Once the Death Star was complete and tested on Jedha , he summoned Director Orson Krennic , instructing the Imperial that the superweapon was to remain a covert tool of destruction. Only when the time was right would its existence be revealed to the galaxy. When the plans for the Death Star were stolen, Vader would take action to clean up Krennic's mess, personally slaughtering a squad of rebel soldiers and leading the hunt for the data tapes.
Vader and his stormtroopers killed all aboard with the exception of the Princess, opting to take her to the Death Star for interrogation. Streaming through the Death Star trench and about to finish off the last of the Rebels -- Luke Skywalker in his X-wing -- Vader and his wingmen were attacked from behind by the Millennium Falcon.
Ricocheted away from the Death Star and spun out of control, Vader was unable to stop Luke. The space station was destroyed, but Vader survived, and he flew into the far reaches of space. He had dispatched probe droids across the galaxy, finally locating the Rebel base on the remote ice planet Hoth.
With the Empire unable to secure the Millennium Falcon , Vader hired bounty hunters to track down the starship, and the deadly Boba Fett eventually set a trap for the heroes on Cloud City. Believing they had found sanctuary, Han, Leia, and company actually found Vader and the Empire waiting. Vader tortured Han in an effort to lure Luke to Bespin , and later had Solo frozen in carbonite. Finally, Luke, who had cut his Jedi training short to save his friends, arrived and dueled with Vader. The Sith Lord proved too powerful; he brutalized Luke with flying debris, and eventually severed his right hand with his lightsaber.
Rather than join Vader, Luke chose to fall into a deep abyss, and survived. With the Empire looking to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all, construction of a second Death Star commenced. Vader and the Emperor waited for Luke to come to them, which he did; the young Jedi believed there was still good in his father, and tried to turn him back to the light side. Vader was conflicted, but still brought Luke before the Dark Lord.
The Emperor taunted and tempted Luke, leading to a final duel between Vader and his son. Giving in to his hate, Luke overpowered Vader, cutting off his hand and was poised to deliver the killing blow.
The Emperor commanded that Luke finish his father and join the dark side, but the young Jedi refused, opting instead to throw away his lightsaber. Enraged at this denial, the Emperor shot Force lightning into Luke, torturing him. Skip Navigation Disney. Log In. They also provide infrared and ultraviolet vision, enabling Vader to see clearly in complete darkness.
Sensors in the Sith Lord's helmet relay environmental data, which is then displayed as peripheral readouts. On his belt, Vader wore two small system function boxes: the left system box featured a temperature regulation system and the right system box contained a respiratory sensor matrix.
The center buckle featured an audio enhancement unit built into the electromagnetic clasp [6] [3] of the system status belt.
As the suit doubled as armor, the life-support system was made to be somewhat tough, though the electrical systems themselves were delicate. In addition, his helmet and mask kept light from blinding him. Once sealed, Vader's mask and armored suit could serve as an airtight spacesuit for at least a short time. He relied on an internal oxygen supply when he flew his TIE fighter in the Battle of Yavin , [23] and he had survived surprise exposure to space during assassination attempts by mutinous Imperial officers.
Vader's right arm in 0 ABY. Vader's prosthetic limbs and all of the armor's functions were powered by dozens of rechargeable energy cells located throughout the suit that allowed Vader to travel for long stretches without recharging his armor.
Even when the energy cells were depleted, he could maintain basic life-support functions through replaceable backup power cells. Typically, however, Vader recharged his suit within a meditation sphere, such as the one located aboard his personal Star Dreadnought , the Executor —although he could access any standard fusion furnace for this purpose.
In particular, his cardiac implant took the place of his original heart and major arteries by pumping blood; the circulatory implant regulated blood flow; and the respiratory implant disperses oxygen throughout the organic tissues. All of these implants connected via a thick central cable to the chest computer, with an additional set of cables connecting the lungs and throat added after two and a half hours of microscalpel surgery.
