Luckily, Palpatine doesn't bust out his ridiculous spinning lightning attack. Kemp for finally giving us the buddy cop drama we always wanted from D. We all owe a big thanks to writer Paul S. Vader was always the one striding around in his big black cape, slicing up dudes with his lightsaber, while Palpatine only gets to cut loose briefly in Revenge of the Sith and Return of the Jedi. One thing we never go to see in the films was Vader and Palpatine tearing things up around the galaxy. If you wanted to know how Vader got his red lightsaber, or when he switched to flying the TIE Advanced prototype, to when he first revealed himself to the Empire and the galaxy at large, keep reading.īig, huge thanks to whoever maintains the Anakin Skywalker Wookieepedia page, an essential resource for seeing the major beats of Vader's journey between the films. Kemp & James Luceno, and Dave Filoni's team on Star Wars: Rebels, have started to fill in the grey space between Episode III and IV. With Star Wars recreating its truth and canon from whole cloth, there is now a major gap in Darth Vader's story, one that has been steadily filled in over the last few years and has some truly awesome moments in the early days of Anakin Skywalker fully accepting his role as the Empire's Hand.įrom the moment he screams 'NO' to staring off as the Tantive IV escapes with the Death Star plans, comic book writer Charles Soule, novelists Paul S. He is certainly the most important character in most of the film episodes, and a lot of screen time is devoted to discussing him in a sort of Sith-focused Bechdel Test.

Voted the best villain of all time, out of 100 competitors, by IGN.Īn argument could be made that Darth Vader is the real main character of the Star Wars films. There is perhaps no more evocative single image from a franchise full of memorable designs that evoke more of an immediate reaction than that cold, sleek, black, samurai-inspired helmet. Darth Vader is such an iconic symbol of evil and power that Star Wars has made him it's unofficial mascot.

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