Darth Vader Was Mentally Ill, Researchers Say

ABC NEWS ^ | 6/10/2010 | ABC News

[Dallas59]

Don't blame it on the Dark Side. Anakin Skywalker's epic transformation into the evil Darth Vader may have been a result of mental illness, according to a group of French psychiatrists and psychologists. New Study Labels Darth Vader With Borderline Personality Disorder.

In a paper published in the journal Psychiatry Research, Eric Bui and his colleagues at Toulouse University Hospital have given new meaning to the term "Jedi mind tricks" with their psychoanalysis of why the tragic "Star Wars" hero fell from Jedi grace. Apparently, he had borderline

[Quix]

NOW

do you see why I think there had to be a few million BETTER screen names????

LOL.

[Lobsterback]

He got over his mental illness when he joined the dark side. I mean, come on. Who in their right mind would want to be some pansy-@ss jedi thingy when they could be an bad@ss dictator with shiny black armor?

[Red in Blue PA]

[Red in Blue PA]

LOL!

[sig226]

You’re referring to The Hero’s Journey by Joe Campbell. It said that Star Wars was the best script ever written in Hollywood. It was then used by every studio in the industry to make every action film just like Star Wars, since they couldn’t think for themselves. Never mind the plot holes and some of the worst dialogue ever written, that book is the movie bible and we are worse off for it.

[Shimmer1]

I don’t quite know what to call this ping

[Doogle]

:)

[Jonah Hex]

And he can be a little testy...

[calex59]

They do know Darth Vader isn’t real don’t they? What a bunch of BS.

[absolootezer0]

Of course, I wouldn't rule out a little electro-shock therapy. Nothing like a good zap to get one's mind back in focus!

nah, he tried that in the end, it ended up killing him.

[Quix]

indeed.

[Slings and Arrows]

Darth Vader Was Mentally Ill, Researchers Say,

Ya think?!

[Non-Sequitur]

Darth Vader Was Mentally Ill

Darth Vader was a fictional character in a movie.

[Future Snake Eater]

Correction—four movies and a slew of video games! Not that that justifies this stupid study....

[NELSON111]

It could only be a government sponsored study that would even bother with psycho analyzing a fictional character...

Agreed. Spending time and money to analyze a fictional character is insane. However...you must understand the liberal agenda to fully appreciate why they did it.

Part of the liberal agenda is "there is no such thing as absolute evil." When there is no such thing as sinful nature...you can 1) Medicate your way out of a problem and 2) Do what feels good.

When you can do those things...and there is no right or wrong...you don't need a God...or a Savior.

[MollyKuehl]

[MollyKuehl]

[csvset]

Ok, he's a swordsman. What team is he on, huh?

(Seinfeldian reference implied.)

[PzLdr]

Typical anti-Sith propaganda. Proves the Jedi didn’t go extinct. They went into mental health, where they could still sit around, and endlessly discuss things without getting anything done.

If there was ever a group who embodied the Yoda rule “Do not try, do”, it’s the Sith [and Vader].

It’s all just envy for the most successful Conservative SMALL sized government in history. It doesn’t get smaller than two guys running the galaxy.

And Vader? He would have plugged the oil leak with the head of BP. Literally. Kim Jong Il would have felt the squeeze [and I’m not talking sanctions] long ago. The Mullahs would have been in an Imperial trash compacter faster than you can say ‘light speed’. And Jar Jar Obozo? Back on Naboo.

[tanknetter]

Runs in the family ... no mention in the article about the cascading effect onto the kids.