Time-travel AU where Vader is sent some forty years back, in Gardulla's Palace, just in time to see his mother with a two years old Anakin be punished because Anakin was too loud.
Vader murdering the Hutt and all that willingly served her and Freeing the slaves without much of a plan. Shmi deciding that since the murderous Sith Lord is so protective of her, she might as well use it for good.
Vader Freeing Tatooine of slavery and spice over a mere few years and finding himself ruling the planet while being all "shit that wasn't part of the plan". He brings his idea for "peace, freedom and justice" to life which... sort of work there because people are used to dictators, but also some of his ideas *are* good.
Is it technically a dictatorship? Yes, definitely. Do the people care? No, not at all. There aren't any tax too high for them to pay, and no threat of being sold into slavery. Death by strangulation is a low risk if you just mind your business, and even then if Lady Skywalker is nearby you'll just have a good scare and maybe pee yourself as a result.
Is the Senate irate because suddenly Tatooine wants nothing to do with them and plenty find refuge there? Sure. They try to send the Jedi to do their dirty work and dispose of the dictator, but the preliminary researched showed that a majority of the population is fine with things as they are.
(The native population of Tuskens had some troubles but eventually, Vader agrees to stay out the Dune Sea, and they stop attacking settlers. Neither is too happy about that but they maintain the status quo.)
Also Tatooine now has a fleet of scrappy starfighters, but the pilots are complete nutcases.
The Jedi elect not to touch Tatooine with a ten-feet pole. A Sith Lord, you say? Sith Lords don't listen to former slaves scolding them, nor do they teach the basics of piloting to promising young pilots. Besides, the Sith are extincts. Everyone knows that.
(Chancellor Palpatine, once elected, tries to get to Tatooine again. Lord Vader has a freak-out at the sight of him, calls him "Master" in *that* tone once and Palpatine gets torn to pieces by the good people of Tatooine. Lord Vader might be a dictator, but dammit, he's *theirs*.)
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