly didn't have knowledge in the highgrounds
He’d probably do another “NOOOOOOOOOO!” 😆
Raging Gamer he’d be like “oh not this shit again”
This is the goodness that Luke saw in Vader. That small mote of light drowning in the dark. Even after everything he did, the slaughter, the cruelty, he was still capable of saving a good man.
So the tin man had a heart all along.
Only for true homies.
Ollanius Pius who you calling tin man?*ignites lightsaber*
He is Ollanius Motherfucking Pius,he can say whatever he wants
best comment in this section
darth vader Look at this dude
Imposter
It hit me in the feels man. It's like a Hallmark movie. And onions aren't the cause of these tears
(Fight in the Shuttle)
Lakov:Vader we are surrounded
Vader:Don't worry I will choke them all
Lakov: No need I got this flamethrower
Vader: WHAT WHY WE EVEN HAVE ONE ONBOARD
*Burns clones*
Punkin ! I was wondering that as well, was it in a glass case on board the shuttle with the “In case of emergency break glass” printed on it?
@@ritzymule2876 most likely
I honestly thought it was the emperors sick joke of “let’s reminds Vader in every ship he got burned by having a emergency flamethrower when the ships infiltrated”
Well,the Empire does have something firefighters only they set fires instead of putting them out,just ask all the burned down villagers
@punkin ! lmao
They should make a movie on these two
Star wars: the dank duo: imperial edition: revenge of the sand
That wouldn’t a bad movie but there not going to
*Don’t forget it’s made by Disney*
Sir_Lord_Baron_
Meh
Lies there were other friends too
1:micheal jackson
2:gary the stormtrooper
3:gonk droid the wise.
darth vader Lord Vader, but what about me?
o gary i do miss him. no could ever drink that much milk
Gonk droid the wise was more family then friend
darth vader and who could forget jar jars force ghost.
I never met u Vader :(
friendship goals
True Loyalty
FascistTemplar200 Hail victory
What is wrong with your icon?
Lekauf, Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire did nothing wrong.
Better love story than Twilight.
Star wars Fan XD
#nohomo
True that
I would so read a fanfic about this
Star wars Fan deadass it id
(through text message)
*Vader* : You up?
Lukof : Yea, what's up?
*Vader* : Oh nothing. Can't slap.
*Vader* : *sleep
Lukof : Me neither.
*Vader* : How are your burns?
Lukof : Fine. Only hurts when I breath, LOL!
*Vader* : Haha!
Lukof : These painkillers help a lot, plus the wife has been taking good care of me.
*Vader* : That's good. Tell her I said Hi.
Lukof : Will do.
*Vader* : Ok, I'll let you rest. Got a big week ahead of us. See you monday.
Lukof : You too.
The autocorrect part was killing me.
Robot chicken lol
#Wholesome
Bro this is wholesome
It’s like theyre roasting one another wait lmao
Just glad the dude survived. Great story.
Who else thought that the video was going to be about Gary the Stormtrooper?
That really hits me where I live XD
Seriosly what the hell is a aluminum falcon?
"what have you done with those plans? Gary here doesn't get to see his daughter because of people like you!"
Matt J OMG! The memories... I'm gonna go watch it now
General x Productions I can't stop laughing " Storm trooper- My Lord Emperor- GO FUCK YOURSELF" 😂
Lakoff:
Vader:
Tarkin: Something you two want to share with the rest of us?
Vader: do it do it! say it!
Lakoff: no you say it!
Vader: aw come on bro you say it!
Lakof: fine... Tarkin, yo mama soooo fat, the emperor congragulated her on creating a second death star so quickly!
Vader:
You got me off guard
Tarkin : goes to order Lakoff to be arrested.
Vader: *force grabs tarkin* I can’t kill you, but that don’t mean you can have a serious accident.
Damn, this video almost made me cry.
Me too...Thank goodness he survived, I could even feel Vader' rage towards the assassin in order to avenge his only friend in the empire.
This is one of the many things i love about Legends, stories like this one are amazing.
Wow I’m surprised there was someone who Vader actually got along with and admired.
Vader: Bro
Lakoff: What’s uhhh bro
Vader: I just wanna tell the whole world we’re bros bro.
Lakoff: Then do it bro.
Vader: *whispers* Bro
Lakoff: Why’d you whisper bro, bro?
Vader: Because you are my whole world bro.
Lakoff: B-R-O
Thank you for the laugh I desperately needed but didn't deserve. Just imaging that made me laugh out loud.
