Darth Vader

Turn his son Luke Skywalker to the dark side and rule over the entire galaxy and the Empire alongside him (formerly; all failed).
Serve Darth Sidious (mostly succeeded; abandoned after his redemption).
Kill Darth Sidious to save Luke Skywalker (succeeded, after he was redeemed).

### Worst Actions

Slaughtering a village of Tusken Raiders.
Letting Darth Sidious kill Mace Windu.
Killing the Jedi younglings.
 Killing Obi-Wan.
Causing Tarkin to become more evil by killing his son.
Betraying 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.

### Crimes

Mass murder (including child murder)
Mass destruction
Genocide
Accessory to mundicide
Terrorism
War crimes
Invasion
Abuse of power
Torture
Assault
Countless kidnappings
Mongering
Theft
Stalking
Conspiracy
Treason
Pollution
Sabotage
Vandalism
False imprisonment
Blackmail
Mutilation
Extortion
Animal cruelty
Arson

### Type of Villain

Fallen Dark Lord

**Darth Vader**, born as **Anakin Skywalker**, is one of the main characters of the *Star Wars* franchise. He is a high-ranking Jedi Knight-turned-powerful Sith Lord in service to the Galactic Empire.

He is the former padawan of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the former Jedi master of Ahsoka Tano, the third and final Sith apprentice of Darth Sidious (after Darth Maul and Darth Tyranus), the father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, is the grandfather of Ben Solo in the canon continuity, and numerous descendants in the legends continuity with his grandchildren being Jacen Solo, Jaina Solo, Anakin Solo, and Ben Skywalker.

As Darth Vader, he was portrayed by the late David Prowse and voiced by James Earl Jones in the original trilogy, while his unmasked version at the end of *Return of the Jedi* was portrayed by the late Sebastian Shaw. In the prequels and *Obi-Wan Kenobi*, he was portrayed by Hayden Christensen as an adult and young adult and by Jake Lloyd as a child. In *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*, he was portrayed by Daniel Naprous and Spencer Wilding, while James Earl Jones returned to voice him. In *The Clone Wars* animated film and show, he was voiced by Matt Lanter. In several video games, he is voiced by Matt Sloan.

## His Evil Ranking

### What Makes Him Heinous?

* Before becoming Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker committed some dark deeds that seeded his fall to the dark side.
* Has been consistently arrogant and wrathful most of his life.
* Although Obi-Wan was too dead set on following the flaws of the rules of the Jedi Order, Anakin's defiance to him made him an easy trouble maker where he was likely to mess things up and let his emotions take over.
* He slaughtered a village of Tusken Raiders, including the women and children, for torturing and killing his mother.
* He brutally attacked and force choked Poggle the Lesser during interrogation.
* He stabs Tal Merrik.
* While it was necessary to save the ship from being destroyed, Anakin treats his death very casually and even smiles indifferently and after he's killed, the Imperial March theme plays in the background, alluding to Anakin's inner darkness.
* Gave into the Son corrupting him after he showed him his future as Darth Vader.
* He went on a quest to avenge Obi-Wan's "death" by searching for Rako Hardeen, nearly killing him.
* Force choking Asajj Ventress.
* Going against the Jedi code by killing an unarmed Dooku.
* Helped Darth Sidious kill Jedi master Mace Windu.
* Went to the Jedi Temple, killing all of the Jedi there, including younglings.
* Brutally and mercilessly killed the Executive Separatist Council (though admittedly some of them such as Wat Tambor deserved it).
* Non-fatally Force choked Padme into unconsciousness, believing she betrayed him then later accused Obi-Wan of turning her against him.
* Tried to kill Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar.
* Blamed Obi-Wan for his condition (even though it was his own fault)
* Brutally mutilated the Inquisitors (Seventh Sister, Ninth Sister, Fifth Brother, Eighth Brother, and Sixth Brother) during their training as a lesson of loss.
* Mercilessly executed Trilla in front of Cal and Cere for failing her mission.
* Force choked a man to death and snapped the man's sons neck.
* Force grabbed Obi-Wan and burned his arm in the flames as a means to suffer a similar fate his former master got him in.
* Executed two Inquisitors for suspected treason after the Fifth Brother caught the female red-skinned Inquisitor letting Eeth Koth's wife and child escape and later reported it to Vader.
* Tried to kill Ezra and later Ahsoka on Malachor.
* Even though Krennic is Pure Evil, Vader had no reason (at least for the Empire) to force choke him, except for seeing his plea as a nuisance.
* Killed a group of rebels while going after the Death Star plans.
* Interrogated Captain Antilles, eventually killing him when he didn't respond.
* Ordered his Stormtroopers to capture Leia.
* Non-fatally Force choked Admiral Motti after he insulted the Force, whom Vader releases him on Tarkin's orders.
* Interrogated Leia, resorting to torturing her.
* When Leia doesn't respond to the interrogation, he goes to Tarkin, who offers to blow up the planet Alderaan and made sure she didn't stop him from doing so.
* While he lets Leia live, it is only to try to dig out more information from her.
* Orders the Millennium Falcon to get scanned.
* Killed Obi-Wan Kenobi, whom Vader was unaware that the former intentionally sacrificed himself to become a Force ghost.
* Orders TIE Fighters to shoot down rebels trying to blow up the Death Star.
* Defeated two rebel attack runs.
* Personally shoots down Biggs's ship and damages Wedge's ship.
* Hits Luke's X-Wing, which results in R2-D2 being damaged.
* Invades Hoth to destroy the rebel base and capture Luke.
* Kills Admiral Ozzel after finding out that the rebels discovered the invasion plans, causing Firmus Piett to be promoted as the new Admiral.
* Has his stormtroopers destroy the rebel shield generator under his orders.
* Orders TIE Fighters to go after Millennium Falcon inside an asteroid field.
* Even after a Star Destroyer is destroyed by an asteroid, Darth Vader still forces the fleet to continue the search.
* After learning that Luke is his son, he comes up with a plan to turn Luke to the Dark Side.
* Hires bounty hunters to find the Millennium Falcon.
* Holds Han and Leia captive, torturing the two (especially Han who was tortured by a Scan Grid being used that painfully electrocuted him to an unbearable enduring procedure).
* Threatens to destroy Cloud City and made the deal worse for Lando in altering it in having Leia taken.
* Hands in a frozen Han Solo to Jabba the Hutt.
* Cuts Luke's hand off during their duel.
* Tries to convince Luke to join him to defeat the Emperor and rule the galaxy.
* Starts building the second Death Star.
* Intentionally lets Luke land on Endor to capture him and seduce him to the Dark Side.
* Captures Luke and has Stormtroopers take him to Sidious.
* Duels with Luke, repeatedly trying to turn him to the Dark Side.
* Reads Luke's mind, learns that Leia is Luke's sister, and threatens to turn Leia to the Dark Side.

### What Makes Him Irregular?

* He's extremely tragic, as before becoming a Jedi, Anakin was a slave. (The Jedi didn't bother freeing slaves because they felt their allegiance was to the common good, the Senate, and indirectly it's corruption, than the actual good.) and when he joined the Jedi Order, he was forced to leave his mother at a very young age.
* He even showed remorse for some of his actions, for example, when Sidious told him to kill all of the younglings, Vader could be seen having tears, showing that he didn't like committing child murder.
* He nearly committed suicide at one point because of his regrets.
* He always wished he could bring Padme back, showing that his love for her was still there and just as genuine as ever.
* Felt some confliction when fighting Obi-Wan during the Kenobi Disney+ series.
* He genuinely cared for his son, Luke, not wanting to harm him and saving him from Darth Sidious. He also genuinely cared for his daughter, Leia, as revealed in his final moments.
* He redeemed himself at the end of *Return of the Jedi*, where he saved his son's life and killed Darth Sidious. This fulfilled the prophecy of The Chosen One which foretold what he would do by ending the Sith.

## Trivia

* Darth Vader is the first ever Irregularly Heinous to be approved. Additionally, he is the first *Star Wars* villain to be added here.