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{{Quote|Do you believe you are the Chosen One?''"<br />"''How can I know?''"<br />"''I can tell you what I believe. I believe you will bring balance to the Force. That you will face your demons and save the universe.|[[Qui-Gon Jinn]] and Anakin Skywalker|audio=QuiGonAnakinMortis.flac|<ref name="Ghosts of Mortis">{{TCW|Ghosts of Mortis}}</ref>}}
'''Anakin Skywalker''' was a legendary [[Force-sensitive]] [[human]] [[Gender|male]] who was a [[Jedi Knight]] of the [[Galactic Republic]] and the prophesied [[Chosen One]] of the [[Jedi Order]], destined to bring balance to [[the Force]]. Also known as "'''Ani'''" during his childhood, Skywalker earned the moniker "[[Hero With No Fear]]" from his accomplishments in the [[Clone Wars]]. His alter ego, '''Darth Vader''', the [[Dark Lord of the Sith]], was created when Skywalker turned to the [[dark side of the Force]], pledging his allegiance to the [[Sith Lord]] [[Darth Sidious]] at the end of the [[Republic Era]].

A [[vergence]] in the Force, Anakin Skywalker was [[Reproduction|born]] on the [[desert]] [[planet]] of [[Tatooine]] in the [[Outer Rim Territories]] in [[41 BBY]]. He was the son of [[Shmi Skywalker Lars|Shmi Skywalker]], a [[Slavery|slave]] who conceived a [[Youngling|child]] without a [[Parent|father]]. His [[blood]] contained over twenty-thousand [[midi-chlorian]]s, surpassing [[Grand Master]] [[Yoda]] and all other [[Jedi]] in [[the galaxy]]. [[Qui-Gon Jinn]], the [[Jedi Master]] who discovered Skywalker during the [[Invasion of Naboo]] in [[32 BBY]], theorized that Skywalker was conceived by the midi-chlorians. Following the [[Battle of Naboo]], the [[Jedi High Council]] admitted Anakin Skywalker into the Order as the [[Padawan]] of Jedi Knight [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] despite feeling that he was too old and emotional to adhere to the [[Jedi Code]]. Skywalker remained a Padawan through the beginning of the Clone Wars, instigated by events set in motion by [[Count]] [[Dooku]]. Although Jedi [[Religion|doctrine]] prohibited romantic relationships, Anakin Skywalker had a secret [[Marriage|wife]], [[Senator]] [[Padmé Amidala]] of [[Naboo]]. During the early [[Standard day|days]] of the Clone Wars, Skywalker served as a [[Jedi General]] in the [[Grand Army of the Republic]], commanding the [[clone trooper]]s of the elite [[501st Legion]] against the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems]]. After receiving his knighthood, Skywalker oversaw the [[Jedi training]] of his own apprentice, [[Ahsoka Tano]]. By [[19 BBY]], when Tano walked away from the Jedi Order, Skywalker began to struggle with feelings of failure towards his apprentice and the Order itself.

Following the [[death]] of Count Dooku during the [[Battle of Coruscant]], Anakin Skywalker's faith in the Jedi was further shaken when he was put on the Jedi Council without the rank of master. He also learned that [[Supreme Chancellor]] Sheev Palpatine was [[Darth]] Sidious, the elusive Dark [[Lord]] of the [[Sith]] who orchestrated the war in order to take over the [[galaxy]]. Manipulated into believing that the Jedi had failed him and coupled with his fear of losing Amidala in childbirth, Skywalker betrayed and turned against the Jedi Order, believing Sidious had the knowledge to [[Immortality|cheat]] death. Consumed by the persona of Darth Vader, the fallen Jedi Knight marched his [[legion]] on the [[Imperial Palace|Jedi Temple]] of [[Coruscant]] where they executed its inhabitants, including [[Jedi Initiate|Jedi younglings]], as part of [[Order 66]] and the [[Great Jedi Purge]]. Vader was then sent to [[Mustafar]] to [[Mission to Mustafar|exterminate]] the [[Executive Separatist Council|Separatist Council]] at the behest of his [[Sith Master]], who became the [[Proclamation of the New Order|self-proclaimed]] [[Galactic Emperor]]. Vader subsequently sustained severe injuries in his [[Duel on Mustafar|duel]] with Kenobi, and was [[Cybernetics|rebuilt]] as an [[Darth Vader's armor|armored]] [[cyborg]] while his wife died of a broken [[heart]], though not before giving birth to the [[twin]]s [[Luke Skywalker]] and [[Princess]] [[Leia Skywalker Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] who were hidden from their father and the [[Emperor]] as the [[Galactic Empire]] rose to power.

Being the [[Emperor's Fist]] and later being elevated to the position of [[supreme commander of the Imperial fleet]], Vader enforced the rule of the [[New Order]] as the Emperor's [[Sith apprentice]] throughout most of the [[Imperial Era]] and was thus seen as ''de facto'' [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the entire [[Imperial Military]]. In the aftermath of killing Kenobi in a [[Rescue of Princess Leia|duel aboard the Death Star]] and the subsequent [[Battle of Yavin]] in [[0 BBY]], he discovered the existence of his son and was determined to turn Luke to the dark side. Luke sought to become a Jedi, like his father before him, and believed that Vader had the potential to turn back to the [[light side of the Force]]. Vader was defeated by Luke during the [[Battle of Endor]] in [[4 ABY]], but the young Jedi refused to strike down his father in anger, causing the Emperor to [[torture]] Luke with [[Force lightning]]. The pain inflicted on his son awakened the part of Vader that was still Anakin, resulting in a redeemed Skywalker killing Sidious at the cost of his own life. Having destroyed the Sith and fulfilled his [[destiny]] as the Chosen One, Skywalker made peace with his son and became [[Force spirit|one with the Force]].

Anakin Skywalker was one of the most powerful Jedi and Sith in [[Timeline of galactic history|galactic history]]. The Force was especially strong in the [[Skywalker family|Skywalker bloodline]], which culminated in Anakin's grandson, [[Ben Solo]], Organa's son who was born by the [[Galactic Concordance|end]] of the [[Galactic Civil War]] in [[5 ABY]]. Solo would turn to the dark side as well, becoming the [[Knights of Ren|dark warrior]] Kylo Ren during the [[New Republic Era|rise]] of the [[First Order]]. Like his grandfather, however, Solo found redemption by sacrificing his life for the love of another&mdash;the Jedi apprentice [[Rey Skywalker|Rey]], who heard Skywalker's voice telling her to restore the balance, as he once had, during the [[Battle of Exegol]] in [[35 ABY]]. Solo's death ended the Skywalker bloodline, although Rey, the [[Palpatine family|granddaughter]] of Sidious, rejected her true heritage and took their surname to honor their legacy.

==Biography==
===Early life===
====Childhood on Tatooine====
{{Quote|Had he been born in the Republic, we would have identified him early. The Force is unusually strong with him, that much is clear. Who was his father?''"<br />"''There was no father. I carried him, I gave birth, I raised him, I can't explain what happened.|Qui-Gon Jinn and Shmi Skywalker|audio=ThereWasNoFather.flac|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
[[File:Baby_Ani.png|thumb|right|210px|Shmi Skywalker and her baby, Anakin Skywalker]]
Believed to have been conceived by the [[midi-chlorian]]s,<ref name="DB-bio">{{Databank|anakin-skywalker-biography-gallery|Anakin Skywalker Biography Gallery}}</ref> Anakin Skywalker was [[Reproduction|born]] to the [[Slavery|slave]] [[Shmi Skywalker Lars|Shmi Skywalker]].<ref name="Episode I" /> Although Skywalker was listed as being born on the [[desert]] [[planet]] of [[Tatooine]]<ref name="TSWB" /> in some sources, confusion existed as to where Skywalker was actually born; whereas some records reported his birthplace as Tatooine, others claimed he moved to the planet with his mother at a very young age.<ref name="backstories" /> Regardless, Tatooine was Skywalker's homeworld.<ref name="swe-Anakin" /> While living on Tatooine, Skywalker and his [[Parent|mother]] were originally owned by [[Gardulla Besadii the Elder|Gardulla]] the [[Hutt]] until she lost them to the [[Toydarian]] [[Watto]] in a [[podracing]] bet when Skywalker was around age 3. Affectionately nicknamed "Ani," he worked in [[Watto's junkshop|his master's shop]], located in [[Mos Espa]].<ref name="Episode I" />

Even at a young age, Skywalker exhibited exceptional [[pilot]]ing skills, and built the [[protocol droid]] [[C-3PO]], specially modified to withstand Tatooine's sand and heat<ref name="BtPotDS!">''[[Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!]]''</ref> for his mother.<ref name="Episode I" /> Once, while he was working in Watto's scrapyard, he found a broken [[servomotor]] which he thought he could repair and use on the droid that he was building and asked his master for it. With a glance, Watto saw that it was worthless and grunted that he could, but as Skywalker walked away, Watto told him nothing was free and had him work harder the next day.<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> On one occasion, Skywalker and his mother were lost in a sandstorm, but the boy refused to listen to her when she demanded he return home if he could see it. Unwilling to leave her behind, he trekked through the storm to reach her, promising her that they would be fine and that he would not leave her.<ref name="DV 2020 26">[[Darth Vader (2020) 26|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 26]]</ref>

[[File:AnakinGetsThreepioPhotoreceptors-Ashcan.png|thumb|left|200px|Skywalker used salvaged parts to rebuild a protocol droid for household duties and to help his mother.]]
Skywalker got the [[photoreceptor]]s for the droid at a [[Mos Espa Market|market]] in Mos Espa. Though a [[Gran]] wanted them too and chased him through the market, Skywalker escaped by destroying an [[Ithorian]]'s stall and blocking the Gran's pursuit.<ref name="Ashcan">[[Star Wars Adventures Ashcan|''Star Wars Adventures'' Ashcan]]</ref> Before he had even turned nine, Skywalker's work had ensured 3PO was operational.<ref name="Anakin Encyclopedia">{{EncyclopediaCite|Anakin Skywalker}}</ref> He was close friends with fellow slaves [[Kitster Banai]] and [[Wald]], as well as the elderly [[Jira]]. He also built [[Anakin Skywalker's Podracer|his own podracer]], which would eventually help him win a podracing contest.<ref name="Episode I" />

Over the course of his life on Tatooine, Skywalker never saw it rain.<ref name="There is Always Another">{{StoryCite|story=There Is Always Another|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back}}</ref> At some point, Watto told Anakin to go and throw away some scrap. When looking at it, Anakin found an ultra power cell, just what he needed for his pod. Suddenly, a swoop gang with a [[Devaronian]] member attacked the streets and shot the generator for the medical center. When Anakin examined it to see if he could repair the generator he saw that it needed a power cell. So, he took his power cell and saved the medical center. A week later, Anakin participated in a pod race with [[Sebulba]] who made him lose by cheating. Anakin stated that if he would have used the power cell on his own pod, he would have won but it was more important for the medical center to receive it.<ref name="SWA 6">{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=6|story=Tales from Wild Space: Podracer's Rescue}}</ref>

On hard nights, Anakin's mother would tell him the story of the [[sun-dragon]]. Generations of Tatooine dwellers told of the sun-dragon myth with their own personal significance, but only Shmi's held the most feeling. The sun-dragon was a creature that lived inside the core of a [[star]]. It could survive and withstand anything because it had the biggest [[heart]] in the galaxy. It guarded everything it loved and treasured, through fire and flame. Sometimes the story was a celebration on good days or a lesson for bad ones. Anakin normally heard it on days where Watto was exceptionally cruel. Her intent was always clear, however. To Shmi, Anakin ''was'' the sun-dragon. He had the strongest heart in the galaxy and it would always guide him to do what he needed, so long as he trust in it. It was a story Anakin kept extremely close to his heart and shared with very few other people.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

====Helping a Tusken slave====
[[File:JediAnakinDream-TPM25th.png|thumb|right|250px|Skywalker dreamed of becoming a Jedi from a very young age.]]
One day, Anakin dreamed he was a Jedi, saving his mother from slavery. He was awoken from his dream by his mother, who told him that there were no Jedi in the Outer Rim. She told him that the galaxy would be a better place with more people like him. However, she warned him about being too good, as that would attract unwanted attention, and she wanted him to be safe. Then an [[Otoga-222 maintenance droid]] came in and warned them both of the work Watto wanted them to do while he was gone. The Toydarian needed young Skywalker to go to [[Mos Eisley]] [[spaceport]] to pick up a shipment. [[Unidentified Otoga-222 maintenance droid|The droid]] reminded them of the [[transmitter chip]] inside their bodies that would blow up if they tried to run.<ref name="TPM 25th">[[The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special 1|''The Phantom Menace'' 25th Anniversary Special 1]]</ref>

Skywalker went to the spaceport, but could only pay the person delivering the shipment on credit. Just then a [[landspeeder]] with a trio of [[Enslaver|slavers]] arrived with their new [[Unidentified Tusken Raider (Anakin Skywalker)|Tusken slave]]. Skywalker overheard [[Unidentified Kajain'sa'Nikto (Mos Eisley)|one of the slavers]] mention that he hadn't put a transmitter chip in the slave yet, so he messed with the wiring of the speeder causing the speeder to fly away on its own. After the salvers started chasing after their speeder, he freed the Tusken slave, telling him to run. When the [[Kajain'sa'Nikto|Nikto]] slaver asked Skywalker where the slave went, he pointed them in the wrong direction. Skywalker walked home that day, happy that he was able to save someone. He told his mother that he stayed out of trouble, and went to bed.<ref name="TPM 25th" />

===Discovery===
====Found by the Jedi====
{{Quote|There's something about this boy.|Qui-Gon Jinn|audio=SomethingAboutThisBoy.flac|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
[[File:Anakin_Meets_Padme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Skywalker introduced himself to Padmé Amidala, who was surprised to learn that the boy was enslaved.]]
One day, at the age of 9, Watto shouted for him to come inside the junk shop, to find a tall man, a young woman, a [[Gungan]], and an [[astromech droid]], conversing with Watto.<ref name="Episode I" /> Skywalker had first seen the young woman, [[Padmé Amidala|Padmé Naberrie]], when he looked up from his work, mistaking her for an [[Diathim|angel]],<ref name="Peril">''[[Queen's Peril]]''</ref> a species he had overheard spacers talk about, from the moons of [[Iego]]. Unknown to Skywalker, Naberrie was in fact Padmé Amidala, the [[Monarch of Naboo]], who had switched places with one of her [[Naboo Royal Handmaidens|Royal Handmaidens]], to visit Tatooine.<ref name="Episode I" />

At Watto's instructions, Skywalker manned the shop while Watto took the man, [[Qui-Gon Jinn]], into the junkyard. Skywalker was fascinated by the beauty of Padmé, so much that he asked her if she was an angel. Shortly after Watto and Jinn returned to the shop, Jinn informed his companions that they were leaving.<ref name="Episode I" />

Fortunately for Skywalker, Watto allowed him to leave after he cleaned up the mess that [[Jar Jar Binks]] had made. As he headed home, Skywalker came across Binks, who was being attacked by Sebulba after the clumsy Gungan had disrupted the racer's meal. Breaking up the fight, Skywalker greeted Naberrie and the rest of her group when they arrived to see what was happening, and he convinced the group to follow him to Jira's fruit stand nearby. As he gave one of the pallies to Jinn, the boy was astonished to see a [[Qui-Gon Jinn's lightsaber|lightsaber]] on the man's waist when his poncho opened. When Jira warned the group that a sandstorm was coming, Skywalker insisted that the unprepared group come with him to his home.<ref name="Episode I" />

When they reached his house, he introduced the group to his mother and explained about the sandstorm before pulling Naberrie into his room to show her his project. Naberrie was genuinely impressed by Skywalker's work on C-3PO, prompting him to turn the droid on, and he also told her about the podracer he was constructing. The group stayed at the Skywalkers' as the sandstorm continued to rage, and during a meal, he began to explain life as a slave, though a brief argument between Naberrie and Shmi about slavery led Anakin to the subject of podracing. Mustering his courage, Skywalker asked Jinn about his lightsaber, and he refused to believe the Jedi's statement that he was not there to free the slaves. As the conversation turned to the group's damaged [[Naboo Royal Starship]], Skywalker volunteered to race in the [[Boonta Eve Classic]] podrace so that Jinn could get the prize money. When his mother objected, Anakin reminded Shmi of her belief that people needed to help one another, convincing her to allow Anakin to race for Jinn.<ref name="Episode I" />

The next morning, Jinn and the others accompanied Skywalker to Watto's shop, and the boy began to tell Watto about Jinn's proposal when Naberrie stopped Jinn outside for a brief conversation. When Watto asked how Jinn intended to sponsor the boy, Jinn proposed that that his ship would cover the entry fee. Watto initially suggested they split the winnings fifty-fifty, when Jinn proposed that Watto front the cash for the entry, and keep all of the winnings minus the cost of a new hyperdrive. Watto accepted the deal, and Skywalker was dismissed immediately with instructions to check out Jinn's podracer. As Skywalker worked, his friends, Banai and Wald among them, arrived, but Wald and the others were skeptical of Skywalker's chances and left to go play elsewhere, except for Banai. Despite Skywalker's warnings, Binks became caught between the podracer's energy binders, causing his face to go numb. Anakin used a power pack that Jinn had lifted from Watto's shop to start the podracer, and the group was heartened to witness the engines activating and running perfectly.<ref name="Episode I" />

That afternoon, Skywalker sustained a cut on his arm, though he did not notice it until later that night when Jinn tended to it and took a sample of his blood. Before Skywalker could get Jinn to tell him what he was doing with his blood, his mother called him inside their house for bedtime. He then sent this blood sample to Kenobi, who found that the young boy had even more midi-chlorians than esteemed Jedi Grandmaster Yoda.<ref name="Episode I" />

=====Racing to freedom=====
{{Quote|Remember, concentrate on the moment. Feel, don't think. Use your instincts."<br />"I will."<br />"May the Force be with you.|Qui-Gon Jinn advises Anakin before the beginning of the podrace|audio=FeelDontThink.flac|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
With two eopies, Naberrie, Banai, Shmi, Anakin, R2-D2, and C-3PO hauled the podracer to the arena hangars, where Jinn had gone to meet with Watto. The Toydarian angrily left the hangar just as they arrived, confusing Skywalker with a comment about Jinn and betting, but Banai unintentionally revealed to Naberrie and the others that Skywalker had never actually finished a race, causing Naberrie to lose hope in the boy's chances.<ref name="Episode I" />

A little while later, the racers and their pods entered the arena and lined up for the race, and Shmi stopped her son to ask him to be safe before he headed out to his racer. Not even Sebulba's threats rattled Skywalker as Jinn helped him into the podracer [[cockpit]]. But to Skywalker's dismay, when the starting light turned green, the pod's engines stalled immediately thanks to Sebulba's sabotage, leaving him stuck at the starting line with only [[Ben Quadinaros]] and his stalled racer as the rest of the competitors flew off. Realizing that he had left out one step to start the pod, he rapidly flipped switches and adjusted settings to reset the engines and succeeded in starting the engines, flying out of the arena and chasing after the others.<ref name="Episode I" />

[[File:Defensive_Racing_WotF.png|thumb|right|250px|Skywalker entered the Boonta Eve Classic to help his new friends, unaware that he was also competing for his freedom.]]
He soon caught up to the other racers, passing two before they even noticed him, and he prepared to pass the [[Troiken]] [[Gasgano]] as they approached Arch Canyon. Gasgano blocked his first few attempts, but Skywalker overtook him as they dropped over a short mesa and proceeded to slip into [[Arch Canyon]] quickly and without any trouble. [[Teemto Pagalies]] tried to push him into the rock, but Skywalker was able to pass him with a twist. Sebulba tossed a piece of debris behind him and into [[Mars Guo]]'s left engine intake, clogging the motors inside. The engine intake stopped working before the entire engine combusted. With Guo crashing into the desert sands, Skywalker was free to move ahead, going neck and neck with Sebulba as they passed the grid line into the third lap.<ref name="Episode I" />

Going into the third lap, Sebulba still held the lead, as narrow as it was. With Skywalker close behind, and now out of surprise tricks, Sebulba resorted to sheer brutality in order to either keep Skywalker behind him or batter the boy enough to destroy his pod. Approaching the [[Laguna Caves]], a part of the course where [[Ratts Tyerell|Tyerell]] had crashed earlier, Sebulba rammed Skywalker off course, forcing him onto a steep service ramp. Boosting, Skywalker sped up the ramp at an exhilarating speed, propelling himself into the sky. The boy was quick to act and adjusted his pod accordingly, leveling his podracer's nosedive as he headed back for the ground. Not only did he save himself from an explosive wreck, but his jump off of the ramp put him directly in front of a surprised Sebulba. Skywalker continued to hold the lead until they ran into a series of archways. Suddenly, Skywalker's left engine bucked and began to give off a stream of dense smoke. Sebulba's earlier sabotage was beginning to take effect as Skywalker pushed his pod to its limit. Skywalker managed to resolve his engine difficulties and quickly regained his ground, passing up several other podracers before gaining a tail on Gasgano. Although Skywalker had had issues with passing the [[Xexto]] earlier in the race, this time he swerved past Gasgano with little effort and eventually flew parallel with Sebulba as they headed for the final stretch of the course.<ref name="Episode I" />

As they approached the arena, Sebulba blocked every attempt of Skywalker's to pass, and he finally swerved his larger racer into Skywalker's in anger at the boy's repeated attempts—only for the two racers' steering rods to be caught together. When Skywalker's rod finally snapped completely, his podracer began to shudder violently but broke free of Sebulba's racer, the engines of which shot forward and went flying out of control, slamming into rock and sand and exploding. As Sebulba's pod skidded to a halt, Skywalker shot toward the arena and across the finish line, winning the Boonta Eve Classic.<ref name="Episode I" />

As Skywalker came to a halt, the crowd swarmed his racer. Jinn hoisted Skywalker onto his shoulders in celebration. In the hangar, Skywalker met up with his family and friends who gave him hugs and congratulations for winning the race.<ref name="Episode I" /> Jinn then beckoned Skywalker over. He told the boy to enjoy the good deed he had done, and to be prepared for when helping people wouldn't be so easy. Skywalker figured out that Jinn was talking about him becoming a Jedi. Jinn told him that path ahead would be difficult, and would require discipline and sacrifice. Skywalker wasn't dissuaded by this, saying that he wanted to help people no matter what. He then went to celebrate with Kitster and Wald.<ref name="TPM 25th" />

=====Farewell to home=====
{{Quote|Be brave. And don't look back.|Shmi Skywalker's parting words to her son|audio=ShmiBeBrave.flac|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
[[File:Anakinandmom.jpg|thumb|left|266px|Shmi Skywalker and her emancipated son said goodbye to each other, the latter leaving Tatooine to join the Jedi Order.]]
Returning home with Jinn, Skywalker ecstatically showed his mother the credits he got from selling his podracer. His happiness only increased when Jinn told him that he had been freed and Jinn wanted him to travel with him and become a Jedi. Anakin was so excited that it was several minutes before he realized that Shmi had not been freed as well, and he was dismayed when Shmi insisted that Anakin go with Jinn to a better future without her. Packing his stuff, Skywalker bid goodbye to C-3PO, but when it came time to leave, Anakin's resolve broke and he ran back to his mother. He promised that he would return and free her. Despite their sorrow at parting, Shmi convinced her son to go with the Jedi.<ref name="Episode I" />

As they raced towards the starship that Naberrie and Jinn had come to Tatooine on, Skywalker was suddenly ordered to drop to the ground and complied just as a dark-[[robe]]d figure, [[Sith Lord]] [[Darth]] [[Maul]], shot overhead on a speeder. The man leaped at Jinn, drawing a red-bladed lightsaber and attacking the Jedi as Jinn urged Skywalker to get aboard the ship and to take off. He rushed aboard, and Naberrie took him to the cockpit to tell Jinn's apprentice, [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]], what had happened. The pilot [[Ric Olié]] followed Kenobi's instructions to fly towards the fight, and Skywalker scrambled into a seat as Kenobi raced to the landing ramp and helped Jinn escape from the dark warrior. Skywalker and Kenobi rushed to help Jinn as the ship took off and left Tatooine. When they were convinced Qui-Gon was fine, the Jedi master introduced Obi-Wan to Anakin, who was happy to meet another Jedi.<ref name="Episode I" />