So sweet
Lekauf*
😂
Tales from the borderlands??
someone make this a movie please
Flaymer Lekauf : A star wars story
1000 Star Wars Stories later....
Considering how much Disney "borrows" from the EU, we might see something like this.
Flaymer Too short. Good story.
Would love to see Vader slowly learning to trust Lekauf, then to be forced to kill him by Palpatine...
Lekauf is a true friend. I feel sorry for Vader.
Even though you fucking killed him.
Now I wanna hear James Earl Jones quote:
"I have been and shall always be your friend."
That would be TOO spooky..
I am your father's best friend!
No! It is not possible!
Search your feelings, you know it be true.
XD
"I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate!!"
*LONE STARR:* ...what does that make us?
@@lancecurry7538 "Absolutely nothing!"
@@lordvalen8133 bat thumb .... No wait thumb wars, right. ?;)
What kind of name is GISH
ITS JUST A NAME DEEEWD
Vader thinks he can strangle us...........he cant if he found this out he would kill us all with his lightsaber.
Kitsune Metal Reloaded i love robot chicken😂😂
Kitsune Metal Reloaded "why private Perkins over there has been strangled over 30 times! Haven't you Perkins?...Good man."
Welcome to orientation day here on the jolly old death star
But uhh what about his apprentice sir? That one guy who managed to crush an AT-ST? What's his name...uhhh Star Killer sir?
So I threw the senate at him
Just a bromance...
But jk rowling gonna say they were gay lovers...
Champsr0ck2247 That's cruel.
@@Champsr0ck2247 ok. Bit much and disturbing but ok.
Champsr0ck2247 that sounds awful
@@Champsr0ck2247 It gets everywere!
@@Champsr0ck2247 you are amazing 😂😂
I'm still Ani/Vader's closest friend!
Sand lol
you have way too much time on yer hands
Sand
Never let this die.
I hate you sand. You're coarse and you get everywhere! ;)
You are so irritating, course, and rough!
I’m very surprised by this. I’ve never heard of this character before, and to hear how Vader did light side care to him is amazing. He must have truly been the one person during that time whom Vader called a friend.
"My dad is a really succesful trader in this Galaxy"
"My dad is friends with Darth Vader"
"Dude no waaaay"
Luke: well my dad IS DARTH VADER!!!!!
Oliver Asensio well at least my dad didn’t get his hand cut off by Vader
Luke Tan well
At least I cut his hand of later!!
Meanwhile...
Reason why he was so lonely was because he looked like a samurai who you didn't want to mess with... unless you strip away his force abilities. Then he becomes your grandfather's grandpa, with sand in his shoes.
*Shots fired... again*
whitepiano23 well in legends atleast, in canon, he is a samurai wielding force god in every scene of him *all he time*
The Mountain of Santa Pfft. A space marine could defeat him. Or a terminator, perhaps
I'd watch that fight. My money's on Vader.
This is the best
I'll be his Friend
The tadpole
Then prehaps your not as strong as the emperor has forseen..... 😂
Ok
Your name speaks to me on so many levels (and I'm not talking about the movie).
I Hate 2D animation profiles I will be his best friend. But hes dead now
Unlike the manner in which Palpatine treated him, Vader didn't send people to try to kill Lekauf to prove he was the best sidekick Vader could have. He valued him as a friend, not just an asset. He was never completely evil.
'there IS still good in him' - Luke.
Wow, Darth Vader the most known villain in the pop culture has a side that maybe some fans we don't know, I'm surprised to see that Vader had a friend I am so surpised after to see this
Vader was a lot of things, but he was never a true psychopath.
3:38-3:46
I don't think that Vader could have done that, without at least temporarily harnessing the Light side of the Force.
Perhaps for at least a few moments, Anakin came out.
After all, friendship and compassion are emotions stemming from the Light side.
I'm just picturing a landing craft coming outside his house one afternoon and he goes out to greet the troopers to rather be met by Vader. Catching up and introducing him to his family, maybe give the grandkid a piggy back ride (bcuz why not) and leaving happy knowing he had the chance to say goodbye to his only friend left
Vader giving piggyback rides!?
FORCY SHIT!!!
For once, Vader is using the force to lift someone off the ground and he's *not* trying to kill them!
Nice to see that Lord Vader kept some humanity.... even though it’s only Legends...
I hate how they are adding in new things and trying to make Vader seem so weak..How losing part of his legs and arms diminished his ability to use the Force... so stupid... He was still more man then machine to me...
He lost a couple of abilities because his members weren't organics, not to mention his suit was built like ass!
But he got a lot others to so, it's a good trade to me.
He's a sexy ventilator!!!
