Yup, me too. Must've underestimated the power of the Dark Side.
Perhaps Darth Vader is an icon of the Liberal Hippydip, who never got the memo that "you cannot use the Ring of Power to do good." In today's universe, Darth Vader would be killing smokers, blowing up fast food establishments, and taking 13 year old girls he didn't know across state lines to get abortions. He had to destroy the world to save it.