=====Before the Jedi Council=====
{{Quote|He ''is'' the Chosen One. You ''must'' see it!|Qui-Gon Jinn pleads to the Council to train Anakin|audio=QuiGonChosenOne.flac|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
[[File:Young_Anakin_before_the_Council.jpg|thumb|right|299px|Qui-Gon Jinn believed Skywalker was the Chosen One, though the Jedi High Council deemed him too old and emotionally compromised.]]
Later that night, aboard the ship, which Skywalker learned was the personal starship of the Queen of the planet Naboo, Skywalker struggled to fall asleep in the central chamber, as the ship's temperature was radically different to the constant heat of Tatooine that he was used to. As he huddled in silence, Skywalker witnessed Naberrie enter the room and watch a recording of a plea for help from the [[Naboo]] official [[Sio Bibble]]. She then noticed him and gave him her blanket, and the two discussed the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo and Naberrie's hopes that the Republic's Galactic Senate could resolve the crisis. Skywalker gave her a [[Japor snippet|japor ivory wood pendant]] that he had carved for her so that she would remember him, and Naberrie comforted him as he became sad as he remembered his mother.<ref name="Episode I" />

Amidala accepted Skywalker's gift and came to wear the japor snippet as a necklace, which she wore for years to come. She came to view it as a way to represent remembrance and luck.<ref name="Queen's Shadow" /> When they finally arrived at the Republic capital of Coruscant, Skywalker watched from the cockpit in awe as they approached the city-planet, and the ship was greeted when it landed by Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, Senator Palpatine of Naboo, and a contingent of Senate Guards. The Queen and her handmaidens&mdash;including Naberrie&mdash;departed with Palpatine, though they brought Skywalker and Binks along with them to Palpatine's office and left them outside while they discussed the situation. Before he went to the [[Imperial Palace|Jedi Temple]], Skywalker went to the Queen's chambers in search of Naberrie, but the Queen promised to pass on his message when the handmaiden was absent. Unbeknownst to Skywalker, however, the Queen was in fact Padmé.<ref name="Episode I" />

Harboring strong premonitions he had received on Tatooine, Qui-Gon Jinn believed Anakin Skywalker to be the [[Chosen One]] of prophecy who, it was foretold, would bring "balance to [[the Force]]"; Jinn revealed his belief and Anakin's corroborative midi-chlorian test results to members of the [[Jedi High Council]] before bringing the boy before them for their consideration of the boy's aptitude for life as a Jedi.<ref name="Episode I" /> At the Jedi Temple, Skywalker took a moment to look out across the city and down at his hand before Jinn told him it was time to meet the Council.<ref name="DV 2020 26" /> With Skywalker before the twelve Jedi Masters on the Council, Mace Windu tested Skywalker's abilities by asking him to determine what images were appearing on a [[Jedi testing screen|testing screen]] that the Jedi was holding but that the boy could not see. Skywalker named them all with perfect accuracy. However, when Windu and Master Yoda questioned him about his feelings and his mother, Skywalker asked how that was relevant. Yoda explained that fear was the starting point on the path to the dark side. The ancient Jedi Master said he sensed a lot of fear in Skywalker.<ref name="Episode I" />

As night fell, Skywalker, Kenobi, and Jinn were called before the Council. The Jedi Masters acknowledged Skywalker's great power but refused to train him on account of his age&mdash;causing Jinn to declare that he would take the boy on as his own apprentice. The Council would initially refuse this, as Jinn already had his own apprentice, who was Kenobi but Jinn stated that he believed that Kenobi was already ready to become a Jedi Knight. However, Windu declared that the matter would be dealt with later, as the Naboo problem was more pressing.<ref name="Episode I" /> After, Skywalker talked with Binks about the Council's decision. He told Binks that he might never be a Jedi. Binks told him that all Gungans miss their family and worry for them. Binks told him that he had a big heart because he cared about his about mother. The Council permitted Skywalker to accompany Jinn, and the three returned to the Queen's starship. Skywalker told R2 that they are going to Naboo on a secret mission, but as he said this he overheard Kenobi calling him dangerous.<ref name="TPM 25th" /> Skywalker told Jinn that he didn't want to be a problem, to which Jinn reassured him about his presence on the mission. He then questioned Jinn about midi-chlorians, and Jinn explained to him the nature of them and their connection to the Force. The Queen and her retinue departed not long afterward, leaving Coruscant and heading back to the occupied Naboo in hopes of freeing the world from the Trade Federation.<ref name="Episode I" />

=====First Battle of Naboo=====
{{Quote|Now ''this'' is podracing!|Anakin, escaping the droid control ship|audio=NowThisIsPodracing.flac|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
On the way to Naboo, Skywalker asked Jinn if he was dangerous as Kenobi had said. Jinn told him that his emotions were normal, but that as Jedi they needed to be held at higher standard. He told Skywalker that he needed training, which Jinn would ensure that he got.<ref name="TPM 25th" /> As they came out of [[hyperspace]] and approached the [[Naboo system]], Skywalker sat in the cockpit with Olié and learned about the ship's controls while Queen Amidala held a meeting with the Jedi and her staff and announced her intentions to ally with the Gungans in order to drive the Trade Federation off Naboo. The group landed in the swamps of Naboo and sent Binks to the Gungan capital city of [[Otoh Gunga]]. When Binks finally returned, he explained that Otoh Gunga was empty, but he took the group to the [[Gungan Sacred Place]], where the Gungans had no doubt fled after the Trade Federation invaded.<ref name="Episode I" />

[[File:Anakin_Naboo_Battle.png|thumb|left|281px|Skywalker participated in the Battle of Naboo, piloting the starfighter that destroyed the Trade Federation's droid control ship.]]
When the group was brought before [[Boss]] [[Rugor Nass]], the leader of the Gungans, Skywalker was astonished to learn that Naberrie was, in fact, Padmé Amidala, the Queen of Naboo and that she had been posing as her double's handmaiden as a safety precaution. Skywalker, the Jedi, and Amidala's handmaidens joined the Queen in dropping to their knees before Boss Nass in a plea for Gungan aid, and Nass agreed to lend his army to the Queen's cause. In the hours that followed the meeting, Amidala and the Jedi began strategizing with the Gungan generals, leaving Skywalker to wander over to the Gungan sentries who were keeping watch for the returning [[Captain]] Panaka.<ref name="Episode I" />

As everyone prepared for the coming battle, Skywalker spotted and approached the handmaiden who had been acting as the Queen. Asking for her name, Skywalker told the girl, [[Sabé]], that he was happy to meet her and thanked her for keeping Naberrie safe. He was then called away by Jinn, but Sabé was left touched nevertheless.<ref name="Peril" />

Anakin was a member of the group which, led by Amidala, grabbed the chance to recapture the [[Theed Royal Palace]]. When the group entered the [[Theed Hangar|Theed hangar]] bay, Skywalker heeded Jinn's command for him to stay hidden in the cockpit of one of the hangar's [[N-1 starfighter]]s. When several [[droideka]]s cornered the Naboo personnel in a firefight, Skywalker attempted to aid them with the N1's blaster cannons, although he accidentally activated the ship to go into space in the process. Skywalker fought in the [[Battle of Naboo]] in a vicious [[starfighter]] battle above the planet,<ref name="Episode I" /> coming to realize how much he loved flying over the course of the battle.<ref name="Peril" /> After accidentally joining the battle in orbit, Skywalker single-handedly destroyed the orbiting [[Lucrehulk-class battleship|Droid Control Ship]] from within the ship, thus rendering the Trade Federation's ground forces inactive and saving the [[Gungan Grand Army]] from destruction.<ref name="Episode I" /> After the battle Skywalker landed his starfighter in the Theed hangar and talked with a distraught Kenobi. Trying to reassure him, Kenobi told him that he just saved everyone, but Skywalker already knew that Jinn was dead. Thinking about what Kenobi said earlier about him, he started to walk away teary-eyed. Kenobi grabbed him and Skywalker admitted that Jinn was the only one who had faith in him. Kenobi told him that it was Jinn's last wish to train him, and that he was adamant about following through with that promise.<ref name="TPM 25th" /> Skywalker was present during the following arrest of [[Rune Haako]] and [[Nute Gunray]]. Kenobi and Skywalker were then greeted by Chancellor Palpatine, who said that everyone would be watching his career with great interest. They then greeted [[Ki-Adi-Mundi]],<ref name="Episode I" /> but Skywalker's mind was clouded by the things Ki-Adi-Mundi had said to him before. As Skywalker watched Palpatine congratulate the Queen, his thoughts continued to be clouded with visions of his mother and of the dream he had of saving her. Kenobi grabbed Skywalker's shoulder, startling him. He told the boy that his mind was clouded, but that he, as well as Jinn, believed in him.<ref name="TPM 25th" />

===Joining the Jedi Order===
{{Quote|What will happen to me now?''"<br />"''The council has given me permission to train you. You will be a Jedi, I promise.|Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi|audio=AnakinWhatWillHappen.flac|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
[[File:Naboo_celebration.jpg|thumb|right|276px|Accepted into the ranks of the Jedi Order, Padawan Skywalker attended the victory celebration on Naboo.]]
During the Master's funeral, Kenobi told him that the Council granted permission for him to train Skywalker to become a Jedi.<ref name="Episode I" /> The two did not leave the site of the funeral until the last embers of the fire had gone out. The only others to remain as long as them were Amidala and her court.<ref name="Peril" /> Later, Skywalker and his fellow Jedi attended a parade, held by the [[Naboo (people)|Naboo]] and the Gungans, in [[Theed]] to celebrate their victory and mark their newfound friendship.<ref name="Episode I" /> Afterward, Skywalker and the other Jedi left Naboo,<ref name="Peril" /> marking the last time Skywalker would see Amidala for a decade.<ref name="Episode II" />

===Kenobi's Padawan===
{{Quote|Confer on you the level of Jedi Knight, the Council does. But agree with your taking this boy as your Padawan learner, I do not.''"<br />"''Qui-Gon believed in him.''"<br />"''The Chosen One, the boy may be. Nevertheless, grave danger, I fear, in his training.''"<br />"''Master Yoda, I gave Qui-Gon my word. I will train Anakin... without the approval of the Council, if I must.''"<br />"''Qui-Gon's defiance, I sense in you. Need that, you do not. Agree with you, the Council does. Your apprentice, Skywalker will be.|Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi|audio=YodaObiWanApprentice.flac|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
====The Chosen One trains====
{{Quote|His education is... complicated. He came to us later than we would ordinarily have liked. Obi-Wan took on an extremely difficult task when he accepted Anakin as his Padawan.|Mace Windu to Sheev Palpatine, on Skywalker's training|<ref name="OW&A 1">[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 1|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 1]]</ref>}}
As he grew, Skywalker's exceptional skills made him cocky,<ref name="Episode II" /> but he nevertheless idolized Kenobi,<ref name="OW&A 3">[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 3|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 3]]</ref><ref name="Episode III" /> thinking there was "no one better" than his master.<ref name="OW&A 2">[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 2|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 2]]</ref> Having given up his life with his mother and lost Jinn, Skywalker clinged to his master, not wanting to lose him; throughout his first year as a Padawan, he had a habit of sleeping on the floor next to Kenobi's bed, wanting to ensure his mentor would not vanish in the night. Kenobi sometimes awoke at night and saw this.<ref name="There is Always Another" /> During one of their many adventures, he also rescued Kenobi after he fell into a nest of [[gundark]]s.<ref name="Episode II" />

Shortly after becoming Kenobi's Padawan, a surge in overwhelming emotions shut Skywalker off from the Force entirely. This was able to give Skywalker temporary relief from his worries and fears for a time, but he soon realized that avoiding the Force was not the answer, and he reconnected to the Force.<ref name="Brotherhood" /> During his time as Kenobi's apprentice, Skywalker was distrustful of teachers who corrected him, wondering if they were trying to help him or simply put him in his place, knowing that many had not wanted him trained in the first place.<ref name="backstories" /> Even so, there were many Jedi who had faith in him, seeing his potential.<ref name="Jedi vs Sith">[[Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith (book)|''Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith'']]</ref>

Skywalker and Kenobi were at one point joined by Jedi Master [[Shaak Ti]] for a complicated mission to [[Naran-Shiv]].<ref name="Brotherhood" /> In addition to struggling to control his emotions,<ref name="Jedi vs Sith" /> he found it hard to make friends, as his fellow [[Padawan]]s were all aware of the rumors of him being the Chosen One. Often lonely, he generally spent his free time in his quarters tinkering with machinery he found in trips outside the Jedi Temple. He also harbored a lingering resentment regarding the fate of his mother.<ref name="backstories" />

====Mission to Dallenor====
{{Quote|With the little kids. I'm already so far ahead of them.|Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1">[[Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1|''Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi'' 1]]</ref>}}
[[File:AnakinAndKenobiMeditating-AORObiWan1.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Skywalker was apprenticed to Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was himself apprenticed to the late Qui-Gon Jinn.]]
Sometime after his enrollment into the Order, Skywalker was meditating with his master while also holding together many pebbles using the Force. However, when Master [[Tosan]] informed his master that he had a mission from the Council, Anakin's concentration broke due to the surprise of him leaving again. The [[Mission to Dallenor|mission]] was to go to the planet [[Dallenor]] so that he could collect an ancient [[Jedi holocron]] from a [[Dallenor Excavation|dig site]]. Obi-Wan told Anakin that he would be back shortly and that he would be training with Yoda in the meantime. Skywalker, displeased, complained that he would have to be in the class with "little kids" and that he was far ahead of them in his training. However, he complied and spent his time with the [[youngling]]s, although he did not enjoy himself. However, after some encouragement from Yoda, Kenobi took Skywalker along with him on the mission in a [[T-6 shuttle]].<ref name="Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1" />

Skywalker was glad that he was finally in space again and asked if he could pilot the shuttle. Kenobi told him that he could when they got closer to Dallenor. Skywalker asked what Obi-Wan's life was like before joining the Jedi Order. Kenobi told him that he did not remember as he was taken in at a very young age. Anakin, sadly, expressed that he was always a Jedi and nothing else. Kenobi tried to reassure him by telling him that he still needed to train and was a Padawan when they both met. However, Skywalker was unconvinced and stated that his life was already set out for him and that he was not anything else, unlike him who was a slave. He concluded that this must be why the Jedi Council said he was too old to be trained. Obi-Wan tried to reassure him again by saying that the Council was not perfect and that Qui-Gon Jinn chose him just like he chose Kenobi. Skywalker, angered, proclaimed that Kenobi's master was dead and that now he was stuck with him. Before Kenobi could reassure Anakin, he walked away.<ref name="Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1" />

[[File:MissionToDallenor-AORObiWan1.jpg|thumb|right|261px|Skywalker and Kenobi both felt that they had been forced to become Master and apprentice as a result of Jinn's death.]]
Upon arriving on Dallenor, Kenobi and Skywalker encountered a female [[Togruta]] [[archaeologist]] named [[Clatriffe]]. She was glad that they arrived so they could take the [[holocron]] away due to the fact that it was causing problems. She explained that the local pirates wanted to get it and she had to hire local guards to keep them at bay. Kenobi ordered Skywalker to stay outside to keep watch whilst he and Clatriffe went inside the facility to obtain the holocron. After they went inside, Skywalker noticed that the pirates had arrived.<ref name="Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1" />

Kenobi, Skywalker, and Clatriffe went out to meet them and were introduced to the [[Krypder Riders]] and their leader [[Hudso Shaku]], who knew that the holocron was something important due to offworlders wanting to get it. Kenobi stated that they had come in peace but were willing to defend themselves. He activated his lightsaber, whereupon Shaku ordered his pirates to attack him because he found the laser sword to be more valuable than the things that they dug up. Kenobi quickly disarmed the pirates but, while Skywalker froze up due to the suddenness of the attack, Shaku captured him by placing his sword under his chin. He ordered a trade, the boy for the lightsaber, but was taken down by Skywalker using the Force to assault Shaku with small pebbles. With Shaku knocked unconscious and the pirates' weapons destroyed, they surrendered to the Jedi.<ref name="Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1" />

On the shuttle home, Kenobi praised Skywalker for his great work on his first mission. Skywalker, however, exclaimed that he froze up and was not ready for a mission even though he believed otherwise. Kenobi reassured Skywalker that it was he who was not ready. He asked how he could save his Padawan if he could not save his master from dying. Skywalker, with renewed confidence, stated that they would save each other and that that was what Qui-Gon would have wanted. Kenobi agreed and then recalled that Anakin wanted to fly the shuttle. Skywalker, in response, said yes enthusiastically.<ref name="Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1" />

====A chancellor for a friend====
{{Quote|I have an errand to run, of sorts, and I thought Anakin might accompany me.|Sheev Palpatine to Obi-Wan Kenobi|<ref name="OW&A 3" />}}
By the time he was 12 in [[29 BBY]], he had built [[Anakin Skywalker's first lightsaber|his first lightsaber]];<ref name="OW&A 1" /> after its construction, Kenobi said to him, "Anakin, this weapon is your life."<ref name="Hostage Crisis">{{TCW|Hostage Crisis}}</ref><ref name="The Big Bang">{{TCW|The Big Bang}}</ref> Like he had helped Kenobi before, Jedi [[Battlemaster]] [[Cin Drallig]] helped Skywalker train in [[lightsaber combat]], with Skywalker learning a great deal from Drallig's unparalleled expertise.<ref name="Cin Drallig card">{{ForceCollection|Cin Drallig|star=4}}</ref> When Kenobi was assigned to study a [[Unidentified dead star system|dead star system]] that orbited a [[black dwarf]], Skywalker decided to join his master without permission but fell asleep during the journey. Upon being found by Kenobi as he slept, Skywalker's mentor decided to bring him along for the mission, showing him the dead star before them as an example of why the Jedi needed to avoid attachment because all things, even the brightest of stars, would pass on.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

[[File:DarthSidiousAndFutureApprentice-ObiWanAnakin3.png|thumb|left|225px|Skywalker considered Chancellor Palpatine a friend and a mentor.]]
That year, which which point three [[Standard year|years]] had passed since the Battle of Naboo, Skywalker sought to impress his peers at the Jedi Temple. During a training session, he defeated a [[Jedi training droid|training droid]], which he had programmed to mimic the appearance of the Sith of Naboo. All the while, [[Mace Windu]], Kenobi, and [[Supreme Chancellor]] [[Darth Sidious|Sheev Palpatine]] watched—the last of whom was impressed.<ref name="OW&A 1" /> Sometime later, Skywalker struggled to learn the [[Taming beasts|skill of taming creatures]] when Kenobi told him that the Chancellor wanted to see him. The two arrived at [[Emperor's office|his office]], where Palpatine requested that Skywalker accompany him on an errand, declining Kenobi's company. Left alone, Skywalker escorted Palpatine to [[Club Kasakar]] in [[Level 2685]], all the while listening to Palpatine express concern for the situation on the sub-surface levels of Coruscant,<ref name="OW&A 2" /> the inability of the Jedi to respond efficiently,<ref name="OW&A 4">[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 4|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 4]]</ref> and the corruption that plagued the Senate, such as [[Colandrus]]—subtly, and unbeknownst to Skywalker, marking the beginning of his influence over him.<ref name="OW&A 3" />

At the end of the errand, Palpatine asked if Skywalker was happy as he was. Though Skywalker answered that he was and that "training to become a Jedi [was] all [he] ever wanted," it did plant a seed of doubt in his mind. Later, at the Jedi Temple, Skywalker confided in Kenobi that he wished to leave the Order, feeling uncomfortable at the prospect of his entire life being decided when he was only nine years old, and surrendered his [[lightsaber]] to his master. Though Kenobi took the weapon, he pleaded for Skywalker to reconsider.<ref name="OW&A 4" />

====Mission to Carnelion IV====
{{Quote|The road lies before you, Anakin Skywalker. Will you walk it alone?''"<br />"''No, Master. As a Jedi. If you'll show me the way.|Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="OW&A 5">[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 5|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 5]]</ref>}}
Before Skywalker could give his definite answer, at Yoda's behest, both student and master [[Mission to Carnelion IV|responded]] to a mysterious distress signal from the supposedly dead world of [[Carnelion IV]] that specifically called for Jedi intercession. They began their journey to the coordinates, but their shuttle was damaged due to the planet's [[Atmosphere|atmospheric]] debris field, and the two had to eject from the doomed vessel, landing below the [[Celadon Sea]]. Not too long afterward, they came to be aware of life on the planet as a sky battle raged over them, and Kenobi returned his lightsaber to him so that he could defend himself. As one of the combatant airships began to fall, Skywalker and Kenobi saved its two-person crew by delaying the crash.<ref name="OW&A 1" />

[[File:OpenClosedWar-ObiWanAnakin2.jpg|thumb|right|235px|Though tempted by the prospects of life outside of the Jedi Order, Skywalker chose to continue his training under Kenobi.]]
The two survivors, [[Kolara]] and [[Mother (title)|Mother]] [[Pran]], who identified themselves as "[[Open]]," knew nothing about what a Jedi was.<ref name="OW&A 1" /> They were forced to take cover when a "[[Closed]]" airship, which Kenobi fell; Skywalker saved its pilot, [[Grecker]], from falling to his death. But due to the historical feud between their factions, Grecker and Pran tried to murder each other, forcing Skywalker and Kenobi to destroy their weapons and to escort them to safety. To facilitate their journey, they used the intact parts of each of their airships to form a new one in order to fly to their destination. During the conversations that ensued, Skywalker mentioned his and Kenobi's purpose on the planet: to find the person who had sent the Jedi distress signal,<ref name="OW&A 2" /> which alerted Pran and Grecker to the location of "[[Sera|the scavenger]]."<ref name="OW&A 3" />

During the journey, Kolara told Skywalker about the mysterious kites, before noticing that he was good at fixing things, as he made an adjustment to his lightsaber. Kolara and Pran then had Skywalker repair a bag of [[droid brain]]s and, seeing his usefulness, threw away his lightsaber and abducted him when a horde of [[Fisher (Carnelion IV)|fishers]] attacked the ship, leaving Kenobi alone with Grecker as the airship crashed<ref name="OW&A 3" /> below the Celadon Sea. Skywalker was taken to one of the Open's fortresses, where he witnessed as Pran used the processors he had repaired to activate some battle droids. As they left to wage war on the mysterious [[scavenger]] (who reminded both Open and Closed of everything they had lost and how badly they had failed),<ref name="OW&A 4" /> Skywalker remained with the younger Open, whom he convinced to protect the scavenger and help him get back to Kenobi.<ref name="OW&A 5" />

Using their help, Skywalker fixed the remaining droids and intervened in the skirmish between the Open and Closed unfolding right next to [[Sera's fortress museum|Sera's fortress]]. He saved his master from Mother Pran and met with Kolara and Sera, but rather than try to stop the fight, Kenobi had Skywalker repair a communications unit and called the Republic for aid. Soon enough, a task force arrived and forced the natives to cease hostilities. In the aftermath, his master offered Skywalker his lightsaber, asking if he was still adamant about leaving the Order, but Skywalker decided to remain a member.<ref name="OW&A 5" />

====Inquiring about lightsabers====
{{Quote|The lightsaber symbolizes the care with which we approach our gifts through the force and the care with which we wield them. It reminds others that while we ''could'' do more... we ''very purposely'' do not.|Obi-Wan Kenobi|<ref name="The Lesson Anakin">{{StoryCite|story=The Lesson (Obi-Wan & Anakin)|book=Star Wars (2020) 25|sformatted=The Lesson (Obi-Wan & Anakin)}}</ref>}}
[[File:AnakinAsksAboutLightsabers-TheLesson.png|thumb|left|220px|Skywalker asked his master about why the Jedi use lightsabers]]
Some time after his and his master's mission to Carnelion IV,<ref name="Date note Lesson">[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 2|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 2]] states that [[Anakin Skywalker]] is twelve [[Standard year|years]] old during the [[mission to Carnelion IV]]. ''[[Star Wars: Timelines]]'' states that Skywalker was [[Reproduction|born]] in [[41 BBY]] and that the mission to [[Carnelion IV]] occurred in [[29 BBY]]. As Skywalker is visibly older in ''[[The Lesson (Obi-Wan & Anakin)]]'' than he was in [[Obi-Wan and Anakin 5|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 5]], ''The Lesson (Obi-Wan & Anakin)'' must be set after the events of ''Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin''.</ref> Skywalker and Kenobi were about to spar in the [[Jedi Temple training ground]]s when Anakin asked his master why the Jedi use lightsabers as opposed to any other weapon powered by [[kyber crystal]]s. Upon hearing this question, Kenobi used the force to take Skywalker's weapon and told him how when he was young, Kenobi had the idea for two [[Shoto lightsaber|short lightsabers]] to be connected by a chain. Upon revealing this tidbit to his apprentice, Kenobi told him the same thing Qui-Gon Jinn had told Kenobi; that wielding a lightsaber shows intent and that the user put thought behind wielding the weapon before drawing it, enforcing the idea that Jedi are protectors as opposed to destroyers.<ref name="The Lesson Anakin" />