This is some of the good that Luke saw was still inside Vader. He still had the capacity for mercy, and kindness, and something like friendship
Do you know what Vader's opinion of Thrawn was?
Probably respected him
But probably didn't think to much of him.
haleme "does his job " is probably his view
He had respect for Thrawn, albeit begrudgingly. Thrawn at that point had proven his talents and skill as a tactician, and his ability to fight alongside Vader. He (Thrawn) actually offered his services and skills to Vader to help him with the thorn in his side, Xixor, to which Vader remarked, "alien vs alien, interesting"
haleme the sequel to thrawn coming next year is all about Thrawn working with Vader
haleme W will find out this summer, I guess...
Quite possibly the only guy to retire out of service to Vader and the GE. Bet the pension clerks were surprised as hell.
Every single person that served Darth Vader: WTF! HE WAS ABLE TO RETIRE WITHOUT BEING KILLED!?😨
This just goes to show you that even when one side is obviously in the wrong or evil it doesn't mean that the people on that side are evil.
Hearing how this ended, I couldn't help but be slightly satisfied.
Yeap, seeing how everyone and everything in Vader's life ends up in death and misery (not through his fault necessarily). I just wonder if they considered each other *friends*, like drinking a beer together and telling stories kinda friends.
Sad fact: Jori served under Colonel Jacen Solo in the Galactic Alliance Guard and was one of Ben Skywalker’s best friends. He loved and admired his grandpa and was loyal to Jacen and Ben because the cousins were the grandsons of Darth Vader. He later sacrificed himself to save Ben during a mission.
Marc-Éric Le Blanc-Séguin Well, who didn't sacrifice for Ben, amirite?
Histoy repeating.
Marc-Éric Le Blanc-Séguin damn.
The galaxy far far away is a scary place wasn’t it?
I'm not even a Star Wars fan but I find these backstories fascinating
Wow so Darth Vader still had Anakin Skywalker in him he will suffer for his lack of
vision
Abdi Mohamud maybe he saw Anakin Skywalker in his friend
Abdi Mohamud no, he suffered for his lack of high ground
High ground
A true badass, blocking FLAMES for Darth Vader.
I love good Darth Vader stories. They're The shining bits of light in the darkness. But it is the darkness that makes them shine so brightly.
Very well said sir
Another reason legends was so much better
Zimzilla 99 oh this is legends I was wonder which one this story is in
Zimzilla 99 Yeah, cause since the word "Legends" is in the title, it instantly means its better than anything canon. SW fans these days....
Random Guy In most cases yes, Canon has not produced any new material that hasn't been done already in legends. And most books and games (especially games) have been worse in quality with canon SO yeah ill take my Star Wars battlefront 2 with mod support over EA's canon battlefront 2
Random Guy
Fan these days prefer a more creative non canon universe to the boring canon that Disney has enforced on them
Zimzilla 99 Clearly, you've never read any of the new Darth Vader comics or seen Rogue One. But ill agree with you, as long as the game rights belong to EA, we wont be getting anything good from there.
Amazing to know that despite everything he has gone through, Vader still had some humanity left in him. Honestly this is a very touching story.
'Do you have any idea of the magnitude of how pleased I am with you?'
Damn that's a really good line especially coming from Vader. You can see he has some genuine admiration for the officer.
This piece of lore would've been the perfect example for "good people within the Empire", not that half-baked crap EA made with Battlefront 2.
Iden Versio
@@cheukhangyu3460 Iden Ver-reeksofgenericness-sio
@@anakinskinwalker8702 that's why I never touched the "campaign"
*Darth vader befriends a soldier guy*
Starkiller: am I a joke to you? 😡🤕
Vader: *Betrays Starkiller*
Mike Stephano I don’t think Vader gave a shit ab Starkiller, I think he only saved him because he wanted to overthrow the emperor
If Starkiller wasn't killed during the rescue in FU2 he could of one day over Powered Palpatine in raw force power alone Palpatine even confirmed i
@@noragamiBBS yeah
@@DefecTec poor ST
*"Do you full understand the magnitude of how pleased I am with you?"*
Bruh, even with compliments Darth Vader has no chill.
Do a video on why the ewoks thought C-3PO was a God
harrison smith Contrived and lazy writing.
harrison smith Because he is.Ewoks are never wrong,they brought down the empire.
Likely because of how the sunlight shone off his casing. An Aztec woman once set her son up as the next emperor by having him emerge from a cave dressed in shiny foil.
Because of Luke levitating him.. damn does nobody pay attention to the movies
THENEVERDEADIV that only affirmed their belief in C-3PO's powers as a deity. They likely thought he was a god because of his shiny coating.