query: who was the voice of darth vader in episode iii?

title: Darth Vader

text: "You'd have to ask Lucas about that. I don't know". Hayden Christensen and Gene Bryant alternately portray Vader in "Revenge of the Sith". During the production of "Revenge of the Sith", Christensen asked Lucas if a special Vader suit could be constructed to fit his own body, rather than have a different actor don one of the original sets of Vader armor worn by Prowse. Brock Peters provided the voice of Darth Vader in the NPR/USC radio series. Both Spencer Wilding and Daniel Naprous portrayed Vader in "Rogue One" (2016), with Jones reprising his role as the character's voice. Vader's

title: Hasbro Darth Vader Voice Changer

text: Hasbro Darth Vader Voice Changer The Darth Vader Voice Changer is a toy released by Hasbro in 2004 as part of the tail end of its Original Trilogy Collection line of toys focusing on characters from "Star Wars", "The Empire Strikes Back", and "Return of the Jedi". The voice changer allows the wearer to talk in a voice somewhat like James Earl Jones as Darth Vader, the Dark Lord of the Sith, and also included numerous built-in phrases and Vader's breathing sound from the movies. Variations of the helmet also exist. In 2008, a similar Clone Trooper Voice Changer was

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text: character has also been portrayed in several video games; in games such as "" and "", visual effects artist C. Andrew Nelson appears in short sequences in the Vader costume, voiced by Scott Lawrence. Matt Sloan, who appeared in the YouTube parody "Chad Vader", provided the voice of Darth Vader in "The Force Unleashed ". As a result of his video game appearances, Nelson was cast to appear as Vader in brief sequences inserted into the 1998 special edition of "The Empire Strikes Back", in which Vader is seen boarding his shuttle. During production of "Return of the Jedi", the

title: Darth Vader

text: In "Chasing Amy" (1997), Hooper X speaks at a comic convention about Darth Vader being a metaphor for how poorly the science fiction genre treats black people; he is especially offended that Vader, the "blackest brother in the galaxy", reveals himself to be a "feeble, crusty old white man" at the end of "Return of the Jedi". The character was also parodied in the Nickelodeon cartoon "Rocko's Modern Life" in the episode "Teed Off". On another Nickelodeon cartoon, "Jimmy Neutron", Darth Vader's infamous line, "I am your father", was interpolated in the mini-episode "New Dog, Old Tricks". The line was

title: Hasbro Darth Vader Voice Changer

text: released to promote the "" film. In regions such as Europe where languages other than English are spoken, the Darth Vader Voice Changer's sounds were modified to fit the language demographic. However, rather than replacing the movie phrases with foreign-language versions, the button that plays back the phrases in the U.S. version simply plays back the same breathing sounds activated by the adjacent button in both the European and U.S. versions. This proved to be a popular toy. and was repackaged for later use. In early 2005 it was sold in a revised box for the movie "". Hasbro Darth

title: Darth Vader

text: villain. Darth Vader ranked number two on "Empire" magazine's 2008 list of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters". "Premiere" magazine also ranked Vader on their list of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time". On their list of the "100 Greatest Fictional Characters", Fandomania.com ranked Vader at number 6. Darth Vader was also the No. 1 supervillain on the Bravo series "Ultimate Super Heroes, Vixens and Villains". Darth Vader was also ranked as No. 1 in IGN's list of top 100 "Star Wars" characters. Furthermore, Darth Vader's quote in "The Empire Strikes Back" – "No, "I" am your father" (often

title: Darth Vader

text: and capture or kill those people who are trying to kill Americans. That's not a pleasant business. It's a very serious business. And I suppose, sometimes, people look at my demeanor and say, 'Well, he's the Darth Vader of the administration.'" Jon Stewart put on a Darth Vader helmet to address Dick Cheney as a "kindred spirit" on "The Daily Show" on January 25, 2007. Cheney's wife, Lynne, presented Stewart with a Darth Vader action figure on her appearance on the show on October 10, 2007. Both Stewart and Stephen Colbert have occasionally referred to Cheney as "Darth Cheney". In

title: Darth Vader

text: Darth Vader Darth Vader is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise. He is the main antagonist of the original trilogy, but, as Anakin Skywalker, is the main protagonist of the prequel trilogy. "Star Wars" creator George Lucas has collectively referred to the first six episodic films of the franchise as "the tragedy of Darth Vader." Originally a Jedi prophesied to bring balance to the Force, Anakin Skywalker is lured to the dark side of the Force by Palpatine, who is secretly a Sith Lord. After fighting a lightsaber battle with his former mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi in which he

title: Darth Vader

text: Jedi code, such as torturing prisoners who may know her location when she goes missing. During the third season, Anakin experiences a vision of his future as Darth Vader. Darth Vader is a recurring character in the first season of "Star Wars Rebels", which takes place 14 years after "The Clone Wars" concludes. Vader leads a squadron of Force-sensitive Imperial Inquisitors who are actively searching for and killing any remaining Jedi and Force-sensitive children. In the second-season premiere, Vader discovers that Ahsoka has joined the Rebel Alliance, and the Emperor orders him to hunt her down. During their first confrontation

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text: the Terrible, Napoleon, Al Capone and the fictional Pharaoh Kahmunrah, but they judge him only a futile robot, as he does not speak, but tries to Force-choke them, with a gesture they interpret as a sort of salute. In 2010, IGN ranked Darth Vader 25th in the "Top 100 Videogames Villains". In Ukraine, the Internet Party of Ukraine regularly lets people named Darth Vader take part in elections. Footnotes Citations Darth Vader Darth Vader is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise. He is the main antagonist of the original trilogy, but, as Anakin Skywalker, is the main protagonist

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text: in which Vader wipes out most of Phoenix Squadron's troops, Ahsoka is overwhelmed when she recognizes Anakin under "a layer of hate" in Darth Vader. Later in the season, Ahsoka has a vision in which Anakin blames her for allowing him to fall to the dark side. Vader makes a brief cameo at the end of "Shroud of Darkness" in which he is brought to the Jedi temple on Lothal. In the season finale, Ahsoka duels with her former master inside a Sith Temple, allowing her friends to escape Vader and the temple's destruction. As the episode concludes, Vader escapes

title: Darth Vader

text: to the character, including General George Custer, the subject of the acrylic painting "Darth Custer" by Native American artist Bunky Echohawk. In 2005, Al Gore referred to Tele-Communications Inc.'s John C. Malone as the "Darth Vader of cable", and political strategist Lee Atwater was known by his political enemies as "the Darth Vader of the Republican Party". On June 22, 2006, US Vice President Dick Cheney referred to himself as the Darth Vader of the Bush administration. Discussing the administration's philosophy on gathering intelligence, he said to CNN's John King, "It means we need to be able to go after