It also possessed a waste recycler similar to those employed by long-haul asteroid miners. However, all of the linkages were faulty and unreliable, thus forcing Vader to undergo frequent maintenance of his suit and be dependent on Imperial medical specialists for the rest of his life. The surgical droid DD speculated that Palpatine deliberately allowed for these design flaws in order to keep Vader from rebelling.
Because of his injuries, most of Vader's senses were irreparably damaged and thus were replaced by his armor. The dark hemispherical goggles that covered his eyes filtered out light that might have caused further injury to his damaged corneas and retinas [18] and enhanced his vision; [13] however, in enhanced mode the optical sensors [1] in the half-globes shifted the light toward the red end of the spectrum. Its bulkiness prevented him from seeing the toes of his boots without tilting his head almost ninety degrees.
Various displays inside Vader's helmet supplied the Sith Lord with a steady stream of data, amplifying his already formidable connection to the Force. His helmet's eye coverings provided infrared and ultraviolet vision, allowing Vader to see clearly even in complete darkness, and dampeners offered limited defense against sonic attacks.
The medical droids had rebuilt the cartilage of his outer ears, but his eardrums had melted beyond repair in Mustafar's heat. Sound waves had to be transmitted directly to implants in his inner ear. Vader could take food through his mouth, but only when he was inside a hyperbaric chamber , since he had to remove his triangular respiratory vent. It was therefore easier for Vader to receive nourishment through liquids, intravenous and otherwise, and to rely on catheters, collection pouches, and recyclers to deal with liquid and solid waste.
What remained of his real limbs ended in bulbs of grafted flesh, inserted into machines that triggered movement through the use of modules that interfaced with his damaged nerve endings. The servomotors likewise were modeled after the human form, allowing for movement and rotation possible for various joint parts including the wrists, ankles and knuckles.
The limb pistons likewise utilized hydraulic fluid to operate, and as such required a replenishment of fluid as well as a piston realignment every six months and diagnostic check-ins during the monthly maintenance sessions. With the power of his arms alone, he had the ability to lift an adult being off the ground, though he had always been able to do so with the Force, especially in moments of rage. When Vader first had to walk with his new legs, he had to take slow, deliberate, thudding steps.
By the time he was accustomed to his new legs, he retained the noisy gait, as it "announced" his coming, [7] though he soon walked more naturally. The durasteel alloy of Vader's lower legs were enhanced by strips of armor similar to those that filled and gave form to the long glove that Vader had worn over his right-arm prosthesis; [18] these leg prostheses were protected by the greaves of Vader's suit. The alloy strips were added in late into the surgery, to allow for Vader to walk relatively normally after simulations revealed that his stock prosthetic legs would buckle under the overall weight of his armor.
Later, however, he jumped into the void willingly. Because of the large amount of mass the overall armor contained the shoulder armor alone weighed In addition, he was still capable of using Force speed , but rarely did so.
Vader's back, specifically his spine, was not whole. Bone was broken at the second and third vertebrae, and possibly the first and fourth. The spinal cord itself was not broken above the third or fourth vertebra. The severing must have been nearly but not totally complete, as he retained the ability to breathe weakly for at least a few seconds unaided.
Vader's helmet was the center of his life-support system. It was fitted with an air pump, which was connected to a flat filter system worn on Vader's back.
Together, the backpack and the air pump continuously cycled purified air through Vader's ravaged lungs. A small, back-up air-processing filter was located in his distinctive mouth grill, [3] which also doubled as a respiratory intake system. The ventilator was implanted in his terribly scarred chest, along with tubes that ran directly into his damaged lungs, and others that entered his burned throat, so that should the chest plate or belt control panels develop a glitch, he could breathe unassisted air for a limited time out of his mouth, which had not been burned to the extent of his throat.
A belt-mounted function box housed the respiratory sensor matrix responsible for controlling Vader's breathing. Vader's breathing was machine-regulated, [20] but his pace of breathing quickened during physical exertion and could be overridden by involuntary emotional reactions.
