Okay but this iconic moment, right?
The full quote is of course:
The Emperor: "Your hate has made you powerful. Now fulfill your destiny, take your father's place by my side."
Luke Skywalker: "Never. I'll never turn to the dark side. You failed, Your Highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me."
The Emperor: "So be it, Jedi."
The proper address is Your Majesty, that's an Emperor.
But consider that this guy is a Tatooine moisture farmer and his exposure to royalty at this point in his life is exactly Princess Leia Organa.
And she doesn't address herself by any special title, so his mental file of royal titles actually comes from Han and Leia bickering at each other
So his entire understanding of royal protocol comes from exactly two sources:
And Han doesn't actually say Your Highness most of the time!
Luke's mental filing cabinet of "ways to address royalty" consists of: Your Highness, Your Highnessness, Your Worshipfulness, Your Supreme Exalted Pain In My Ass
It's actually a combination of a minor miracle, a supreme act of will, and a smidge of luck that he whipped out "Your Highness" at all, that could have gone sideways fast
Luke is exhausted, emotionally compromised, and running on approximately four hours of sleep accumulated over the last week.
"You have failed, Your High—"
And somewhere in his brain, Han Solo's voice echoes across the years:
Luke has to fight for his LIFE, not against the dark side but against the intrusive thought.
"You have failed, Your High—"
Meanwhile Vader, under several dozen layers of other stuff happening at the exact same time, whose formative experience with royalty was with a QUEEN, is internally flabbergasted by his insolent child
For Force sake, Luke, that's an Emperor. It's "Your Majesty."
And then immediately: Actually no, wait, keep being rude. That's my boy.
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