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text: Wars Holiday Special", a television special broadcast by CBS in 1978, features a brief appearance by Darth Vader, who appears on-screen speaking with Imperial officer "Chief Bast" in footage cut from the original 1977 film. The sequence is dubbed with new dialogue, performed by James Earl Jones. In the story, Vader colludes with Boba Fett to entrap the Rebels. Darth Vader features in the 1981 radio drama adaptation of "Star Wars", voiced by the actor Brock Peters. Vader makes his first appearance on the planet Ralltiir, where he treats Princess Leia Organa with suspicion. In later extended scenes, he is

title: Darth Vader grotesque

text: head was sculpted by Jay Hall Carpenter and the stonecarver was Patrick J. Plunkett. The Darth Vader grotesque is difficult to see with the naked eye, and binoculars are generally needed to spot it. Darth Vader grotesque The Darth Vader grotesque is a limestone grotesque by Jay Hall Carpenter. It is located at the Washington National Cathedral, Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States. The Darth Vader grotesque is one of many grotesques that are part of the National Cathedral's rain control system. The grotesques deflect rainwater by bouncing it off the tops of their heads and away from the stone walls.

title: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

text: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader is a novel set in the non-canonical "Star Wars Legends" continuity, written by James Luceno, that was published by Del Rey on November 22, 2005. "Dark Lord" takes place in the immediate aftermath of the events in "", and focuses on Darth Vader and his rise to power in the newly inaugurated Galactic Empire. "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader" begins in the final hours of the Clone Wars, just before the implementation of Order 66 as depicted in "Revenge of the Sith". When a

title: Darth Vader grotesque

text: Darth Vader grotesque The Darth Vader grotesque is a limestone grotesque by Jay Hall Carpenter. It is located at the Washington National Cathedral, Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States. The Darth Vader grotesque is one of many grotesques that are part of the National Cathedral's rain control system. The grotesques deflect rainwater by bouncing it off the tops of their heads and away from the stone walls. In the 1980s, during the construction of the northwest tower, Christopher Rader won third-place in a "National Geographic World" magazine contest for children, with his drawing of "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader. The fierce

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text: Orson Welles to voice Vader (after dismissing using Prowse's own voice due to his English West Country accent, leading to the rest of the cast nicknaming him "Darth Farmer"). After deciding that Welles's voice would be too recognizable, he cast the lesser-known James Earl Jones instead. Jones initially felt his contributions to the films were too small to warrant recognition and his role was uncredited at his request until the release of "Return of the Jedi" (1983). When Jones was specifically asked if he had supplied Vader's voice for "Revenge of the Sith"—either newly or from a previous recording—Jones answered,

title: Darth Vader

text: to Vader and Palpatine, respectively, in a satirical article comparing politicians to various "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" characters. Many films and television series have paid homage to Darth Vader. The 1982 compilation movie "Cosmic Princess", compiled from parts of "" episodes, contains several "Star Wars" references including a character named "Vader". Marty McFly in "Back to the Future" (1985), dressed in a radiation suit, calls himself "Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan" to convince the past version of his father to ask his mother to a dance. Rick Moranis plays "Dark Helmet" in the "Star Wars" parody "Spaceballs" (1987).

title: Darth Vader

text: the satirical cartoon show "Lil' Bush", Dick Cheney's father is portrayed as being Darth Vader. At her presidential campaign event on September 19, 2007, Hillary Clinton also referred to Cheney as Darth Vader. At the 2008 Washington Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner, Cheney joked that his wife Lynne told him that the Vader comparison "humanizes" him. George Lucas told "The New York Times" columnist Maureen Dowd, however, that Cheney is more akin to Emperor Palpatine, and that a better stand-in for Vader would be George W. Bush. An issue of "Newsweek" referenced this quote, and compared Bush and Cheney

title: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

text: to wear the suit led Luceno to dedicate a substantial amount of the novel toward Vader's struggling with the discomfort of his new prosthetics and armor. Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader is a novel set in the non-canonical "Star Wars Legends" continuity, written by James Luceno, that was published by Del Rey on November 22, 2005. "Dark Lord" takes place in the immediate aftermath of the events in "", and focuses on Darth Vader and his rise to power in the newly inaugurated Galactic Empire. "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth

title: Darth Vader

text: with Vader. The original design of Darth Vader's costume did not originally include a helmet. The idea that Vader should wear a breathing apparatus was first proposed by concept artist Ralph McQuarrie during preproduction discussions for "Star Wars" with George Lucas in 1975. In an interview with "Star Wars Insider" Magazine, McQuarrie stated that Lucas's artistic direction was to portray a malevolent figure in a cape with Samurai armour. "For Darth Vader, George [Lucas] just said he would like to have a very tall, dark fluttering figure that had a spooky feeling like it came in on the wind." McQuarrie

title: Darth Vader

text: and several buildings across the globe are regularly compared to him. A grotesque of Darth Vader looms over the east face of the Washington National Cathedral's northwest tower. During the 2007–08 NHL season, Ottawa Senators goaltender Martin Gerber performed so well in an all-black mask that fans endearingly termed him "Darth Gerber". In 2015, a statue of Vladimir Lenin in Odessa, Ukraine, was converted into one of Darth Vader due to a law on decommunization. Many commentators and comedians have also evoked his visage to satirize politicians and other public figures, and several American political figures have been unflatteringly compared

title: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

text: Grand Moff Tarkin are also shown. Luceno devotes much of "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader" to the internal conflict that Darth Vader undergoes as he tries to shed his former identity of Anakin Skywalker and relearn to master the Force. Palpatine intends for these early missions that he sends Vader on to be as much about learning what it means to be a Sith as they are about consolidating the rule of the nascent Empire. The final chapters of "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader" depict the beginning of the Imperial enslavement of the Wookiees of Kashyyyk,

title: The Glove of Darth Vader

text: destroy him. The Glove of Darth Vader The Glove of Darth Vader is a "Star Wars" novel for young readers released in June 1992 as first book of the "Jedi Prince" series by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids. It is directly preceded within the chronology of the Star Wars expanded universe by "The Truce at Bakura" and is followed in the Jedi Prince series by "The Lost City of the Jedi". After the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of the Emperor, the Empire is left without a true leader. The Supreme Prophet Kadann prophesied that the

title: The Glove of Darth Vader

text: The Glove of Darth Vader The Glove of Darth Vader is a "Star Wars" novel for young readers released in June 1992 as first book of the "Jedi Prince" series by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids. It is directly preceded within the chronology of the Star Wars expanded universe by "The Truce at Bakura" and is followed in the Jedi Prince series by "The Lost City of the Jedi". After the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of the Emperor, the Empire is left without a true leader. The Supreme Prophet Kadann prophesied that the next leader

title: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

text: wants to forget forever. It is revealed that the general public of the galaxy believes that Anakin Skywalker perished in the attack on the Jedi Temple (which Skywalker led as Darth Vader). The novel received largely positive reviews among the "Star Wars" fan communities, and was described as a successful narration of Vader's emotions and perspectives. Luceno told the magazine "Star Wars Insider" about a discussion he had with Ryan Kaufman, formerly of LucasArts, who had worn a Darth Vader costume during the production of a number of LucasArts "Star Wars" video games. Kaufman's description of what it was like

title: Matt Sloan (voice actor)

text: called "Welcome to the Basement" with his friend Craig Johnson. Furthermore, he leads regularly with his friend Aaron Yonda in the web series "Beer and Board Games". As a voice actor, Sloan played Darth Vader in "Soulcalibur IV". Sloan went on to reprise his role as the voice of Darth Vader in the LucasArts video games "", and "". He also appeared as the voice of Darth Vader during an episode of "Deal or No Deal". Sloan also played Vader for the comedy short promoting TomTom devices. He returned as Vader for "". In 2012, Sloan voiced Darth Vader in

title: Darth Vader

text: Universe material. Darth Vader first appears in "Star Wars" (later retitled as "A New Hope") as a ruthless villain serving the Galactic Empire. He is tasked, along with Imperial Governor Grand Moff Tarkin, with recovering the secret technical plans for the Death Star, which were stolen by the Rebel Alliance. Vader captures and tortures Princess Leia Organa, who has hidden the plans inside the droid R2-D2 and sent it to find Vader's former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi on the planet Tatooine. During Leia's rescue, Vader kills Obi-Wan in a lightsaber duel. Having placed a tracking device aboard the "Millennium Falcon",

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text: save Padmé from dying. Anakin reports Palpatine's treachery to Jedi Master Mace Windu, who subdues him. Desperate to save Padmé, Anakin intervenes on the Palpatine's behalf, allowing him to kill Windu. Anakin pledges himself to the dark side and becomes Palpatine's new Sith apprentice, Darth Vader. Vader leads a band of clones to murder everyone at the Jedi Temple before he kills the remaining Separatist leaders hiding on the volcanic planet Mustafar. Padmé travels to Mustafar and implores Vader to abandon the dark side, but he refuses and asks her to help overthrow Palpatine so they can rule the galaxy

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text: series of tongue-in-cheek children's books by Jeffrey Brown. In Brown's series, a hapless Vader sets out to be a father to a young Luke and Leia, with some scenes portraying light-hearted versions of their darker film counterparts (for example, one scene shows Vader, Luke and Leia at the carbonite freezing chamber on Bespin, with Vader pronouncing the freezer adequate for making ice cream). Vader appears in several comic books such as Dark Horse Comics' "Star Wars Tales" and Marvel Comics' "Star Wars" (1977–1986) series. Anakin Skywalker is a major character in Dark Horse's "" series (1998–2006). Darth Vader and Anakin

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text: of StarWars.com held an interview with Soule, who described the story as "pretty unexplored territory." A second series, "Darth Vader" (2017), is also written by Charles Soule. It begins moments after Vader wakes up for the first time in his black suit at the end of the film "". The series will focus on exploring the title character's emotional transformation upon learning of Padme's death, his adjustment to his mechanical suit, how he creates his red lightsaber, and how he hunts Jedi in the Inquisitor program shown in the animated series "Star Wars Rebels". "" was one of the first

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text: noted that the script indicated that Vader would travel between spaceships and needed to survive in the vacuum of space, and he proposed that Vader should wear some sort of space suit. Lucas agreed, and McQuarrie combined a full-face breathing mask with a Samurai helmet, thus creating one of the most iconic designs of space fantasy cinema. McQuarrie's of Darth Vader engaged in a lightsaber duel with Deak Starkiller (a character prototype for Luke Skywalker) depicts Vader wearing black armour, a flowing cape and an elongated, skull-like mask and helmet. Its similarity to the final design of Vader's costume demonstrates

title: Darth Vader

text: been voiced by Mat Lucas for the 2003 micro-series "", and by Matt Lanter in the CGI animated film "", the and for Anakin's cameos in "Star Wars Rebels". For Vader's appearances in the "Star Wars Rebels" animated series, James Earl Jones has reprised the voice role. Both Lanter and Jones contributed their voices for the second-season finale of "Rebels", at times with identical dialogue spoken by both actors blended together in different ways. Darth Vader appears in seven of the live-action "Star Wars" films, "" animated film and . He also has a recurring role in "Star Wars" Expanded

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text: into his relationship with Obi-Wan and depict how their relationship matured. Ahsoka and Anakin's relationship was seen as an essential story arc spanning both the animated film and "Clone Wars" television series. Filoni began thinking about the final confrontation between Ahsoka and Vader ever since he created the former; different iterations had different endings, including one in which Vader kills Ahsoka just as she slashes open his helmet to reveal Vader's scarred face. Ahsoka's presence in "Star Wars Rebels" was necessary to allow Darth Vader to encounter the show's lead characters without the latter being "destroyed"; Ahsoka can "stand toe-to-toe"

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text: reborn as Vader. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan hid Luke on Tatooine while the Galactic Republic became the tyrannical Galactic Empire and Vader systematically hunted down and killed the Jedi. This change in character would provide a springboard to the "tragedy of Darth Vader" storyline that underlies the prequel trilogy. After deciding to create the prequel trilogy, Lucas indicated the series would be a tragic one depicting Anakin's fall to the dark side. He also saw that the prequels could form the beginning of one long story that started with Anakin's childhood and ended with his death. This was the final step towards

title: Darth Vader

text: plans to eventually overthrow Palpatine and that he betrayed the Jedi because he resented their supposed failure to recognize his power. In the "Dark Nest" trilogy (2005), Luke and Leia uncover old recordings of their parents in R2-D2's memory drive; for the first time, they see their own birth and their mother's death, as well as their father's corruption to the dark side. In "Bloodlines" (2006), Han and Leia's son Jacen – who has himself turned to the dark side – uses the Force to "watch" Darth Vader slaughter the children at the Jedi Temple. Vader also appears in a

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text: heard interrogating and torturing Leia on board his Star Destroyer and aboard the Death Star. Vader appears in "Star Tours – The Adventures Continue", where he is voiced by Jones. Vader is featured as a combatant in the popular series "Death Battle", in which he is pitted against Marvel Comics villain Doctor Doom. In "Attack of the Clones", Anakin Skywalker feels "smothered" by Obi-Wan Kenobi and is incapable of controlling his own life. By "Revenge of the Sith", however, his "father-son" friction with his master has matured into a more equal, brotherly relationship. Once he becomes Darth Vader, each evil

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text: a three part series of episodes of the YouTube series Epic Rap Battles of History has Darth Vader facing off against Adolf Hitler. Psychiatrists have considered Vader to be a useful example for explaining borderline personality disorder to medical students. Anakin's origin story in "The Phantom Menace" has been compared to signifiers of African American racial identity, and his dissatisfaction with his life has been compared to Siddartha's before he became Gautama Buddha. A Mexican church advised Christians against seeing "The Phantom Menace" because it portrays Anakin as a Christ figure. The slime-mold beetle "Agathidium vaderi" is named after Vader,

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text: control and sees a cryptic vision of his future as Darth Vader. In the season finale, Anakin and Obi-Wan go on a mission to rescue Palpatine from General Grievous, leading to the opening of "Revenge of the Sith". Series creator and director Genndy Tartakovsky admitted that he was bothered that Lucasfilm declared "Clone Wars" non-canon, but said that he was proud of what he did and how much the microseries and the characters influenced later works. Vader is featured prominently in novels set in the "Star Wars" universe. In the 1978 novel "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" by Alan Dean

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text: four canon novels to be released in 2014 and 2015. In "Lords of the Sith", Vader and Palpatine find themselves hunted by revolutionaries on the Twi'lek planet Ryloth. In the 2015 "Star Wars" Celebration, it was announced David S. Goyer is helping to develop a virtual reality game based on Darth Vader. It is said that the audience as "visitor" will be able to walk, pick up, push and open things, and might even have some effect in the story. In April 2014, most of the licensed "Star Wars" novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film "Star Wars"

title: Darth Vader

text: tall, grim general "Darth Vader" was already close in line with his final depiction, and the protagonist "Anikin Starkiller" had a role similar to Luke Skywalker's as the 16-year-old son of a respected warrior. After the success of the original "Star Wars" (1977), series creator George Lucas hired science fiction author Leigh Brackett to write the sequel with him. They held story conferences and, by late November 1977, Lucas had produced a handwritten treatment. The treatment is similar to the final film, except that Vader does not reveal he is Luke's father. In the first draft that Brackett would write

title: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

text: an act that will eventually lead to the partnership between Han Solo and Chewbacca. The novel ends with Obi-Wan Kenobi learning of Vader's survival after their duel on Mustafar (depicted in "Revenge of the Sith"). Fearing for safety of the infant Luke Skywalker whom he is watching over, he communes with the spirit of his late master Qui-Gon Jinn, who tells him that Luke will grow to confront his father when the time is right and that Darth Vader will never return to Tatooine; as Qui-Gon explains, the planet is the whole of everything that was Anakin Skywalker, someone Vader

title: Darth Vader

text: is dismembered, Vader is transformed into a cyborg. He then serves the Galactic Empire as Darth Vader until he redeems himself by saving his son, Luke Skywalker, and killing Palpatine, sacrificing his own life in the process. He is also the father of Princess Leia Organa, the secret husband of Padmé Amidala, and grandfather of Kylo Ren, the main villain of the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy. The character has been portrayed by numerous actors. His cinematic appearances span the first six "Star Wars" films, as well as "Rogue One", and his character is referenced in both "" and "". He

title: Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager

text: Sloan, and this led to him becoming the new voice actor for Darth Vader. His voice appears in the games "", "Soulcalibur IV", and "". It is also noted that in "", if the player kills 12 Stormtroopers as Darth Vader during the introduction sequence, they will receive an achievement called "Worst Day Shift Manager Ever". The first episode of Season 2 was released on the internet on February 1, 2009 and subsequent episodes have been periodically released. Season 3 started being released on the internet from early 2010. It started being broadcast on Blip since April 2010. The series

title: Darth Vader

text: and "Unexpected Company", voiced again by Matt Lanter. In 2015, Marvel released a 25-issue series called "Darth Vader" (2015), which focused on the title character in the aftermath of the destruction of the Death Star, as well as his life after learning about the existence of his son. The series happens parallel to the comic book series "Star Wars" (2015) and has a cross-over titled "Vader Down". The five-issue mini-series "Obi-Wan & Anakin", written by Charles Soule, depicts the lives of both Jedi between "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones". At New York Comic Con 2015, Dan Brooks

title: The Glove of Darth Vader

text: of the Empire would wear the indestructible right hand Glove of Darth Vader, so Imperial senator Timothy Barclay sends Captain Dunwell to find the glove. The Rebel Alliance and the Senate's Planetary Intelligence Network known as SPIN, hoping to find information on the new emperor, send C-3PO and R2-D2 disguised to the planet Kessel. There they discover Grand Moff Hissa introducing Trioculus, who claims to be Palpatine's son, as the heir to Empire. Although he manages to trick his followers by seemingly producing Force lightning, he demands that his advisors find the glove so he can cement his power. After

title: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (video game)

text: his voice in the game's and the 2008 "Clone Wars" series. Terrence C. Carson voices Mace Windu and Nick Jameson voices Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious. Scott Lawrence, best known for his role as United States Naval JAG lawyer Cmdr. Sturgis Turner on the CBS series "JAG" provides the voice for Darth Vader. Yoda and Cin Drallig are both voiced by Tom Kane, who also provides additional voices. Finally, Serra Keto is voiced by Kari Wahlgren. The game received average to mixed reviews upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 71.85% and 73 out of 100 for the DS

title: Darth Vader

text: also appears in numerous iterations of the "Star Wars" Expanded Universe including television series (most substantially ""), video games, novels, literature and comic books. Darth Vader has become one of the most iconic villains in popular culture, and has been listed among the greatest villains and fictional characters ever. The American Film Institute listed him as the third greatest movie villain in cinema history on "100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains", behind Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates. His role as a tragic hero in the prequel trilogy was met with mixed reviews. In the first draft of "The Star Wars",