====Rescuing Master Yoda====
At some point after the mission to Carnelion IV,<ref name="Date note Yoda">[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 2|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 2]] states that [[Anakin Skywalker]] is twelve [[Standard year|years]] old during the [[mission to Carnelion IV]]. As Skywalker is visibly older in ''[[Choose Your Destiny: An Obi-Wan & Anakin Adventure]]'' than he was in [[Obi-Wan and Anakin 5|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 5]], ''Choose Your Destiny: An Obi-Wan & Anakin Adventure'' must be set after the events of ''Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin''.</ref> Skywalker was being tested by Kenobi, who was having the Padawan attempt to defend from a group of [[Marksman-H training remote]]s using a wooden stick rather than his lightsaber, in the presence of Yoda, Windu, and Master [[Bant Eerin]]. When Skywalker used the Force to grab his master's lightsaber, completing the trial using it instead, he and Kenobi began to argue with one another, which made Yoda, Windu, and Eerin walk away. As Kenobi left with a team of [[Jedi Temple Guard]]s, investigating a disturbance in the Force, he ordered Skywalker to remain there and clean up.<ref name="Obi-Wan & Anakin">''[[Choose Your Destiny: An Obi-Wan & Anakin Adventure]]''</ref>

[[File:Fake-Temple-Attack.png|thumb|right|180px|Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi fight a supposed-battle droid incursion into the Jedi Temple.]]
Disobeying Kenobi and riding down to the Temple storage level by using two training remotes to travel through the Temple's vents, Skywalker followed the Force to the [[training store]]s, where he was attacked by the cause of the disturbance: a team of battle droids. As the droids and Skywalker fought, the Padawan was forced to use the Force and [[Electroblade training sword|electroblades]] he found in a nearby box, as Kenobi had taken his lightsaber after his training maneuver. However, Kenobi and the guard team quickly arrived, giving Skywalker back his lightsaber and joining the fight, only for Skywalker to leave upon having a [[Force vision]] about the Council chambers. Rushing to the council chambers and past a seemingly-knocked out guard, Skywalker was held back as a masked enemy, disguised as a Temple Guard, appeared to [[Rescue of Yoda|kidnap Yoda]] himself, with Skywalker failing to catch up the escaping enemy on a jetpack. After being returned to the council chamber after the jetpack failed him, Skywalker reported what he had seen, with one temple guard finding the seemingly-unconscious guard to actually be a disguised battle droid.<ref name="Obi-Wan & Anakin" />

When Skywalker spotted a non-[[Techno Union]] logo on the droid's head, Kenobi and him traveled to the Temple archives, where they learned it was the symbol of the [[Nova Crime Syndicate]]. Traveling to the syndicate's base-of-operations on [[the Wheel]] [[space station]], albeit in disguise to not disrupt the uneasy truce the Jedi held with its [[Baron Administrator]] [[Jaspara]], the two Jedi located whom they believed to [[Grynask Sanberge]], the leader of the Nova syndicate. With their mind tricks appearing to work, the supposed criminal gave them new information that pointed them to the planet [[Glee Anselm]], where they encountered several [[aquatic battle droid]]s and found the fake Temple Guard's underwater base of operations. Upon finding Yoda trapped in the base within a thick [[seaweed]] and besting the fake Temple Guard, Kenobi allowed Skywalker to unmask their foe as thanks for noticing the Nova symbol on the battle droid back at the Temple.<ref name="Obi-Wan & Anakin" />

Upon unmasking the enemy, however, Skywalker and Kenobi were shocked to see it was Eerin. Their confusion was only increased when Sanberge appeared, only to reveal himself to be a Force-sensitive and then remove his mask, showing himself to actually be Windu in disguise. When Skywalker realized the entire adventure had been a test, Yoda easily freed himself from the seaweed and confirmed Skywalker's theory, revealing it was a test for Skywalker and Kenobi both. Having seen how well they could work together instead of arguing, Skywalker and Kenobi began to view each other as brothers. To leave the world, the two lifted their [[shuttle]] off the seabed together.<ref name="Obi-Wan & Anakin" />

====A memorable training session====
{{Quote|You are a great warrior, Anakin. But your need to prove yourself is your undoing. Until you overcome it, a Padawan, you will still be.|Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Anakin Skywalker|audio=ObiWanAnakinKenobiV.flac|<ref name="Part V">{{Kenobi|Part V}}</ref>}}
[[File:Ani_Obi_Temple_Fight.png|thumb|left|250px|Skywalker and Kenobi spar within the Jedi Temple]]
Later, Skywalker was waiting for his master in one of the Jedi Temple's training areas, where he gazed out the window until Kenobi joined him for a sparring session. After exchanging light-hearted remarks with his master, whom he had started to think would not be coming, Skywalker and Kenobi began their duel, during which Skywalker showed extreme aggression. Kenobi warned his Padawan that the fighting style was antithetical to the Jedi mission to protect life, but Skywalker, certain his aggression would win him the duel, rebutted by claiming mercy was no way to defeat an enemy. He continued his aggressive strikes until Kenobi was backed into a corner, where he locked sabers with his master and demanded he admit defeat. Instead, Kenobi slipped away when Skywalker raised his blade and inadvertently created an opening. The duel carried on as Skywalker again continued to beat Kenobi back until he knocked his master's lightsaber away, which Skywalker took as a sign that the duel was over.<ref name="Part V" />

However, Kenobi noticed his Padawan was blinded by a need for victory, telling him as such before continuing the duel without a lightsaber. Kenobi managed to get behind Skywalker and use the Force to claim his lightsaber as his own, using it as proof that Skywalker's need to prove himself would always keep him back. While admitting his Padawan was a great warrior, he told his apprentice he would never advance to become a Jedi Knight if he failed to overcome his need to show his worth. Skywalker was given back his lightsaber by Kenobi, who smiled at his apprentice after his warning. Skywalker then followed Kenobi out of the room. Both men remembered the training session for years to come.<ref name="Part V" /> At some other point, Skywalker and Kenobi were also involved in a [[mission to Taris]], during which Skywalker worked on a [[RazBohan high-encryption comlink]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

===Protecting Padmé Amidala===
====Reuniting====
{{Quote|Ani? My goodness, you've grown.|Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker|audio=YouveGrown.flac|<ref name="Episode II" />}}
[[File:Anakin_Padme_Reunite.png|thumb|right|294px|Skywalker was tasked with protecting Senator Amidala, whom he had not seen in a decade, an experience he described as intoxicating.]]
Ten years after the Battle of Naboo in [[22 BBY]],<ref name="Timelines" /> as the [[Separatist Crisis]] threatened to tear the [[Galactic Republic]] apart,<ref name="Episode II" /> the 19 year old<ref name="Fascinating facts">''[[Star Wars: Fascinating Facts]]''</ref> Skywalker<ref name="Anakin Encyclopedia" /> and Kenobi<ref name="Episode II" /> were involved in an important mission<ref name="Anakin Encyclopedia" /> to settle a [[border dispute on Ansion]]. Upon their return to Coruscant, an [[assassin]]ation [[Plot to assassinate Senator Amidala|attempt]] on Padmé Amidala, now Senator of Naboo, prompted the Jedi Council—at the behest of Chancellor Palpatine—to send Skywalker and Kenobi to protect Amidala from future attacks. Anakin was delighted to see her after so many years; he had thought about her every day since they parted.<ref name="Episode II" /> In at least her first year in the Senate, Amidala had at times thought about the boy she had met on Tatooine, such as when she passed the Jedi Temple. She also dispatched Sabé to free slaves on Tatooine with the particular mission to free Shmi, feeling as though she had made an unofficial promise to set her free, but Sabé was unable to locate Skywalker's mother.<ref name="Queen's Shadow" /> When Padmé said she wanted to know who wanted her dead, and Obi-Wan started to explain that they were only there to protect her life, not to investigate, Anakin promised Padmé to find who was responsible, annoying Obi-Wan. When Padmé retreated to her chambers, Anakin was disappointed, claiming that Padmé hardly even recognized him.<ref name="Episode II" />

However, Jar Jar, who was a representative in the Senate during this time, said Padmé was very happy to see him too. During that night, Anakin and Padmé agreed on a plan of using her as bait, in order to capture the assassin, much to Obi-Wan's dismay. Anakin told him that although Padmé had covered the cameras in her bedchamber, he was certain he would sense if anything were to happen in the room. Kenobi had doubts about his Padawan's power. Shortly after, when his master noticed that Skywalker was tired, he admitted that he had constant nightmares about his mother; he also revealed his powerful affection for Amidala. Obi-Wan warned him to control his emotions, saying that Padmé was a politician after all, and could not be trusted. This led the two into a debate about whether every politician, including Amidala and Palpatine, was corrupt. As Skywalker expressed his faith in Palpatine's benevolence, he sensed something in Padmé's room. He arrived just in time to cut two venomous [[kouhun]]s in half, just a few centimeters from the senator's face. Obi-Wan noticed the assassin's droid at the window and threw himself out, grabbing it.<ref name="Episode II" />

[[File:Koro-2.jpg|thumb|left|231px|Skywalker and Kenobi chasing Zam Wesell]]
Anakin rushed to a row of speeders parked near Padmé's apartment. When the bounty hunter [[Zam Wesell]] shot her droid down, Skywalker arrived upon the scene as his Master was in free fall. Catching Kenobi, the Padawan continued the pursuit of Wesell's [[Koro-2 all-environment Exodrive airspeeder|airspeeder]]. Spotting the Jedi, Wesell took her speeder on a nosedive—plunging several meters toward the lower levels of Coruscant. With the Jedi relentlessly pursuing her, Wesell flew through the exhaust flames of the [[Kerdos Company recycling plant]], hoping that the flames would scorch her adversaries in the open-top speeder. Seeing the pair still chasing her and unharmed by the flames, Wesell fired at the couplings of a nearby electrical plant, causing the Jedi's speeder to be inundated by electrical shock.<ref name="Episode II" />

Skywalker, an expert pilot himself, quickly caught up to Wesell. The bounty hunter steered her craft into a network of skytunnels, aiming once again to lose the pursuing Jedi. Skywalker did not chase directly into the tunnel but opted to travel an alternate route. Wesell wove through the local network of tunnels. Anakin and Obi-Wan thought they lost her, but just a few minutes later Anakin noticed the bounty hunter's airspeeder below, and jumped out, let his body drop the intervening distance through the air, then latched a firm hand-grip to its rear canopy handle. He ultimately was forced to let go when she shot at him, although not before getting a good look at her, wherein he deduced that Zam was not only a female but also a changeling (he'd briefly glimpsed Wesell's true form when she looked up). The Jedi ignited his lightsaber and sliced at the windscreen, knocking out the guidance systems. Wesell shot the lightsaber out of Skywalker's hand, but the ensuing struggle caused Wesell to misfire her blaster pistol, damaging the control pipes. Meanwhile, Kenobi, who was behind Wesell at this point, caught Skywalker's lightsaber. The airspeeder began to plummet toward the surface, crashing near the [[Outlander Club]]. Wesell crawled from the crash site and fled into the club.<ref name="Episode II" />

Anakin was about to follow Zam into the building when Obi-Wan stopped him, returning to him his lightsaber, reiterating, "this weapon is your life." As they headed to the Outlander, Kenobi said he had the feeling his apprentice would be the death of him. Anakin indignantly responded that Obi-Wan was like a father to him. Inside the Outlander Club, Anakin was instructed by his master to search the premises while he went for a drink at the bar. Wesell hid until the two Jedi separated, then slowly approached the seemingly vulnerable Jedi at the bar. To secure the accuracy of her shot, she continued approaching the Jedi with her weapon drawn while Kenobi, through the Force, sensed the bounty hunter's intentions. In an instant, Kenobi ignited his lightsaber, spun around, and severed Wesell's arm below the elbow.<ref name="Episode II" />

Skywalker and Kenobi took the wounded bounty hunter and dragged her from the club, setting her in an alley behind the club for interrogation. Wesell was initially reluctant to give any information about who had hired her, replying that it had simply been a job. As Skywalker pressed her, however, Wesell prepared to divulge the information. Suddenly, a [[Jango Fett|mysterious figure]] fired a toxic dart into Zam's neck.<ref name="Episode II" />

====Return to Tatooine====
{{Quote|Ani? Is it you? Ani?''"<br />"''I'm here, Mom, you're safe.|Shmi Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker|audio=AnakinShmiDeath.flac|<ref name="Episode II" />}}
Subsequently, the Council sent the Master and Padawan on separate missions—Skywalker, on his first solo mission, would protect Amidala on Naboo, whereas Kenobi continued an investigation into Amidala's aggressors that took him to [[Kamino]]. Joined by R2-D2, Skywalker and Amidala departed for Naboo aboard the ''[[Jendirian Valley]]'', a refugee ship leaving<ref name="Episode II" /> from the [[western spaceport]].<ref name="Coruscant Altaya">{{EncyclopediaCite|Coruscant}}</ref> On Naboo, the two visited Amidala's family home, and Skywalker noticed how much she loved the flower garden maintained by her father, [[Ruwee Naberrie]].<ref name="Queen's Hope">''[[Queen's Hope]]''</ref>

[[File:Shmi-grave.jpg|thumb|right|253px|Skywalker, at the funeral of his mother, Shmi]]
While on Naboo, as he experienced inner conflict between his strong desires for her and his duties as a Jedi, Skywalker revealed to Amidala his love for her, but she refused since Skywalker was not supposed to form attachments as a Jedi, even though she felt the same for him. Skywalker was also troubled by [[Force vision|dreams]] of his mother suffering, which prompted him to return to Tatooine and [[Mission to rescue Shmi Skywalker Lars|rescue]] her, to which Amidala agreed to accompany him. On Tatooine, the two located Watto, who revealed that he had sold Shmi to a [[moisture farmer]] named [[Cliegg Lars]]. The couple then visited the [[Lars homestead|Lars farm]] only to discover that Shmi had been abducted by [[Tusken Raider]]s about a month before their arrival, and was feared to be dead. Determined to save her at all costs, Skywalker took the [[Zephyr-G swoop|swoop bike]] of his stepbrother, [[Owen Lars]], and searched for his mother.<ref name="Episode II" />

Though he managed to find her in a [[Unidentified Tusken village|Tusken camp]], she had her wrists tied up to a stick, and she had a cut on the side of her face and then she died in his [[Limb|arms]] moments later. Consumed with grief and rage, Skywalker slaughtered the entire village of Tusken Raiders—men, women, and children. Only then did Skywalker bring his mother's body back to the homestead, where her [[funeral]] was held, and when he claimed he would become so powerful in the Force he could stop the people he loved from dying.<ref name="Episode II" /> The event left him full of pain and guilt, for failing her and failing as a Jedi, as well as haunted by the prospect of letting go of the people he loved.<ref name="Overlords">{{TCW|Overlords}}</ref>

====First Battle of Geonosis====
{{Quote|You call this a diplomatic solution?''"<br />"''No, I call it aggressive negotiations.|Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala|audio=AggressiveNegotiations-AOTC.flac|<ref name="Episode II" />}}
[[File:Battle_couple_on_Geonosis.png|thumb|left|257px|Skywalker and Padmé Amidala at the first Battle of Geonosis]]
It was then that Skywalker received a [[Hologram|message]] from Kenobi telling him of [[Confederacy of Independent Systems|Separatist]] presence on [[Geonosis]], which they retransmitted to Coruscant so that the Jedi Council could see it for themselves. Upon learning he had been captured, Skywalker and Amidala departed for the planet, where they entered one of the [[Factory|factories]] (where his lightsaber was destroyed) but were subsequently captured and placed with Kenobi into the [[Petranaki Arena]] to be executed by beasts. However, the trio managed to avoid the creatures (in Skywalker's case, a [[reek]]), only to be surrounded by droidekas on [[Count]] [[Dooku]]'s orders.<ref name="Episode II" />

[[File:TisButAScratch-AotC.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Count Dooku cuts off Anakin's right forearm]]
However, a [[Jedi assault team]], led by Mace Windu, arrived to rescue them. Anakin was given a green-bladed lightsaber lent to him by another Jedi named [[Nicanas Tassu]]. Nevertheless, they fought a losing battle against an overwhelming amount of [[battle droid]]s, including droidekas, [[B1-series battle droid]]s, and [[B2-series super battle droid]]s, until Master Yoda arrived with the newly established [[Grand Army of the Republic]] and safely boarded the survivors of the arena onto [[Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry|LAAT/i gunships]]. As the [[First Battle of Geonosis|battle]] raged between the [[clone trooper]]s and the [[Separatist Droid Army]], they caught sight of Dooku. When Amidala and a [[Unidentified clone trooper 2 (Geonosis)|clone trooper]] were knocked from the [[troop]] bay by a [[cannon]] blast, Skywalker argued with Kenobi about going after her. After he proclaimed he did not care if he would be expelled from the Jedi Order if it meant saving her, Skywalker only agreed to continue when Kenobi reminded him Amidala would continued on her duties if she had been in a similar crisis. Skywalker then looked back at where she had fallen as they continued to race after Dooku.<ref name="Episode II" />

Kenobi and Skywalker pursued the Count to a secret hangar, where they engaged him in a [[Lightsaber duel|duel]]. Both were defeated, and though Kenobi suffered minor wounds, Skywalker lost his right forearm. It was then that Yoda arrived and fought Dooku until the Sith Lord made his escape on [[Count Dooku's solar sailer|his]] [[Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop|solar sailer]]. The battle marked the start of the pan-galactic [[Clone Wars]], and Skywalker received a [[Cybernetics|cybernetic]] replacement for his lost arm.<ref name="Episode II" />

====Marriage to Padmé Amidala====
[[File:Wedding_of_Anakin_and_Padme.png|thumb|left|280px|Skywalker marries Padmé Amidala on Naboo.]]
While Kenobi returned to Coruscant, Skywalker accompanied Amidala to Naboo, where they were [[Wedding of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala|secretly]] [[Marriage|married]], their sole attendants being their faithful droids R2-D2 and C-3PO.<ref name="Episode II" /> As he still needed to recover from the Battle of Geonosis, Skywalker was able to remain on Naboo<ref name="TBotCW">{{EncyclopediaCite|The Clone Wars Begin}}</ref> for several days,<ref name="Brotherhood" /> enjoying his honeymoon and time after it with Amidala.<ref name="TBotCW" />

===The Clone Wars begin===
====Serving as a Jedi Commander====
{{Quote|I was afraid, before I left Kamino. We don't really know what happens to unusual clones. But my brothers never let me doubt. I wasn't sure if the Jedi would understand.''"<br />"''The Jedi are all about transcending things. I don't think we can complain if you've transcended gender.''"<br />"''Transcended gender. We'll work on it, but I like where it's heading.|Sister and Anakin Skywalker|audio=Sister2-QH.flac|<ref name="Queen's Hope" />}}
Following the engagement on Geonosis, Skywalker built a [[Skywalker lightsaber|new lightsaber]] to replace the one he lost.<ref name="Episode III" /><ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /> Early in the war, Skywalker quickly came to have encounters with Dooku's personal agents.<ref name="Brotherhood" /> Later, Skywalker served with his Jedi Master as<ref name="Queen's Hope" /> an informal<ref name="Brotherhood" /> [[Jedi Commander]], participating in [[battles on a rocky planet]] alongside Kenobi's<ref name="Queen's Hope" /> [[7th Sky Corps]]<ref name="Queen's Hope note" /> and [[Clone Marshal Commander]] [[Cody]]. Afterwards, Skywalker encountered the clone trooper known as [[Sister]], who was arranging the [[helmet]]s of her fallen brothers beneath a [[tree]] as a memorial.<ref name="Queen's Hope" />

Skywalker spoke with Sister, and she explained that she was saddened by her brothers' [[death]]s, as well as the origins of her name and the camaraderie her clone brothers had shown for her and her gender identity. Skywalker shared that the Jedi supported such identity and the belief of rising above things, such as Sister's transcendence of the concepts of gender. Sister agreed, and both moved to rendezvous with Kenobi at his location. A short time later,<ref name="Queen's Hope" /> Skywalker was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight. This was initially done informally as a result of the increased need for Jedi in the battlefield. Though the Jedi were not yet formally integrated within the Grand Army of the Republic, his appointment to Knighthood made Skywalker an acting [[Jedi General]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

====Business on Cato Neimoidia====
{{Quote|You don't always have to be the sun-dragon.|Mill Alibeth to Anakin Skywalker|audio=MillAnakinSunDragon.flac|<ref name="Brotherhood" />}}
Skywalker's knighthood was soon legitimized by a [[Anakin Skywalker's Knighting Ceremony|Knighting Ceremony]]. Skywalker spent the night after his Knighting ceremony with Amidala in which he presented her with a [[Padawan braid pendant]] he had made for her after his [[Padawan braid]] was cut. Shortly after his knighting ceremony,<ref name="Brotherhood" /> the [[Purse world|Purse World]] of [[Cato Neimoidia]], the headquarters of the Trade Federation,<ref name="Battles that Changed the Galaxy">''[[Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy]]''</ref> was rocked by a destructive explosion that was blamed on the Republic. Kenobi, now a Jedi Master and an acting Council member, was selected to travel to Cato Neimoidia to investigate the explosion. Wanting to clear any Separatist involvement, Dooku sent his own agent to Cato Neimoidia as well, which was later revealed to be the [[Dark Acolyte]] [[Asajj Ventress]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

Skywalker expressed his desire to accompany Kenobi on this [[Mission to Cato Neimoidia (Kenobi and Skywalker)|mission]] but was instead assigned to instruct a group of younglings, passing on what he had learned as a Padawan, much to his dismay. Before Kenobi left for Cato Neimoidia, Skywalker gave him a RazBohan high-encryption comlink so they could remain in contact. He later accompanied the younglings on an [[aid mission to Langston]] in which he was given command of the [[302nd Battalion]], with Clone Commander [[Theo (clone trooper)|Theo]] serving as his second-in command. While enroute to [[Langston]], Skywalker became acquainted with the youngling [[Mill Alibeth]], a [[Zabrak]] girl who was experiencing nausea as a result of a unique connection to the Force. Empathizing with her struggles as a mirror to his own, Skywalker chose to guide and instruct Alibeth as she grew to accept the Force and her connection to it. Kenobi eventually contacted Skywalker, asking him to analyze data he found that incriminated the Republic in the bombing. When he lost contact with Kenobi, Skywalker disobeyed orders to rescue his former master with Alibeth by his side.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

[[File:Mission-to-Cato-Neimoidia-final.png|thumb|right|280px|Skywalker and Kenobi on Cato Neimoidia]]
Shortly after arriving on Cato Neimoidia, Skywalker and Alibeth found a series of bombs planted in important Neimoidian landmarks which they later discovered were planted by [[Ketar Nor]] to send a message to the Republic. They came to find that Kenobi was on trial for conspiracy against Cato Neimoidia after Ventress found the data that incriminated the Republic. Skywalker rescued Kenobi moments before rifles from Neimoidian guards fired on him. With the help of [[Ruug Quarnom]] and Amidala, the Republic was cleared of any involvement in the bombing. Instead, revealing that an outside actor orchestrated the bombing to point to the Republic and Separatists in order to play on the fear of both sides of the new war.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

When they returned to Coruscant, Palpatine passed the [[Jedi Military Integration Act]], officially making the Jedi a part of the Grand Army of the Republic and marking the beginnings of General Skywalker and General Kenobi. Skywalker also told Alibeth of a myth from his childhood about the [[sun-dragon]] of Tatooine in order to steady her emotions. Becoming apprenticed to [[Rig Nema]] to avoid the war and instead provide special medical and spiritual assistance, Alibeth bid farewell to Skywalker and Kenobi, thanking the former for his guidance and letting him know he did not always have to act like the story's sun-dragon, leaving Skywalker speechless as he considered her words.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

The time surrounding the Cato Neimoidia affair taught Skywalker and Kenobi to become brothers-in-arms, instead of master and apprentice.<ref name="Brotherhood" /> The mission was also one of several Skywalker counted as the times he saved Kenobi's life, but Kenobi, however, insisted that "the business on Cato Neimoidia" did not count towards the tally.<ref name="Episode III" /> Skywalker also believed the operation was the first time he encountered Ventress, but he recognized her [[Ginivex-class fanblade starfighter|''Ginivex''-class fanblade starfighter]] and she already knew his name. Skywalker and Kenobi also launched a [[rescue of Ruug Quarnom]] as she was hunted by battle droids.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

