Darth Vader's Entire Timeline Explained

from soft and smooth to coarse and rough Anakin Skywalker's journey to become Darth Vader has been a rocky one it's not easy being the scariest guy in the Galaxy now that Obi-Wan has had his rematch this is everything you need to know about the Four Rise and Redemption of Darth Vader four decades before he walked on to Princess Leia's ship as the embodiment of the evil empire when audiences got their first glimpse of Darth Vader Anakin Skywalker was born in Tatooine as a child of a slave woman named shmee Skywalker when the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jin asked me about the boy's father years later she simply told him that there wasn't one leading Qui-Gon to deduce that Anakin had been conceived by the force entities known as midichlorians though it hasn't been conclusively stated it's heavily implied in both the film and the comics that Anakin's conception was caused by the manipulations of the Sith Lord Darth Plagueis and his Apprentice Darth Sidious Anakin showed tremendous intelligence and skill from a very young age and was so Adept at mechanics and repairs that he built the protocol Droid C-3PO before he'd turned 10. he was also a skilled Pod racer making him a Rarity as human reflexes were usually too slow to allow them to survive in the sport which drew the attention of a pair of Jedi Knights after learning about Anakin's curious parentage and testing his midichlorian pounds Qui-Gon became convinced of Anakin's potential as a Jedi with qui-gon's encouragement Anakin won his freedom in a pod race and a company Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to Coruscant sadly having to leave his mother behind Qui-Gon took Anakin before the Jedi High Council convinced that the boy could be the chosen one who would bring balance to the force Masters Yoda and Mace Windu were worry of Anakin's age and his fearful demeanor but Qui-Gon pleaded for the opportunity to train him anyway in the Battle of Naboo Anakin piloted a Starfighter against the Trade Federation proving that his Jedi reflexes and skillers of Pilots extended Beyond Pod racing after the battle was over he discovered that Qui-Gon had been killed at the hands of Darth Maul and Obi-Wan made a Val to train Anakin himself in keeping with his lost Master's Wishes the High Council consented and Anakin became a Jedi Padawan Anakin spent the next decade training as Obi-Wan's apprentice and proved himself as an immensely skilled Jedi who also had a tendency towards recklessness as a young man he reconnected with then Senator Padme amadala on coruscantes when he and Obi-Wan were tasked with guarding her life after an assassination attempt we will find out who's trying to kill you Padme I promise you we will not exceed our mandate my young Padawan learner while Obi-Wan sought to track down the people behind the attempt on padme's life Anakin stayed behind as her personal bodyguard and escorted her back to Naboo the senator and the Jedi soon fell in love but Anakin's dark attendance is intruded as he became tormented by visions of his mother with Padme at his side Anakin traveled to Tatooine where he learned that a now married and freed Shmi Skywalker have been abducted by Tuscan Raiders Anakin Tracked Down The Tuscan tribe and his mother who died in his arms after seeing him one last time in a rage a Skywalker slaughtered the entire tribe and valdapad may that he would become powerful enough to prevent the people he loved from dying beginning his descent into darkness after the Tuscan Raider incident Anakin and Padme left Tatooine to rescue Obi-Wan he'd been taken prisoner by separatists and fortunately they like Obi-Wan was soon captured by separatist leader Seth Lord and former Dracula Count Dooku and sentenced to death in a gladiatorial Arena as they tried to fight their way out alongside the Jedi reinforcements arrived in the form of a clone army that had been discovered by Obi-Wan under the leadership of yodu and Mace Windu they defeated the separatists in what would become the first battle of the Clone Wars with the battle still raging Anakin and Obi-Wan engaged Dooku in a lightsaber duel but Anakin's recklessness got the better of him when he tried to fight Dooku alone the sets defeated Anakin cutting off Anakin's right arm before being defeated by Yoda in the days that followed Anakin and Padme were married in secret with the Droid C-3PO and R2D2 serving as Witnesses because the Jedi Order forbade such romantic attachments as the Clone Wars gained intensity Anakin was promoted to Jedi Knight and became a key general for the Republic his abilities and confidence grew but so did his recklessness and by extension his fear of losing those he loved in an effort to help Yoda suggested Anna King could learn how to let go of people by taking on an apprentice of his own who would one day Ascend Beyond his training he was paired with a young Padawan named Ahsoka Tano and while the two initially had friction due to ahsoka's feisty nature they ultimately