1. Darth Vader is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.
56 Facts About Darth Vader
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Darth Vader was first introduced in the original film trilogy as one of the major villains and leaders of the Galactic Empire.
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Darth Vader serves Palpatine for over two decades, hunting down the remaining Jedi, including Kenobi, and attempting to crush the rebels who oppose the new Empire.
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Darth Vader is shown wearing black armor, a flowing cape and a skull-like mask and helmet.
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The sound of Darth Vader's breathing was created by the film's sound designer, Ben Burtt, using modified recordings of a scuba breathing apparatus.
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The title "Darth Vader" has been replaced with "Dark" for other Sith Lords as well.
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In Iceland, Darth Vader's name is, which means "black-head".
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Darth Vader accomplished this through editing the principal footage and filming new scenes during pickups in London in 2004.
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Darth Vader was finally credited in Return of the Jedi in 1983.
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When filming the scene in The Empire Strikes Back in which Darth Vader confesses he is Luke's father, Prowse was given modified dialogue to read that did not exist in the script.
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Darth Vader was known for repeatedly leaking information to the public, and the filmmakers wanted to keep Vader's revelation a secret until the film was released.
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Darth Vader's voice was digitally recreated by the company Respeecher for use in the series Obi-Wan Kenobi, and he later signed over the rights to his voice for future Star Wars productions.
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Darth Vader was introduced in Star Wars as a cyborg commander serving the Galactic Empire.
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Darth Vader captures and interrogates the Rebel leader Princess Leia, who has sent the plans to Darth Vader's former master Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Darth Vader convinces the Emperor that Luke could be a valuable ally if he were turned to the dark side of the Force.
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Darth Vader engages bounty hunters to follow Luke's companions, and compels the Cloud City administrator Lando Calrissian to set a trap for them.
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Darth Vader tells Luke that he is his father, and tries to persuade him to join the dark side and help him overthrow the Emperor.
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Darth Vader telepathically tells Luke that it is his destiny to join the dark side.
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Darth Vader takes his son to the Death Star and brings him before the Emperor, who attempts to seduce him to the dark side.
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The Emperor then betrays his apprentice by ordering Luke to kill Darth Vader and take his place, but Luke refuses.
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Darth Vader is a gifted pilot and mechanic, and has built his own protocol droid, C-3PO.
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Darth Vader becomes convinced that Anakin is the "Chosen One" of Jedi prophecy who will bring balance to the Force.
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Darth Vader suggests that Anakin can prevent Padme's death by using the dark side of the Force.
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Darth Vader then engages in a lightsaber duel that ends with severing his limbs and leaving him for dead on the banks of a lava flow, where he catches fire and sustains severe burns.
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Sidious finds the barely-alive Darth Vader and takes him to Coruscant, where his mutilated body is covered in black armor that keeps him alive.
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When Darth Vader asks if Padme is safe, Sidious lies to him and says that his strangulation killed her, which causes Darth Vader to scream in anguish.
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Darth Vader encourages her to return balance to the Force like he once did.
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Darth Vader confronts him about his handling of the Death Star project and the destruction of Jedha City.
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Darth Vader investigates the crash site of a Venator-class Star Destroyer, which was demolished during Order 66.
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Darth Vader appears in the animated series Star Wars Rebels, which takes place fourteen years after the conclusion of The Clone Wars.
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Darth Vader is overwhelmed when she recognizes Anakin under a "layer of hate".
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The Emperor then orders Darth Vader to send another Inquisitor to capture her.
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Darth Vader begins hunting, which eventually leads them to duel again.
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Flashback sequences in the series depict Anakin training under in the years preceding the Clone Wars, as well as a newly minted Darth Vader carrying out the massacre at the Jedi Temple.
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Darth Vader leads her through visions of their shared past together, including her training, their battles during the Clone Wars, her departure from the Jedi Order and his fall to the dark side.
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Darth Vader is featured in the three-episode virtual reality game series Darth Vader Immortal, which is set between Revenge of the Sith and Rogue One.
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Darth Vader makes a brief appearance at the end of Jedi: Fallen Order.
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Darth Vader kills the Second Sister for her failure to secure a Jedi Holocron that could lead the Empire to a number of Force-sensitive children.
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Darth Vader is a playable character and a boss in Disney Infinity 3.0, and can be unlocked as a playable character for a limited time in Disney Magic Kingdoms.
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The 25-issue Marvel comic series Darth Vader focuses on the Sith Lord in the aftermath of the Death Star's destruction, as well as his life after learning about his son's existence.
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The first few issues focus on Darth Vader exacting revenge on those who concealed Luke; he visits Padme's tomb on Naboo and encounters her handmaidens.
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Darth Vader is featured prominently in novels set in the Star Wars universe.
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Shadows of the Empire reveals that Darth Vader is conflicted about trying to turn his son to the dark side, and knows deep down that he still has good in him.
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In Luceno's Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, set a few months after the events of Revenge of the Sith, Vader disavows his identity as Anakin as he hunts down surviving Jedi and cements his position in the Empire.
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Darth Vader appears in a series of tongue-in-cheek children's books by Jeffrey Brown.
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Darth Vader appears in several comic books such as Marvel Comics' Star Wars.
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In Darth Vader's Quest, set soon after A New Hope, the dark lord encounters Luke for the first time.
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Anakin and Vader appear in the non-canonical Star Wars Tales ; in the story Resurrection, Darth Maul is resurrected and faces Vader in battle.
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Darth Vader plays a central role in the Legends game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, where he is playable in the first level and later appears as a boss.
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Darth Vader appears in the sequel, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, as the final boss.
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The Star Wars Holiday Special, a television special broadcast by CBS in 1978, features a brief appearance of Darth Vader, who appears on-screen speaking with Imperial officer "Chief Bast" in footage cut from the original 1977 film.
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Darth Vader makes his first appearance on the planet Ralltiir, where he treats Princess Leia with suspicion.
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The French psychiatrist Eric Bui and his colleagues have considered Darth Vader to be a useful example for explaining borderline personality disorder to medical students.
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Darth Vader is parodied as "Dark Helmet" in the Star Wars parody Spaceballs.
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The slime-mold beetle Agathidium vaderi is named after Darth Vader, as is the louse Ricinus vaderi.
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In 2014, Hot Wheels created a full-size Darth Vader-inspired car to coincide their partnership with Star Wars franchise.