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text: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office under Trademark #77419252 and is officially described in the documentation as ""The sound of rhythmic mechanical human breathing created by breathing through a scuba tank regulator."" Commentators have often pointed to the influence of Akira Kurosawa's films such as "The Hidden Fortress" (1958) on George Lucas, and Vader's Samurai-inspired costume design is held up as a significant example of the Japanese influences on "Star Wars". Darth Vader was portrayed by bodybuilder David Prowse in the original film trilogy, and by stunt performer Bob Anderson during the character's intense lightsaber fight scenes. Lucas originally intended for

title: Darth Vader

text: from the temple's ruins. Filoni said that it was "an elected decision" not to feature Vader for the third season. Vader makes a final voiceless cameo in the late fourth-season episode “A World Between Worlds”, as Ezra looks back in time to see the conclusion of his duel with Ahsoka before rescuing her from him. Shortly afterward, quotes from Vader are heard echoing in the void after Ezra says his name. Anakin Skywalker is a recurring character in the 2D animated web series "Star Wars: Forces of Destiny". He appears in the episodes "The Padawan Path", "Teach You, I Will"

title: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

text: in their duel is mostly the speed at which it was filmed, although there are instances where single frames were removed to increase the velocity of particular strikes. An example of this occurs as Obi-Wan strikes down on Vader after applying an armlock in the duel's first half. "Revenge of the Sith" eventually became the first "Star Wars" film in which Anakin Skywalker and the suited Darth Vader were played by the same actor in the same film. As Christensen recounted, it was originally intended to simply have a "tall guy" in the Darth Vader costume, but after "begging and

text: defeats the exhausted Jedi master by stabbing him and kicking him out of the window. Palpatine then takes Anakin under his wing; Anakin becomes the Sith lord Darth Vader and is ordered by Palpatine to wipe out all of the Jedi in the Jedi Temple. Darth Vader and an army of clone troopers make their way to the Temple, where after he kills librarian Jocasta Nu. Vader attacks the Jedi and the massacre begins. Vader finds and engages Serra Keto in battle, and ultimately prevails when she is crushed by a falling statue. He is then confronted by Keto's master,

title: Darth Maul

text: based on samurai pleats, because the lightsaber battles involved much jumping, spinning, running, and rolling. Another concept had Maul a masked figure, something that could rival Darth Vader, while the senatorial characters would sport painted and tattooed faces. It was later decided to apply the painted and tattooed faces to Maul rather than the senator. Darth Maul was physically portrayed by actor and martial artist Ray Park in "The Phantom Menace". The character was voiced by comedian/voice actor/director Peter Serafinowicz in "The Phantom Menace" and ; while Samuel Witwer performed the character's voice in the animated series "The Clone Wars",

title: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

text: contingent of clone troopers on the planet Murkhana refuses to open fire on Jedi Masters Roan Shryne and Bol Chatak, along with Padawan Olee Starstone, the Jedi with whom it has fought alongside during the war, Emperor Palpatine orders Vader to investigate the matter. Vader's query soon becomes a hunt for the fugitive Jedi, and takes him back to Coruscant, and from there on to Alderaan and Kashyyyk. During the course of Vader's search the whereabouts of several characters from "Episode III", including Bail Organa, R2-D2 and C-3PO, Chewbacca, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, are revealed. The beginnings of Vader's partnership with

text: provides the uncredited voice of Darth Vader; when specifically asked if he had supplied the voice—either newly or from a previous recording—Jones answered, "You'd have to ask Lucas about that. I don't know". Director and "Star Wars" creator George Lucas has a cameo as Baron Papanoida, a blue-faced alien in attendance at the Coruscant Opera House. Lucas' son Jett portrays a young Jedi-in-training named Zett Jukassa. Lucas' daughter Amanda appears as a character called Terr Taneel, seen in the security hologram; while his other daughter Katie plays a blue-skinned Pantoran named Chi Eekway, visible when Palpatine arrives at the Senate

title: Darth Vader

text: Skywalker appear in a variety of video games such as the "Lego Star Wars" series and the "" series. Vader plays a central role in "" (2008). He is a playable character in the first level of the game, where he and his armies invade Kashyyyk to hunt down a Jedi who had survived the Order's destruction. Vader kills the Jedi and kidnaps the man's young Force-sensitive son, whom he raises as his secret apprentice, Starkiller. Vader sends Starkiller on various missions throughout the galaxy, with an ultimate goal to assassinate Palpatine so that Vader can rule the galaxy himself.

title: Darth Vader

text: Foster, Vader meets Luke Skywalker for the first time and engages him in a lightsaber duel that ends with Luke cutting off Vader's arm and Vader falling into a deep pit. (In 1999's "Vader's Quest", however, Vader encounters Luke for the first time after hiring a bounty hunter to find the pilot who destroyed the Death Star.) "" (1996) reveals that Vader is conflicted about trying to turn his son to the dark side of the Force, and knows deep down that there is still some good in him. Anakin Skywalker's redeemed spirit appears in "The Truce at Bakura" (1993),

title: Changes in Star Wars re-releases

text: with the pit, lessening fear during Luke's scene in the pit. At the climax of "Return of the Jedi", the Emperor tortures Luke with Force lightning, prompting Darth Vader to throw the Emperor down a chasm and kill him. In the theatrical release and earlier home video releases, Darth Vader watches and acts in silence. The 2011 Blu-ray release adds Darth Vader muttering "No" and then yelling a drawn-out "No!", creating a parallel with his similar cry at the end of "Episode III – Revenge of the Sith". This addition was described as unnecessary and sounding terrible, and it was

title: Darth Vader

text: also alluded to in "Toy Story 2", which also introduces Emperor Zurg (a parody of Vader) to the Disney media franchise. The character of Dark Mayhem in "The Thundermans" is also a parody of Vader, especially in his original depiction, while his later appearances changed the character to a comical supervillain usually working with incompetent henchmen. The "Final Fantasy IV" character Golbez, who spent most of the game as the main antagonist, was stated by Takashi Tokita to be based on Vader, with his following a similar character arc. The character has gained much positive reception as a classic film

title: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (novel)

text: In the movie, however, the part where Obi-Wan disarms Anakin is omitted (so claims Lucas), and Obi-Wan releases himself by kicking Anakin in the back. The novel is more explicit than the film in describing Anakin/Vader's emotional transformation after learning of Padmé's death. It reveals that he blames himself, and realizes that "Darth Vader" - the fearless warrior he imagined himself to be - does not really exist. Only he - "Anakin Skywalker" - is responsible for her death and his own fall from grace. The narrative also describes how it feels to be Darth Vader: robbed of much of

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text: endears her to her master, and, by the end of the film, Anakin reveals a newfound affection for his apprentice. Vader appears in the first anthology film "Rogue One", played by Spencer Wilding and Daniel Naprous, with James Earl Jones once again voicing the character. In this film, Vader meets with Imperial weapons engineer Orson Krennic, who asks him for an audience with the Emperor regarding the Death Star which Krennic lost command of to Tarkin. Vader refuses, however, and uses the Force to choke him as a way of putting him in his place and orders him to ensure

title: Darth Vader

text: escapes through an air shaft. Vader telepathically tells Luke that it is his destiny to join the dark side. In "Return of the Jedi", Vader and the Emperor are supervising the second Death Star's construction. Unknown to Vader, the Emperor intends to replace him with Luke as his apprentice. Thinking that there is still good in his father, Luke surrenders to Vader and unsuccessfully tries to convince him to turn from the dark side. Vader takes Luke to the Death Star to meet the Emperor. While there, Palpatine tempts Luke to give in to his anger, which leads to Vader

title: Darth Vader

text: dueling with Luke once again. Realizing that Leia is Luke's twin sister, Vader threatens to turn her to the dark side if Luke will not submit. Furious, Luke overpowers Vader and severs his father's robotic hand. The Emperor entreats Luke to kill Vader and take his place. Luke refuses, however, and the Emperor tortures him with Force lightning. Unwilling to let his son die, Vader throws the Emperor down a reactor chute to his death, but Vader is mortally electrocuted in the process. At his last request, Luke removes the redeemed Anakin's mask. As he dies peacefully in Luke's arms,

text: him Darth Vader. As the Supreme Chancellor, Palpatine issues Order 66, causing the clone troopers to turn on the Jedi. Vader kills the remaining Jedi in the temple, then travels to the volcanic planet of Mustafar to slaughter the Separatist leaders—ending the war. Palpatine declares himself Emperor before the Galactic Senate, transforming the Republic into the Galactic Empire. Having survived the chaos, Obi-Wan and Yoda return to Coruscant and learn of Anakin's betrayal. Padmé goes to Mustafar and implores Anakin to return to the light side. Vader sees Obi-Wan on Padmé's ship, and thinking they have conspired to kill him,

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text: together. Upon witnessing Obi-Wan present, Vader furiously chokes Padmé into unconsciousness, thinking that she brought Obi-Wan to kill him. Obi-Wan duels and defeats Vader, severing his arm and both of his legs, and leaves him at the bank of a lava river, where he is horribly burned. Palpatine later finds Vader and takes him back to Coruscant, where his apprentice's mutilated body is covered in the black armored suit first depicted in the original trilogy. Palpatine explains to Vader that he himself killed Padmé in his rage, devastating him and leaving him in pain. At the end of the film,

title: Darth Vader

text: be turned to the dark side of the Force. Vader hires a group of bounty hunters to follow Luke's friends, and negotiates with Bespin administrator Lando Calrissian to set a trap for them so that Luke will follow them. After Han, Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO arrive, Vader tortures Han, freezes him in carbonite and gives him to bounty hunter Boba Fett. When Luke arrives, Vader defeats Luke in a lightsaber duel, severing his opponent's hand. Vader reveals that he is Luke's father, and asks Luke to help him overthrow the Emperor so they can rule the galaxy together. Horrified, Luke

title: Chef (South Park)

text: Star Wars' "Darth Vader). He is fitted with a suit and mask like those of Vader, except with the helmet taking on the appearance of Chef's trademark hat, and wields a red, glowing spatula, parodying Vader's red lightsaber. Darth Chef's voice was provided by British comedian and filmmaker Peter Serafinowicz, who voiced Darth Maul in "". Darth Chef has not made an appearance in subsequent episodes, but has appeared with other characters in the background of the "South Park" opening sequence, and is mentioned in the episode "Stunning and Brave", when PC Principal says the kids drove him to kill

title: Darth Vader

text: Vader is able to track down the Rebels' base on the planet Yavin IV. During the Rebels' attack on the Death Star, Vader in his TIE fighter attempts to shoot down Luke Skywalker's X-wing fighter, but Han Solo intervenes and sends Vader's ship spiraling off course, allowing Luke to destroy the Death Star. In "The Empire Strikes Back", Vader becomes obsessed with finding Luke and leads the Imperial attack on the Rebel base on Hoth, but the Rebels escape. While conversing with Emperor Palpatine via hologram, Vader convinces him that Luke would be valuable to the Empire if he could

text: of the Jedi". Anakin's decision to save Palpatine over Master Windu parallels the decision he would eventually make as Darth Vader to save Luke from Palpatine in "Return of the Jedi." The film's novelization was written by Matthew Stover. It includes much more dialogue than the film, including: a conversation between Count Dooku and Darth Sidious, where the reader learns Palpatine lied to Dooku about what the Empire would truly be; a conversation between Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi where Obi-Wan expresses self-doubt about whether he is the right Jedi to battle General Grievous; and a conversation between Anakin and

title: Darth Vader

text: Toward the end of the game, however, it is revealed that Vader isn't planning to overthrow Palpatine at all; he is merely using his apprentice to expose the Empire's enemies. At the game's climax, the player chooses between attacking Palpatine to help his Rebel friends escape the Death Star or killing Vader to become the Emperor's new apprentice. He also appears in the sequel "" as the final boss. He, Starkiller and Yoda serve as guest characters for "Soulcalibur IV" (2008), with Vader available for the PlayStation 3 edition and downloadable content for the Xbox 360 edition. In the "Star

text: blaster bolts manually by pressing a button, while well-timed presses can allow the player to deflect them straight back. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game feature a multiplayer duel mode, in which two players face off against each other in a lightsaber battle. Players can choose Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Count Dooku, General Grievous, Mace Windu, Cin Drallig or Serra Keto. Darth Vader and "Ben Kenobi", circa "Episode IV", can also be unlocked. Each battle can be won with the best of one, three or five rounds, depending on the options chosen. In addition, all characters have

text: spoken by Palpatine, who also orders his personal entourage/bodyguards to "Leave us" at important moments in both films. Both films feature lightsaber duels before Palpatine with similar imagery and dialog; Palpatine's tacit encouragement of Anakin's hate and anger is analogous to Darth Vader attempts to play on Luke's fear of loss by taunting him with threats against Leia. In Vader's earlier identity as Anakin, his own fear of the loss of Padmé is what draws him to the dark side. Prior to settling on the Ewoks as the main helpers, the Wookiee race was originally planned to be in "Return

title: Darth Vader

text: the Death Star project has not been compromised. At the end of the film, Vader boards the disabled Rebel flagship "Profundity" with a cadre of Imperial stormtroopers and kills several Rebel soldiers as he attempts to recover the plans. However, the Alderaanian blockade runner "Tantive IV" (which was docked with the "Profundity") escapes with the plans, setting the stage for the events of "A New Hope". Prior to the hallway scene being filmed, during the finale for "Rogue One" it was planned that Orson Krennic would survive the Death Star's assault on Scarif and Vader would then murder him for

title: Darth Vader

text: misquoted as "Luke, I am your father"), – is one of the most well known quotes in cinema history. The line was selected as one of the 400 nominees for the American Film Institute's "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes", a list of the greatest American movie quotes. Vader received the Ultimate Villain recognition at the 2011 Scream Awards. In 2009, Vader (or, more precisely, a reproduction of him conserved at the Smithsonian Institution) had a brief cameo in "", as he, along with an Oscar the Grouch prop replica, tries to join the army formed by (the reproductions of) Ivan

title: Vader (band)

text: that they managed to release their debut album "The Ultimate Incantation" (1992). The band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the "Star Wars" film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft, World War II, and horror. According to "Billboard" magazine, by 2002 Vader sold approximately 500,000 releases around the world. Vader was formed in 1983, the same year as the very first death metal pioneers Possessed and Death. However, at this time Vader was a heavy/speed metal band, later evolving into thrash metal and then finally death metal for the band's first demo, "Live in Decay", in

title: Matt Sloan (voice actor)

text: Matt Sloan (voice actor) Matthew Paul Sloan, (born March 24, 1973) is an American director, playwright, voice actor and comedian from Madison, Wisconsin. He and his friend Aaron Yonda are notable as the co-creators of the web series "", in which he voices the title character. Additionally, he appears in season one as the main antagonist, and has a minor appearance in the first few episodes of the second series as said antagonist's father. Since "Chad Vader", he has gone on to voice Darth Vader in various "Star Wars" media. He hosts a movie reviewing and discussion show on YouTube

title: The Art of Star Wars

text: artwork of Doug Chiang features heavily in these books. Extracts from the "Episode I" book were published in a 48-page booklet accompanying a US "collectors' edition" videotape of "The Phantom Menace" in 2000. "The Art of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", published in 2005, features a foreword by director George Lucas, and presents the early concept art for significant scenes in "Episode III", in particular the final lightsaber duel of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker on the hellish lava planet of Mustafar, and the medical chamber where Darth Vader is dressed in his trademark armour. Following

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text: films, the Expanded Universe grew to include novels about Vader's former life as Anakin Skywalker. Greg Bear's 2000 novel "Rogue Planet" and Jude Watson's "Jedi Apprentice" and "Jedi Quest" series chronicle Anakin's early missions with Obi-Wan, while James Luceno's 2005 novel "Labyrinth of Evil", set during the Clone Wars, depicts Anakin battling Separatist commander General Grievous. In Luceno's "" (2005), set a few months after the events of "Revenge of the Sith", Vader disavows his identity as Anakin Skywalker as he systematically pursues and kills the surviving Jedi and cements his position in the Empire. The novel reveals that Vader

title: Darth Maul

text: Ezra's master Kanan Jarrus and former Jedi Ahsoka Tano locked in battle with the Eighth Brother. They also find the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister, who have been pursuing the Rebels for some time. Maul – having cast aside the title of Darth – then reveals a new lightsaber disguised as a walking stick and joins the Jedi in battling their enemies. After the Inquisitors retreat, Maul wins the Jedi's trust by denouncing the Sith, and tells them that he cannot defeat Darth Vader on his own. Working together, he and the Jedi ascend towards the top of the

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text: for permission to train Anakin, but they sense fear in the boy and refuse. Eventually, Anakin helps thwart the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo by destroying their command ship. After Qui-Gon is killed in a lightsaber duel with Sith Lord Darth Maul, Obi-Wan promises to train Anakin, with the Council's reluctant approval. Palpatine, newly elected as the Galactic Republic’s Chancellor, later befriends Anakin and tells him that he will watch the boy's career "with great interest". Anakin is Obi-Wan's Padawan apprentice in "", which takes place 10 years after "The Phantom Menace". Having rescued Padmé, who is now a senator,

title: Darth Vader

text: and Obi-Wan lead a mission to rescue Palpatine from Separatist commander General Grievous on board his starship. The two Jedi battle Count Dooku, whom Anakin eventually executes on Palpatine's command. They rescue Palpatine and return to Coruscant. Anakin reunites with Padmé, who tells him she is pregnant. Although initially excited, Anakin has prophetic visions of Padmé dying in childbirth and his worry steadily grows, as they are similar to the visions he had of his mother before she died. Later, Palpatine reveals to Anakin that he is the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, saying that only he has the knowledge to

title: Darth Maul

text: "Rebels", and in the live action movie "". Actors Gregg Berger, Jess Harnell, Stephen Stanton, Clint Bajakian, and David W. Collins have all voiced him in "Legends" adaptations and minor appearances. Introduced in "", Darth Maul is ordered by his new master Darth Sidious to capture Queen Padmé Amidala. On Tatooine, Maul fights Qui-Gon Jinn while approaching the Queen's starship. While the future Darth Vader gets on board, Qui-Gon engages Maul in a lightsaber duel, but the Jedi Master escapes. Eventually, Maul fights Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Kenobi simultaneously. Maul duels Qui-Gon and eventually kills him. Although Obi-Wan is almost knocked

text: error would later be popularized as an internet meme. In 2016, YouTube user GratefulDeadpool uploaded a fan edit of "Revenge of the Sith" in which the cast's voices were dubbed by other actors to match the bootleg subtitles. "Revenge of the Sith" is the first "Star Wars" film to receive a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), officially for "sci-fi violence and some intense images", namely for the scene in which Darth Vader is set aflame by lava and molten rock. Lucas had stated months before the MPAA's decision that he felt the film should receive

title: Darth Maul

text: Sith. As portrayed in the novel "", Maul was raised by Sidious for as long as he can remember. He then trains Maul as a Sith, marking his body with Sith tattoos. Maul initially goes on several missions of terror for his master, killing politicians, crime bosses, merchants and warlords. Several sources depict Maul returning from the dead in several different forms. The story "Resurrection" from "Star Wars Tales 9" depicts a cult creating a duplicate of Maul as a replacement for Darth Vader, only for Vader to kill him. The story "Phantom Menaces" in "Star Wars Tales" #17 (set

title: Darth Vader

text: that it is unlikely that the plot point had ever seriously been considered or even conceived of before 1978, and that the first film was clearly operating under an alternate storyline where Vader was a separate character from Luke's father. After writing the second and third drafts in which the plot point was introduced, Lucas reviewed the new backstory he had created: Anakin had been Obi-Wan Kenobi's brilliant student and had a child named Luke, but was swayed to the dark side by Palpatine. Anakin battled Obi-Wan on the site of a volcano and was badly wounded, but was then

title: Xenosaga Episode III

text: western release, all scenes where blood was visible were censored: the blood was removed, but all other elements remained unchanged, resulting in visual and audio inconsistencies. The game released in Japan on July 6, 2006 by Namco; in North America, the game released on August 29 of that year by Namco Bandai Games. The game was localized for the West by Namco Bandai and 8-4; "Xenosaga Episode III" was one of 8-4's earliest projects. English dubbing was handled by Cup of Tea Productions, who had previously worked on "Episode II". Several original voice actors from "Episode I", including KOS-MOS's original