became friends Master if you've taught me one thing is that nothing is easy when you're around Ahsoka Rose in prominent alongside her master as the wars went on until she was framed and arrested for a bombing at the Jedi Temple that was actually carried out by one of her friends Ahsoka was expelled from the Jedi Order but Anakin and Padme believe in her innocence and were ultimately able to gain evidence that led to her acquittal at trial though she was offered we admission to the ranks of the Jedi Ahsoka was disillusioned after her trial and she chose to leave the Jedi behind witnessing the treatment of his former Apprentice only served to further for straight Anakin who was beginning to lose faith in the Jedi High Council by the end of the Clone Wars Anakin's growing abilities and his purported status as the chosen one caught the attention of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious Sidious was manipulating the entire war from behind the scenes via his dull roles as a Sith and a sheath Palpatine yes that's his first name the chancellor of the Republic Palpatine finally made his move on Skywalker in the waning days of the war urging him to kill Dooku In Cold Blood in the midst of space above Coruscant and a king complied decapitating Dooku and Palpatine continued grooming Anakin as agent by appointing him as his Emissary to the Jedi Council the council submitted to the Chancellor's wishes but they refused to Grant Anakin the rank of Master further inflaming his frustrations though Obi-Wan continued to Champion him I have trained you since you were a small boy I have taught you everything I know and you have become a far greater Jedi than I could ever hope to be unfortunately the denial of Anakin's Knighthood coupled with his frequent visions of Padme who was then pregnant dying in despair LED Palpatine to finally reveal himself to Anakin convincing him that he could stop the death of his loved ones by using the dark side of the force conflicted Anakin first revealed that Palpatine was a Sith Lord and then helped Palpatine kill Mace Windu in the hopes of learning how to save Padme though distressed by his betrayal of the Jedi Anakin submitted himself to his new master who in turn dubbed him Darth Vader Palpatine dispatched Vader to the Jedi Temple as part of his great Jedi Purge where Vader brutally slaughtered any Force user in his path including the children Vader then journeyed to the fiery Planet Mustafa with Obi-Wan and padmei Having learned of his portrayal following to stop him enraged by the idea that his old master and his wife are working together to betray him he used to force to choke Padme into unconsciousness that engaged Obi-Wan in the door ultimately Obi-Wan gained The High Ground in the fight severed both of Vader's legs and left him near a lava dead to die Palpatine saved his Apprentice then outfitted him in a life preserving suit of armor transforming him into the half machine Vader we all know and love Palpatine also told Vader that he'd accidentally killed Padme and their unborn child back on Mustafa in truth badmayer died of a broken heart but not before secretly giving birth to Anakin's twin children Luke and Leia who were hidden away from him as they grew up Vader then took his place at Palpatine's side as the Republic became the Galactic Empire although he's still hard but a desire to bring Padme back at all costs immediately after receiving his new robotic body armor Darth Vader was tasked by Palpatine with his first lesson as a Sith building a new lightsaber but this wasn't as easy as Vader had hoped as it turned out he was to retrieve the lightsaber of a Jedi and corrupt its kyver Crystal turning it to blood red eventually Vader found master in filler who had escaped order 66's Jedi Purge due to his vow to remove himself from society as Penance after intense battle Vader killed the Jedi Master stole his lightsaber and destroyed ambala City in the process though the battle nearly destroyed his new armor after bending the kyber crystal to his will Vader presented his new red lightsaber to his master who was pleased with the results using his engineering skills Vader reconstructed and enhanced his own armor to further insulate himself from any potential weakness after this Vader was introduced to the Grand Inquisitor and his inquisitors former Jedi tasked by the Empire with hunting down and destroying any trace of the Jedi Order Palpatine then assigned their training to Lord Vader who began using his own pain to fuel their hatred as they scoured the Galaxy in Search of Lost Jedi Vader's power only grew and he strayed further and further from his life as Anakin Skywalker two decades past that the Empire continued to rise and Vader continued his efforts to eradicate the remaining Jedi he also had to deal with Palpatine schemes to encourage his competitive nature by drafting other Warriors who could serve as fader's replacement at the emperor's side it was during this era that Palpatine gifted Vader a mask belonging to Momen an