This is especially evident when Vader lost his right arm to Luke Skywalker in their final duel. Vader's ambush was only possible because he could temporarily quiet his loud breathing. Lord Vader's breather was seriously damaged by Force lightning during his struggle with the Emperor. Although it continued to operate to some extent, the sound of the mechanism was reduced to a strained rasp, implying that the respirator was broken.
The labored breathing sound persisted until his final unmasking. His signature, labored mechanical breathing was the sound of the iron lung Vader was forced to wear. Though limited by what the respirator could do, Vader could still make his respirator approximate a laugh or a sigh. Vader was able to speak even when unmasked shortly before the destruction of the second Death Star.
The weakness of his voice was probably partly due to his breathing difficulty and the internal mortal wounds and damage to his cybernetic systems inflicted by the Emperor. Not even Vader's skeleton and nerves were spared from the reconstruction. In addition to the partial replacement of Vader's spine, the rib-cage was also partially removed for the installment of the organ implants, with the sternum being replaced with a perforated metal plate accommodating the cables running to the chest computer, and at least one of his shoulder joints the right one being required to undergo partial prosthetic replacement.
The remaining organic bones were likewise artificially modified via a tensile-strength augmentation through mineral solutions dripping through the nutrient feeds. In addition, the right collarbone was also installed with a cartridge that injects a synthetic neurotoxin called Kouhunin, derived from the Kouhun centipedes, to lessen Vader's perception of pain to a small degree.
His nervous system sustained the least amount of damage from his injuries at Mustafar. Nonetheless, it was implanted with sensor webs tracing activity running through the cerebellum along the spinal cord to the sensory and motor neurons, so it could be constantly and closely monitored. As such, if his neurons were ever unable to communicate with his metallic prosthetics, Vader would be rendered immobile and a programmed alert would go out to the EmPal SuRecon via hyperwave signal.
The muscle fibers were also modified to have electrical impulse generators embedded inside as a means to stimulate damaged tissue. All four of these individuals would later be affected by the Muur Talisman. The vision also showed Karness Muur , hundreds of Rakghouls , and a burning city.
Nearly a decade before his death, the Sith Lord , Darth Plagueis , and his apprentice, Darth Sidious , committed an act that directly violated the nature of the Force.
To advance their plan for galactic domination, the two Sith attempted to will a being of their own design into existence, pouring their abhorrent intent into waves through the Force to the countless midi-chlorians that were spread throughout the galaxy. The experiment failed, however, and the midi-chlorians, not willing to obey, not only frustrated Plagueis's attempts, but countered in reprisal, conceiving a child within the slave Shmi Skywalker.
However their ship had been damaged when Anakin had crash landed it, so the Jedi were stranded on the world of Mortis. Skywalker, not convinced that the Son could be easily contained on the planet, returned on a speeder to see the Father, offering his help in killing the Son.
The Father directed him toward the Well of the dark side with the warning not to underestimate the Son. On the way, Skywalker encountered an apparition of Qui-Gon Jinn.
Skywalker confided his doubts to the apparition about what he should do with the Son. The Force spirit told him to trust his instincts and that he would find a way. When he arrived at the "well," Skywalker confronted the Son only to have his lightsaber pulled out of his hand.
The Son then offered to show him the future. Skywalker tried to resist, but could not keep out the visions that assaulted his mind. He eventually fell to his knees while the smoke behind him formed the shape of the face of Darth Vader. Skywalker collapsed, close to tears and horrified at the revelation of the monster he would become, knowing he would go on to do terrible things.
The Son agreed, but offered a way to change the future he saw, asking again for Skywalker to join him. Skywalker hesitated, but then submitted at the promise of peace. The Nelvaanians hailed Skywalker as " Ghost Hand ," and Orvos , the shaman of Rokrul village , sent him on a quest to save their people from a threat that had vanquished all their previous champions. Skywalker agreed, and entered a cave where he experienced visions of a great hunter, who lost his arm in battle.
