I keep seeing tiktoks that are like "watch this clip of Anakin getting angry in Clone Wars, it's the first time we really see Vader come out!!!"
am im,,, did you miss,,, that time,,, in AotC,,, when he killed children,,, in revenge for something the adults in their community did?????
Him looking angry while dueling Ventress or whatever is NOT the same. Honestly I think it's a sign that people aren't willing to consider the Sand People/Tuskans actual people because they're way too taken in by Anakin (and Padme) 's perspective, (and probably a refusal to see people that look foreign to them as people in general?). Like he killed kids. This is the whole big thing where the audience is told that he's becoming Vader. Nothing in Clone Wars will ever be as bad as what he does after Shmi dies, or as emotionally impactful. This is his face:
That dead-eyed, zombie stare? That pouty shitty anger? That I should be at the club but im choosing to kill people instead face? he looks like he's choking on something. He looks like he's gonna die. He looks like he's gonna fall over. He looks like a kid who found out their hamster died. I pity him, he's awful, i love him, he's stupid, he's the best, he's the worst.
This is Darth Vader, it's awful to meet him, he'll be back sooner than anyone would like.
Clone Wars is cool and all but it will never measure up to that face.