Anakin's ENTIRE First Year As Darth Vader

[Music] darth vader struck fear into the hearts of both the rebels and the imperial officers alike however behind the mask the fallen chosen one carried a lot of emotional baggage and was constantly in obscene amounts of pain a pain that would hit him the hardest during his first few weeks in the suit welcome friends to today's video where we will be taking a peek inside of darth vader's mind at the very beginning of it all beginning directly after the events of revenge of the sith exploring darth vader was up to what he was feeling and how the transformation from anakin skywalker to lord of the sith was well underway for this video we will be using the now legends novel dark lord the rise of darth vader in order to understand everything vader was going through we must begin with detailing the suit's functions in regards to his injuries as well as anakin's adjustments to them the suit and his medical issues tie directly into the functioning mental state which played a huge part in how he went about his business at the start of the empire at the end of each of vader's severed limbs was bulbs of synthetic flesh that connected him to his robotic limbs as movement was triggered by a module that was connected with his nerve endings on his chest the respirator was connected to a breathing apparatus and heartbeat regulator inside of him the ventilator was connected by tubes into his lungs and his throat so that he could breathe without using his mouth which was where the iconic breathing sound was born all of this because the burns from mustafar were so severe that it had charred him both externally as well as internally inside his mask the goggles filtered out light as to not cause his already damaged retinas any further harm furthermore vader's eardrums had been melted beyond repair so to compensate the helmet was equipped with implants that went into his inner ear where sound waves had to be directly transmitted into vader's brain wearing the suit was an extremely unpleasant experience due to his failure on mustafar sidious punished him by using substandard and obsolete material when crafting vader's suit the results were horrific the inside of the suit wasn't properly lined which caused the cables and armor plating hooks to painfully catch and snag on his loose flesh and joints when he moved his boots didn't properly fit his body and were cumbersome and heavy so heavy that when he was first in the suit he felt as if he were too rooted into the ground also due to his raised heels it was all he could do to make sure that he didn't topple over when he was walking his artificial limbs and digits were sometimes slow to respond and because of his pectoral armor he could barely lift his arms over his head without extreme pain the audio implants we mentioned earlier were also poorly designed as they didn't filter out ambient noise and as a result vader would often hear a lot of feedback due to this it was difficult to determine the distance or direction of certain sounds and sometimes small noises these small noises in return would cause an echoing or a vibrating effect if this wasn't enough the buttons on the regulator panel on his chest would beep at random and for seemingly no reason during his first few weeks vader also mentioned that he felt claustrophobic within the black shell sleep rarely came to the put upon dark lord if it did it was plagued by horrible dreams and the incessant noise caused by his new body vader's suit was a prison a prison from which he couldn't ever escape from more than a few hours the only time he ever felt somewhat human again was when he was able to spare a little time to get out of his suit and float in a back to tank for a small while or when he was able to take his helmet off in his meditation sphere vader also felt a bit more at home around his stormtroopers as they too were bound by duty within their armor when not thinking about his horrible existence within his suit vader spent most of his early thought life dwelling on padme thinking about what could have been and ruining every day that went by that he failed to find where his old master kenobi was hiding vader thought many times about what would have happened if padme had just accepted what he was trying to do for them he envisioned the two of them sitting upon the throne of coruscant ruling the galaxy as it should be ruled alongside their children anakin had planned to overthrow and destroy palpatine living in peace as the end-all-be-all-superior being of the force no jedi no sith just the chosen one but all of that was gone because of obi-wan's ignorance because of padme's naivety and because of sidious while it was true he wanted nothing more than to inflict every bit of torment and pain that he was going through onto obi-wan it was sidious who had manipulated him sidious who had punished and imprisoned him with this black cage of armor insidious who now had gained everything while vader had lost everything vader would dwell on these thoughts for lengthy periods of time because of this he grew melancholy he moped around his star destroyer between missions all of this pain and anguish he went through built up and only fueled his inner darkness