History Fanfic / DarthVaderHeroOfNaboo

* DarkIsNotEvil: While Vader has no intention of giving up the Dark Side or even being a Sith, he doesn't plan to turn the Republic into a totalitarian empire nor exterminate the Jedi, and in fact plans to reform the Sith Order so it'll be less villanous.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Darth Sidious is killed by Maul and Vader respectively. In ''Legends'', he was brought into Chaos by Empatojayos Brand and the spirits of deceased Jedi after unsuccessfully attempting to possess Han and Leia's child Anakin. In Disney canon, Palpatine's granddaughter Rey used her powers to deflect his Force lightning to kill him]].

''Darth Vader: Hero of Naboo'' is a ''Franchise/StarWars'' TimeTravel fanfic by Creator/AkumaKami64.

With 36 chapters and counting, it can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11730208/1/Darth-Vader-Hero-of-Naboo here.]] It can also be read [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/279628092-darth-vader-hero-of-naboo here]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31871095/chapters/78912739 here]].

Compare ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', another ''Star Wars'' fanfic that involves an Original Trilogy character accidentally traveling back in time.

With 35 chapters and counting, it can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11730208/1/Darth-Vader-Hero-of-Naboo here.]] It can also be read [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/279628092-darth-vader-hero-of-naboo here]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31871095/chapters/78912739 here]].

With 35 chapters and counting, it can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11730208/1/Darth-Vader-Hero-of-Naboo here.]] It can also be read [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/279628092-darth-vader-hero-of-naboo here]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31871095/chapters/78912739#workskin here]].

With 35 chapters and counting, it can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11730208/1/Darth-Vader-Hero-of-Naboo here.]]

With 34 chapters and counting, it can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11730208/1/Darth-Vader-Hero-of-Naboo here.]]

* InUniverseCatharsisFactor: After Anakin's slave chip has been disabled, Vader gives him the now-useless remote. For an instant, Qui-Gon detects a great amount of anger and sadness... which bursts into a small star of calm and peace when Anakin destroys the thing.

* CatharsisFactor: An InUniverse example. After Anakin's slave chip has been disabled, Vader gives him the now-useless remote. For an instant, Qui-Gon detects a great amount of anger and sadness... which bursts into a small star of calm and peace when Anakin destroys the thing.

* LightIsNotGood: Vader makes a frighteningly cogent case for this when comparing the two sides of the Force: if the Dark Side is a stimulant, power and emotion, motion and chaos, the Light Side is a depressant, stillness and emptiness, silence and order, comparing the use of each to a different addiction.

* LightIsNotGood: Vader makes a frighteningly cogent case for this when comparing the two sides of the Force: if the Dark Side is a stimulant, power and emotion, motion and chaos, the Light Side is a relaxant, stillness and emptiness, silence and order, comparing the use of each to a different addiction.

** Yoda takes it a step forward, wondering how many disguised Sith in hiding he had unknowingly met during his lifetime, and even fears the possibility of them having infiltrated the Jedi at one point. [[spoiler:We found out from dialogue between Plagueis and Sidious that they ''did''; past members of the Order of Bane had been masters serving on the Jedi Council]].

* WretchedHive: A senior police officer on Coruscant makes clear to his rookie partner that everything below level 2,000 (out of 5,127) is considered a lost cause so far as law and order go. Any level in the triple digits and under is [[UpToEleven just plain lost]].

With 33 chapters and counting, it can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11730208/1/Darth-Vader-Hero-of-Naboo here.]]

''Darth Vader: Hero of Naboo'' is a ''Franchise/StarWars'' TimeTravel fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2073985/AkumaKami64 AkumaKami64]].

With 32 chapters and counting, it can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11730208/1/Darth-Vader-Hero-of-Naboo here.]]

* ShootTheDog: Vader's killing of Sebulba. When confronted by Padme, he makes it clear that, though he definitely enjoyed the act, it was very much necessary for a very long list of reasons, the most salient of which is the simple fact that if he hadn't done so, ''Anakin would have'' (being cornered in a perfect position to lash out), and he judged it more pressing to remove the threat and prevent Anakin from having blood on his hands rather than worrying for his own or expending unnecessary effort in keeping Sebulba alive.