However, he fought back, and continued to slay monsters with a new black, spiky arm. As he slew the monsters, his power grew until it was out of control, the spiky black arm turning into a spiny black labyrinth that encompassed and destroyed everything the warrior held dear.
Darth Sidious finds Vader's ravaged body. Not long after his return to Coruscant after the Battle of Coruscant, Skywalker gave in to Darth Sidious' temptation to turn to the dark side and was dubbed Darth Vader. Sidious commanded his new apprentice to go to the planet of Mustafar and kill the Separatist Council —and supposedly bring peace to the new Galactic Empire.
On Mustafar, the corrupted Vader then began his massacre of the Separatist Council. Unbeknownst to her, Kenobi had stowed away on her ship to find Vader, and at that moment appeared from the ship. Kenobi tried to reason with his former pupil, but Vader refused to listen. Vader and Kenobi fought an intense battle throughout the mining complex and down the river of lava outside. The battle ended on the banks of a lava river, where Vader was severely maimed and immobilized by Kenobi's blade, which severed his legs and his left arm.
The defeated Vader fell onto a slope of volcanic sand, and slid helplessly to the edge of a lava river. With his body crippled, Vader tried to claw his way up the bank, using only his remaining prosthetic limb but his body ignited from the radiant heat of the flow and his lungs were scorched by the hot gases he inhaled, which included high concentrations of ko-shol gasses.
As the flames started to subside, Vader kept himself alive with the dark side of the Force, [1] [17] his rage, [2] and his unbreakable will, clawing his way back up the bank with his still intact mechanical arm, struggling against his extreme injuries. Darth Sidious, newly declared Emperor of the Galactic Empire, soon arrived and snatched what remained of Vader's body from the bank of the lava river, placing him on a medical capsule and willing him to live.
He then took Vader back to Coruscant, repairing the damage to Vader's body through intensive cybernetic enhancements [17] with help from arcane Sith healing techniques [15] at the newly renamed Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center. In addition, anesthetic was not used at all, leaving Vader awake and in excruciating agony for the entire procedure; this was a decision made by the Emperor in order to further fuel Vader's connection to the dark side.
The process included eight hours to supply artificial implants to his internal organs, two and a half of which were dedicated to implementing the linkages. In addition, the blackened and dead flesh on Vader's scalp that was exposed to the heat of Mustafar was surgically removed, although the scarring itself penetrated to his bones.
During his first few months of living in the suit, Vader felt trapped within it, but after a short while he had learned to use it for both intimidation and isolation. It allowed him to feel separate from all the beings around him.
Also because of his suit, Vader felt a kind of kinship with the clone troopers because they, too, were seemingly dependent on their armor and were almost never seen without it. On one occasion early on in Vader's career as a Sith, Darth Sidious threatened to use Force lightning against him when Vader expressed displeasure with a dressing-down his master was giving him.
Sidious revealed on that occasion that he was well aware that the delicate circuitry that allowed Vader's life support systems to function was vulnerable to electrical discharges. Not long after his reconstruction, Vader fought a Jedi named Bol Chatak on Murkhana , and because of Vader having to suddenly readjust his style due to his injuries, the Zabrak managed to injure him before Vader killed her. She had cut Vader's left forearm through the shielding that filled out his glove and had melted some of the artificial ligaments that allowed his hand to pronate.
Vader was able to fix some of it himself with a fine-point laser cutter by removing flaps of armorweave fabric that had been fused by the heat to the alloy beneath, and the forearm was later completely repaired at the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center. Because of the extensive mechanics of his armor, he was once mistaken by the droid C-3PO for a new model of guard droid during one of the Emperor's Ball ceremonies. The Sith Lord sentenced the protocol droid to work as a preschool attendant for a year as punishment.
A glimpse at some of the mechanisms within Vader's mask, as shown after his fight on Kessel. Vader's right hand was again cut off during his fight at the Conclave on Kessel when he was searching for Kenobi. Through the Force, he picked up the mechanical hand, still grasping a cortosis blade, and used it to kill Koffi Arana.
During the ensuing fight, Vader's suit was damaged and torn open at the left shoulder, lower arm, back, and both of his upper legs, yet he did not seem weakened; soon afterwards he could stand and function. When all except Tsui Choi had been killed, the desperate Jedi threw his lightsaber at Vader.
As the Sith Lord deflected it back to kill the Jedi, it sliced a bit into his mask, but afterward he seemed to have no trouble breathing. In the Vader Immortal game he came up with a strategy that would have sacrificed the entire planet of Mustafar to do so, but he was thwarted. They dueled in Star Wars Rebels , Ahsoka realizing who Vader really was, and she only survived the encounter thanks to the intervention of Ezra, who had stumbled into the World Between the Worlds.
Tie-ins suggest that, at some point around this time, Palpatine discovered the long-lost Sith redoubt of Exegol seen in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Darth Vader was given one of two precious Sith Wayfinders, and he concealed his on Mustafar. He failed, and the Death Star was destroyed.
Vader sensed it had been done by a pilot who was strong in the Force, and in Charles Soule's Darth Vader series he learned this was a Skywalker. Newfound ambition began to burn within Darth Vader's chest, as he considered becoming Emperor himself, with Luke as his Apprentice.
He divided his time between regaining the Emperor's favor and finding his son. The Emperor watched from afar, pleased at the Machiavellian lengths his apprentice was going to. Treachery, after all, is the way of the Sith. He led a decisive attack, scattering the Rebels, as shown in The Empire Strikes Back and then engineered a trap to draw Luke into his clutches. It's telling Vader took advantage of Luke's attachments in order to do so, the very same weakness Palpatine had used to manipulate Anakin Skywalker into falling to the dark side.
Finally, Vader revealed the truth to Luke: he was Luke's father. Vader was playing a dangerous game, risking everything in a gamble against Palpatine himself, but ambition and a stirring love and even pride for Luke's successes proved a potent combination. Darth Vader did not know it, but his Master was beginning to doubt him. It's reasonable to assume this was when Palpatine began to prepare his contingency , intended to cause the Empire to collapse in the event Vader claimed his throne.
Meanwhile, this appears to be when Palpatine had a clone body created on Exegol, intending to transfer his spirit there should he be slain. Reasonably confident his plans were in place, the Emperor then orchestrated a final confrontation.
The Emperor allowed the Rebel Alliance to learn of the construction of the Second Death Star, but the Rebels had no idea the battle station was actually operation. This led to the climactic events of Return of the Jedi , in which Luke Skywalker participated in an attack on the base's defensive force shield on Endor, before surrendering himself because he feared he could be tracked with the Force.
Palpatine had Darth Vader and his son face off against one another in his throne room on the Death Star, taking a mighty gamble. He intended to seduce Luke to the dark side as he had his father before him, potentially seeing Luke as a worthy vessel for his spirit. Luke's faith in his father successfully reached the goodness that lay buried in the heart of Darth Vader, though, and the Sith Apprentice betrayed his Master.
This redemptive act came at a great cost because Vader was blasted with the Emperor's lightning and died in his son's arms. In the end, Anakin Skywalker fulfilled his destiny as the Chosen One, bringing balance to the Force when he killed Palpatine.
It's true this balance was only temporary, but tie-ins have since suggested that is the nature of balance. Greg Rucka's novel Guardians of the Whills contains the best quote defining balance, suggesting Anakin's achievement should be honored in spite of the fact it did not endure:.
According to this, balance is a fleeting thing, as ephemeral as " the moment between breaths. The evil of Darth Vader will never be forgotten in Star Wars , but he will always be celebrated for his final act of redemption.
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