Darth Vader

Anakin Skywalker A.K.A Darth Vader is a famous character from the Star Wars saga. He was a powerful jedi knight turned sith lord. He was the secondary antagonist of the original trilogy, serving as the main antagonist of it first two films A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and the secondary antagonist of it's third film Return of The Jedi where he redeems himself. He was also the main protagonist of the Prequel Trilogy, which reveals how he became evil. He stands as one of the most iconic and greatest villains in both Star Wars and fiction in general.

In the original trilogy, He was portrayed by David Prowse and voiced by James Earl Jones. In the prequel trilogy, Anakin Skywalker, Vader's previous identity, was portrayed by Jake Lloyd as a kid in The Phantom Menace and by Hayden Christensen as a grown up in Attack of The Clones and Revenge of The Sith.

History

Early Life

Anakin was born on Tattoonie as the son of single mother Shmi Skywalker. The two to them were slaves for a creature named Watto. Anakin built a protocol droid named C-3PO to help him and his mom.

The Phantom Menace

One day when Anakin was nine years old, a jedi knight named Qui-Gon Jinn and his padwan Obi-Wan Kenobi, a fourteen year queen named Padme Amidala, a creature named Jar-Jar Binks and an astromech droid named R2-D2, landed their ship on Tattonie. Padme was the queen of her home planet Naboo and Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were assigned to protect her from separatists. Qui-Gon, Padme, Jar-Jar and R2 met Anakin who said he could help them repair the ship. Qui-Gon senses that Anakin is very strong with the force and makes a deal with Watto that if Anakin wins a pod race, he [Anakin] can go free and the ship will be fixed. Anakin wins the pod race and is greeted his freedom. After bidding goodbye to Shmi and 3PO, Anakin joins Qui-Gon and the others on the ship where Qui-Gon introduces Anakin to Obi-Wan. After Anakin and R2 end up in a space ship during battle for Naboo, Anakin destroy the separatists command ship. However Qui-Gon was killed by a sith lord named Darth Maul. Qui-Gon's dying words to Obi-Wan was to train Anakin in the ways of the Jedi. Obi-Wan then told Anakin he was going to train to be a Jedi. The new supreme chancellor Sheev Palpatine told Anakin he would watch over his career with great interesting.

Attack of The Clones

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A New Hope

Vader is charged with recovering the stolen plans of the Death Star and finding the Rebel Alliance's secret base. He captures and "interrogates" Princess Leia and, along with Death Star commander Grand Moff Tarkin, destroys her home world of Alderaan. Shortly afterward, he duels his former master, the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has arrived at the Death Star to rescue Leia, and cuts him down, turning him into a spirit in the Force. He then encounters his son, Luke, during the Battle of Yavin, and senses in him a great strength in the Force; this is confirmed moments later when the boy destroys the battle station. He was about to shoot Luke down using his TIE-Fighter, but Han Solo disabled his ship using the guns on the Millennium Falcon, and sent Vader spinning into space.

The Empire Strikes Back

Vader captures Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and C-3PO on the planet Cloud City to lure Luke into a confrontation. He strikes a deal with the administrator of Cloud City, Lando Calrissian to give Han over to the bounty hunter Boba Fett, and has Solo frozen in carbonite. Luke, who has been partially trained by Yoda, duels Vader, but is eventually defeated, losing his right hand to Vader's lightsaber. Vader then reveals his true identity as Luke's father and offers Luke the chance to overthrow Palpatine and rule the galaxy as father and son. (Note that Vader never says the now famous line, "Luke, I am your father" but rather, "No, I am your father".) Luke refuses, throwing himself down a mine shaft. He is sucked into a garbage chute and rescued by Leia, C-3PO, Chewbacca and Lando. He is fitted with a robotic hand to replace the one Vader had cut off.

Return of the Jedi

Vader is charged with overseeing the completion of the second Death Star. He meets with Palpatine on board the half-constructed station to plan Luke's turn to the dark side.

By this time, Luke has nearly completed his Jedi training, and has learned from a dying Yoda that Vader is indeed his father. He learns about his father's past from Obi-Wan's spirit, and also learns that Leia is his sister. On a mission to the forest moon of Endor, he surrenders to Imperial troops and is brought to Vader. Aboard the Death Star, Luke resists the Emperor's appeals to his anger and fear for his friends, but snaps when Vader telepathically probes his mind, learns of Leia's existence, and threatens to turn her instead. Enraged, Luke nearly kills Vader, severing his father's right hand. He controls his anger at the last minute, however, as he looks at Vader's cybernetic hand and then at his own; he realizes that he is perilously close to suffering his father's fate.

As the Emperor approaches, encouraging Luke to kill Vader and take his place, Luke throws down his lightsaber, refusing to perform the final blow. Angered, the Emperor attacks Luke with Force lightning. Luke writhes in agony under the Emperor's lightning, begging his father for help. Unable to bear the sight of his son in pain, Vader spiritually ceases to exist and Anakin Skywalker is reborn. Anakin turns on his master who was really the true enemy of the Galactic Republic and in the Clone Wars and throws him into the very core of the Star, where the evil emperor was engulfed and killed.