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Darth Vader is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He is a principal character of the original Star Wars trilogy, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. more...

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In the original trilogy, he was portrayed by David Prowse and a series of stunt doubles, while his voice was supplied by James Earl Jones.

Vader is one of the most iconic villains in movie history and was ranked third on American Film Institute's top 50 villains of all time list. In A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, Vader is depicted as an iconic epitome of evil. He is the cunning, brutal enforcer of the Galactic Empire's rule across the galaxy. A Dark Lord of the Sith, Vader serves at Emperor Palpatine's right hand, using the dark side of the Force to mercilessly pursue the Jedi and the Rebel Alliance to the ends of the galaxy.

In the Star Wars movies

Original trilogy

In the original Star Wars trilogy, Darth Vader is the primary antagonist: a dark, ruthless figure, out to capture, torture, or kill the protagonists to prevent them from thwarting the Empire.

A New Hope

Darth Vader is introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope as a dark, menacing figure whose assault team has just taken control of the Tantive IV (a consular ship in orbit above the planet Tatooine), in an attempt to retrieve plans for the Empire's new weapon, the Death Star, which have been stolen by the Rebel Alliance. Vader makes his first appearance boarding the ship in order to directly assess the situation. Stormtroopers under his command capture Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) of Alderaan (who is secretly a leader of the Rebel Alliance),but not before her robotic droids R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) escape with the plans to the planet below. Vader and his forces, with their prisoner, return to their transport, an Imperial Star Destroyer, which subsequently destroys the consular ship.

Below on Tatooine, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) witnesses the destruction of the ship through macro-binoculars. Later, Luke's Uncle Owen (Phil Brown) and Aunt Beru are killed by stormtroopers who were attempting to track down the missing droids, which the family had purchased as farm help. Meanwhile, Luke (who has the missing droids) learns from "Old Ben" Kenobi (Alec Guinness), a local hermit who once went by the name Obi-Wan, Vader's apparent role in the death of Luke's father. Luke and the droids, with Kenobi's help, avoid the stormtroopers, and eventually secure passage on board a smuggling ship known as the Millenium Falcon, intending on delivering the droids (and thus the plans) to the Rebel Alliance.

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