Darth Vader

Darth Vader, born as Anakin Skywalker, is the secondary antagonist of the franchise.
He is a high-ranking Jedi Knight-turned-powerful Sith Lord in service to the Galactic Empire. As such, he is the former padawan of Obi-Wan Kenobi; the former Jedi master of Ahsoka Tano; the final Sith assassin of Darth Sidious (after Darth Maul and Darth Tyranus); the husband of Padmé Amidala; and the father of both Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa respectively. He is also the grandfather of Ben Solo in the canon continuity, and several other descendants in the legends continuity - with his grandchildren being Jacen Solo, Jaina Solo, Anakin Solo, and Ben Skywalker altogether.
As Darth Vader, he was portrayed by the late and voiced by in the original trilogy, while his unmasked version at the end of Return of the Jedi was portrayed by the late . In the prequels and Obi-Wan Kenobi, he was portrayed by as an adult and young adult and by as a child. In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, he was portrayed by Daniel Naprous and , while James Earl Jones returned to voice him. In The Clone Wars animated film and show, he was voiced by . In several video games, he is voiced by .
== His Greatness and Evil Rankings ==
=== What Makes Him Great? ===
* He is one of the best villains in the history of movies, due to the legendary performances by David Prowse and James Earl Jones in the original trilogy. He has also gone on to appear in comic books, video games and many other media, securing his high popularity status.
* He has a godlike battle against his son Luke Skywalker after revealing that he is his father, and never stopped trying to turn him to the dark side.
* He was willing to do good things despite how evil he is, such as saving his loved ones from death and protecting the Galactic Republic.
* He is insanely tragic due to being a slave since he was a kid, witnessing his mother be murdered in front of him, struggled to meet the expectations that his friends managed to exceed, and being bullied by Obi-Wan Kenobi several times back when they were kids. All of this, along with many other disturbing experiences, would traumatize Anakin and mould him into a villain who killed off half the galaxy.
* He saved Aiolin Astarte from being completely burned when she was betrayed by her brother and left for dead. Vader used his lightsaber to kill her quickly and put her out of her misery.
* In the comic book series Star Wars: Darth Vader, he crushed a holocron containing a list of all Force-sensitive children in the galaxy to make sure that Palpatine wouldn't get his hands on them, turn them to the Dark Side, and suffer the same fate as Vader.
* He retains legitimate affability and honor to Grand Admiral Thrawn in the Thrawn novel.
* His care for Padmé has never been subverted because he saved Sabé on one occassion without the realization that she is only disguised as her.
* He felt some confliction when fighting Obi-Wan during the Imperial Period. This continues up to his dying day, where Luke also saw the conflict in him.
* He redeemed himself and sacrificed his life to save Luke's and killed Darth Sidious. This fulfilled the prophecy of The Chosen One, which foretold what he would do by ending the Sith.
* Even before his redemption, he already showed remorse for some of his actions, for example, when Sidious told him to kill all of the younglings, Vader could be seen shedding tears, showing that he didn't like committing child murder, and he was even crying when he killed the confederation leaders. He even nearly committed suicide at one point because of his regrets.
* At one point, he acknowledges that nobody can forgive him for his horrible atrocities and as a result he can never be a scapegoat.
* He thoroughly noticed the errors in his ways after talking with Luke.
* As a force ghost, he reconciled with his old friends Yoda and Obi-Wan, tried to complete Ahsoka’s training, and motivated Rey to defeat Darth Sidious for good.
=== What Makes Him Heinous? ===
* He has been consistently arrogant and wrathful (in a bad way) for most of his life, and although Obi-Wan was too dead set on following the flaws of the rules of the Jedi Order, Anakin's defiance to them made him an easy troublemaker where he was likely to mess things up and let his emotions take over (for bad purposes).
* He slaughtered a village of Tusken Raiders.
* He had Darth Sidious kill Mace Windu.
* He killed the Jedi and the younglings.
* He mercilessly killed Obi-Wan in front of Luke. Granted while Obi-Wan was rather mean to Vader in their childhood, he didn't deserve to die due to being a good person.
* He brutally attacked and force choked Poggle the Lesser during interrogation.
* He told Obi-Wan to drop Dooku when he teamed up with them.
* He gave into the Son corrupting him after he showed him his future as Darth Vader.
* He attacked Obi-Wan and tried to escape Mortis to kill Palpatine before having his memories erased by Father.
* He went on a quest to avenge Obi-Wan's "death" by searching for Rako Hardeen, nearly killing him.
* He gives Rush Clovis a brutal beating, though, to be fair, this was because Clovis tried to force himself on his wife. Plus Anakin also stated that something in him snapped and he was also horrified that he almost killed Clovis.
* He force chokes Asajj Ventress.
* He cut off his own son's hand, making him very personally evil towards Luke.
* He caused Grand Moff Tarkin to become more evil by killing his son, though Tarkin did deserve it in a way due to being Pure Evil.
* He cuts off Admiral Trench’s arms to force him to divulge a bomb disarm code. When Trench tries to retaliate, Anakin fatally impales him through the chest.
* He betrayed Galen twice by nearly killing him in painful ways and later manipulating him again as an attempt to destroy the forming of the rebel alliance.
== Trivia ==
* Darth Vader is the first ever Great Baddie to be proposed and approved on this wiki.
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