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[Star Wars] What was Vader's relationship with the 501st when he fell to the dark side? Did he still care for his troops like he did when he was Anakin?
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By all accounts, Lord Vader has a good rapport with all the Stormtroopers. While they did not know or question his identity, he still respected their ability, loyalty and straightforward nature. 

It's the cowardly politicians that make up the Imperial officers that he has a problem with. These men who call themselves leaders, but refuse to take any blame, even seeming *proud* of their failures, while sending good men to die. Lord Vader marches with his army. He has no patience for those who would sit back, unaffected by their own incompetence.


This endears him somewhat to the Stormtroopers themselves. He is a leader, yes, but he earns the respect that brings, fighting on the front lines, and not blaming soldiers for following the orders they were given. 

While a few of the old 501st troopers removed their brain chips, avoiding Order 66, none of them know what happened to him, or even that anything of Anakin Skywalker still remains.