In the climactic moment, Luke heals Vader — and Vader's first reaction isn't joy but disappointment. He'd been ready to reunite with Obi-Wan, Yoda, Qui-Gon, and his fallen comrades. Healing him means he misses the afterlife reunion he'd been anticipating. It's a darkly funny inversion of the triumphant rescue: sometimes salvation arrives a moment too late, and the saved person isn't sure they wanted it.
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