Eh, I don’t think a sigh is warranted. Not because you aren’t right in the analysis, but because people can be excused for not getting this point. Lucas didn’t spell this point out, he completely bungled it.

I feel like this misses a rather large thread of the story - that in Empire, Vader wanted Luke to join him, kill the emperor, and then rule the galaxy as father and son. This desire was made known to Luke 30 seconds after Vader revealed that he’s Dad and Dad is into rather severely abusive parenting, up to and…