this darkness was unleashed only when he had the pleasure of hunting down jedi survivors of order 66. his only outlet was being able to cut down the jedi in his path though at first this too proved to be a challenge when he was freshly in his suit about four weeks after the events of mustafar he found himself battling his first jedi knight within his new armor he had a difficult time for a moment against the knight as he had not yet adapted his lightsaber style to that of his armor the jedi ended up getting a hit on vader's arm after this vader soon dispatched and beheaded the jedi but was deeply disturbed by what had taken place no other with a lightsaber had so much just touched him besides that of master obi-wan kenobi and count dooku and yet these mere jedi knights had somehow gotten through his defenses vader would go on to adapt to his lightsaber form to include some aspects of makashi to function better with his limited movement while retaining the power of de gem so his favorite form is anakin in fact over time vader included more aspects of all the forms to ensure the most effective way of fighting for his new body specifically tailored to it he became a formidable and indomitable opponent cutting down one jedi after the next with the help of his inquisitors over the ensuing months vader began to grow more accustomed to his suit and was able to control his movements much more efficiently he modified the pistons in his own arm to where he'd be able to lift a fully grown man off the floor very easily heretofore he had most often been operating in the shadows until the emperor felt he was ready to be released to the public eye soon enough lord vader made his debut to both the public at large as well as the galactic empire officers feared him and stormtroopers respected him towering at a staggering six feet eight inches he could silence a room with his very presence and no one had seen anything like vader before not since general grievous of the clone wars in our last video we talked a little bit about the sith skill of dunmock a psychological warfare used to disconnect an opponent from the force by instilling doubt and fear by way of insults or belittling speech well darth vader was able to achieve doin mock within the first few minutes of meeting a jedi without saying a word perhaps being the best utilizer of the ability in all of star wars vader's bloodlust for jedi was insatiable so much so that sidious had to tell him to stop hunting them in his opinion lord sidious already considered their victory absolute for over a thousand years the sith had to hide in the shadows and he wanted the jedi to know what he felt like while watching the republic crumble to ash he was under the impression that vader needed to focus focus more on imperial tasks and leave the jedi slaying to the inquisitors vader however didn't listen and kept pursuing jedi on his own time this hunting would go on up until he was led to the planet of kashyyyk there the imperials had planned an invasion to capture as many wookiees as possible to use as slaves to build the first death star six jedi were also being kept under their protection as the invasion commenced this marking one of darth vader's most important moments of his entire life vader went down and slayed all of the jedi within his path as they were astonished and overwhelmed by his power jedi master rhone shrine went down to confront vader in a surprise attack on the sith lord the battle was fierce with the jedi master able to land a few hits on the seemingly insurmountable dark lord during the fight vader gave in more and more to the dark side until he stopped fighting with his lightsaber and dismantled the jedi master with the force alone master shrine beaten and near death spat insults at vader telling him that he was controlled by the emperor and that he'd be betrayed just as the jedi had been then darth vader chose to reveal who the emperor really was as well as who he really was to the dying jedi before allowing him to ultimately succumb to the force and his injuries in this moment of revelry the dark side was strong with vader and at that moment the suit seemed little more to him than garments and the jedi seemed little more to him than small interferences he had finally found himself and he knew his true purpose to bring order to the empire darth vader dark lord of the sith left kashyyyk with a newfound understanding of himself as well as the dark side he would then go on to cause more terror and tyranny in the galaxy until such a day as the rebellion rose to face him so my friends what did you think of today's video what other characters would you like to hear more about in the future and if you like this style of video comment down below and let us know if you'd like to see more what are your thoughts on anakin skywalker's first year as darth vader in the meantime may the force be with you and have a great day you

Channel: The Stupendous Wave

Views: 1,453,416

Keywords: Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars, Star Wars Theory, Darth Sidious, Revenge of the Sith

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Length: 10min 31sec (631 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 28 2021