Kort sagt visar kejsaren det var Yoda och gjorde det framför Vader.
Från James Khars romanisering:
OBSERVERA
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DETTA HÄNDER FÖRE FÄRDEN. Strax efter att Luke gick in i hans närvaro. Vilket innebär innan Vader upptäcker att Lukas färdigheter förbättras enligt OP: s nyfikenhet
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Självklart stod Vader precis vid honom och hörde vad kejsaren sa. Så visste han att Luke var utbildad av Yoda innan han fick reda på hur mycket Luke förbättrade
The moment passed. He did nothing.
“Tell me, young Skywalker,” the Emperor said when he saw Luke’s first struggle had taken its course. “Who has been involved in your training until now?” The smile was thin, open-mouthed, hollow.
Luke was silent. He would reveal nothing.
“Oh, I know it was Obi-Wan Kenobi at first,” the wicked ruler continued, rubbing his fingers together as if trying to remember. Then pausing, his lips creased into a sneer. “Of course, we are familiar with the talent Obi-Wan Kenobi had, when it came to training Jedi.” He nodded politely in Vader’s direction, indicating Obi-Wan’s previous star pupil. Vader stood without responding, without moving.
Luke tensed with fury at the Emperor’s defamation of Ben—though, of course, to the Emperor it was praise. And he bridled even more, knowing the Emperor was so nearly right. He tried to bring his anger under control, though, for it seemed to please the malevolent dictator greatly.
Palpatine noted the emotions on Luke’s face and chuckled. “So, in your early training you have followed your father’s path, it would seem. But alas, Obi-Wan is now dead, I believe; his elder student, here, saw to that—” again, he made a hand motion toward Vader. “So tell me, young Skywalker—who continued your training?”
That smile, again, like a knife. Luke held silent, struggling to regain his composure.
The Emperor tapped his fingers on the arm of the throne, recalling. “There was one called … Yoda. An aged Master Jed … Ah, I see by your countenance I have hit a chord, a resonant chord indeed. Yoda, then.”
Luke flashed with anger at himself, now, to have revealed so much, unwillingly, unwittingly. Anger and self-doubt. He strove to calm himself—to see all, to show nothing; only to be.
“This Yoda,” the Emperor mused. “Lives he still?”
Luke focused on the emptiness of space beyond the window behind the Emperor’s chair. The deep void, where nothing was. Nothing. He filled his mind with this black nothing. Opaque, save for the occasional flickering of starlight that filtered through the ether.
“Ah,” cried Emperor Palpatine. “He lives not Very good, young Skywalker, you almost hid this from me. But you could not. And you can not. Your deepest flickerings are to me apparent. Your nakedest soul. That is my first lesson to you.” He beamed.
Observera att novelleringen (som är helt Disney-kanon) inte har den berömda filmlinjen "Obi-Wan har lärt dig bra". På den plats där den finns i filmen har vi bara:
The Emperor, watching joyously, saw this, and goaded Luke on to revel in his Darkness. “Use your aggressive feelings, boy! Yes! Let the hate flow through you! Become one with it, let it nourish you!”
Luke faltered a moment—then realized what was happening. He was suddenly confused again. What did he want? What should he do? His brief exultation, his microsecond of dark clarity—gone, now, in a wash of indecision, veiled enigma. Cold awakening from a passionate flirtation.
He took a step back, lowered his sword, relaxed, and tried to drive the hatred from his being.
In that instant, Vader attacked. He lunged half up the stairs, forcing Luke to reverse defensively. He bound the boy’s blade with his own, but Luke disengaged and leaped to the safety of an overhead gantry. Vader jumped over the railing to the floor beneath the platform on which Luke stood.
“I will not fight you, Father,” Luke stated.
För fullständighet, Junior Novelization av Ryder Windham har INTE Kahns historiautveckling, och följer i stället filmens dialogruta (det är i grund och botten ganska mycket ett filmskript kopia), med den här övningens läsning av kejsaren INTE händer, och med den berömda "Obi-Wan har lärt dig" linjen är den enda ledtråden till vadarens tankar.
Det är tydligt varför Obi-Wans utbildning är vad Vader bryr sig om, och inte någon annans.
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Han var Obi-Wans tidigare student. Nu tog Luke sin plats. Det är en rivalitet.
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Om vi inkluderar Episode III-kanon, har han ett riktigt riktigt intensivt förhållande med Obi-Wan. Bror. Lärare. Lärare han älskar att hata. I slutet är någon Anakin jalus av så långt som Padme, när de båda kommer ut ur Padmes skepp. Obi-Wan är centrum för Anakins värld, och Yoda (eller någon annan) är inte någonstans i sina farhågor.