Rogue One [Official Info] Vanee (aka Hooded Man or Not Plagueis Not Snoke Not Palpatine) in Rogue One

He looked and sounded just like Solbor, who was also an attendant, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

 

Feels perfectly appropriate to me. Vader, Palpatine's only Sith apprentice, is vulnerable in that room. So his master orders a couple red guards to protect him.

What's the problem?

 

I'm with you, red guards = Palpatine, at least, until now. I took it further, though. I swore up until I saw the movie that the hooded figure would be Jyn at the end, bowing in service to the Emperor, and she would go on to become "Mara Jade". If you watch the very first teaser, it totally backs up this insane theory. "What will you become?" etc, etc. I loved Rogue One, so I'm glad I was wrong.

 

Interesting... Never thought about that.

 

I think that's a valid point, the Emperor wants to ensure Vaders safety, but the real question is whether he would accept it. To me, it feels a bit out of character for Vader to have an attendant and guards while in a fortress. On the battlefield, it makes sense to have Stormtroopers with you, as he once did with clones as Anakin...I just have trouble imagining he'd allow anyone near him while in that state...

 

This. As usual, Chorus adds another layer to the discussion.

 

It...just...feels...out...of...character...

What A Chorus of Disapproval says is probably the closest I can come to understanding it though

 

Well, he needs someone to fetch him a coffee.

 

But in the earlier ANH screenplay drafts Vader could easily do that himself - through Force telekinesis...

 

Uh, what if the coffee is far away?

 

Not to stay off track with the coffee talk BUT imagine if Vaders coffee goes cold on Mustafar...he would just need to walk outside with the cup and hold it over a lava lake for a second or two = hot again!

Quick, back on track before the mods get here! So, Vanee...cool...

 

Vanee is there to keep the house clean and maybe prepare the Lord's bath. It's an easy job for him because Vader doesn't like furniture.

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Suffice to say that an entire generation grew up believing Vader could drink hot beverages...

(Interesting detail, where did the Marvel Comics illustrators get the idea that it was Romodi, instead of Motti, who challenged Vader? In the ANH novelization it was Tagge who got choked)

 

Lt. Hija, Vader just stood there, holding that drink for the entire duration of the meeting.

 

I doubt that, I think eventually he would have made the hot liquid "magically" leave his cup and poor it on his poor tantalized victim since Lucas couldn't possibly visualize the other thing (i.e. what Frank Underwood did to his father's tombstone in House of Cards for lack of better words...)

 

Something Hidalgo said with regards to the Vader/Krennic meeting being switched from initially happening on the DS, to Vaders castle for dramatic effect (by way of the reshoots) doesn't quite add up. The very first teaser we got for R1 featured the hooded figure scene with the Imperial guards. Way before the reshoots. Just what was the initial context behind that scene?

"His highness the Emperor sends word that you must travel to Scariff immediately" I'm surmising it was something like that before the Krennic meeting

 

Jcuk

Have a read what I wrote further up the page in regards to this - I am still not sold!

 

After watching RO for the first time I was so, so greatly amused by all the prior speculation over someone who turned out to be a valet/messenger!

 

since its a sith site i assume there is sith holocrons there and that the guards are protecting them as much as vader. just seems like the emperor keeping an eye on his investment when vader is in the bacta and most vulnerable

 

Is it possible that this is not a story related issue and more of a "This shot looks cooler with the two Royal Guards rather than no one at all"? If I imagine the shot without them there, it seems a little too plain looking.

 

It's funny how such a minor character got a ton of speculation! That said, I did want to see more of him. I liked how he was a servant to the Dark Lord himself (how does one even get that position?), and I liked his Igor-like appearance and dialogue.