ancient Sith Lord and artist whose Spirit still possessed the mask Vader used a Gateway opened by moment to search for padme's spirit and bring her back but instead he found Darkness as her form disintegrated before his eyes Vader came out of the experience convinced that both Padme and Anakin Skywalker were dead and that his past no longer mattered as dark and heartless as ever Darth Vader became even more enraged in his Pursuits of former Jedi and Empire conquests alike however Vader's Vision showed him one other thing a Beacon of Hope in the form of an unidentified young man who had soon meet presence have not felt since nearly 10 years after their last encounter Darth Vader got wind of the location of his former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi now going by Ben under intelligence from the third sister an Inquisitor and former Jedi youngling named Riva Vader and his inquisitors finally found Kenobi on the planet of mapuzo Vader tormented the small mining Colony killing everyone in his path until the Jedi revealed himself once he did their rematch immediately commenced this still wasn't as elegant as their previous battle as Kenobi was a bit out of practice and didn't put up much of a fight in retaliation Vader burned his former master in the same way that he himself had been burned on Mustafar nearly a decade earlier still the rebellion helped Kenobi escape and Vader pursued in the chaos Vader was betrayed by the third sister thirsty for Revenge after Anakin Skywalker's massacre at the Jedi Temple during Order 66 Vader quickly overpowered the former youngling and left her to die so that he might continue after after Kenobi eventually Darth Vader caught up with the Jedi and they dawled once more this time both have full power although Vader first overpowered Kenobi finally gaining The High Ground the Jedi found new strength to defeat the Sith Lord here Vader acknowledged that Obi-Wan didn't kill Anakin he did it himself as Kenobi left believing Anakin was truly dead Vader was called back by the emperor forced to abandon his revenge a few years later Vader was tasked with finding a group of rebels on a ship called ghost after a fierce battle against a Jedi Kanan jarus and his Apprentice Ezra Bridger on the planet's lothal Lord Vader failed to capture this group The Ghost crew would go on to work with Vader's former Apprentice Ahsoka Tano and the Rebellion while Vader continued to send inquisitors after them and occasionally pursue them himself on the ancient Sith Homeworld malachor Ezra and Kanan eventually found the Sith Temple where they encountered Vader once again as the Sith Lord fought the young Jedi Master and his Apprentice Ahsoka arrived to help it's here that she finally learned the Dark Truth Anakin Skywalker didn't die at the end of the Clone Wars he became Darth Vader Vader attempted to convert Ahsoka believing that the emperor would forgive her treason if she gave up other Jedi and the rebels but Ahsoka refused [Music] die as the Seth Temple collapsed around them Vader and Ahsoka continued to duel until Ahsoka miraculously escaped leaving Vader defeated and alone once more Imperial scientists and Engineers including Galen erso and Orson krennic worked hard to build a super weapon capable of destroying entire planets the Death Star but urso was secretly a rebel sympathizer who leaked the death star's weakness to his daughter Jin and a group of rebels after testing the Death Star and the moon of Jeddah krennic was sent to Darth Vader's fortress on Mustafa seem unsettled Vader reminded krennic that the Death Star was not officially supposed to exist and that he should be careful the rebel soon attacks the planet scarif where the plans for the Death Star were being kept forcing the Empire to act swiftly the Empire used a death star to destroy the Rebels on the ground along with krennic but the plans were transmitted to a nearby Rebel Ship which Vader had secretly invaded the Death Star plans escaped on the Tanta V4 which unbeknownst to Vader also houses own long-lost daughter Leia the rebellion's unexpected Advantage Force Vader to pursue the rebels he managed to capture Princess Leia who sent a message to Obi-Wan Kenobi on satawine before her capture Grandma Tarkin the death star's Commander had Vader torture layer who he did not know was his daughter and even used the space station to destroy her adoptive Homeworld of old Iran as they tried to gain the location of the Rebel alliance's secret base stubborn like her biological father Leia refused to give up her friend ends it wouldn't be long before allies came to rescue Leia which meant Vader had an unexpected encounter with an old friend when this small group which included Vader's long-lostson Luke Skywalker who he was also unaware of and his former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Ben Kenobi infiltrated the Death Star to rescue Leia Vader and Kenobi fought for the final time Vader killed his old teacher but the rescue was successful and the rebels were clear to use the