* CatharsisFactor: After Anakin's slave chip has been disabled, Vader gives him the now-useless remote. For an instant, Qui-Gon detects a great amount of anger and sadness... which bursts into a small star of calm and peace when Anakin destroys the thing.

** At one point, when Obi-Wan asks Vader about the origins of the enmity between Jedi and Sith, their conversation resembles the one held between [[WebVideo/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice Magnus and Kitten]] about the nature of the Warp.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Darth Sidious is killed by Maul and Vader respectively. In ''Legends'', he was brought into Chaos by Empatojayos Brand and the spirits of deceased Jedi after unsuccessfully attempting to possess Han and Leia's child Anakin. In Disney Canon, Palpatine's granddaughter Rey used her powers to deflect his Force lightning to kill him]].

* EvilIsPetty: Darth Sidious. Plagueis even says that his apprentice has a habit of savoring even the smallest victories too much.

** Obi-Wan's experiences with Vader overall have him changing his views on the dark side and the Sith as whole. But when he senses Sidious for the first time and gets a taste on just how much of an irrevocable monster he is, he is traumatized and shocked that such a being of unimaginable rage and hatred could even exist and still be a sentient being.
** Padme is utterly repulsed and disbelieving by the lengths Gunray is willing to go to make sure the invasion of Naboo is made legal, going as far to burn the entirety of Theed.

** Vader believes that even with [[spoiler:Sidious dead]], the Clone Wars (or an equivalent) will still end up happening, as the culmination of centuries of systemic problems with the Republic.
** Jar Jar still somehow survives ridiculous circumstances, to the point Vader questions whether he was born blessed by the Force.

* TheReveal: Chapter 27 finally shows us who the mystery tagalong is that accompanied Vader from the future. [[spoiler:It's Boba Fett]].

** Many of Gunray's officials in the Trade Federation also do this after the invasion of Naboo escalates out of their favor [[spoiler:in the wake of Sidious' death]].

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: [[spoiler:Darth Sidious vs. Darth Plagueis.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: With [[spoiler:Sidious dead]], Vader believes that Viceroy Nute Gunray is on the verge of one of these; without Sidious to guide them, the Trade Federation begins to fragment, with many ships in the blockade abandoning Naboo. Come chapter 29, we find out he's not too far off. We see that he has become increasingly paranoid and irrational after having lost contact with Sidious. He outright refuses to believe that [[spoiler:Sidious is dead]] and even with the odds stacked against him, refuses to back out when Vader and Padme threaten him. It seems even his own underlings have grown weary of both him and the occupation.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler:Plagueis manages to fool Sidious with an illusion so thoroughly that he's able to swipe one of Sidious' lightsabers without his apprentice noticing. Instead of just killing Sidious while the latter's guard is down, he ops for a duel to the death. Though it is revealed that Sidious modified his lightsabers to explode if anyone else uses them.]]
** [[spoiler:And then Plagueis reveals all of the above was yet ANOTHER illusion and that he has been toying with him the entire time.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: [[spoiler:When Vader makes a staged attack on the Jedi Temple, Anakin is the first one to notice that none of the Jedi he cuts down are dead or even seriously injured.]]

* DemocracyIsFlawed: While certain [[WideEyedIdealist Wide-Eyed Idealists]] (like Padme and Windu) would strongly disagree, the Republic is a clear and utter mess. Its bureaucracy has become bloated to the point of being insufferable and it's become ineffective at resolving minor disputes. Compounded with the damage that the Order of Bane has done to it over the years, corruption and dissention amongst its premier politicians and figureheads has essentially rotted the Republic from the inside-out. ''It no longer functions''. Vader expresses his belief that, once it gets out that a Sith Lord had been manipulating their government, the Republic will collapse into an already inevitable interstellar war.

With 30 chapters and counting, it can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11730208/1/Darth-Vader-Hero-of-Naboo here.]]

* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Obi-Wan's experiences with Vader overall have him changing his views on the dark side and the Sith as whole. But when he senses Sidious for the first time and gets a taste on just how much of an irrevocable monster he is, he is traumatized and shocked that such a being of unimaginable rage and hatred could even exist and still be a sentient being.

* TheAlliance: On advice from Vader, Padme seeks out and allies with various anti-Trade Federation groups (including the Mere Resistance and the Vulptereen) who are more than willing to liberate Naboo by force while the Senate blusters and wastes time.