Disclaimer: None of it is mine. All of it belongs to Lucas. Why won't he make the last 3 films?!
Groundhog Day was a film which I've never even watched, certainly don't own, and have am not inclined to attempt to purchase it anytime soon.
Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith, "The chosen one," leader of Death Squadron, Scourge of the Rebellion, and formerly known as "The Hero With No Fear," was severely pissed off.
A P.O'ed Lord of the Sith is widely known as one of the most dangerous thing in the galaxy, above an intoxicated Hutt or a horny Wookie, but just beneath a Death Star.
… Vader was tempted to attempt a change of that perception.
There were several factors that were the cause of the Dark Lord of the Sith's irritation.
First of all, the emperor, in his infinite wisdom, had been displeased with Vader's performance at the battle of Yavin. After all, Death Star's aren't exactly cheap.
He had been ordered to be present for the testing of an experimental new hyper drive, to ensure that there would not be any side-effects on force-users, and to use his still-formidable mechanical skills to ensure it ran smoothly.
Of course, it was just his luck that the project site was on and above the quietest excuse for a backwater planet he'd ever laid eyes on. He wasn't even on the Executor, seeing as the flagship was needed elsewhere.
Reason number 2: He had been assigned to the laughing stock of the fleet, a ship that caused all bureaucrats in the empires service, even when in his presence, to barely repress a snort of laughter, a ship personally designed, it's construction supervised, and finally named by Palpatine himself. He and the Moffs had secretly debated the choice of name for this vessel, and could only assume that the emperor either was unaware of the latent innuendo, found the effect it had on his subordinates amusing, or wished to use it as an excuse to kill subordinates who lacked self-control.
And so it came to be that Darth Vader sat at the head of "The Emperor's Hammer. Yes. You heard right.
Stop sniggering.
