It'd be an entirely different kind of test for Vader's patience. Maybe he'd be something like a trust-fund, art school drop out. I think Luke might've ended up a total peace-loving hippy if he had to live with Vader. Luke is, shall we say, not the strong leader he will eventually become when we first meet him in "A New Hope." Would spending his childhood with his father toughen him up a bit, or is he more likely to test the Dark Lord of the Sith's patience to breaking? I tried to not make the moments not so specific to my own life, though. A lot of the gags are maybe pretty universal child/parent moments, but there's hopefully a nuance that comes with the actual experience. I think the book wouldn't be the same if I wasn't a dad. How does your own experience as a father inform the scenes and humor here? So much of your comics work is autobiographical. And of course we can all think about all the torture we put our parents through when we were little. I think anyone with kids, or friends with kids, should certainly relate. I just really liked the idea of the Dark Lord of the Sith facing the frustrations that any parent of a four year old faces. Is your version of Anakin somebody we can relate to, either as a parent or thinking of our own parents? The humor here, of course, relies on playing against type - Vader by all accounts should be a pretty horrible father, but we get the sense that he's doing his best to keep up with family life while running the Empire.
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