Darth Vader

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## Amazing Baddie

### Alias

Darth Vader
Lord Vader
Dark Lord Vader
The Dark Lord
Vader
The Chosen One
Holt Kazed (Ghost Hand)
Darth
Master Vader
The Most Feared Man in the Galaxy
The Betrayer
Father (by Luke Skywalker)
Grandfather (by Kylo Ren)

### Allies

Darth Sidious
Governor Tarkin
Boba Fett
501st Legion
Stormtroopers
Obi-Wan Kenobi (formerly)

### Powers/Skills

Incredibly strong command over the Dark Side of the Force
Telekinesis
Telepathy
Precognition
Cerebrokinesis
Psychometry
Barrier creation
Ergokinesis
Aura-sensing
Clairvoyance
Illusion creation
Materiokinesis
Consume essence
Force stun
Resistance to force drain
Superhuman strength
Inhuman resilience
Lightsaber proficiency
Master pilot
Tactical genius
Cybernetic and mechanical enhancements
Intimidation

### Goals

Save his loved ones from death.
Protect the Galactic Republic.
Hunt down and eliminate any Jedi survivors after Order 66 (nearly succeeded)
Use the Bright Star to become immortal and bring Padmé back from the dead.
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.
Cutting Luke's hand off.
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
Mass destruction
Genocide
Populicide
Accessory to mundicide
Vandalism
War crimes
Invasion
Death threats
Abuse of power
Torture
Assault
Countless kidnappings
Mongering
Theft
Stalking
Conspiracy
Treason
Pollution
Sabotage
Terrorism
False imprisonment
Blackmail
Mutilation
Extortion
Animal cruelty
Arson

### Type of AB

Fallen Dark Lord

**Darth Vader**, born as **Anakin Skywalker**, is one of the main characters of the *Star Wars* franchise. 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 Count Dooku), 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 Brilliance and Evil Rankings

### What Makes Him Amazing?

* He's a very tragic character, as he was a slave even before he became a Jedi. When he did join the Jedi Order, he was forced to leave his mother at a very young age. The Jedi also never bothered to free Shmi from slavery.
	+ Also, the Jedi Council refused to acknowledge his good accomplishments, often judged him because of his maturity and never truly trusted or respected him despite his years of genuinely loyal service and often put him on restrictions. In fact Anakin had also saved their lives on multiple occasions.
	+ Although they were right about Anakin not being mature enough to be a Master, the fact that they failed to tell him this and purposely making him lose his patience after being screwed over by them one too many times was very irresponsible on their part, not helped by the fact that he technically qualifies for the title since Ahsoka was to be given the rank of Jedi Knight if she returned, which she didn't.
* He met the other requirements like mastering a lightsaber form like Form V and modified Form IV (something Yoda, a master of this style couldn’t do).
* He genuinely loves his mother and was emotionally upset about her terrible death, always wishing he could bring her back. He also genuinely loved his son, Luke, not wanting to harm him and save him from Darth Sidious, and genuinely loved his daughter, Leia, as revealed in his final moments.
* He 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. He even nearly committed suicide at one point because of his regrets. He noticed the errors in his ways after talking with Luke.
* 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 of them and turn them to the Dark Side.
* He has standards against fighting Obi-Wan Kenobi. This continues up to *Return of the Jedi*, where Luke also saw the conflict in him.
* He redeemed himself at the end of *Return of the Jedi*, where he 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.

### What Makes Him Heinous?

* He has been consistently arrogant and wrathful for 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 them 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 told Obi-Wan to drop Dooku when he teamed up with them.
* 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.
* He 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.
* He gave a brutal beating to Rush Clovis, though to be fair, this was because Clovis tried to force himself on his wife.
* He force chocked Asajj Ventress.
* He went against the Jedi code by killing an unarmed Dooku.
* He helped Darth Sidious kill Jedi master Mace Windu.
* He built the second Death Star.
* He intentionally lets Luke land on Endor to capture him and seduce him to the Dark Side.
* He captures Luke and has Stormtroopers take him to Sidious.
* He assaults Luke, repeatedly trying to turn him to the Dark Side.
* He reads Luke's mind, learns that Leia is Luke's sister, and threatens to turn Leia to the Dark Side.

## Trivia

* Darth Vader is the first ever Amazing Baddie to be proposed for approval.

## External Links

* Darth Vader on the Villains Wiki
* Darth Vader (as Anakin Skywalker) on the Heroes Wiki
* Darth Vader (as Anakin Skywalker) on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
* Darth Vader on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki