Batman vs Darth Vader-Super Power Beat Down(Episode 14)

This was the fourteenth episode of Super Power Beat Down, featuring the dark lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, against the Dark Knight, Batman.

## Synopsis

When Superman is captured by Darth Vader, Batman risks everything to rescue him. However, not long after tracking Superman to the Death Star, he is intercepted by the dark lord, Vader. With the ultimate road block now in his way, it's going to take all of Batman's cunning and intellect to even survive.

## Fight

Batman infiltrates the Death Star and locates Superman. When Oracle notes that he's good to go, Batman states that he still needs something: a lightsaber. Meanwhile, Darth Vader gets informed that there's been a security breach. He orders a lockdown for the general area of where Batman is and goes to confront him. Batman runs into Darth Vader, who tells him that he should not have come. Batman orders the release of Superman, but Darth Vader responds by saying that he does not know the power of the dark side of the Force.

Batman throws mini-explosives at Vader, who halts them in the air and crushes them. Batman then aims a gun-like gadget at him, but Vader takes it from him and, with the Force, pushes him against the wall. Batman presses a button on his belt, which activates the gadget Vader took from him, and, as a result, an electromagnetic pulse vibrates and incapacitates Vader. Batman lands on his feet, and Vader realizes he only has enough Force to sustain himself and no more. Batman punches Darth Vader a few times with his electrical gauntlets. Darth Vader pulls out his lightsaber, saying that Batman underestimates him. Batman retorts that he, in fact, underestimates nothing, and reveals that he has Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber.

Batman and Darth Vader fight with their lightsabers, with Batman getting a few hits, though not with the lightsaber but by physical means. However, Darth Vader cuts a pillar and a box drops onto Batman. Before he can get up, Vader restores the Force, saying that Batman wasted the opportunity to defeat him. He then takes the lightsaber from Batman and telekinetically makes him punch himself in mid-air. Batman is then made to choke himself with his hands, and is then pushed out into outer space. Darth Vader walks away in victory.

However, Batman is still alive, as his ship was conveniently located there. He flies up and fires a few missiles right at Darth Vader, breaking his helmet. Anakin, or rather what was left of him when he turned to the Dark Side, uses the Force to destroy the Batship. He retrieves Batman and snaps his neck. Batman's body falls, and Superman is still captive.

### Alternate Ending

The same things happen, up until Batman's ship's explosion. After that happens, and Batman is being taken while on choke-hold via the Force, Anakin remarks that he could not defeat him. Batman says that he was not supposed to, and, in another part of the Death Star, a gadget Batman has placed goes off. Superman's cell which gives out Kryptonite rays turns off, and Superman breaks out, flies to where Batman and Darth Vader are, and rams into Darth Vader. Superman thanks Batman, with the words, "I owe you one." Batman looks back at him and replies, "I know." Anakin, completely bewildered at his own defeat, asks Batman what he is, to which he replies, "I'm Batman."

In a "post-credit" scene, two Stormtroopers ask each other if anything was going on, but they decide that it's nothing.

## Trivia

* This episode is the third time Batman has been used in a fight, with Darth Vader making his second appearance as well, making him the third character to be used in more than one fight.
* Darth Vader won the majority votes by a 53-47 ratio.
* This is the third episode with an alternate ending.
* The alternate ending marks Superman's second appearance on Super Power Beat Down and assists Batman in defeating Vader.
* In the alternate ending, it's revealed that Vader kidnapped Superman to forge an alliance with Darkseid and that he had help capturing Superman from Boba Fett, who used a Kryptonite lightsaber to subdue Superman.