Glove of Darth Vader The Glove of Darth Vader was a Mandalorian Crushgaunt fitted around one of Lord Skere Kaan ' s indestructible Sith amulets . The gauntlet was worn by Lord Darth Vader upon his right hand . Although both gloves for Darth Vader ' s armor contained micronized Mandalorian armor as a means to deflect direct hits from blaster bolts ( a feature made redundant due to his Force abilities ) , the Glove possessed exclusive features compared to the left glove , including grip - augmentation circuitry . History . During the Battle of Endor , Luke Skywalker severed Vader ' s hand with his lightsaber , and the cybernetic appendage was lost down a shaft in the Emperor ' s throne room aboard the Death Star . The battle - station was destroyed shortly afterward , and Vader ' s glove was presumably lost . The glove survived , however , ensnared within a piece of wreckage that landed on the watery world of Dac ; it had been pulled through a wormhole created by the explosion of the hypermatter in the Death Star ' s core . In 5 ABY , the false Prophet of the Dark Side known as Kadann foretold that the chosen heir to the Galactic Empire would present himself bearing the Glove of Darth Vader . The former Imperial Grand Moff Bertroff Hissa took advantage of this alleged prophecy and used it to proclaim a mutant - Human known as Trioculus as the new Galactic Emperor . Hissa presented Trioculus as the son of the late Emperor Palpatine at the Kessendra Stadium on Kessel , and Trioculus thereafter embarked upon a mission to recover the glove of Darth Vader . The information of the glove supplied to the false Kadann , and by extension , Trioculus and Hissa , was supplied by Sate Pestage , although unknown to either party , the motives for Pestage were because Emperor Palpatine had revived himself from his death above Endor , and had planned to use the amulet to quickly amplify his body and restore his powers , as the ordeal left him weakened . The gauntlet ' s value as a symbol was of little use to the three - eyed mutant , but its potential for use as a weapon was considered to be incalculable . It was his belief that the glove was actually a mystical relic that provided its wearer with the ability to telekinetically attack others from a distance . Trioculus was ignorant of the fact that this ability was an aspect of Darth Vader ' s aptitude with the Force , and had nothing at all to do with his glove . Trioculus recruited an unscrupulous Whaladon hunter named Captain Dunwell to ferry him through the Valley of the Giant Oysters on Dac . He personally donned a submersible wetsuit and retrieved the glove from a wrecked ion deactivator , left over from the Death Star . Rebel Alliance heroes Admiral Ackbar and Luke Skywalker piloted a Calamarian minisub into the valley and intercepted Dunwell ' s ship . Trioculus attempted to use the " power " of Darth Vader ' s glove against Skywalker , but to no effect . Skywalker survived the attacks and succeeded in destroying Captain Dunwell ' s ship , though Trioculus escaped with the glove . He had his technicians outfit the glove with technology that could simulate Vader ' s Force Choke , but soon abandoned its use after discovering that utilizing it too often resulted in periods of blindness — as well as withering his hand . Trioculus commanded that his servants create an exact replica of the glove , while the true glove was returned to the false Kadann . It was then taken from his corpse by Azrakel , who then used its power to aid him in slaughtering the true Prophets , on Bosthirda . After Azrakel ' s death , the Glove was believed to have fallen into the possession of Lumiya . The Bimm merchant Glah Ubooki later claimed to possess a glove worn by Darth Vader , but did not specify that it was the Glove itself .