Death Star plans unfortunately in all the commotion Tarkin discovered the rebel base on Yavin IV after secretly tracking the Millennium Falcon there in an epic space battle Vader nearly killed Luke thus the young Skywalker was saved at the last moment by Han Solo and Vader's Starfighter was sent hurtling into space Guided by the ghost of Ben Kenobi Luke blew up the Death Star the destruction of the Death Star was a major victory for the rebellion and a huge blow to the Empire this set Vader on a journey of self-discovery after the attack Luke Skywalker Leia Organa and Han Solo went on a mission to blow up an imperial facility when they encountered Vader once more Luke attempted to do the Sith Lord and in the process Vader recognized Luke's lightsaber as his former weapon of choice the same one it lost to Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar 20 years earlier after learning that the emperor hoped to replace him Vader put his own team together including bounty hunters Boba Fett and black chrysanthen and the archaeologist Dr Aphra to learn more about the boy who blew up the Death Star fair to learn that the boy who dual Darth Vader was named Skywalker at that moment Vader realized that he'd been deceived in keeping with the Sith rule of two in which apprentices kill their masters to ascend to master Hood Vader plans to convert his son to the dark side kill the emperor and rule the galaxy after learning the truth about his son Darth Vader continued to search for Luke to join forces with him in order to usurp the emperor Dr Afra learned Luke's location on the world of ragus Vaz which was also home to a long-lost Jedi Temple and eventually shared the info with the Sith Lord who swiftly went to retrieve his prize though he destroyed nearly two whole Rebel squadrons Vader was quickly defeated after Luke sacrificed himself by ramming his X-Wing directly into Vader's TIE fighter sending both father and son hurtling to the planet below there Vader fended off Rebel troops including a brief reunion with Leia while Aphra attempted to abduct Luke unfortunately for the dark lord Luke's friends Han Solo Chewbacca r2ditu and C-3PO all fought back saving him and kidnapping Aphra for information on the Empire although he had failed to attain his son Vader wouldn't quit they would have to put his plan on pause while the emperor sends him on various diplomatic missions to maintain order throughout the Empire after the death star's destruction eventually Vader caughts up with Afra and seemingly killed her by releasing her into open space let's hope that the Dark Lord knows she survived with the help of her loyal allies it wouldn't be much longer before Vader tracked Luke and by extension the rebels down to their hidden base on the icy Planet Hearth the Empire invaded the planet while the rebels evacuated and Luke once again escaped Vader's clutches but just barely shortly after this failure Palpatine revealed his knowledge of Luke to Vader Anza II began working to bring the younger Skywalker over to the dark side to achieve this Vader launched the campaign to find Luke's friends on board the Millennium Falcon at all costs with the help of bounty hunter Boba Fett he eventually captured Han and Leia on bespin and used them as baits to lure Luke who had been training to become a Jedi Knight with an exiled Yoda and the ghost of Ben Kenobi on the swamp Planet Dagobah the plan words and Luke arrived on bespin to battle Vader and save his friends Vader defeated the young Jedi in a lightsaber door severing Luke's right hand in the process only to reveal to Luke that he was his true father Vader pleaded with Luke hoping that he would join him in overthrowing the emperor but Luke refused instead the young Skywalker chose to fall to his death fortunately he dropped through the bowels of a bespin Mining facility where he was rescued by Leia in the Millennium Falcon leaving Darth Vader alone once more after Luke's rejection and the visit to his childhood home of Tatooine Darth Vader began an investigation into the death of his wife Padme and the birth of his son during this investigation he met a woman who looked almost exactly like the former queen of Naboo padme's former handmaiden Sabe they worked together for a while searching the Boo for more evidence of who killed Padme that is until Vader himself eventually confessed to the crime Sabe and her team fought Vader but they were no match for his raw power upon entering padme's tomb and scanning her corpse Vader discovered a medical implants that led him to the Polish Master asteroid field which held the facility where Padme gave birth to Luke and Leia Vader scanned the records and found a final recording of Padme speaking with his former Master Obi-Wan reminding him that there was still good in Anakin disappointed by his Apprentice this morning the emperor tortured and left Vader for dead on Mustafa instructing him to rebuild himself he did and was eventually led to the Sith world of exagol but he was given a glimpse of The Emperor's true