====Rescue at Staggec====
{{Quote|Good to see you alive.''"<br />"''Did you have doubts?''"<br />"''Just for a moment.|Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi|<ref name="Hyperspace Stories 1">[[Hyperspace Stories 1|''Hyperspace Stories'' 1]]</ref>}}
[[File:AnakinStaggecSlice-HyperspaceStories1.png|thumb|left|280px|Skywalker cut down battle droids on Staggec]]
With the passage of the Military Integration Act, Skywalker and Kenobi, like all Jedi, were offered body armor,<ref name="Brotherhood" /> but neither immediately adopted that gear as part of their day-to-day attire.<ref name="Hyperspace Stories 5">[[Hyperspace Stories 5|''Hyperspace Stories'' 5]]</ref> When Senators Amidala and [[Yarua]] were ambushed by [[General]] [[Grievous]] on the [[Moon of Staggec]], Kenobi volunteered himself and Skywalker for the [[Mission to the moon of Staggec|mission]]. Shortly after they arrived on the moon, Skywalker followed a trail of footprints into a nearby forest. There, he and Kenobi discovered Yarua's daughter, [[Viiveenn]], who gave Skywalker a [[flower]] and led the Jedi to the ship where her father had been taken. When Viiveenn headed for the ship, Kenobi ran after her, causing him to be captured by the surrounding battle droids. Skywalker attacked the battle droids and tried to stop Kenobi and Viiveenn from being captured, but he was too late.<ref name="Hyperspace Stories 1" />

As the ship left, Skywalker lamented not leaving any droids intact for interrogation. Calming his mind, he meditated to think of a solution. Skywalker then used the Republic shuttle they'd arrived in to sneak onto the [[Providence-class Dreadnought|''Providence''-class Dreadnought]] Grievous was commanding. Alongside Kenobi, Skywalker cut down the remaining droids and ran off to find Amidala while Kenobi went to confront Grievous. By the time he reached her however, he found that the senator had already rescued herself and her associates. Skywalker then returned with the group to the Republic shuttle. Kenobi arrived shortly after with Viiveenn, informing the group that Yarua had died saving his daughter. After leaving the ship and escaping into hyperspace, Kenobi reported to Yoda while Skywalker checked on Amidala, who comforted Viiveenn over her loss.<ref name="Hyperspace Stories 1" />

====Lesson on Naboo====
[[File:AnakinSkywalkerJediGeneral-CGSWG.png|thumb|right|250px|Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker in his Jedi Commander armor]]
While on Naboo with Kenobi, Skywalker noticed and hastily attacked Ventress, who was amongst the crowd. As she ran Kenobi told him to wait, but Skywalker ignored his master and ran after anyways. When Skywalker lost Ventress, Kenobi caught up with him and told him a lesson about patience and trusting others. Listening in, Ventress heard Kenobi tell Skywalker that he cares about him staying alive. Ventress initially saw this as a sign of weakness, but would go onto intentionally fail [[Mission to Naboo (Asajj Ventress)|her mission]] because she realized Dooku did not care for her like Kenobi did for Skywalker.<ref name="Hyperspace Stories 5" />

====General of the 501st====
{{Quote|You fought in the Clone Wars?''"<br />"''Yes. I was once a Jedi Knight, the same as your father. ''[&hellip;]'' He was the best star pilot in the galaxy and a cunning warrior. ''[&hellip;]'' And he was a good friend.|Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, on Anakin Skywalker|audio=ObiWanRecallsAnakin.flac|<ref name="Episode IV" />}}
The [[501st Legion]] was under Skywalker's command during the war effort, with his "first-in-command" often being [[Clone Captain]] [[Rex|CT-7567]], who was also known by his nickname "Rex."<ref name="Darkness on Umbara">{{TCW|Darkness on Umbara}}</ref> At some point before<ref name="501 Plus One" /> he received a scar over his right eye,<ref name="Episode III" /> Skywalker participated in the [[Battle of Arantara]] with his troops. During the battle, Rex was wounded and rendered unconscious. After being found by Skywalker, Rex was surprised to see that he had come back for him. Skywalker responded that it should have been him in his place, telling his captain that a true leader always led from the front.<ref name="501 Plus One" />

After that, Skywalker and Rex soon developed a mutual respect and even became friends.<ref name="Timelines" /> While at first Rex needed to adapt to his maverick Jedi General because of the Clone Captain's by-the-book and no-nonsense nature, Rex would come to admire, and even would sometimes emulate, Skywalker's willingness to bend the rules and genius for improvisation,<ref name="Rex">{{Databank|clone-captain-rex|Clone Captain Rex}}</ref> and Skywalker and Rex would even become friends.<ref name="501 Plus One">{{StoryCite|story=501 Plus One|book=Age of Republic Special 1}}</ref>

[[File:AnakinNoScar-501PlusOne.png|thumb|left|250x180px|Anakin Skywalker during the early Clone Wars]]
The [[Venator-class Star Destroyer|''Venator''-class Star Destroyer]] ''[[Resolute]]'' served as his personal [[flagship]], under the [[admiral]]ty of [[Wullf Yularen]].<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /><ref name="Ryloth 1">{{TCW|Storm Over Ryloth}}</ref> During the war, Skywalker cut the B1 battle droid [[R0-GR]] down on a number of occasions. Years later, after R0-GR met C-3PO and learned the protocol droid had been built by Skywalker, he thought this fact practically made him and the 3PO unit family.<ref name="Droidography">''[[Star Wars: Droidography]]''</ref>

====Siege of Hisseen====
[[File:NotAFairFight-TCWBattleTales1.png|thumb|right|190px|Skywalker, Koon, and Kenobi fight battle droids during the siege]]
Sometime later, the Jedi Council sent Skywalker, along with Kenobi and Jedi Master [[Plo Koon]], along with their respective battalions to the [[Siege of Hisseen|besieged]] planet of [[Hisseen]] in order to stop a Separatist victory on the planet. While protecting a [[Unidentified village (Hisseen)|village]] from oncoming droid forces, the clones required backup before Skywalker, Kenobi, and Koon arrived to rescue them. The three jumped into combat as Koon used the Force to push several droids into one another, destroying them. After a short battle with the droids, the Republic emerged victorious over that wave of droid forces. With this, Skywalker deactivated his lightsaber and met with Cody, [[Clone Commander]] [[Wolffe|CC-3636]], and as well as Clone Captain Rex regarding the [[Hisseen's parliament|Hisseenian parliament]] as well as a [[Hisseenian]] [[Unidentified Hisseenian premier|premier]] who was to meet with Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress, which could potentially lead to Dooku dissolving the government on Hisseen and allow him to control the planet.<ref name="Clone Wars 1">[[Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 1|''Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales'' 1]]</ref>

With that, Kenobi informed the clones that they would need to hold that position while the three went after Dooku and Ventress. With that, the three Jedi left to confront Dooku and Ventress. Meanwhile, Rex told a story about him and Skywalker during a [[Mission to Benglor|mission]] on [[Benglor]].<ref name="Clone Wars 1" /> Eventually, the three managed to find Dooku, leading Skywalker to enter a duel with him while Koon contacted trooper [[Boost]] requesting immediate aid.<ref name="Clone Wars 2">[[Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 2|''Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales'' 2]]</ref> As Skywalker and his fellow Jedi chased Dooku and Ventress, they received a distress call from Rex, leading to the Jedi breaking off their pursuit to help their soldiers. Upon rescuing their clones, it was clear the day had been won for the Republic<ref name="Clone Wars 5">[[Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 5|''Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales'' 5]]</ref> because the soldiers had rescued the [[Hisseen's parliament|Hisseenian parliament]] from Dooku's droids.<ref name="Clone Wars 3">[[Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 3|''Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales'' 3]]</ref> Skywalker and his allies then departed Hisseen to return to Coruscant.<ref name="Clone Wars 5" />

====Battles at Corvair sector and Kudo III====
{{Quote|&hellip;Let's finish this.|Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="AoR-AS1">[[Age of Republic - Anakin Skywalker 1|''Age of Republic - Anakin Skywalker'' 1]]</ref>}}
[[File:AnakinBattleOfCorvair-AORAnakin1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Anakin Skywalker after defeating the Separatist fighters]]
Skywalker later led several of his bombers and fighters [[Battle of Corvair|against]] the Separatists in the [[Corvair sector]]. After defeating the separatist fighters, Skywalker spoke with Admiral Yularen aboard the ''Resolute''. Yularen confirmed that the Separatist contingent came from the [[Kudo droid foundry|droid foundry]] on [[Kudo III]]. Skywalker agreed to attack the foundry quickly before Separatist reinforcements arrived. However, Skywalker did not approve of the attack's high casualties that included the [[Kudon]]. Yularen suggested that they should do a surgical strike on the foundry's generator.<ref name="AoR-AS1" />

Skywalker spoke with Master Kenobi about his plan for attack, who reminded Skywalker to trust his feelings and the Force. Skywalker took R2 with him aboard his [[Anakin Skywalker's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor|interceptor]] and made his way to Kudo. After Skywalker landed, he made his way into the foundry and saw the Kudon being used as slave labor. Skywalker [[Mission to Kudo III|fought]] the battle droids and freed the Kudon. Skywalker was able to convince the Kudon to arm themselves and fight the battle droids. The mission was a success, and Skywalker returned to the ''Resolute''.<ref name="AoR-AS1" />

====Battle of Christophsis====
{{Quote|You're reckless, little one. You never would have made it as Obi-Wan's Padawan&hellip; but you might make it as mine.|Anakin Skywalker to Ahsoka Tano, following the Battle of Christophsis|audio=RecklessLittleOne-TCWf.flac|<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" />}}
[[File:AnakinStealthShip.jpg|thumb|right|276px|Skywalker pilots the stealth ship against the ''Invincible''.]]
A few months into the war,<ref name="Boba Fett and Other Bounty Hunters and Criminals">{{EncyclopediaCite|Boba Fett and Other Characters of the Underworld}}</ref> Skywalker and his former master, Kenobi, were tasked by the Jedi Council to [[Battle of Christophsis|break]] the [[Christophsis blockade|Separatist blockade]] on [[Christophsis]], and assist [[Alderaanian]] Senator [[Bail Prestor Organa|Bail Organa]] on his relief effort on the planet's surface. Initially overwhelmed, Kenobi presented Skywalker with a Republic [[IPV-2C Stealth Corvette|stealth ship]] prototype with a [[cloaking device]] and tasked him with flying it past the blockade, in order to deliver supplies to Organa. Accompanied by Yularen, Skywalker chose instead to engage Separatist Admiral [[Trench]] directly and divert his attention from Organa on the surface.<ref name="Cat and Mouse">{{TCW|Cat and Mouse}}</ref>

De-cloaking his stealth ship, Skywalker launched torpedoes at the dreadnought ''[[Invincible]]'', but his [[missile]]s were repelled by the ship's powerful [[thermal shield]]s. After successfully evading Trench's return fire, Trench sent a message over an open frequency, warning that he had faced this kind of ship before and that they should retreat before they were destroyed. Using the information supplied by Kenobi, Skywalker surmised that Trench would lock onto the ship's magnetic signature to destroy it and so, Skywalker de-cloaked once more, firing another volley of missiles at Trench's dreadnought. Trench took the bait and locked onto the stealth ship's magnetic signature, firing several [[tracking torpedo]]es. Skywalker steered the ship straight at the ''Invincible'', scraping right past its hull before Trench's missiles struck the [[Bridge (starship)|bridge]]. As Trench had just fired the missiles, his ship's shields were still recharging, and the dreadnought was destroyed. After defeating Trench, Skywalker delivered the supplies to Organa.<ref name="Cat and Mouse" />

[[File:Anakin_and_Rex_on_Christophsis.png|thumb|left|278px|Skywalker with Clone Captain CT-7567, "Rex"]]
After breaking the blockade, Kenobi joined Skywalker and the rest of the Republic forces on Christophsis' surface and together, they planned an ambush on the advancing droid army; instead, they were ambushed and forced to evacuate. Aware of a possible with a traitor amidst them, the Jedi duo decided to go behind enemy lines in order to seek information, leaving Rex and Cody to find the traitor. In the empty [[Christophsis Separatist headquarters|Separatist headquarters]], Skywalker and Kenobi ran into Asajj Ventress, whom they dueled before flying two [[Single Trooper Aerial Platform|STAPs]] back to base. They soon arrived to discover Rex and Cody apprehending [[Clone Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Slick]], the double agent.<ref name="The Hidden Enemy">{{TCW|The Hidden Enemy}}</ref>

As the battle raged, [[Skywalker's squad]] and the rest of the Republic forces managed to force the Separatists into a temporary retreat, but the need for reinforcements was evident. Instead, a young Togruta girl, [[Ahsoka Tano]], arrived to relay Master Yoda's message for them to return to Coruscant for a new [[Mission to Jabba's Palace (Clone Wars)|mission]], presenting herself as Skywalker's new Padawan, much to his dismay. The impending Separatist threat made it impossible for them to leave their post, so Skywalker and Tano (whom Skywalker nicknamed "Snips") went behind enemy lines to destroy their droids' [[deflector shield]] generator while Kenobi stalled for time by holding a fake surrender negotiation with General [[Whorm Loathsom|Loathsom]]. Despite having to fight a few droids that protected the generator, the two managed to destroy it, allowing the Republic army to finish off the droids and win the battle. Only then did Skywalker and Tano find common ground, and he accepted the responsibility of mentoring her.<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" />

====Battle of Teth====
{{Quote|So, this is where the fun begins.''"<br />"''Race you to the top.''"<br />"''I'll give you a head start.''"<br />"''Your mistake.|Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker|audio=RaceYouToTheTop-TCWf.flac|<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" />}}
As Yoda arrived with reinforcements, Skywalker, Kenobi, and Tano were informed that [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure]]'s son, [[Rotta]] had been kidnapped, and Skywalker and Tano were to go to [[Teth]] to search for the Huttlet, whereas Kenobi would speak with Jabba on Tatooine.<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" />

[[File:Skywalker_Teth_cliff.png|thumb|right|248px|Skywalker and Tano fighting their way on a cliff towards the monastery]]
With a time limit of only one planetary rotation to deliver Rotta, Skywalker and his Padawan landed in Teth, where they were flanked by battle droids. [[Battle of Teth|Fighting]] their way up a cliffside, they made their way into a [[B'omarr Order Monastery|monastery]]; once inside they discovered that it was Asajj Ventress who had kidnapped the Huttlet. With considerable effort, the Master-Padawan pair seized Rotta and escaped aboard an abandoned [[G9 Rigger-class light freighter|G9 ''Rigger''-class light freighter]], the ''[[Twilight]]''. They saw that help had arrived and planned to take the Huttlet to one of their [[Star Destroyer]]s for help, as he had gotten sick. Unfortunately, the cruiser was destroyed, forcing them to take Rotta to his father on their own.<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" />

====Missions in Hutt territory====
{{Quote|&mdash;that means we have a little bit of time to enjoy the cruise.''"<br />"''Annie, we're supposed to be discreet!''"<br />"''What better disguise than a couple in love on a romantic getaway?|Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala aboard the ''Halcyon''|<ref name="HL 3">[[Halcyon Legacy 3|''Halcyon Legacy'' 3]]</ref>}}
[[File:Dune_Sea_parting_ways.png|thumb|left|242px|Skywalker and Tano briefly part ways on Tatooine.]]
Upon arriving on Tatooine, they were attacked by [[IG-100 MagnaGuard|MagnaGuards]] and, though they defeated them, the ''Twilight'' crashed, forcing them to travel through the desert. Choosing to split up in the [[Dune Sea]], Tano took Rotta to [[Boba Fett's Palace|Jabba's Palace]], whereas Skywalker was confronted by Count Dooku. After a brief duel, Skywalker stole Dooku's [[speeder bike]], knowing his Padawan was in trouble and reached Jabba's Palace, where he was told that Rotta had not been delivered and that he would be killed. Just then, Senator Amidala contacted the Hutt [[crime lord]] and informed him that his uncle [[Ziro Desilijic Tiure|Ziro]] was involved with the kidnapping, just for Tano to arrive along with Rotta, resolving matters to Jabba's satisfaction.<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" />

Sometime after the [[Hutt–Republic treaty|treaty]] between the Republic and [[Hutt Clan]] was finalized, Skywalker and Amidala were sent to meet with [[Lannik (species)|Lannik]] senator [[Zast Tri'vak]] on the luxury [[MPO-1400 Purgill-class star cruiser|MPO-1400 ''Purgill''-class star cruiser]] ''[[Halcyon]]'' and ensure that he would not sway [[Lannik]] to align with the Separatists and cut off Republic supply routes. After assisting a [[Logistics droid]] named [[D3-O9]], Skywalker and Amidala observed Tri'vak as he hurriedly returned to his cabin. Knowing that Kenobi had the ship's destination staked out with a unit of clones due to reports of Separatist agents, the couple decided to enjoy their time together on the Star Cruiser. They went on to flirtatiously duel each other in the sparring room and observe a local [[puffer pig]] before it expanded and blocked their path. As they relaxed in the [[Climate Simulator]], Skywalker suddenly sensed Ventress on the ship and realized that she was there to extract Tri'vak. He and Amidala then broke into the senator's cabin and discovered a hole cut into the floor. Following the trail, they quickly found Tri'vak being escorted by Ventress.<ref name="HL 3" />

[[File:SkirmishOnTheHalcyon-HalcyonLegacy1.png|thumb|right|250px|Skywalker and Ventress duel]]
As Skywalker dueled Ventress, he and Amidala were threatened by a few guards before Amidala stunned them with the help of a young [[Tholothian]] boy named [[Shorr Komrrin]]. Just then, the fighting was stopped by a Hutt who had the combatants surrounded by security. When the Hutt threatened to end the Hutt Clan's treaty with the Republic, Amidala explained to him that they were there to root out a traitor and reminded him of the Mid Rim trade routes they each benefited from. While Tri'vak begged the Hutt for mercy, Ventress stabbed the senator in the back and used her lightsabers to shatter a nearby window, leaping out into space and escaping in her fanblade starfighter. Amidala held onto Shorr's hand as Skywalker sealed the opening with the Force. She then commended the boy for his bravery while Skywalker watched as Ventress flew away.<ref name="HL 3" />

Following the [[Battle of Hypori]], Kenobi, Cody, and the [[212th Attack Battalion]] were sent to aid Commander [[Mekedrix]] and his [[Mekedrix's company|forces]] from [[Roon]] at a [[Battle of Abrion Bridge|battle]] on [[Abrion Major]]. As he went to meet with Yularen, Kenobi contacted Skywalker and the Jedi wished each other luck before Kenobi left for his mission.<ref name="Obi-Wan 3">[[Obi-Wan 3|''Obi-Wan'' 3]]</ref>

====The ''Malevolence''====
{{Quote|That's your plan? Just fly there, land, hope they don't spot us and walk in the door?''"<br />"''Basically.''"<br />"''Oh. Brilliant. Let's get going.|Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker|audio=AnakinMalevolencePlan.flac|<ref name="Malevolence 3">{{TCW|Destroy Malevolence|Destroy ''Malevolence''}}</ref>}}
[[File:Malevolence_Struggle.jpg|thumb|left|276px|Anakin and Padmé fleeing pursuing troops on ''Malevolence'']]
When news reached them of the [[Battle of Abregado|destruction]] of Jedi Master Plo Koon's [[fleet]] in the [[Abregado system]], Skywalker and his Padawan set out to rescue him and any survivors in spite of his orders to rendezvous with Kenobi's fleet. Though he sent his ships and most of his men, Skywalker himself and Tano used the ''Twilight'' to rescue Koon and three other clones, who told them of a new Separatist [[superweapon]], the [[Subjugator-class heavy cruiser|''Subjugator''-class heavy cruiser]] ''[[Malevolence]]'', which was commanded by Grievous.<ref name="Malevolence 1">{{TCW|Rising Malevolence|Rising ''Malevolence''}}</ref>

After yet [[Battle of the Ryndellia system|another attack]] from the ''Malevolence'', Skywalker decided to lead the [[Shadow Squadron]] into an [[Battle of the Kaliida Nebula|attack]] against the heavy cruiser, only to narrowly escape the ''Malevolence''{{'s}} [[ion cannon]], which left too many [[bomber]]s destroyed or incapacitated. Forced to change the plan, Skywalker and the bombers dropped their payload on the ion cannon, forcing it to overload, damaging the ship and causing the ''Malevolence'' to retreat from its attack on a [[Kaliida Shoals Medical Center|Republic medical station]].<ref name="Malevolence 2">{{TCW|Shadow of Malevolence|Shadow of ''Malevolence''}}</ref> While making his escape, Grievous captured Senator Amidala, who entered the [[Star system|system]] in the belief she was sent to negotiate with the [[InterGalactic Banking Clan]] Supreme Executive, rather than a trap. Ordering their ships to halt their fire, Skywalker and Kenobi boarded the ''Malevolence'' to rescue her. While on the ship, Skywalker [[Saboteur|sabotaged]] the ship's [[Navigation computer|navigation system]] to cause the ship to crash into a moon should the hyperdrive be engaged, before escaping the ship alongside Amidala and Kenobi.<ref name="Malevolence 3" />

Following the [[Defense of Rishi Station|battle]] wherein a group of clones from [[Rishi Station]] prevented a surprise attack on Kamino, Skywalker and Kenobi awarded [[medal]]s to two of its survivors, newcomers [[Echo]] and [[Fives]], with Skywalker welcoming them onto the 501st Legion.<ref name="Rookies">{{TCW|Rookies (episode)}}</ref>

At some point, Skywalker and Kenobi crashed their [[BTL Y-wing starfighter|Y-wing]] into a shield protecting a city near the [[Senatorial Palace]] as they investigated the activities of some [[Unidenified rogue Nightsisters|rogue Nightsisters]] on [[Rodia]]. When the shield was abruptly activated, the starfighter was entirely destroyed, while the dome remained unaffected.<ref name ="Mustafar and Other">{{EncyclopediaCite|Mustafar and Other Planets in the Outer Rim}}</ref>

====R2-D2 lost====
{{Quote|So let me get this straight, Anakin. You risked the mission, all your men, even your ''Padawan'', to save a droid?''"<br />"''Artoo found the listening post, ''and'' he saved our lives. We couldn't just leave him there, Obi-Wan.''"<br />"''Oh, Anakin, ''one day''&hellip;|Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker|audio=ToSaveADroid-DotD.flac|<ref name="Duel of the Droids">{{TCW|Duel of the Droids}}</ref>}}
Following [[Skytop Station campaign|numerous Separatist victories]] from General Grievous, and the [[Battle of Falleen|defeat of]] the [[Falleen battle group]], Skywalker attempted to stop the [[cyborg]] from taking his [[sector]] and planned an [[Battle of Bothawui|ambush]] for the Separatist forces as they were passing through [[Bothawui]]'s [[Fervse'dra asteroid belt|asteroid field]]. Placing [[All Terrain Tactical Enforcer|AT-TEs]] on the nearby [[asteroid]]s, he managed to destroy the Separatist frigates and forced Grievous to retreat in the ''[[Soulless One]]'', resulting in a pursuit by Skywalker. However, debris from the destroyed Separatist frigates damaged his ship, leaving him to be rescued by Rex at the cost of losing R2-D2. Though he was supplied with a new [[Astromech droid|astromech]] droid, [[R3-S6]], Skywalker was saddened by the loss of his friend and did not take to the new droid, and felt something suspicious on its true allegiance. Instead, he launched a search, scouring the battlefield; unable to find R2-D2, they [[Ambush on the Vulture's Claw|boarded]] a nearby scavenger ship, the ''[[Vulture's Claw]]'', only to leave empty-handed as [[Gha Nachkt]] delivered R2-D2 to Grievous.<ref name="Downfall of a Droid">{{TCW|Downfall of a Droid}}</ref>

[[File:Skywalker_vs_MagnaGuard.png|thumb|right|264px|Skywalker engaging an IG-100 MagnaGuard]]
With all hope lost, Skywalker attempted to continue life without the droid, [[Mission to suspected Confederate space|scouting]] for a possible Separatist listening outpost,<ref name="Downfall of a Droid" /> until R2-D2 sent a message revealing his location at [[Skytop Station]]. Upon arrival, Skywalker ordered Tano and Rex to fulfill the [[Raid on Skytop Station|mission]] objective—to destroy the station—while he went to find his lost droid. Though Skywalker engaged several MagnaGuards, he found R2-D2 and met up with Rex and [[Denal]], who told him that Tano was gone to distract Grievous alone while they completed the mission. It was then, as Anakin already suspected about R3-S6's true allegiance, that R3 revealed himself to be Grievous' [[spy]] and set several vulture droids and super battle droids against them. As they resisted, Tano rejoined the group, only to be scolded by her master for engaging the droid general alone; R2-D2 opened the hangar doors, defeating R3-S6 in the process, to be retrieved by a happy Skywalker, delighted to have his longtime friend back safe.<ref name="Duel of the Droids" />

Following [[Viceroy]] [[Nute Gunray]]'s [[Mission to Rodia|capture]] in Rodia by Amidala, Skywalker separated from Tano, who went onto serve as Gunray's escort alongside [[Luminara Unduli]]. Although the two [[Rescue on the Tranquility|failed]] in their task, Skywalker reunited with Tano at the rendezvous point.<ref name="Cloak of Darkness">{{TCW|Cloak of Darkness}}</ref>

