And he was a whiny little shit his entire life before becoming Vader.
Nah, he was cool as fuck as a pod racing eight year old or whatever.
He was a particularly angsty* teen, I’ll give you that, but he was also kinda being constantly left in the dark by his weird religious magi cult who wanted him to be their chosen one, so like, I can understand why his rebellious streak would be so big.
I do ultimately agree though, no amount of “redemption” can bring someone back from nuking an entire fucking planet.