power as well as a Sith clothing programs it implemented which would continue long after the Empire after initially hoping to regain some agency Darth Vader once again surrendered to his master and Emperor Palpatine took his Apprentice back with open arms after seeing the emperor's true power on hexagonal Darth Vader abandoned his dreams of Luke becoming his Apprentice believing Palpatine was too powerful to overcome instead Vader decided to kill his son and continue to pursue him as he enforced the Empire's will Across the Universe after the Frozen and carbonized Han Solo was stolen from the Empire Vader sought to retrieve him believing that Luke would eventually return for his friend arriving at an auction for solo Vader learned that Crimson Dawn a criminal organization once run by Darth Maul now run by Solo's Old Flame Kira was selling the rebel Smuggler upon attaining solo Vader encountered his son once more in an aerial battle one that ended with Vader's TIE fighter crashing once again here Luke even considered killing his father ending the threat of Darth Vader for good but he decided against it still reeling from their previous encounter Vader then continued to Faithfully serve the Empire by hunting down and destroying the Agents of crimson Dawn on his mission to end Crimson Dawn he once again encountered Sabe who led him to a colony of former Tatooine slaves on the world of gabrador 3. but only after revealing that she knew the truth about Anakin Skywalker on that planet Vader met two of his childhood friends from Tatooine kitster and Wald before the plan's completion of the second death star Palpatine planned to use their new super weapon as bait to ensnare and defeat the Rebellion all while using it to lure Luke Skywalker to the battle station Luke re-emerged on Endor where he surrendered to Vader Luke was fully determined to redeem his father just as Vader was once again determined to convert his son Vader brought loot before the Emperor who attempted to provoke anger in him by revealing his plan to trap the rebels after all anger leads to the dark side this sparked a Final Duel between Darth Vader and his son and during the fight Vader sensed in his son's mind that he had a sister Vader's second child using this knowledge Vader Drew Luke's anger out and Luke defeated Vader with Force but seconds before killing his father Luke realized he was becoming just like Vader so he tossed his weapon aside refusing to join the Dark Side and raised Palpatine retaliated with forced lightning watching his son die in agony Vader reclaimed the good part of himself that Padme once spoke of and threw his master down the core shaft of the Death Star seemingly killing him Gravely injured by Palpatine Darth Vader didn't have much longer to live birth with his dying breath Anakin Skywalker returned to the light assuring his son that he was right all along the rebels victory at a second death star marked the beginning of the end for the Galactic Empire Vader's Legacy is a dark side Legend lived on however and took a route again in the form of his grandson Leia and Hans kid Ben solo Ben caught the eye of snoke a powerful Dark Side user and Scholar who sensed the dark side potential in the Skywalker bloodline and he sought to cultivate it within Ben he succeeded and Ben solo rose up against his uncle Jedi Master Luke Skywalker ending Luke's attempt to rebuild the Jedi Order when he finally turned to the dark side Ben solo changed his name to kylo Ren and vowed to finish Vader's mission to eradicate the Jedi he even acquired Vader's old helmet which had been partially burned in his funeral pyre kylo Ren's quest to further his grandfather's Legacy had dire consequences spurred on by snoke he helped the Empire like first order developer Death Star ex superweapon known as Starkiller base although it was destroyed by a band of rebels who dubbed themselves to resistance that Victory came with horrific loss of life including the death of Han Solo murdered by kylo himself kylo then pursued the resistance across the Galaxy before a final showdown with his old Master Luke Skywalker or at least a force field Apparition he believed to be luke their battle was just a ruse meant to give the first order's enemies time to flee and although kylo was unable to defeat Luke in person the effort it took to project his presence ultimately ended Skywalker's presence on the physical plane kylo's Campaign Of Terror finally ended on hexagall where he tracked a cloned Palpatine and faced off against him alongside the budding Jedi known as Rey who in a last minute twist turns out to be the old Emperor's secret granddaughter realizing too late that had been LED horribly astray kylo helped Rey defeat Palpatine sacrificing himself in the process and adding one final parallel to Vader's portion of the Skywalker Saga check out one of our newest videos right here plus even more 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Length: 24min 3sec (1443 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 05 2022