====Captured on Florrum====
{{Quote|You should be more patient, Master. After all, the Count is an elderly gentlemen, and doesn't move like he used to.''"<br />"''I suppose you're right."''<br />"''I would kill you both right now if I did not have to drag your bodies.|Skywalker and Kenobi mock Dooku as the three attempt to escape|audio=AniObiDookuBanter-TGG.flac|<ref name="The Gungan General">{{TCW|The Gungan General}}</ref>}}
[[File:Epguide11.png|thumb|left|281px|Dooku's incarceration confirmed by Skywalker and Kenobi]]
Together with Kenobi, Skywalker spearheaded an [[Skirmish at Vanqor|attempt]] near the planet [[Vanqor]] to capture Count Dooku, where Skywalker let himself be captured by Dooku's [[Munificent-class star frigate|''Munificent''-class star frigate]] and taken to a prison cell, only for Kenobi to come and rescue him. The two Jedi then gave chase to Dooku, who escaped in his [[solar sailer]], with a [[Sheathipede-class transport shuttle|''Sheathipede''-class transport shuttle]]. After taking direct hits to their shuttle, they were forced to crash-land on the planet. In a nearby cave, the two Jedi began to hunt for Dooku, but the Sith Lord ambushed them by causing a sudden collapse in the cave ceiling. While Dooku escaped the cave, they had to render a gundark unconscious, only to nearly succumb to poison gas released from a trapped pocket in the cave. They were saved just in time, as Tano and a detachment of clone troopers rescued them.<ref name="Dooku Captured">{{TCW|Dooku Captured}}</ref>

Later, as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and his representatives were contacted by [[Hondo Ohnaka]] to receive a reward for capturing Count Dooku, Skywalker and Kenobi were assigned to verify the [[pirate]] [[Ohnaka Gang|gang's]] custody of Dooku, agreeing to the pirates' condition to arrive unarmed. The Jedi were met at gunpoint in the ''Twilight'' and escorted to Ohnaka, who arranged a meeting with their prisoner. The Jedi mocked Dooku's imprisonment, and the Sith Lord warned them not to underestimate the [[Weequay]]. Skywalker and Kenobi were invited to a "party" by the pirates, only to wind up passed out in a cell, chained together with Dooku.<ref name="Dooku Captured" /> Despite several attempts by the Jedi and Sith to escape on their own, [[Junior Representative|Representative]] Binks was the one to rescue them, though the [[Mission to Florrum|mission]] came at the cost of Senator [[Kharrus]]' life and Dooku's escape. Obi Wan told Anakin not to harm Hondo and left peacefully.<ref name="The Gungan General" />

Later, Skywalker heard about the situation on [[Ridlay]], where the entire planet stopped communicating for an unusual amount of time. He contacted Windu, who was already [[Mission to Ridlay|there to investigate the situation]]. He offered his and Tano's assistance, but Windu denied their involvement.<ref name="Separation Anxiety">{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=9|story=Separation Anxiety Part One}}</ref>

====Quell and Maridun====
{{Quote|This battle is inevitable. You can stand by your beliefs, but let us stand by ours.|Anakin Skywalker, to Tee Watt Kaa|audio=AnakinLemurBeliefs.flac|<ref name="Defenders of Peace">{{TCW|Defenders of Peace}}</ref>}}
[[File:AaylaAnakinAhsoka-TCWS01E13.png|thumb|right|281px|A gravely injured Skywalker, tended by Tano and Aayla Secura]]
Sent in as reinforcements for Jedi Master [[Aayla Secura]]'s and Commander [[Bly]]'s [[Aayla Secura's task force|forces]], which were heavily outnumbered and overpowered during the [[Battle of Quell]], Skywalker, Tano, Rex, and their forces assisted in an evacuation of Secura's cruiser as it fell under heavy Separatist fire. Meeting with Secura, a raging inferno ran through the cruiser, and Skywalker sacrificed himself to save the others, severely injuring himself in the process. Tano and Secura dragged Skywalker onto the evacuation frigate, where he was given medical treatment for his injuries. As they prepared to dock with the ''Resolute'', an ambush by several vulture droids caused the ship's hyperdrive to activate, sending them into deep space. After narrowly avoiding an incoming [[star]], they crash-landed on [[Maridun]], where Skywalker was left in the care of Rex, while Secura, Tano, and Bly set out to ask the natives for medical support. Rex defended Skywalker from several vicious [[mastiff phalone]]s until Tano arrived back with Bly and [[Lurmen]] healer [[Wag Too]], before a final confrontation against the vicious attackers.<ref name="Jedi Crash">{{TCW|Jedi Crash}}</ref>

Soon after their arrival, Separatist forces landed on the planet, and the Lurmen leader [[Tee Watt Kaa]] accused the Jedi of bringing the war to their peaceful planet, ordering them to leave immediately. Though they did, the Jedi returned to the [[Lurmen village]] after learning about the Separatists' sinister objective—to test their new superweapon, the [[defoliator]], on the Lurmen. The group set up a shield generator to [[Defense of Maridun|protect]] the village from the blast of the weapon, as well as from the [[Squad One (Lok Durd)|incoming]] [[Squad Two (Lok Durd)|waves]] [[Squad Three (Lok Durd)|of]] battle droids. As their shield was destroyed and the defoliator was being reloaded for another shot, Skywalker disabled the weapon before capturing Separatist General [[Lok Durd]]. The Jedi then left the planet, now peaceful again, on several Republic cruisers sent by Yularen.<ref name="Defenders of Peace" />

====Orto Plutonia====
{{Quote|&hellip;and this is the planet's tropical zone.''"<br />"''It's not Tatooine, that's for sure.|Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, on Orto Plutonia|audio=NotTatooine.flac|<ref name="Trespass">{{TCW|Trespass}}</ref>}}
[[File:Rex_cold_assault_trooper.png|thumb|left|290px|Skywalker, dressed for Orto Plutonia's cold climate]]
After losing contact with a Republic [[Glid Station|outpost]] on [[Orto Plutonia]], Skywalker, his droids C-3PO and R2-D2, and Kenobi were sent to investigate with a [[squad]] of [[Clone cold assault trooper|cold assault troopers]] under the command of Captain Rex, in the company of [[Pantora]] Senator [[Riyo Chuchi]] and [[Chairman]] [[Chi Cho]]. Skywalker and Kenobi investigated the outpost following the mysterious death of all its [[Orto Plutonia clone security force|clone troopers]], and the two Jedi deduced that all the clones had been killed, but not by battle droids since another nearby [[Separatist outpost (Orto Plutonia)|Separatist base]] had also been attacked. Skywalker and Kenobi followed their clues to a nearby canyon, where they found a [[Talz village|village]] inhabited by [[Talz]], who explained that they were only trying to protect their home as translated by C-3PO. Acting as a mediator, Kenobi proposed a peace meeting between the Talz and Chairman Cho, but the latter refused to share the [[moon]] with the Talz, and declared war, despite the Jedi's efforts to bring forth peace. As a [[One-Day War|battle]] broke out amongst the clone troopers and the Talz, Senator Chuchi convened with the [[Pantoran Assembly]] and called Cho out of order. The battle came to an end when Cho was killed, and Chuchi gave a proposal to the Talz to share the moon with them.<ref name="Trespass" />

====Blue Shadow Virus====
{{Quote|You must move cautiously if you—''"<br />"''There's no time for caution. My Padawan is trapped on there, and so is Padmé—I mean, Senator Amidala.|Gregar Typho and Anakin Skywalker, much to Kenobi's disapproving look|audio=AnakinAngryTypho.flac|<ref name="Mystery of a Thousand Moons">{{TCW|Mystery of a Thousand Moons}}</ref>}}
Upon Amidala's petition to send Skywalker and Kenobi to assist them in locating suspected Separatist presence on Naboo, Skywalker, Kenobi, and Tano arrived to find that Amidala and Binks had gone to investigate the [[eastern swamps]]. Sending the young Padawan with [[Peppi Bow]] to find them, the two Jedi were informed by Captain [[Gregar Typho]] that before losing contact with Amidala, she had informed them of the [[Trade Federation laboratory|laboratory's]] location and of [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Nuvo Vindi]]'s intentions to release the dangerous [[Blue Shadow Virus]] back into the galaxy. While Tano led an [[Raid on Nuvo Vindi's laboratory|attack]] on the southern entrance, providing a distraction for Kenobi and Skywalker to enter through the hatches undetected, Skywalker confronted Vindi, who electrified Amidala and Binks to make his escape. After saving the Senator, Skywalker pursued the [[scientist]], capturing him with the help of Peppi Bow and Kenobi on the swamp above.<ref name="Blue Shadow Virus">{{TCW|Blue Shadow Virus (episode)}}</ref>

[[File:Vindi_taunts_Anakin_and_Obi-Wan.png|thumb|right|284px|Skywalker and Kenobi, taunted by Nuvo Vindi]]
Prepared to transport Vindi to Theed for his trial, they heard an alarm go off below them and Skywalker contacted Tano; she told him that Vindi's [[LEP-series service droid|servant droid]] had set off one of the [[viral bomb]]s, liberating the virus, and that she along with the clones were trapped in the laboratory, just like Amidala was. Once in Theed, Captain Typho told the two Jedi that they had found a possible [[antidote]] for the virus, a [[reeksa]] root, but that it could only be found on the planet of [[Iego]]. Despite Typho's warnings that it was [[Death|suicide]], Skywalker set off alongside Kenobi aboard the ''Twilight''.<ref name="Mystery of a Thousand Moons" />

Upon arrival, Skywalker and Kenobi were greeted by a group of inoffensive [[B1-series battle droid]]s that had been reprogrammed to do the bidding of a local boy, [[Jaybo Hood]]; he told the Jedi that the planet was protected by a [[deity]] known as [[Drol]], who would not let any who arrived on the planet leave again, but also instructed them on how to retrieve the reeksa roots. Though the plant attacked them, they obtained the root and bid farewell to Hood before taking off, only to be forced to turn back after encountering a [[LaserWeb Defense Station|laser]] [[Laser web|web]], the work of the Separatists. On their second attempt, however, they used Hood's reprogrammed vulture droids, and Kenobi managed to shoot the laser generator, liberating the inhabitants of Iego. Skywalker and Kenobi then arrived in time to rescue their friends on Naboo.<ref name="Mystery of a Thousand Moons" />

====Battle of Ryloth====
{{Quote|It was a trap, Snips. It was not your fault.''"<br />"''I lost so many of my pilots.''"<br />"''Take heart, little one. That's the reality of command.|Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano|audio=RealityOfCommand-SOR.flac|<ref name="Ryloth 1" />}}
[[File:AnakinAhsoka-StormOverRyloth.png|thumb|left|269px|Skywalker trying to bolster Tano's confidence]]
During the [[Battle of Ryloth]], Skywalker gave Tano command of a [[Blue Squadron (Galactic Republic)|squadron]] to fend off [[Mar Tuuk]]'s [[Ryloth blockade|blockade]] to make way for Kenobi's ground assault, encouraging Tano to overcome her nervousness about leading her first squad. However, during the battle, she disobeyed her master's orders and lost many men, for which Skywalker reprimanded her when she arrived back at the ''Resolute'', yet understood her good intentions. Skywalker then reported his losses to Windu and Kenobi. He gave her some time to recover but informed her that they needed to proceed with the attack on the blockade, which upset Tano because he was rushing the plan despite their recent losses. Though he told her to go cool off somewhere, Skywalker had an idea—he evacuated the damaged ''[[Defender]]'', which he would pilot by himself into the [[Ryloth system]] to distract the Separatists, while he gave Tano full command of the attack operation. By the time Turk realized the ruse, it was too late, for Skywalker had already escaped in an [[escape pod]] and let the ''Defender'' collide with Tuuk's control ship; though Tuuk escaped, Tano destroyed the Confederate fleet, and Skywalker was rescued from his escape pod.<ref name="Ryloth 1" />

After Kenobi and his men were able to take out the proton cannons and allow the [[transport]]s to land,<ref name="Ryloth 2">{{TCW|Innocents of Ryloth}}</ref> whereas Windu headed for [[Lessu City|Lessu]] with his forces, Skywalker and his forces secured the space around [[Ryloth]], forcing the remaining Separatist cruisers to flee. He reported this in a holographic conference with Chancellor Palpatine, Yoda, Admiral Yularen, Senator [[Orn Free Taa]], and Windu. However, Separatist General [[Wat Tambor]] soon deployed [[Hyena-class Droid Fighter/Bomber|''Hyena''-class Droid Bombers]] to destroy Ryloth's villages and Skywalker engaged them in his [[interceptor]], accompanied by Tano and clones. Before Lessu was destroyed on Count Dooku's orders, Skywalker and Tano shot them down. Subsequently, Tambor was captured, and the Republic was victorious: Ryloth was finally free once more.<ref name="Ryloth 3">{{TCW|Liberty on Ryloth}}</ref>

====Holocron heist====
{{Quote|This could be a trap, Master. Are you sure you don't need us to go?''"<br />"''Of course it's a trap, Skywalker.|Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu|audio=OfCourseItsATrapSkywalker-ChildrenOfTheForce.flac|<ref name="Children of the Force">{{TCW|Children of the Force}}</ref>}}
[[File:BattleOfFelucia-HH.jpg|thumb|right|266px|Republic forces retreating from Felucia]]
Skywalker and Clone Commander "[[Wolffe]]" fought alongside each other during the [[Battle of Khorm]], where the [[Clone trooper officer|Clone Officer]] lost his right eye<ref name="FC Wolffe">{{ForceCollection|Clone Commander Wolffe|star=4}}</ref> to Ventress.<ref name="Ultimate SW">''[[Ultimate Star Wars]]''</ref> Sometime later,<ref name="Felucia Batle Date">The [[First Battle of Felucia|battle of Felucia]] took place sometime after the Battle of [[Khorm]], according to {{Databank|clone-commander-wolffe|Clone Commander Wolffe}}</ref> during the [[First Battle of Felucia]], Skywalker, Tano, and Kenobi fought against the Droid Army, but, while Tano was away on a jungle patrol, Skywalker, Kenobi, and their clones were surrounded. However, a Republic fleet<ref name="Holocron Heist">{{TCW|Holocron Heist}}</ref> commanded by Wolffe<ref name="Wolffe Bio Gallery Image 4">{{Databank|clone-commander-wolffe-biography-gallery|Clone Commander Wolffe Biography Gallery}} {{C|Image 4 caption}}</ref> was able to break past the [[Felucia blockade|Separatist blockade]], so Skywalker and the others could be evacuated by Master Plo Koon. However, Tano refused to retreat, and Kenobi and Skywalker went to retrieve her before her forces were overrun by droids. While Skywalker and Tano argued about the retreat, as Tano believed the droids were retreating, she boarded the gunship in time, and the three Jedi watched as her abandoned vehicles were destroyed. Back at the Jedi Temple, Skywalker attempted to take the blame for her disobedience, citing that he had given her more freedom due to her skills. Still, the Council relegated her to guard duty in the [[Jedi Archives]] to reflect on what she had done.<ref name="Holocron Heist" />

When Yoda sensed that thieves would [[Raid on the Jedi Temple|arrive]] at the Temple, Skywalker, and Kenobi inaccurately deduced that their enemies were after their transmission codes and went to secure them, only to be proven wrong when they located the intruders' position at the ventilation shaft. They were misdirected then to the communication center, where they narrowly escaped an exploding [[Todo 360|Todo]], and realized only too late that [[Cad Bane]] had stolen a holocron from the [[Holocron Vault|Vault]]. Furthermore, the bounty hunter that was assisting Bane, [[Cato Parasitti]] revealed that Bane's next target was [[Bolla Ropal]], keeper of the [[Kyber memory crystal]], which contained a list of all known [[Force-sensitive]] children in the Republic.<ref name="Holocron Heist" /> Skywalker then volunteered himself and Tano to meet with Ropal, arriving in the [[Devaron system]] to [[Battle of Devaron|cut off]] the Separatist fleet that was assisting Bane, who already had captured Ropal and [[torture]]d him to death in a [[containment field]] after he defiantly refused to open the holocron.<ref name="Cargo of Doom">{{TCW|Cargo of Doom}}</ref>

Skywalker, Tano, and Rex boarded [[Cad Bane's Munificent-class star frigate|Bane's ''Munificent''-class frigate]] and stormed its bridge, where R2-D2 accessed the ship's computer to locate Ropal, or rather, Ropal's dead body. After an explosion rocked the ship, the Jedi spotted Bane and chased him into a trap. After a duel with Tano, the [[bounty hunter]] took her as a hostage, and Skywalker was forced to bow to Bane's demands and open the holocron. Though he did so, Skywalker also pulled his and Tano's lightsabers to himself and attacked Bane. However, Bane distracted him by opening the [[airlock]] on Tano's cell and escaped, while Skywalker saved his Padawan and made their way to the hangar, where troopers had stolen a shuttle the escape the exploding Separatist ship back to the ''Resolute'', not before letting Bane enter, disguised in [[Phase I clone trooper armor|trooper armor]].<ref name="Cargo of Doom" /> After landing on the ''Resolute'', Rex later noticed [[Duros]] blood in the shuttle, and pursued Bane, who nevertheless managed to escape in a [[V-19 Torrent starfighter|V-19 starfighter]]. Skywalker and Tano returned to the Jedi Council to report their failure.<ref name="Children of the Force" />

[[File:EscapingMustafar-CotF.png|thumb|left|278px|Skywalker and Tano rescue Force-sensitive children from Mustafar.]]
Skywalker, along with Kenobi, Windu, and Yoda, [[Meditation|meditated]] in hope of finding the children that Bane was after before he kidnapped them. Sensing the future, Skywalker and Tano were [[Attempted kidnapping of Roo-Roo Page|assigned]] to Naboo to set a trap for Bane in [[Jan-gwa city]], capturing him as he attempted to kidnap [[Roo-Roo Page]]. With the real child safe, the two Jedi took Bane to the ''Resolute'', where Skywalker, Windu, and Kenobi interrogated the bounty hunter with a combined [[mind trick]]; exhausted, Bane gave them [[Black Stall Station|coordinates]] that Kenobi and Windu were to [[Mission to Black Stall Station|follow]], while Skywalker reported the details to Palpatine on Coruscant. Soon, however, he reunited with his Padawan and R2-D2 and began to examine Bane's Starfighter, from which Skywalker and Tano deduced from the ashes on it and its refueling record that Bane had been to [[Mustafar]]. With nothing else to do, the Jedi pair [[Mission to Mustafar (Skywalker and Tano)|left]] on the ''Twilight'' for the planet, where they found the children. Though one of the droids set the building to be destroyed in the [[Magma|lava]] on Sidious's orders, Skywalker and Tano saved the children and returned to Coruscant. Skywalker admitted to the Council that they were unable to find out who was behind the kidnappings, to which Yoda advised caution on the path ahead.<ref name="Children of the Force" />

====Battle of Felucia====
{{Quote|That's it. We'll just train the villagers to defend themselves.''"<br />"''But we are just simple farmers. Why are we paying bounty hunters to defend us if we're just going to end up doing it ourselves? Hush.''"<br />"''Trust me. We'll have you ready.|Anakin Skywalker and Dilanni|audio=AnakinTrainFarmers.flac|<ref name="Bounty Hunters">{{TCW|Bounty Hunters (episode)}}</ref>}}
[[File:Embo_hurt.png|thumb|right|260px|Skywalker and Kenobi helping bounty hunters on Felucia]]
On a mission to investigate the [[Destruction of the Felucia medical station|disappearance]] of [[Felucia Medical Station HCTFF2]] that was orbiting over [[Felucia]], their shuttle was attacked by a group of six vulture droids deployed from an [[Automated vulture droid deployment station|automated deployment station]], forcing them to crash-land on Felucia. Trapped on the planet, they came across a [[nysillin]] [[farm]] village after searching around for a while. They soon realized that the [[Felucian]] villagers were being protected by a [[Sugi's bounty hunters|group of bounty hunters]] led by [[Sugi (bounty hunter)|Sugi]]—[[Embo]], [[Rumi Paramita]], and [[Seripas]]. The village elder,<ref name="Bounty Hunters" /> [[Casiss Midagatis]],<ref name="Join the Battle" /> explained to the Jedi trio that they had hired the bounty hunters because pirates had been taking their crops. After some debate amongst them, Skywalker, Kenobi, and Tano decided to help the farmers to defend themselves.<ref name="Bounty Hunters" />

That night they were visited by the pirates, Hondo Onaka's gang, familiar to Skywalker and Kenobi. Ohnaka then told the group that he would be back, but by then Skywalker had taught the Felucians how to fight with staffs—though slow at first, they eventually picked up the craft. After a few days, the Ohnaka Gang returned as promised, and a [[Skirmish on Felucia|skirmish]] ensued between the factions. During the confrontation, Skywalker dueled Ohnaka and his [[electrostaff]], leaving him hanging off a cliff and begging for mercy, to which the Jedi Knight pulled him up and Ohnaka realized that their efforts were no longer profitable, leaving on [[Corona-class armed frigate|his ship]]. Alongside the bounty hunters, the Jedi themselves left soon after as well, to reach the closest Republic outpost.<ref name="Bounty Hunters" />

====The Zillo Beast====
{{Quote|Well, you made the right choice. We got the fuel and you saved your creature. And now, he will be safe.''"<br />"''Let's hope we could say the same about Coruscant.|Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu|audio=AnakinWinduZillo.flac|<ref name="Zillo Beast 1">{{TCW|The Zillo Beast}}</ref>}}
[[File:Riding_Artoo2.png|thumb|left|252px|Skywalker and R2-D2 fleeing from the Zillo Beast]]
During the lengthy [[Battle of Malastare|campaign]] on [[Malastare]], Skywalker discussed with Palpatine, who contacted them via hologram, and Windu the effects of the new [[electro-proton bomb]], just as the Separatist Droid Army prepared a new attack—with the Republic expecting to successfully defend the [[Dug]]s and secure a treaty for their [[fuel]]. Though exceedingly effective, the bomb created a crater, which Windu went to investigate whereas Skywalker was to ensure the treaty with [[Doge]] [[Nakha Urus|Urus]], only to be called by Windu to assist him with the scouting. The two soon discovered a gigantic creature whose armored skin was impervious even to lightsabers, the [[Zillo Beast]], from which they fled, only to be told by Urus that they wanted it killed, even though it was previously thought to be extinct. With the use of [[RX-200 Falchion-class assault tank|RX-200 ''Falchion''-class assault tanks]], the Republic forces put the creature to [[sleep]], convincing the Dugs that it was dead. With the treaty signed and Malastare now a member of the Republic, Palpatine ordered that the beast be shipped to Coruscant for study, despite Windu's objections.<ref name="Zillo Beast 1" />

After the Zillo Beast was brought to the Republic capital, Kenobi and Amidala asked Skywalker to speak with Palpatine about the fate of the creature; reluctantly, he agreed. When both he and Amidala met with the Chancellor, Palpatine and the [[Vice Chair]] [[Mas Amedda]] tried to justify that killing the beast was for the greater good—Amidala objected to their claims, but Skywalker chose to stay neutral, instead of opposing either his wife, Amidala, or his friend, Palpatine. Although Palpatine claimed that he wished to kill the beast, he in fact wanted to research it as he was intrigued by the durability of the Zillo beast's armor. However, the beast [[Zillo Beast incident|escaped]] from captivity in Dr. [[Sionver Boll|Boll's]] laboratory and directly targeted the Chancellor himself for his attempts to kill it. Cornered by the beast, Skywalker and the others evacuated his office on his [[H-2 executive shuttle|executive shuttle]], only for the beast to grab it upon take-off. They were freed when Skywalker sliced the shuttle in half, causing everyone to fall out of the shuttle, with Skywalker saving Amidala from falling from the [[Imperial Senate Building|Senate Building's]] roof. The Beast was ultimately killed when gunships fired gas at its mouth on Palpatine's orders.<ref name="Zillo Beast 2">{{TCW|The Zillo Beast Strikes Back}}</ref>

===No end in sight===
====Another mission to Cato Neimoidia====
{{Quote|Wait. Now give me back my disk.''"<br />"''Don't worry, Clovis. It's good to know you have a heart. I wish I could give you the disk, but I have a lot of faith in your survival skills.|Rush Clovis and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Senate Spy">{{TCW|Senate Spy}}</ref>}}
[[File:RushDemandsAntidote-SS.jpg|thumb|right|279px|Skywalker holding his poisoned wife, as Rush Clovis demands the antidote]]
Even as the Clone Wars continued with no end in sight,<ref name="Landing at Point Rain">{{TCW|Landing at Point Rain}}</ref> Skywalker was allowed a leave after a long tour of duty. After returning home to his wife's [[Padmé's Apartment|apartment]] for a romantic evening, Skywalker was recalled to the Temple by the Jedi Council. Believing Senator [[Rush Clovis]] to be a Separatist supporter, they decided they needed a spy—in this case, Senator Amidala, of whom Clovis was an old friend. The next day, Skywalker met Amidala in the Senate and asked her about Clovis, who initially refused to do it until she heard that Clovis could be a Separatist. Skywalker accompanied her to the Jedi Council, where the Masters encouraged her to find out about his possible treachery. After learning that he was planning to go to Cato Neimoidia, Skywalker dressed as the pilot of Padmé's starship and took them there, all the while frustrating Clovis's attempts to get closer to his wife.<ref name="Senate Spy" />

During the [[Mission to Cato Neimoidia|mission]], Skywalker and R2-D2 waited for Amidala to give them a signal; when she did, Skywalker sneaked into her quarters, where he saw Amidala and Clovis embracing. Though it prompted a surge of anger and jealousy in Skywalker, she discretely showed him the disk she had stolen from Clovis and gave it to Skywalker, after which the Jedi retreated. It was soon after that the [[poison]] that Amidala had been given by [[Lott Dod]] began to set in, and she passed out. After Dod revealed to Clovis she was a spy, he helped Skywalker take her back to their ship, back to Coruscant, and forced Dod to give him the antidote, only for Skywalker to leave Clovis behind, stranded on the planet.<ref name="Senate Spy" />

====Second Battle of Geonosis====
{{Quote|I knew they were still alive. I told you not to give up on them.''"<br />"''It's not that I gave up, Skywalker, but unlike you, when the time comes, I am prepared to let my student go. Can you say the same?|Anakin Skywalker and Luminara Unduli|<ref name="Weapons Factory">{{TCW|Weapons Factory}}</ref>}}
[[File:GeonosisPlanning.png|thumb|left|274px|Planning the second battle of Geonosis]]
Immediately after [[Engagement near Dorin|routing]] Separatists near [[Dorin]], Skywalker and Tano were sent to participate in the [[Second Battle of Geonosis]], alongside Kenobi and Ki-Adi-Mundi, as the Republic returned to destroy the [[Geonosian]] [[Geonosis primary droid foundry|primary droid factory]]. Intending to make a three-pronged attack against the shield generator, Skywalker, Tano, and the 501st Legion set out to attack the Separatist defense lines from the south to reach the rendezvous point—with only Kenobi's forces arriving at the landing zone, as both Mundi's and Skywalker's transports were shot down and forced to make their way to Kenobi's position by foot. Though they encountered resistance, Skywalker's team met up with Mundi's forces. After contacting Yularen to deploy a squadron of [[BTL-B Y-wing starfighter/bomber|BTL-B Y-wings]] to help them, they reunited with Kenobi and his company, where they planned the assault on the shield generator.<ref name="Landing at Point Rain" />

They then improvised on their plan; leading the charge, Skywalker and Tano disabled the enemy cannons with [[Electromagnetic pulse grenade|EMP grenades]], enabling the AT-TEs to destroy the shield generator; as the gunships arrived, the Geonosians in the area surrendered. Though Mundi and Kenobi left for medical treatment,<ref name="Landing at Point Rain" /> the Republic forces continued pushing towards the massive droid foundry, and Skywalker and Tano were joined by Luminara Unduli and her Padawan, [[Barriss Offee]], who met as Skywalker and Tano angrily discussed Skywalker's lack of trust in Tano's dependability. As Offee and Tano were sent into the Geonosian catacombs under the factory to plant explosives, Unduli realized that Skywalker was unable to let go of Tano and put her at risk, rather than distrusting her. Nevertheless, the two Jedi generals went onto distracting the droid army by marching straight to the factory and engage the enemy.<ref name="Weapons Factory" />

As [[Poggle the Lesser]] had his [[Separatist super-tank prototype|super tank]]s deployed, Skywalker and Luminara left their men behind and destroyed the bridge, only to learn that their Padawans had not returned yet. Cornered by droids coming from the factory, Skywalker was contacted by Tano and she apologized, uncertain that she and Offee would survive their ordeal, before using a super tank to destroy the factory. Refusing to let his Padawan die, Skywalker ordered to have them found; Unduli, however, told him that he needed to let go of his attachment to her if she were to be dead. Fortunately for them, Skywalker was contacted by Tano; after locating them, they rescued the two Padawans.<ref name="Weapons Factory" />

[[File:JediEscapeKarina.png|thumb|right|278px|Skywalker and Luminara Unduli escaping from Karina's brainless servants]]
Sending Tano and Offee to recover out of the battlefield, Kenobi and Mundi returned to join in the clean-up of Separatist forces. For her part, Unduli left in search of Poggle before he could escape, when a [[sandstorm]] broke out. Forced to wait until the storm lifted after her last contact, Skywalker and Kenobi went to Unduli's last known location, the [[Progate Temple]]. Entering the catacombs below, not only they discovered [[Zombie|undead Geonosian warriors]], they also encountered the captive Unduli, Poggle, and the Geonosian [[Queen]], [[Karina the Great]]. Setting up their men to surround the Queen and her brethren, Skywalker and Kenobi tried to negotiate with Karina, for Kenobi wanted to know how the undead warriors were created. After discovering her use of [[Parasite|parasitic]] [[brain worm]]s), they freed Unduli, captured Poggle and fled from the Queen, with Rex and Cody burying the Queen in her lair.<ref name="Legacy of Terror">{{TCW|Legacy of Terror}}</ref>

With Poggle in Republic custody, the four Jedi generals prepared to deliver him to Coruscant, while they sent Tano and Offee on a mission to transport medical supplies from a [[Ord Cestus medical station|medical station]] near [[Ord Cestus]] to Mace Windu on [[Dantooine]]. Unbeknownst to them, one of the troopers, [[Scythe (clone trooper)|Scythe]], was infected with one of the Queen's brain worms and boarded their [[Pelta-class frigate|''Pelta''-class frigate]], the [[TB-73]], forcing the two Padawans to [[Skirmish aboard TB-73|fend off]] the infected clones. When the ship failed to report in as scheduled, Skywalker believed there to have been a complication, and was proven right when Tano contacted him to tell him about the situation.<ref name="Brain Invaders">{{TCW|Brain Invaders}}</ref>

[[File:Anakin_choke_Poggle.png|thumb|left|285px|Skywalker, choking Poggle the Lesser during interrogation]]
Angered, Skywalker went to Poggle's cell on his own and told the guard troopers to leave them alone. He demanded that Poggle answer his questions with a mind trick, but the [[archduke]] informed him that it would have no effect on a Geonosian like him. It was then that Skywalker resorted to physical violence, attacking the captive Geonosian; with Poggle still unwilling to talk, Skywalker gave in to his anger and began to [[Force choke]] him. Only then did Poggle tell the Jedi Knight, through a [[TC-326|translator droid]], that the worms were affected by the cold. Skywalker relayed this information to his Padawan, telling her through her [[comlink]] to rupture the cooling system. Thanks to his advice, Tano was able to defeat the worms as they reached the medical station. Skywalker rushed to her encounter, where he consoled Tano on her doubts about sparing her friend's life.<ref name="Brain Invaders" />

====Saleucami====
{{Quote|Where there is Kenobi, you will always find Skywalker not far behind.|Grievous|<ref name="Grievous Intrigue">{{TCW|Grievous Intrigue}}</ref>}}
Following the [[Capture of Eeth Koth|capture]] of Jedi Master [[Eeth Koth]] in the Outer Rim, General Grievous sent a holo-transmission to the Jedi Council, in which Grievous stated that he did not care about the Jedi's [[politics]], nor their Republic, concluding that he lived only to see them all die. As Kenobi decoded Koth's hand signals that told them of their location at the [[Saleucami system]], Skywalker, Kenobi, and [[Adi Gallia]] were dispatched on a mission to rescue him. As a distraction, Admiral Yularen and Kenobi [[Battle of Saleucami|engaged]] Grievous's forces over [[Saleucami]], with Kenobi allowing the ''[[Surrogator]]'' to be boarded by Grievous. Discreetly, Skywalker, Gallia, Rex, and a group of clone troopers would execute a hyperspace jump into the system in an [[Eta-class shuttle|ambassador shuttle]] that would bring them right alongside Grievous's cruiser.<ref name="Grievous Intrigue" />

[[File:GalliaSkywalkerBackToBack-GI.png|thumb|right|266px|Skywalker and Adi Gallia fighting droid commandos]]
Once they boarded it, Skywalker and Gallia made their way to the stern of the cruiser, where they encountered a [[T-series military strategic analysis and tactics droid|T-series tactical droid]] with a group of [[BX-series droid commando]]s. The two Jedi destroyed all the droids and rescued Koth, with Skywalker taking the injured Koth back to the shuttle. When Kenobi reported that Grievous had defeated him and escaped, Gallia left them to help Kenobi flank Grievous and capture him once and for all. Unsuccessful in their endeavor, Skywalker picked the two up at the hangar with their shuttle, only to leave for the ''Resolute'',<ref name="Grievous Intrigue" /> where he waited while Kenobi conducted a search mission for Grievous on the planet below alongside Cody, Rex, and other troopers.<ref name="The Deserter">{{TCW|The Deserter}}</ref>

Sometime later, Skywalker and his Padawan spearheaded a mission to [[Coruscant Underworld|Coruscant's underworld]] to apprehend [[Car Affa]], an arms dealer selling Republic weapons to the Separatists. When they arrived at a [[cantina]] where Affa was hiding, Skywalker instructed Tano to wait outside while he apprehended the fugitive. The confrontation, however, caused a crowd to leave the bar at once—during which Tano lost her lightsaber, which prompted her to seek the help of Jedi Master [[Tera Sinube]] when they went back to the Temple, as she did not want Skywalker to find out she had lost her weapon.<ref name="Lightsaber Lost">{{TCW|Lightsaber Lost}}</ref>

====Mandalore====
{{Quote|What will you do? If you shoot me, you prove yourself a hypocrite to every pacifist ideal you hold dear. And you, Kenobi, you are no stranger to violence. You'd be hailed as a hero by everyone on this ship— ''Almost'' everyone. Come on, then. Who will strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?|Tal Merrik, to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Satine Kryze, before being killed by Skywalker|<ref name="Voyage of Temptation">{{TCW|Voyage of Temptation}}</ref>}}
[[File:AnakinAssassinProbe.jpg|thumb|left|261px|Skywalker engaging an assassin probe]]
Following allegations that [[Mandalore]] had [[Attack on a Republic cruiser|allied]] with the Separatists, and Kenobi was sent to the planet to speak to his old friend, [[Duchess]] [[Satine Kryze]], Skywalker joined them to escort the Duchess on her journey to Coruscant aboard the ''[[Coronet]]''.<ref name="The Mandalore Plot">{{TCW|The Mandalore Plot}}</ref> On the ship, Skywalker and Kenobi told their men to be on alert, when Kryze requested their presence before her, and Skywalker correctly surmised that Kenobi had strong feelings for her just as his former master told him of their past together. When R2-D2 picked up readings in the cargo hold, the two generals were informed by Rex, and Skywalker went to investigate—only to be [[Skirmish aboard the Coronet|attacked]] by [[SD-K4 assassin droid|assassin probes]]. After destroying two of them, Skywalker informed Kenobi that there might be a traitor on board the ship, and Skywalker returned to sweep the hold in search of more.<ref name="Voyage of Temptation" />

After Kenobi lured the traitor out, [[Tal Merrik]], and Skywalker destroyed another probe, he helped search the ''Coronet'' for Merrik and Kryze, now his hostage, until several B2 super battle droids sent by the [[Death Watch]] boarded the ship. Leaving Kenobi to save his "girlfriend," he destroyed the droids and then went to find Kenobi, who like Kryze, hesitated to kill Merrik; Skywalker, however, had no such compunctions and impaled Merrik, branding himself a "cold-blooded killer," to retrieve the Senator's [[detonator]] before he could destroy the ship. With no further complications, they arrived at Coruscant; as Kryze complimented Kenobi, Skywalker noted that she was quite the remarkable woman.<ref name="Voyage of Temptation" /> Following the [[Mandalore Defense Resolution]], Skywalker and Kenobi escorted Amidala to a meeting with the Chancellor in which he thanked her, but also apologized to Kryze, before leaving Kenobi and Kryze alone.<ref name="Duchess of Mandalore">{{TCW|Duchess of Mandalore}}</ref>

====Trapped on Vanqor====
{{Quote|That kid destroyed an entire cruiser trying to get to you, and you're just gonna let it go?''"<br />"''Is there something else I should be doing, Skywalker?''"<br />"''How about tracking him down?''"<br />"''So I should behave as this child does. I should seek revenge.''"<br />"''No. How is it revenge if you stop this kid and bring him to justice?|Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu, on Boba Fett|<ref name="Lethal Trackdown">{{TCW|Lethal Trackdown}}</ref>}}
Preparing to rendezvous with a Republic frigate, Skywalker and Mace Windu traveled aboard the ''[[Endurance]]'', on which they greeted a squad of clone [[cadet]]s, with an infiltrated [[Boba Fett]] among them. After Fett [[Sabotage of the Endurance|sabotaged]] the ship and everyone had to evacuate in escape pods, including himself before being rescued by [[Bossk'wassak'Cradossk|Bossk]] and [[Aurra Sing]] on the ''[[Slave I]]'', Skywalker and Windu rescued the missing cadets' damaged pod.<ref name="Death Trap">{{TCW|Death Trap}}</ref> As the survivors were being transferred to medical frigate, the two [[Mission to Vanqor|went]] to the ''Endurance''{{'s}} crash site, where they searched for Admiral [[Shoan Kilian|Kilian]] and any other survivors. As the bridge appeared relatively intact, they resolved to enter the wreckage, even with R2-D2's misgivings, which prompted Windu to chastise Skywalker for encouraging individuality in his astromech.<ref name="R2 Come Home">{{TCW|R2 Come Home}}</ref>

[[File:VanqorTrap-R2CH.jpg|thumb|right|259px|Skywalker approaching Jango Fett's explosive-rigged helmet]]
Leaving R2-D2 and [[R8-B7]] to scan for life forms, Skywalker and Windu entered the bridge to find the survivors executed, with Skywalker noticing a [[Mandalorian armor|Mandalorian helmet]]. With Windu correctly surmising that it was bait set by Boba Fett, he saved Skywalker from taking the full brunt of the explosion set off by touching the helmet. Now trapped under the rubble, the wounded Skywalker and the unconscious Windu were soon found by R2-D2, whom Skywalker told to call the Temple for help. As they waited for the astromech to come back, Windu told Skywalker why Fett wanted him dead: he sought revenge for killing his father, Jango, during the first battle of Geonosis.<ref name="R2 Come Home" />

As the ''Endurance'' began to collapse, they were rescued by Tano, Plo Koon, and a clone squad, thanks to R2-D2 delivering the message at the Temple itself.<ref name="R2 Come Home" /> After spending time in a [[bacta tank]] at the Temple, Skywalker urged Windu to track Fett down and bring him to justice. The Jedi Master did not agree, until Koon and Tano showed them a message from Fett and Sing, with hostages—one of them, [[Ponds]], killed in cold blood by Sing. Though Windu decided to go, Koon said that he would take the [[Second mission to Florrum|mission]], alongside Tano, since both Windu and Skywalker were still recovering from their injuries. As they arrived on Coruscant with Bossk and Fett in custody, Skywalker was present as Fett apologized for causing so much destruction, but claimed he would never forgive Windu for killing his father,<ref name="Lethal Trackdown" /> before they were taken away to the [[Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center]].<ref name="Deception">{{TCW|Deception}}</ref>

====Balith====
{{Quote|I hope this assignment was not too boring for you.''"<br />"''Ah, it had its moments.''"<br />"''Huh, like the one where you convinced untrained children to help you overthrow a corrupt government?''"<br />"''That was a highlight.''"<br />"''It sounds pretty risky. You're lucky you didn't get hurt.''"<br />"''Nothing you wouldn't have done.|Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano|<ref name="The Academy">{{TCW|The Academy}}</ref>}}
[[File:S3E6-AnakinAndAhsokaGreetedOnMandalore.png|thumb|left|261px|Skywalker and Tano are received on Mandalore]]
Following his wife's [[Skirmish at the Sundari docks|mission]] to discover a [[Mandalorian black market conspiracy|conspiracy]] on Mandalore,<ref name="Corruption">{{TCW|Corruption (episode)}}</ref> Skywalker and Captain Rex escorted Tano to her solo mission on Mandalore to instruct cadets at the [[Imperial Academy of Mandalore|Royal Academy of Government]] at the behest of Duchess Kryze and the Jedi Council. Upon their arrival at [[Sundari]], Skywalker presented Tano to the Duchess and [[Prime Minister]] [[Almec]]. Before leaving to join with [[Kit Fisto]], Skywalker took his Padawan's lightsaber to respect Mandalore's laws. After Tano exposed Almec's [[black market]] operation, Skywalker reunited with his Padawan, to whom he returned her lightsaber.<ref name="The Academy" />

Back in the Jedi Temple, the Jedi Council congratulated Tano on her courage and strength, but also ordered Skywalker to command the [[Third Legion]] on [[Balith]] to give assistance in their [[Balith's Civil War|civil war]]. Told by the Council to stay behind so she could give them her full report, Tano pleaded to Skywalker to let her come along, but he told her that she should use this time in the library to prove him wrong about his assertion that she learned more on the battlefield than in the Temple, before leaving for Balith with Rex.<ref name="Assassin">{{TCW|Assassin (episode)}}</ref>

Skywalker returned to Coruscant to greet, along with Yoda, his Padawan, Amidala, and Bail Organa after the [[Alderaan Refugee Conference]], during which Tano captured Aurra Sing. Wondering who would pay for Amidala's assassination, Yoda had Tano use her improved precognitive abilities to find out who was behind the assassination attempt. With her description, Amidala realized who it was—Ziro the Hutt. Skywalker and his Padawan then went to the Judiciary Detention Center to question Ziro, who was tricked by Tano into confessing that he had hired Sing for the job. Satisfied, Skywalker and his Padawan then left the Hutt to his misery.<ref name="Assassin" />

====Battle of Kamino====
{{Quote|I suppose you expect me to surrender.''"<br />"''Actually, I plan to let the clones execute you. Right now.''"<br />"''Not this time.|Asajj Ventress and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="ARC Troopers">{{TCW|ARC Troopers (episode)}}</ref>}}
[[File:AnakinVentressDuel-Kamino.jpg|thumb|right|209px|Skywalker against Asajj Ventress on Kamino]]
Forewarned by the [[Defense of Rishi Station|destruction]] of [[Rishi Station]]<ref name="Rookies" /> and an intercepted transmission between Asajj Ventress and General Grievous, Skywalker and Kenobi traveled to Kamino to warn [[Shaak Ti]] and Prime Minister [[Lama Su]] of an [[Battle of Kamino|upcoming Separatist attack]], with Rex, Cody, Echo, Fives, and the rest of the 501st Legion in their company. Shortly, Grievous's fleet arrived and Skywalker led the Republic space forces, scoring several serious hits against the enemy. On the planet below, [[Tipoca City]] was attacked by [[Trident-class assault ship|''Trident''-class assault ship]] and [[AQ-series battle droid]]s, prompting Kenobi to recall Skywalker to the city. Soon after returning, Skywalker engaged Ventress, who had stolen the prime [[DNA]] sample of the clones' template, Jango Fett. With the aid of clone trooper [[platoon]], Skywalker recovered the sample from Ventress, but she, like Grievous, managed to escape yet again.<ref name="ARC Troopers" />

====The blockade of Pantora====
{{Quote|Should you really proceed without the Council's approval?''"<br />"''We do it all the time. Don't we, Snips?''"<br />"''Yup.|Amidala, Skywalker and Tano discuss the kidnapping of Papanoida's daughters|<ref name="Sphere of Influence">{{TCW|Sphere of Influence}}</ref>}}
Skywalker was later informed by his apprentice that Pantora Chairman [[Notluwiski Papanoida|Papanoida's]] daughters had been [[Kidnapping of the Papanoida daughters|kidnapped]]. Knowing that the Jedi could not get officially involved, he slyly gave her permission to rescue them due to "personal concerns"; this turned out to be successful, with both daughters being safely returned to their father.<ref name="Sphere of Influence" />

====Senate crisis====
{{Quote|Young Skywalker&hellip; Not so impressive without your lightsaber, are you, Jedi?|Cad Bane to an unconscious Skywalker|audio=SkywalkerNotSoImpressive.flac|<ref name="Hostage Crisis" />}}
[[File:AmidalaSkywalker-EvilPlansEpisode.png|thumb|left|229px|Skywalker, trying to ease his wife's mind]]
Supposed to be on a meditative retreat,<ref name="Hostage Crisis" /> Skywalker spent some time with his wife on her apartment, observing as Amidala anxiously arranged a party for Senator [[Aang]], who held the deciding vote on the [[Military Oversight Committee]]. Skywalker tried to ease her mind, telling her that the party would work out and that she should relax, when they saw C-3PO being fuzzy about the arrangements. At Amidala's request, Skywalker sent the protocol droid and R2-D2 to buy the [[jogan fruit]] that the latter had forgotten to buy for Aang's favorite dessert, [[jogan fruitcake]]. Although they were delayed, Amidala nevertheless hosted the party all the same, with her and Skywalker waiting for the two droids to come back—who did so just in time to present the cake to Senator Aang.<ref name="Evil Plans">{{TCW|Evil Plans}}</ref>

Not too long after, Skywalker went to the Senate Building to convince Amidala to go away together for two [[Standard week|weeks]], to a faraway place where no one would recognize them, so that they could actually be husband and wife, instead of Senator and Jedi. Amidala, however, rejected the idea, for she was preparing an important bill for the Senate. Skywalker retorted that the bill seemed more important than their love, but Amidala countered that it was not, just that they both lived to serve the Republic. However, Skywalker stated that there was nothing more important than the way he felt about her, and proved it by giving Amidala his lightsaber, which, Kenobi had told him once, was his "life." Though she believed he was teasing her, Skywalker was sincere about his feelings, and the two shared a kiss.<ref name="Hostage Crisis" />

[[File:Padme_uses_lightsaber.png|thumb|right|264px|Amidala, using Skywalker's lightsaber to free him]]
They were soon interrupted by C-3PO and Senator Organa's voices, prompting Skywalker to hide under her desk and Amidala to hide his lightsaber in her sleeve. As she went to the lobby to attend a meeting about the [[Enhanced Privacy Invasion Bill]], only to be [[Senate hostage crisis|taken hostage]] along with several other Senators by Cad Bane and his team. Following her, Skywalker saw the situation, when Bane spotted him and sent his henchmen to capture him, but Skywalker avoided them long enough to contact Palpatine and defeat an [[IG-86 sentinel droid]] empty-handed, before being shocked into unconsciousness by [[Robonino]] and Aurra Sing and brought before the Senators. After the bounty hunters planted bombs that would go off if their laser detectors were triggered and left the building, Skywalker woke up and Amidala returned his lightsaber. He then used it to cut a hole in the floor, dropping all the senators one floor down into safety, just before Bane triggered the bombs and escaped alongside the now-freed Ziro.<ref name="Hostage Crisis" />

====Meeting Madam Synata====
{{Quote|I'm still not convinced this trip is a good idea, Anakin...|Padmé Amidala|<ref name="Intermission 1">{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=12|story=Intermission, Part 1}}</ref>}}
[[File:AnakinPadmemeetSynataAdventures11.jpg|thumb|left|217px|Skywalker and Amidala meet Risha Synata.]]
Following the crisis, Skywalker went with Amidala to [[Caamas]] to board legendary actress Madam [[Risha Synata]]'s [[Risha Synata's ship|private ship]]. However, they were late to see Madam Synata's play about [[Darth Krist-Ov]]. After they arrived, Skywalker and Amidala met Synata. Skywalker agreed to see [[Madam Synata's Genius of A Thousand Faces Museum|her museum]], despite Amidala's reluctance. Skywalker took Amidala to her room. The next day, Skywalker and Amidala went to the museum. There, Skywalker and Amidala saw a display of [[Varykino]],<ref name="Intermission 1" /> where they exchanged their vows.<ref name="Episode II" /> Skywalker and Amidala came under attack by several robots from the displays. Skywalker fought them off and helped Amidala escape them. Skywalker and Amidala then discovered a Separatist banner and a hologram of Count Dooku.<ref name="Intermission 1" />