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: Law states "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one". From this is derived an additional formulation, also encountered online, which states "The first person to mention the Third Reich automatically loses the argument". In 2010, Hitler has been portrayed by EpicLLOYD in the second episode of YouTube series "Epic Rap Battles of History", "Darth Vader vs. Hitler", where he faces Darth Vader (portrayed by co-creator Nice Peter) in a rap battle. This episode became the series most popular episode and it successfully lead to the popularity of the series creators

title: Darth Vader

text: Vader tells him that there was still good in him after all. Luke escapes the Death Star with his father's body, and cremates it in a pyre. Anakin's spirit reunites with those of Obi-Wan and Yoda to watch over Luke and his friends as the Rebels celebrate the Death Star's destruction and the fall of the Empire. Anakin first appears in the prequel trilogy in "", which takes place 32 years before the original "Star Wars", as a nine-year-old slave living on the planet Tatooine with his mother Shmi. Anakin was conceived without a father and he can foresee the

title: Darth Vader

text: that McQuarrie's earliest conception of Vader was so successful that very little needed to be changed for production. Working from McQuarrie's designs, the costume designer John Mollo devised a costume that could be worn by an actor on-screen using a combination of clerical robes, a motorcycle suit, a German military helmet and a gas mask. The prop sculptor Brian Muir created the helmet and armour used in the film. The sound of the respirator function of Vader's mask was created by Ben Burtt using modified recordings of scuba breathing apparatus used by divers. The sound effect is trademarked in the

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text: from this, Luke's father appears as a ghost to instruct Luke. Lucas was disappointed with the script, but Brackett died of cancer before he could discuss it with her. With no writer available, Lucas had to write the next draft himself. In this draft, he made use of a new plot twist: Vader claiming to be Luke's father. According to Lucas, he found this draft enjoyable to write, as opposed to the year-long struggles writing the first film. The new plot element of Luke's parentage had drastic effects on the series. Author Michael Kaminski claims and argues in his book

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text: in a 2010 letter to the editor of the journal "Psychiatry Research". Bui says he found Anakin Skywalker a useful example to explain BPD to medical students. In particular, Bui points to Anakin's abandonment issues and uncertainty over his identity. Anakin's mass murders of the Tusken Raiders in "Attack of the Clones" and the young Jedi in "Revenge of the Sith" count as two dissociative episodes, fulfilling another criterion. Bui hoped his paper would help raise awareness of the disorder, especially among teens. Darth Vader's iconic status has made the character a synonym for evil in popular culture. For example,

text: the order by name. Only the scene in which Obi-Wan is attacked by clone troopers is the same as seen in the movie. Yoda's escape is not featured; he appears next when he meets Obi-Wan on "Tantive IV". When Anakin, newly renamed Darth Vader, arrives in the Jedi Temple with the clone troopers, the narration describes how he murders the Jedi inside, including the gatemaster Jurokk. In the film, the scene cuts away after he ignites his lightsaber in front of a youngling; the murders are implied. Stover describes the Clone Wars as "the perfect Jedi trap". This is the

title: Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline

text: Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline is a fan film that made its debut on the Internet on April 16, 2002, created by fans of the "Star Wars" franchise. It is a spoof of "Star Wars" and Miss Cleo-type psychic hotline infomercials, with Darth Vader taking calls and giving advice to various "Star Wars" characters. While the film primarily spoofs the "Star Wars" universe in the format of an infomercial, there are several other notable targets, including subtle references to "Star Trek", "Babylon 5", "Back to the Future", "Red Dwarf", "Battlestar Galactica", and "Close Encounters of the Third

title: Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline

text: 2002 Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards. Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline is a fan film that made its debut on the Internet on April 16, 2002, created by fans of the "Star Wars" franchise. It is a spoof of "Star Wars" and Miss Cleo-type psychic hotline infomercials, with Darth Vader taking calls and giving advice to various "Star Wars" characters. While the film primarily spoofs the "Star Wars" universe in the format of an infomercial, there are several other notable targets, including subtle references to "Star Trek", "Babylon 5", "Back to the Future", "Red Dwarf", "Battlestar

text: the single player campaign, bonus scenarios can be unlocked. Each scenario features a different character; the MagnaGuard, General Grievous, Yoda, Anakin and Darth Vader. In addition, there are four cooperative missions in which two players (or one player and a computer controlled character) work together to defeat enemies. The first three team up Anakin and Obi-Wan for a number of offensive encounters with the Droid Army, the fourth has Jedi Master Cin Drallig and his favorite student, Serra Keto, team to defeat the clone squadron bent on destroying the Jedi Temple. The game was aided in development by Nick Gillard,

title: Darth Vader

text: Vader supervises the construction of the first Death Star alongside Palpatine and Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin. In the 2008 3D animated film "", Yoda assigns Ahsoka Tano as Anakin's Padawan apprentice to teach him a greater sense of responsibility, and Anakin is initially frustrated by this decision. Their early interactions are "playfully contentious", with Anakin calling her "Snips" for her "snippy" attitude and Ahsoka calling him "Skyguy" as a pun on his surname. After earning Anakin's respect during a dangerous mission, Ahsoka joins him on a quest to rescue Jabba the Hutt's infant son, Rotta. Her impetuousness both annoys and

title: Xenosaga Episode III

text: Dunham and Martz praised both music and voice acting. "Xenosaga Episode III" was the last property to be released in the "Xenosaga" series. Following the release of "Episode III", and the mixed reception received by the series as a whole, the entire development team were in a state of low morale. Partly to boost team morale and create a game players would enjoy, the team developed a new RPG for the Wii; originally titled "Monado: Beginning of the World", its title was eventually changed to "Xenoblade Chronicles". During its development, the team moved away from the narrative and design techniques

title: Duel of the Fates

text: battle sequence between the Jedi Master Yoda, and Emperor Palpatine, the Dark Lord of the Sith, in the senate chamber on Coruscant, and the simultaneous battle between Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) and Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar, had a piece of "Duel of the Fates", but rewritten in a tragic mode. Lucas had expressed in a documentary of "The Phantom Menace" that he wanted to use Duel of the Fates in "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" as he liked how it the feeling of the work. However, he decided not to use it mainly because it did

title: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

text: be told in sequels on the chance that it became successful, so "Star Wars" evolved from the first film in the series to the first episode of the saga's second trilogy. Lucas eventually negotiated a contract that allowed him to make two sequels, and over time had created an elaborate backstory to aid his writing process. While writing "The Empire Strikes Back", Lucas considered directions in which to take the story. In the original trilogy, Darth Vader was revealed to have been Anakin Skywalker, a once-powerful Jedi Knight, and a traitor to the Jedi Order. With this backstory in place,

text: pleading" Christensen persuaded Lucas to have the Vader costume used in the film created specifically to fit him. The new costume featured shoe lifts and a muscle suit. It also required Christensen (who is tall) to look through the helmet's mouthpiece. In 2004, Gary Oldman was originally approached to provide the voice of General Grievous; however, complications arose during contract negotiations after Oldman learned the film was to be made outside of the Screen Actors Guild, of which he is a member. He backed out of the role rather than violate the union's rules. Matthew Wood, who voiced Grievous, disputed