I defintely agree with you there. But we can look at this in many ways. Over time power wanes, everyone isn't what they were at their prime. Yoda was not the same Yoda on the swamp (dogodah, sorry I don't know the right spelling) as he was when he was younger, same can be said about Palpatine or even Vader. The force often counteracts inbalance of either LS or DS supremacy, tiping the scale either way every so often. While the PC regains his powers, Revan may lose some. Gamewise it is logical to raise the level cap, and thus we have to look at it differently than say PnP Star Wars because if you look at it in the PnP perspective, then there's no way that Vader could have killed Palpatine with swift movement when he was battling Luke and losing towards the end. (I think thats how it proceeded, last time I watched it was many years ago, please correct me if I am wrong or inconsistent) So as one generation/heroic/influential individual rises, others fall, that often accounts for the events that take place. Oh and I don't remember if it was in this post or another one that someone said that we all liked Vader because he had a good side, I have to disagree. Vader was the ultimate bad guy. Forget Palpatine, he was and is the ultimate antagonist in comparison to Luke who was the main protagonist in the SW Trilogy 4-6. Vader was evil , he wasn't good at all. For two movies straight he was portrayed as lacking a soul. And we all loved him and feared him, "The Dreaded Lord Vader" . But in the end he was shown as having some humanity left in him, that got us to connect with him. But I think that we like him not only for his rekindling of humanity, but for mainly for his Dark Side and the ultimate adversary that his character presented. Refute me please.