Skywalker and Amidala discovered that Synata was collaborating with Dooku and the Separatists. Skywalker then took one of the Separatist agents while Amidala discovered a list of anti-Separatist senators. Skywalker and Amidala discovered that along with Amidala, Synata planned to kill them with [[Dioxis]] gas. Skywalker and Amidala fought several LEP servant droids to stop Synata from killing the senators. With assistance from R2-D2, Skywalker and Amidala reached the theater.<ref name="Intermission 2">{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=13|story=Intermission, Part 2}}</ref>

[[File:AnakindefeatsSynata.jpg|thumb|right|197px|Skywalker defeats Synata.]]
As Amidala told the audience to run, Skywalker borrowed a mask and helmet from an actor before confronting Synata, who had her own lightsaber. Skywalker fought Synata until he held her at the end of his lightsaber. Skywalker and Amidala then reported their trip to the Jedi Council.<ref name="Intermission 2" />

====Intense training====
{{Quote|Look, I know this is tough, but&hellip;[sigh]&hellip;I want it to be difficult. This is about life and death. And as your master, I'm responsible for you. The best way I can protect you is to teach you how to protect yourself.|Anakin Skywalker, to Ahsoka Tano|<ref name="Practice Makes Perfect">{{TOTJ|Practice Makes Perfect (episode)}}</ref>}}
[[File:PracticeMakesPerfect.jpg|thumb|left|242px|Skywalker and Tano talking after her training session.]]After arriving late to one of Tano's training sessions, Skywalker became frustrated with the simplicity of the exercises. In turn, he told her to meet with him later for an actual training session. Later, Skywalker took Tano to an isolated area with Rex and the 501st. He then had the clones surround Tano and fire stun bolts at her. The sessions continued for hours until Tano told Skywalker that the battle droids weren't nearly as good as the clones. Skywalker explained that this was the point and that he wanted her training to be difficult so that she would know how to protect herself. Tano would continue the sessions with Rex and the 501st throughout the war.<ref name="Practice Makes Perfect">{{TOTJ|Practice Makes Perfect (episode)}}</ref> Sometime later, Skywalker was sparring with Tano, teaching her how [[Jar'Kai|to fight with two lightsabers]]. She struggled to consciously utilize the other lightsaber, but Skywalker reassured her. When Master Yoda entered to spar with her, Skywalker watched as she struggled against Yoda, but ultimately learned how to use Jar'Kai more effectively.<ref name="Teach You, I Will">{{FOD|Teach You, I Will}}</ref>

====Unexpected Company====
[[File:PadmeAhsokaAnakin-UC.png|thumb|242px|Skywalker, Amidala, and the univited Tano during the Mission to Alderaan.]]
Sometime later, Skywalker was assigned to a [[Mission to Alderaan (Clone Wars)|mission with Amidala]] to [[Alderaan]]. It took Skywalker a lot of work to get the mission with her, but they were both happy to spend some time alone together. That is until, Tano ran up to them, saying that she was encouraged help with the mission by Kenobi. They all get on a T-6 shuttle, where Skywalker charted a shorter course in order to speed up the mission. Tano warned him that the Separatist fleet was spotted on that flight path, and that they shouldn't take it. It was too late, however, and Skywalker's ship exited hyperspace in the midst of the fleet. Skywalker took control and tried to maneuver around oncoming fire, while Amidala and Tano took control of the laser turrets. Despite their best efforts, stray laser fire hit Amidala's side of the ship. Skywalker jumped to protect Amidala, which resulted in them embracing in a hug. Tano was able to take control of the ship and jumped into hyperspace. Upon their arrival on Alderaan, Skywalker told her that he was glad she came. Amidala mentioned that her and Skywalker made a good team, with Tano returning the compliment.<ref name="Unexpected Company">{{FOD|Unexpected Company}}</ref>

====Trouble with Tomarian====
The showman [[Tomarian]] later requested Skywalker as a Jedi escort for his [[Tomarian's Annual Festival of Light Gala|Annual Festival of Light Gala]]. Skywalker thought that there would be an actual threat at the event, but in actuality Tomarian had requested him to impress his guests. Skywalker was then surprised to see Senator Amidala dressed up for the occasion. They both talked, glad to see each other. Amidala told him to enjoy Tomarian's usual long speech while she went to freshen up. Skywalker, along with Tomarian, walked into [[Tomarian's theater|the theater]] where the gala was being held. Suddenly, the room went dark and Skywalker ignited his saber. He asked Tomarian if this was apart of the show, to which he answered no and put on a gas mask. Skywalker, along with everyone else, fell unconscious as the room filled with a noxious gas.<ref name="The Incident 1" />

[[File:Anakin_and_Padme_SWA_2020_6.png|thumb|left|242px|Skywalker and Amidala finding each other during the attack on the 17th Annual Festival of Light Gala.]]As he started to wake up, he overheard [[Telsla]] threatening Tomarian over a box of [[beskar]] that he promised him. Tomarian tried to talk his way out of it, but Telsla ordered [[Fleecs]], a member of [[Telsla's crew|his crew]], to tie him up. Telsla then set off a bomb in the venue, the commotion allowing Skywalker to escape unnoticed.<ref name="The Incident 1">{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=5|story=The Incident, Part 1}}</ref> He managed to catch up with Amidala, who had escaped the gas attack and stolen a blaster from [[Belk|one of Telsla's goons]]. He snuck behind her, scaring her, before he offered to get her out of there. She denied his request as she didn't want to leave anyone in the building behind. After they argued they agreed to hide in the scaffolding to come up with a plan. Amidala tried to contact [[C1-1KR|"Checker"]], who was unresponsive. As more explosives went off, she tried to contact him again, but there was massive feedback that revealed their position. They fought off Telsla, causing him to flee. They jumped down and killed Fleecs before chasing after Telsla. Just as Telsla was about to blow up the music hall where most of the guests were, Skywalker stopped him. He bargained with Telsla, saying that he would make Tomarian talk in exchange for one bar of beskar. Meanwhile, Amidala snuck up behind Telsla and pressed her blaster against his back. He swung at her, dropping the explosive detonator. Checker was able to catch it, and Amidala confidently placed Telsla under arrest, making Skywalker fall in love with her a little more. After everyone had woken up, Skywalker complimented the senator on her performance. Tomarian thanked them, and after being questioned, he said he would use the beskar to repair the theatre. After Skywalker glared at him, he backtracked and also said he would donate a lot of it to charity. Amidala wished him luck, and Skywalker asked her out for dinner, to which the senator agreed.<ref name="The Incident 2">{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=6|story=The Incident, Part 2}}</ref>

====Jedi Ceremony====
[[File:AnakinAhsoka_FOD_The_Padawan_Path.jpg|thumb|242px|Skywalker looking at Tano's new padawan braid extensions.]]
One day, Skywalker was waiting with Master Yoda in the Jedi temple grounds for Tano. Once she arrived, Skywalker reprimanded her for being late, but Yoda praised her for helping out and proceeded to extend her Padawan braid.<ref name="Padawan Path">{{FOD|The Padawan Path}}</ref> Following a debate in the senate about a [[Republic financial reform bill|financial reform bill]], Skywalker was asked by Amidala to persuade the Jedi Council to speak with Palpatine about denying the continuation of the war. Skywalker allowed Tano to go with Amidala in order for her to learn more about politics. After an apparent Separatist [[Bombing of Coruscant's central power distribution grid|attack]], Skywalker confronted his apprentice about her and Amidala's meeting with [[Onderon]]'s senator [[Mina Bonteri]] on [[Raxus Secundus]] and how foolish it was. Despite that, Skywalker's apprentice learned that politics were not as black and white as she had previously thought.<ref name="Heroes on Both Sides">{{TCW|Heroes on Both Sides}}</ref>

====Dathomirian threat====
{{Quote|Warrior-like men, witches—this place has all kinds of fun.|Anakin Skywalker to Obi-Wan Kenobi, on Dathomir|<ref name="Witches of the Mist">{{TCW|Witches of the Mist}}</ref>}}
Skywalker and Kenobi commanded Republic forces in a [[Battle of Sullust|battle]] against Asajj Ventress's fleet in the [[Sullust system]]. Directly participating in the battle with their starfighters, Kenobi was singled out and attacked by Ventress, whose [[Ginivex-class fanblade starfighter|''Ginivex''-class fanblade starfighter]] was, in turn, disabled by Skywalker. As Kenobi and Ventress crashed in the hangar of the Separatist command ship, Skywalker soon landed to assist his former master; together, the two Jedi engage Ventress in a duel. They were interrupted, however, by the destruction of the ship, secretly ordered by Count Dooku. The two Jedi fled in their interceptors, presuming Ventress to be doomed.<ref name="Nightsisters">{{TCW|Nightsisters (episode)}}</ref>

[[File:ShowdownOnToydaria-WOTM.png|thumb|left|242px|Skywalker and Kenobi, about to face Savage Opress on Toydaria]]
After the [[Devaron massacre|massacre]] on [[Devaron]],<ref name="Monster">{{TCW|Monster}}</ref> Skywalker and Kenobi were sent to [[Dathomir]], as footage had shown the Council of a [[Savage Opress|Dathomirian's]] role during the attack on Devaron. Once on Dathomir, they made their way to a [[Nightbrother village|village]], where they were ambushed by the [[Nightbrothers]] until Skywalker took [[Viscus|their leader]] hostage; the Zabrak then told the Jedi that a [[Nightsisters|Nightsister]] had taken one of them to their [[Nightsister lair|fortress]], prompting the Jedi to go there. Skywalker and Kenobi questioned Mother [[Talzin]], who told them his name—Savage Opress—and whereabouts. The two Jedi then headed to [[Toydaria]] where they confronted Opress, but failed to stop him from killing [[King]] [[Katuunko]]. Using the king's ship as theirs was destroyed, Skywalker and Kenobi caught up with their target on Dooku's Separatist flagship; however, Opress managed to overpower them, forcing the two to retreat and leave the ship.<ref name="Witches of the Mist" />

====Killing a defector====
{{Quote|Master, I didn't mean to--''"<br />"''It's all right, Anakin. You did nothing wrong.''"<br />"''Don't&hellip;hold it against me, boy. It merely seemed&hellip;the quickest way back&hellip;to the sunrise&hellip;|Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mekedrix|<ref name="Obi-Wan 4">[[Obi-Wan 4|''Obi-Wan'' 4]]</ref>}}
[[File:AnakinKillsMekedrix-ObiWan4.png|thumb|right|242px|Mekedrix gave Skywalker no choice but to kill him.]]
Following their encounter with Opress, Skywalker and Kenobi were called away from a blockade at [[Herdessa]] to meet with Yularen. The admiral informed them that Mekedrix had gone missing. In addition, an execution squad known as the [[Death Wind]] had been striking at Republic and Separatist targets. The group's namesake, the [[Death Wind Corridor]] also passed by Mekedrix's home planet of Roon, creating a possible link. Yularen went on to say that the Death Wind may have taken up a covert position on [[Ando]]. As such, Skywalker and Kenobi were to [[Mission to Ando (Mekedrix)|locate]] the Death Wind and kill Mekedrix if he was involved with them. Skywalker initially refused, believing that killing a potential ally would make the Jedi like the Separatists. Kenobi assured Skywalker that they would attempt to find a peaceful solution before they departed for Ando. After arriving on the planet and pushing through the local swamplands, the Jedi came upon empty sets of clone armor being used as effigies. Upon reaching the terminus of a river, they discovered an outpost built from the ruins of a Sith temple. They were then met by the Death Wind, who allowed the Jedi to see their leader in exchange for their lightsabers. Entering the outpost, Skywalker and Kenobi came upon Mekedrix, seated on a throne and wielding a sword. Mekedrix claimed he had saved his victims by showing them the truth; that the purpose of existence was to kill and die. When Mekedrix revealed that his sword was made from the bones of a clone trooper, Kenobi asked him what the clone's name was. Kenobi went on to claim that life gave the galaxy meaning and that death had no use for a sunrise, a name, a home or a friend. Mekedrix then lunged at Kenobi, but Skywalker retrieved his lightsaber and stabbed Mekedrix through the chest. Skywalker expressed regret over killing him, but Mekedrix assured that this was the quickest way back to the sunrise before he passed away.<ref name="Obi-Wan 4">[[Obi-Wan 4|''Obi-Wan'' 4]]</ref>

===Personal and wartime conflicts===
====The Destiny of the Chosen One====
{{Quote|You are the Chosen One. You have brought balance to this world. Stay on this path and you will do it again&hellip; for the galaxy. But beware&hellip; your heart&hellip;|The Father's last words, to Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Ghosts of Mortis" />}}
[[File:ShmiAnakinCloneWars.png|thumb|left|218px|The figure of his mother, Shmi, appearing before him on Mortis]]
When the Jedi Council received a 2,000-year-old Jedi [[distress signal]], Skywalker, along with Kenobi and Tano, were [[Mission to Mortis|sent]] by the High Council to the [[Chrelythiumn system]], where they were supposed to meet up with Captain Rex and an armed cruiser. Though they both made it to the rendezvous point, neither Rex's nor the Jedi's ship could see each other. In fact, the Jedi's ship was guided to a mysterious planet, [[Mortis]], where they met by a [[Force wielder|mysterious figure]] called the [[Daughter]], who asked Skywalker if he was "the one" and who wanted to lead them to the [[Father (Mortis)|Father]], when Skywalker was separated from Kenobi and Tano, and the Daughter.<ref name="Overlords" />

Skywalker tried to follow her, only to reach the [[Mortis monastery|monastery]], where he met the Father and was given shelter for the night. As he tried to sleep, the figure of his mother, Shmi, appeared before him and encouraged him to tell her of his pain and guilt—that he was too late to save her, and that he had failed as a Jedi and that he had failed her, having tasted only vengeance when he slaughtered so many to avenge her death. But, as he mentioned his wife, who he claimed was "everything" to him, the figure finally revealed itself to be the [[Son]], briefly assuming a monstrous appearance before disappearing.<ref name="Overlords" />

[[File:TestOfTheOne-Overlords.png|thumb|right|250px|Skywalker, proving himself to be the Chosen One]]
Shaken by the encounter, he confronted the Father, who told of his family's history, and wondered if he was truly the Chosen One. Though Skywalker dismissed the prophecy as a myth, the Father arranged a test to see whether the Jedi Knight was fit to fulfill his [[destiny]]. Ordering his children to kill Tano and Kenobi, the Father goaded Skywalker into choosing between his master and his apprentice, but Skywalker instead controlled the two beings, bringing them to their knees. Having proved himself to be the Chosen One, the Father pleaded with him to stay, but Skywalker refused, leaving with Tano and Kenobi on their [[Jedi shuttle 634|shuttle]].<ref name="Overlords" />

They were interrupted when the Son kidnapped Tano, prompting Skywalker to pursue him, at the cost of damaging their ship near Son's cathedral. Despite Kenobi's reservations, Skywalker went after his Padawan and climbed the tower to find Tano, corrupted by the dark side. Skywalker fought her, soon to be joined by Kenobi, only to be interrupted by the Father's arrival. Kenobi tried to hand Skywalker the [[Dagger of Mortis]], but Tano grabbed it and gave it to the Son, who killed her, for she was no longer useful; the dark side user then mortally wounded his sister as she stepped in to save her Father. Skywalker begged the Father to save Tano, and the dying Daughter used Skywalker as a conduit to channel the last of her life force into Tano, resurrecting her. The Father told them to leave the planet before the Son used their ship to do so.<ref name="Altar of Mortis">{{TCW|Altar of Mortis (episode)}}</ref>

[[File:AnakinVaderVision-GOM.png|thumb|left|249px|Skywalker's vision of his future self, consumed by the dark side]]
The ship's repairs forced them to stay a bit longer, though, and Skywalker went to the Father for guidance. On their meeting, the Father was determined to kill Son, but refused Skywalker's offer of aid, telling the Jedi Knight to look inside himself for the answer for what was to be done. Leaving him, Skywalker encountered the [[Force spirit]] of his first mentor, Qui-Gon Jinn. Though Skywalker sought his advice, Jinn advised him to remember his training and trust his instincts, and to go to the [[Well of the Dark Side]] to face his most personal challenge. There, the Son forced Skywalker to confront his future, one consumed by the dark side. Horrified, Skywalker submitted to the Son as he promised him the power to avert this [[destiny]]. Soon, Kenobi arrived, and Skywalker left him trapped at the well, claiming to have seen the truth—that it was the Jedi who would stand in the way of peace.<ref name="Ghosts of Mortis" />

Skywalker arrived as his Padawan disabled the ship and went to rescue Kenobi, while the Son went to steal the Dagger. As Skywalker waited, the Father appeared before him and recognized that his son had broken the rules of [[time]]; he wiped Skywalker's memory of these future visions, leaving him unconscious, and brought him to his monastery. Skywalker awoke to find the Father, Kenobi, and Tano, moments before the Son arrived with the Dagger. To end the conflict, the Father impaled himself to distract his Son, while Skywalker killed the Son with his lightsaber. As the Father also died, he warned Skywalker to be wary of his feelings as they could lead to his downfall. As was noted by the Father,<ref name="Ghosts of Mortis" /> Skywalker had brought balance to the Force<ref name="Join the Battle" /> on Mortis through the deaths of the Force wielders, and he still had a chance to do so for the full galaxy.<ref name="Ghosts of Mortis" />

After the Father's death, the three Jedi were transplanted back to the galaxy to finally rendezvous with Rex. Surprised to learn that, to Rex and the others, they had only been gone for a moment, they returned to the Star Destroyer.<ref name="Ghosts of Mortis" /> They would later report this encounter to the Council, with Skywalker even mentioning that he had spoken with Jinn to Yoda. Even though Skywalker was not entirely convinced, they came to believe it had merely been an illusion of the old mentor.<ref name="Voices">{{TCW|Voices}}</ref> In reality, it had truly been the spirit of Jinn.<ref name="SWCVD,NE">''[[Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition]]''</ref>

====The Citadel====
{{Quote|I'm not sure what to think of your new ally.''"<br />"''Well, I think we need people like him. This is a war. If we aren't willing to do what it takes to win, we risk losing everything we try to protect.|Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, on Wilhuff Tarkin|<ref name="Citadel Rescue">{{TCW|Citadel Rescue}}</ref>}}
More than one year and nine months into the war,<ref name="Tarkin">[[Tarkin (novel)|''Tarkin'']]</ref> following the [[Capture of Even Piell|capture]] of Jedi Council member [[Even Piell]] by the Separatists, Skywalker and Kenobi were briefed by Master Plo Koon and sent along with their team—which included Rex, Cody, Echo, and Fives—to infiltrate the [[Citadel]] on [[Lola Sayu]] to retrieve Master Piell, who held the information on the [[Nexus Route]]. Refusing to let Tano risk her life on such a dangerous mission, Skywalker devised a strategy to bypass the lifeform scanners of the prison; the whole team underwent [[carbon-freezing]] and were transported to the Citadel by Commander R2-D2 and his reprogrammed battle droid squadron.<ref name="The Citadel">{{TCW|The Citadel (episode)}}</ref>

After landing, Skywalker was thawed out and he found, to his surprise, that Tano had disobeyed orders and followed him. Forced to take her along, the team made its way to the facilities, leaving the astromech to guard their shuttle. After free-climbing to the entry point through a cliff wall blasted by a strong gale and littered with [[electro-mine]]s, and after Tano deactivated the ray-shield on the entrance, the team was able to enter, except for [[Charger]], who fell to his death and alerted the prison staff, led by [[Osi Sobeck]], of their presence. Inside, they lost [[Longshot]], but finally made it to Master Piell, whom they freed and who told them they needed to rescue his officers.<ref name="The Citadel" />

[[File:AnakinClashesWithTarkin-TC.png|thumb|right|271px|Skywalker putting Captain Tarkin in his place]]
Despite the many traps laid through the [[fortress]], the team rescued the officers, when they met the other carrier of the Nexus Route coordinates, Captain [[Wilhuff Tarkin]]. The team was split into two—while Kenobi's team created a diversion, Skywalker would lead the others away. In Tarkin's company, Skywalker and his team escaped through the cavern system below the prison, when Tarkin expressed some skepticism about the Jedi's plan, to which Skywalker told Tarkin that he reserved his trust to those who understood gratitude.<ref name="The Citadel" /> However, they soon found common ground, for they both believed the Jedi Code prevented the Order from going far enough to achieve victory in the ongoing war,<ref name="Counterattack">{{TCW|Counterattack}}</ref> and Tarkin developed a grudging appreciation for Skywalker.<ref name="Tarkin" />

As they made their way out of the fuel line to rendezvous with R2-D2 and the shuttle, they were attacked by droids and forced to join Kenobi at their pick-up point, with the shuttle heavily guarded. During the skirmish, Echo tried to defend the shuttle, but its destruction and subsequent explosion seemingly killed him. As they ran into the cave system, Skywalker and Kenobi contacted the Council, telling them they needed to escape, and Koon immediately departed to pick them up.<ref name="Counterattack" /> They contacted the Council again to be informed of the extraction point; as they proceeded to the location, Sobeck sent [[anooba]]s after them. The creatures claimed Master Piell's life, who passed his intel on to Tano, and the group took a moment to honor his death. Ultimately, they got to the extraction point on time, and fled on Plo Koon's rescue shuttle, with [[Saesee Tiin]]'s fleet [[Battle of Lola Sayu|covering]] them to allow their escape back to Coruscant.<ref name="Citadel Rescue" />

====Padawan lost====
{{Quote|When I was out there, alone, all I had was your training and the lessons you taught me. And because of you, I did survive. And not only that, I was able to lead others to survive as well.''"<br />"''I don't know what to say.''"<br />"''I do. Thank you, Master. ''"<br />"''You're welcome, my Padawan.|Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Wookiee Hunt">{{TCW|Wookiee Hunt}}</ref>}}
[[File:Anakinsearching.png|thumb|left|250px|Skywalker searching for Ahsoka Tano with the Jedi Temple star charts.]]
Skywalker, Tano, and 501st forces fought on Felucia alongside Plo Koon and his clones in [[Second Battle of Felucia|taking out]] a reinforced [[Separatist outpost (Felucia)|Separatist outpost]]. Breaking their forces into three groups, Skywalker and Rex's team were responsible for attacking the front gate and destroying the [[tactical droid]], [[TZ-33]], securing the outpost together with Koon and Tano's teams.<ref name="Padawan Lost">{{TCW|Padawan Lost}}</ref>

However, Skywalker then noticed that Tano had disappeared during the battle, and ordered a perimeter sweep. Skywalker had his men search around the outpost, to no avail several times over. Master Koon then informed that he had alerted all forces throughout the Outer Rim and assured Skywalker that she would be found eventually, but also firmly told him that their mission on Felucia was finished and that they had to return to Coruscant. However, Skywalker refused to abandon her, to which Koon observed his emotions were clouding his judgment. Skywalker countered "I will not leave her fate up to others." Koon insisted, "It's time to go." Only then did Skywalker comply and call everybody in to leave the planet.<ref name="Padawan Lost" />

Back at the Temple, Skywalker relentlessly searched for possibilities in the star charts, which prompted Koon to suggest that he should trust in Tano's abilities.<ref name="Padawan Lost" /> Following the [[Battle on Wasskah|events]] on [[Wasskah]], Skywalker's search for his Padawan came to an end when she arrived to the Temple on the ''[[Halo]]'', in company of her [[Wookiee]] allies and the younglings [[O-Mer]] and [[Jinx]]. Upon seeing her, Skywalker profusely apologized for all that happened, heavily blaming himself for his apparent inability to protect her. Tano, however, assured him that his instruction gave her the skills necessary to survive and thanked him for his guidance. The two bowed to each other in newfound mutual respect under the delighted eye of Master Yoda.<ref name="Wookiee Hunt" />

====Battle of Horain====
{{Quote|Stand down! It's General Kenobi. And it looks like he's bringing a new friend.|Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Roger Roger">{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=19|story=Roger Roger}}</ref>}}
Sometime later Skywalker participated in the [[Battle of Horain]], alongside Kenobi and Rex. Skywalker was contacted by Rex, who was requesting assistance, though he was already preoccupied with a group of Vulture Droids. Skywalker later met Kenobi and Rex in disbelief, noticing they had hijacked an AAT alongside faulty battle droid [[B1-0516|Bats]].<ref name="Roger Roger" />

====Skirmish on Retta====
On [[Retta]], Skywalker ambushed a group of B1 battle droids alongside Grand Master Yoda. Skywalker was soon attacked by [[Kreeda]], a [[Segredo]] who was attempting to scare the Jedi away. However, Kreeda soon became friendly to the Jedi, as she was an old friend of Yoda. When Skywalker attempted to recruit Kreeda as a spy, the Segredo left, and Skywalker and Yoda were attacked by battle droids soon after. After being separated with Yoda, he met the Jedi Master and Kreeda again, the latter of whom explained she was protecting refugees of the Clone Wars. Using a hat from one of the individuals she was protecting, Skywalker pretended to be using the "[[cloaking cap]]" to distract General [[Flebek]], allowing Yoda to take out a B1. Believing there was no secret to invisibility and that it had been a trick, Flebek fled the area and boarded her ship. Upon asking what his report would entail, Yoda told Skywalker that he would tell Mace Windu there was nothing of interest on Retta.<ref name="Hide and Seek">{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=20|story=Hide and Seek}}</ref>

====Battle of Mon Cala====
{{Quote|Alright. I think I'm getting the hang of this.''"<br />''[Skywalker gets electrocuted]''<br />"''Less talking helps.|Anakin Skywalker and Kit Fisto, restrained by Mon Calamari eels|<ref name="Prisoners">{{TCW|Prisoners}}</ref>}}
After the assassination of [[Yos Kolina|King Kolina]] of [[Mon Cala]] and new discord in the fragile peace between the [[Mon Calamari]] and the [[Quarren]], Skywalker and Amidala, sent as representatives of the Republic, arrived to the planet at the behest of Captain [[Gial Ackbar]] of the [[Mon Calamari Guard]] and protector of young [[Prince]] [[Lee-Char]], but so did [[Riff Tamson]], Separatist [[ambassador]]. Though Skywalker and Amidala tried to mediate between the parties, the Quarren left the council hall, dissatisfied with the Mon Calamari rule. Along with Ackbar, they contacted Yoda and Windu, who dispatched a company of clone troopers equipped for underwater combat under the command of Kit Fisto and Tano.<ref name="Water War">{{TCW|Water War}}</ref>

[[File:SWCW_Ackbar.jpg|thumb|right|288px|Skywalker, alongside Gial Ackbar and Kit Fisto, during the Battle of Mon Cala]]
In the meantime, during the [[Battle of Mon Cala|Quarren attack]] assisted by Separatist aqua droids, Skywalker and Amidala accompanied Lee-Char, who in turn was [[bodyguard]]ed by Ackbar. He engaged the Quarren soldiers until he was recalled by his wife to help Senator [[Meena Tills]], while leaving Tano to cover the prince and rescue him from Tamson. As the first Separatist/Quarren assault came to an end, Skywalker reunited with Amidala, Tano, Fisto, Ackbar, Lee-Char, and Tills to await the second assault, this time assisted by the [[Hydroid Medusa]]s, which proved incredibly effective against the Republic-Mon Calamari army. Forced to retreat into the caves below, they regrouped to decide their next course of action—to retreat to the surface, only return to the [[Ocean|sea]] floor as their [[Consular-class cruiser (Charger c70 retrofit)|frigate]] was destroyed and they were attacked by more enemies.<ref name="Gungan Attack">{{TCW|Gungan Attack}}</ref>

They split into two groups: Skywalker went with his wife, Ackbar, and Tills, whereas Fisto, Tano, and two troopers accompanied the Prince. Expecting Republic reinforcements to come soon, Skywalker and his group proceeded to the Mon Calamari central planetary scanner facility, where the Jedi Knight collapsed the entire structure with the Force, rendering planetary defenses blind to upcoming Republic reinforcements—the Gungan Grand Army, and Representative Binks, sent at the behest of the High Council. However, Tamson used ''Trident''-class assault ship to create whirlpools, disorienting the Republic-Gungan forces, and though Skywalker managed to destroy one of them, all but Tano and Lee-Char were captured.<ref name="Gungan Attack" />

Brought before Riff Tamson, Skywalker and Fisto were restrained by [[Mon Cala eel|electric eels]], whereas Amidala and Jar Jar Binks were imprisoned within [[Mon Cala crab|containment devices]], interrogating the two Jedi about the whereabouts of Prince Lee-Char. During the interrogation, Tamson attempted to force them to talk by biting a tiny hole into Amidala's helmet, allowing her suit to fill up with [[water]]. However, Tamson left to see the located Prince in person, Skywalker and Fisto used the Force to remove the water from her helmet, while Binks used his saliva to seal the puncture, saving her from drowning. The four were soon taken to witness Prince Lee-Char's execution, in which [[Nossor Ri]], the Quarren leader, saved the prince at the critical moment and turned his people against the Separatists, resulting in the victory of the Mon Cala people. With the peace restored, Skywalker and his friends were present for the [[coronation of Lee-Char]], now recognized by both Mon Calamari and Quarren as their new monarch.<ref name="Prisoners" />

====Naboo====
{{Quote|Padmé, I'm sorry.|Anakin Skywalker, after being traded for Grievous|<ref name="Shadow Warrior">{{TCW|Shadow Warrior}}</ref>}}
Following rumors that the Gungans planned to aid the Separatists in an attack on Theed, Skywalker accompanied Amidala to Theed and later, to the Gungan territory near [[Lake Paonga]] where they met with Binks, who confirmed the troubling rumors. He took the couple to Otoh Gunga, where they spoke to Boss [[Lyonie]], and realized he was under the influence of a mind-controlling [[necklace]], which Skywalker telekinetically snatched, making him recover; Lyonie told them that new [[minister]], [[Rish Loo]], had given it to him.<ref name="Shadow Warrior" />

[[File:DookuEnjoysHisJob-SW.png|thumb|left|264px|Anakin gets captured by Dooku]]
Skywalker, Amidala, and Binks assisted Lyonie as he confronted Loo, only to face droid commandos, and for Lyonie to be stabbed by Loo before the minister's escape. Taking the Boss to an infirmary, the couple noticed the uncanny resemblance between the unconscious Lyonie and Binks, who they convince to impersonate Lyonie and cancel the Gungan assault on Theed. As he did so, uncovering Loo's deception to the army, Skywalker pursued the fugitive minister to a trap set by Count Dooku in [[Rish Loo's laboratory|Loo's laboratory]]. As Dooku killed Loo and revealed his secret input in the Battle of Naboo, Skywalker dueled the Count, only to be overwhelmed by Dooku's powers and his four MagnaGuards.<ref name="Shadow Warrior" />

Dooku then contacted Amidala and offered an exchange—the Jedi Knight for General Grievous, who had been [[Skirmish on Naboo|captured]] by the Gungan Grand Army, thanks to Gungan General [[Roos Tarpals|Tarpals's]] sacrifice. An hour later, Skywalker was brought and handed over to Amidala, Queen [[Neeyutnee]] and the Gungans, while Grievous was allowed to remain free.<ref name="Shadow Warrior" />

====Battle of Umbara====
{{Quote|Does my battalion have to do everything?''"<br />"''You seem to always volunteer.|Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi|<ref name="Darkness on Umbara" />}}
[[File:RexSkywalker-Umbara.jpg|thumb|right|266px|Skywalker leading the 501st Legion on Umbara, before leaving it to Pong Krell]]
During the [[Battle of Umbara|campaign]] on [[Umbara]], Skywalker and Kenobi discussed their attack strategy against the [[Umbaran capital city]], which was being defended by Confederate and [[Umbaran Militia|local militia]] forces. Together with Rex and Fives, Skywalker prepared to repel enemy reinforcements striking against Kenobi's joint attack with Jedi Masters Saesee Tiin and [[Pong Krell]], who would be supporting Kenobi from the south whereas Skywalker and 501st Legion would advance from the north.<ref name="Darkness on Umbara" />

Amidst heavy fire, Skywalker and his [[battalion]] made it to the landing site, and then to a ridge which they used as a staging area. As he and Rex awaited the rest of their men, hoping to move out soon and reinforce General Kenobi's battalion, [[Dogma]] reported that all platoons had reported in, and Skywalker told him to get some rest. Dogma replied that he was fine, but Rex told him it was a direct order, prompting Dogma to do as he was told. As Rex observed Dogma was "wound tight but loyal," Skywalker joked that he reminded him of Rex, who disagreed, saying that was him in the old days.<ref name="Darkness on Umbara" />

Shortly after this, the [[Umbaran]]s ambushed Skywalker and his troops, but an airstrike by Master Krell and [[Davijaan|Odd Ball]] saved them. After the quick save, Krell approached Skywalker with a disconcerting message: the Council had ordered Skywalker back to Coruscant, effective immediately, as requested by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, for reasons unknown. Though reluctant to leave his troops in the midst of battle, Skywalker was forced to relinquish command over his troops to Master Krell and make the journey back to Coruscant.<ref name="Darkness on Umbara" /> Despite Krell's efforts to sabotage the Republic effort by tricking the 501st and the [[212th Attack Battalion|212th battalions]] into attacking each other, Kenobi was successful in taking the capital and routing the remaining Umbaran forces, securing all sectors of the planet for the Republic.<ref name="Carnage of Krell">{{TCW|Carnage of Krell}}</ref>

====Kiros====
{{Quote|Zygerrian ''scum!'' I'll handle that slaver&hellip;|Anakin Skywalker, on Darts D'Nar|<ref name="Kidnapped">{{TCW|Kidnapped}}</ref>}}
[[File:Anakin_interrogates_DNar.png|thumb|left|259px|Tano, taken aback by her master's intensity]]
After ten rotations of Yoda's last contact with the Togruta colonists on [[Kiros]], Skywalker, Tano, Rex, Cody, Kenobi, and their forces arrived at the world to investigate its silence, with Skywalker particularly worried they would be too late. After landing, suspicious of the lack of colonists in the [[Artisan colony|town]], they used [[BARC speeder]]s to [[Battle on Kiros|break through]] the city and surround the [[governor's tower]], used as the Separatist Headquarters. The enemy commander, [[Darts D'Nar]], then sent a message to Kenobi to discuss terms of surrender. Skywalker then took the holoprojector out of Cody's hand and called D'Nar "[[Zygerrian]] scum." Though Skywalker wanted to deal with the slaver himself, Kenobi told him to locate the missing colonists while he negotiated. As Skywalker contacted Admiral Yularen to conduct a planetary bioscan to find them, Kenobi explained Skywalker's behavior to Tano.<ref name="Kidnapped" />

Overhearing from Kenobi's negotiations that D'Nar had planted [[Thermal annihilator bomb|bombs]] throughout the city, Skywalker and Tano set out to disarm them. Despite [[Droideka Sharpshooter|sniper droids]], they destroyed the bombs in the nick of time, just for Kenobi to tell them D'Nar was escaping on the ''[[Tecora]]''. With some effort, they managed to board the ship, inside which D'Nar pitted a [[blixus]] against them, but Skywalker managed to throw it off the ship, while Tano bested D'Nar in the cockpit. Soon, Skywalker joined her and, with frightening intensity, threatened the Zygerrian into revealing the colonists' location, much to Tano's surprise. However, it proved effective as D'Nar revealed that his Queen would hold the Royal Slave Auction.<ref name="Kidnapped" />

====Zygerria====
{{Quote|A most curious Jedi who cares more about his friends than his own mission. Hero. General. And now, my servant.|Miraj Scintel|<ref name="Slaves of the Republic">{{TCW|Slaves of the Republic}}</ref>}}
When Skywalker, Kenobi, Yularen, and Tano told the Jedi Council of their findings, they were [[Mission to Zygerria|tasked]] with locating the colonists.<ref name="Kidnapped" /> On the ''Tecora'', and disguised as Zygerrian, they land on the capital city of [[Zygerria]]; splitting into two teams (Kenobi and Rex went to located the colonists), Skywalker and Tano went to meet Queen [[Miraj Scintel]], with Skywalker posing as "Lars Quell" and bringing news of [[Bruno Denturri]]'s supposed death, and presenting Tano as a present. He quickly won Scintel's favor, with the Queen inviting him to accompany her during the slave auction, where she intended to have Skywalker prove himself a slaver by torturing Kenobi.<ref name="Slaves of the Republic" />

Instead, he freed Kenobi and tried to escape with R2-D2 returning their lightsabers, Rex providing cover fire and Tano confronting the Queen. Despite their efforts, however, they were subdued, but Scintel saw Skywalker's determination, for five [[electro-whip]]s were needed to reduce him. Despite Dooku and half her kingdom demanding his death, Scintel had Skywalker brought to her quarters. There he woke up and interrogated Scintel about his friends' whereabouts, while he throttled the Queen with the Force. However, Scintel gasped that his friends would die unless he obeyed her, and Skywalker was forced to comply and become her bodyguard and escort, just as she became infatuated by him.<ref name="Slaves of the Republic" />

[[File:Burst_of_Lightning_AtG.png|thumb|right|236px|Dooku blasts Skywalker with Force lightning]]
After a few days, Dooku would arrive, and Skywalker observed that she too was a slave to the Count, before she left to receive the Sith Lord. With the help of R2-D2, he escaped his guards and freed Tano from her cage and sent her to prep the ship, while he interrogated Scintel to tell him Kenobi and Rex's location. However, he found himself before [[Atai Molec]], who had betrayed Scintel, and Dooku, with whom Skywalker futilely dueled before Dooku blamed him of killing Scintel before her guards. Skywalker then took Scintel and escaped to the ''Tecora'', aboard which she told him Kenobi was in the [[Kadavo system]] and that she, just like Skywalker, was a slave, before dying.<ref name="Escape from Kadavo">{{TCW|Escape from Kadavo}}</ref>

After contacting Plo Koon to send reinforcements, Skywalker and Tano soon reached [[Kadavo]] and entered the [[Kadavo slave processing facility|slave-processing facility]]. During the [[Battle of Kadavo|battle]] that ensued, Skywalker disabled the turrets that were attacking Koon and his forces, while Tano saved the Togruta colonists from falling to their death (as caused by [[Keeper]] [[Agruss]]) by placing Admiral [[Barton Coburn]]'s [[Arquitens-class light cruiser|''Arquitens''-class light cruiser]] ''[[Hand of Justice]]'' underneath the facility. Along with Rex and Kenobi, Skywalker evacuated the facility before it was destroyed on Koon's orders, before returning to the rest of Koon's fleet.<ref name="Escape from Kadavo" />

====Palpatine kidnapped====
{{Quote|Skywalker, a powerful Jedi you are, yet unpredictable and dangerous you can be, to both your friends and enemies. For Obi-Wan, on your patience, everything depends.|Yoda, to Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="The Box">{{TCW|The Box}}</ref>}}
[[File:SW_and_AT_at_a_bar.jpg|thumb|left|276px|Skywalker and Tano, searching for Kenobi's "killer"]]
After the capture of [[Moralo Eval]], rumored to be the mastermind of a plot to kidnap Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Skywalker, Tano, and Kenobi were recalled to an emergency meeting by the High Council while they walked through the nightly streets of Coruscant. On their way to the Temple, however, a [[sniper]] opened fire at them, which prompted the three Jedi to chase their aggressor. However, the sniper killed Kenobi before escaping on a speeder, prompting Skywalker to return to his master, to find Tano crying and his old master dead, whom he called several times trying to get him to respond. Becoming withdrawn and grim, Skywalker would not say a word since then, until after the [[Funeral of Obi-Wan Kenobi|funeral]] held to honor Kenobi, when he went on a self-imposed mission to locate his murderer, [[Rako Hardeen]], at [[Trueping's]]. Though Skywalker would rather kill him, he arrested Hardeen and ferried him to the Republic Detention Center.<ref name="Deception" />

After hearing that Hardeen had [[Riot at the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center|escaped]] from jail, Skywalker held a meeting with his friend, Palpatine, when Windu informed the Chancellor that they would remove the bounty on Hardeen and the two other escapees, Eval and Cad Bane; a decision did not sit well with Skywalker. Palpatine suggested that the Council perhaps did not trust him to control his feelings, and Skywalker felt the Council was doing nothing to catch the murderer of his master—his best friend. Exploiting this to his advantage, Palpatine told him not to deny his feelings, for they were what made him special, and deliberately sent Skywalker and Tano to [[Nal Hutta]]. There, two Jedi harshly interrogated locals for information, which led them to [[Orondia]], the fugitives last known location.<ref name="Friends and Enemies">{{TCW|Friends and Enemies}}</ref>

After spotting their quarry as they prepare to leave, Skywalker rammed [[YV-666 light freighter|their ship]] into submission and board it in midflight, but was foiled by Bane and a subsequent crash-landing of both parties resulting from the chase. Surrounded by smoke, Hardeen left the ship, and Skywalker [[Showdown on Orondia|confronted]] him, ready to kill Hardeen when Bane interrupted him. Hardeen intervened then and wrestled with Skywalker, whispering to Skywalker's ear "Anakin, don't follow me." As he felt a connection, Skywalker passed out, only for Tano to protect him for Bane's attempts to execute him.<ref name="Friends and Enemies" /> As they returned to Coruscant, Yoda summoned Skywalker to his chambers and revealed the truth to him—that Kenobi was "Rako Hardeen."<ref name="The Box" />

[[File:Theed_banquet_hall.jpg|thumb|right|288px|Skywalker and Count Dooku rematch on Naboo.]]
Afterwards, Skywalker was briefed along his Padawan about the security plans the Council had for the Chancellor during the [[Festival of Light]] on Naboo. Skywalker, Tano, and Windu would escort the Palpatine and Mas Amedda to Theed, where Skywalker was greeted by his wife. At the festival itself, the abduction was initially successful with Cad Bane and Moralo Eval ferrying Palpatine away, while Skywalker and Windu captured Embo and [[Twazzi]]; however, Kenobi stopped Eval and Bane, long enough for Windu and Skywalker to arrive and take the two into custody.<ref name="Crisis on Naboo">{{TCW|Crisis on Naboo}}</ref>

As he reunited with his old master, he voiced his resentment for the Council's lack of trust in him as well as Kenobi's decision to hide the truth from him. Wondering how many other lies he had been told by the Council, he set out on his own to bodyguard Palpatine, who continued to place seeds of doubt in Skywalker until they were greeted by Dooku. After destroying two of his MagnaGuards, Skywalker [[Plan to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine|dueled]] the Count with ferocity, until Kenobi arrived to help him rescue the Chancellor, whereas Dooku fled.<ref name="Crisis on Naboo" />

====A phantom menace====
{{Quote|I sense a disturbance. Something sinister.''"<br />"''All the way out here?''"<br />"''Yes.''"<br />"''Do you know what&hellip;or ''who'' it is?''"<br />"[sigh]'' No. But whatever it is, it feels familiar.|Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano|<ref name="Brothers">{{TCW|Brothers (episode)}}</ref>}}
Sometime later, when Skywalker and Tano were on their way to rendezvous with a cruiser, they decided to land at the [[Stobar Spaceport]], as Skywalker was hungry and tired of government rations. The two walked into [[Plop Dribble's]], only to find [[Spaceport police droid|police droids]] and an unconscious [[Waiter|waitress]]. Though they attempted to investigate the assault, both the police and its owner, [[Loubo]], told not to worry; instead, he offered them a free meal. However, Skywalker sensed a [[disturbance in the Force]], something sinister and familiar—which, unbeknownst to him, heralded the return of the now renegade Sith Lord Maul.<ref name="Brothers" />

====Onderon Rebellion====
{{Quote|I feel responsible for them.''"<br />"''I know you do, Snips, but remember, purpose must come before feelings.|Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="The Soft War">{{TCW|The Soft War}}</ref>}}
Following a plea made by a [[Onderon rebels|rebel cell]] on Onderon, the Jedi Council considered how to help them fight the Separatists. Skywalker suggested training the rebels in subversive combat tactics; though it verged on terrorism, which the Jedi would not support, the High Council decided to send advisors to the rebel cell for the upcoming [[Onderonian Civil War|battle]]. On the [[Nu-class attack/transport shuttle|''Nu''-class transport]] [[Valkyrie 2929 (Nu-class)|''Valkyrie 2929'']], Skywalker, Tano, Rex, and Kenobi reached the planet during the night, when they met [[Steela Gerrera]] and were guided to their rebel secret base, where they met her brother, [[Saw Gerrera|Saw]]. The team trained the rebels to combat droids, until Separatist [[probe droid]]s discovered their outpost and attacked, which prompted the cell to enter [[Iziz]].<ref name="A War on Two Fronts">{{TCW|A War on Two Fronts}}</ref>

After some successful operations, Skywalker, Kenobi, and Rex decided to return to Coruscant and report to the Council, while Tano stayed behind as a liaison to the rebels, without revealing herself as a Jedi.<ref name="Front Runners">{{TCW|Front Runners}}</ref> They kept in frequent communication with her, to provide guidance,<ref name="Front Runners" /><ref name="The Soft War" /> but also to provide help by hiring Hondo Ohnaka to deliver [[missile launcher]]s to the Onderon rebels for the final assault. Skywalker attended the [[Funeral of Steela Gerrera|funeral service]] for Steela Gerrera.<ref name="Tipping Points">{{TCW|Tipping Points}}</ref>

====Losing Satine, saving R2====
Skywalker was later present when the Jedi High Council met up with the chancellor to discuss Maul's return, during which they decided to leave him alone even though they knew he was still alive.<ref name="Revival">{{TCW|Revival (episode)}}</ref> Skywalker lent the ''Twilight'' to Kenobi, who used it to travel to Mandalore to rescue Satine Kryze. With all its technical problems, after landing on Mandalore, Kenobi vowed not to borrow another ship from Skywalker. However, as he escaped, the ship was shot down by [[Mandalorian super commando|Mandalorian commandos]] and destroyed, moments before Kryze was murdered by Maul during the [[Mandalorian Civil War (19 BBY)|Mandalorian civil war]].<ref name="The Lawless">{{TCW|The Lawless}}</ref> Skywalker was waiting for Kenobi when the Jedi Master returned to the Temple hangar, where Skywalker saw through Kenobi's attempt to hide his sorrow. Kenobi explained he had lost someone important to him and that he had struggled with his rage, something Skywalker knew all too well. Skywalker offered to come with him for a report to the Council, which Kenobi happily agreed to.<ref name="Kenobi's Shadow">{{StoryCite|story=Kenobi's Shadow|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark}}</ref>

Skywalker was later present when the Jedi Council sent [[Meebur Gascon]] and a team of Republic droids to steal an [[encryption module]] from the Separatists.<ref name="Secret Weapons">{{TCW|Secret Weapons}}</ref> Later Skywalker participated in the [[Republic strategy conference]] on the [[space station]] [[Valor (space station)|Valor]], while on the station he noticed the ''[[Renown]]'' was going a little too fast. Tarkin told Skywalker that they are scanning [[Rhydonium]] on the ship, Skywalker instantly realized it was a bomb, Skywalker was later contacted and informed by Gascon of R2's sacrifice. However, Skywalker refused to believe that his friend was gone. He sent out salvage teams to scour the wreckage, who retrieved R2's remains and repaired him. The two reunited, and Anakin was happy to have him back.<ref name="Point of No Return">{{TCW|Point of No Return (The Clone Wars)}}</ref>

===Nearing the end===
====Tano's trial====
{{Quote|I know you believe in me, Anakin, and I'm grateful for that. But this isn't about you. I can't stay here any longer, not now.''"<br />"''The Jedi Order is your life. You can't just throw it away like this. Ahsoka, you are making a mistake.''"<br />"''Maybe, but I have to sort this out on my own, without the Council and without you.''"<br />"''I understand. More than you realize, I understand wanting to walk away from the Order.''"<br />"''I know.|Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="The Wrong Jedi">{{TCW|The Wrong Jedi}}</ref>}}
[[File:JediAndRusso-S.png|thumb|right|300 px|Skywalker and Tano were assisted by Russo-ISC in analyzing the crime scene and collecting eyewitness accounts.]]
During the [[defense of Cato Neimoidia]], Skywalker and Tano engaged Separatist forces on their [[Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor|Eta-2 ''Actis''-class interceptors]], until they received an urgent mission recalling them to the Jedi Temple. Its hangar had been [[Bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar|bombed]] and, as the two had been off-world during the attack, Skywalker and Tano were to lead the investigation to uncover the criminal—likely to be a Jedi. As they entered the Temple's hangar, they discussed the possibilities a Jedi was behind the attack. Tano doubted a Jedi could bomb such a sacred location to the Jedi,<ref name="Sabotage" /> and in the process, kill their own colleagues and employees.<ref name="Sabotage Rewatch">{{SW|url=news/the-clone-wars-rewatch-sabotage|text=''The Clone Wars'' Rewatch: It's a "Sabotage"!}}</ref> However, Skywalker told Tano to keep an open mind, and he reminded her there were Jedi that did not agree with their methods, and went rogue, such as Dooku and Krell. As a result, everyone who was at the Temple during the bombing were potential suspects, including Jedi.<ref name="Sabotage" />

As Skywalker and Tano walked across the burning hangar, they met [[Russo-ISC]], whom Skywalker sent alongside Tano to interview the witnesses, whereas he meditated at the hangar. Unable to discover anything, Skywalker met up with Tano and Russo, who told him about their missing suspect, [[Jackar Bowmani]]. With this clue, Skywalker went to speak with [[Chief of Security]] [[Cin Drallig]]. As Skywalker approached Drallig on the Jedi Temple's steps, he witnessed a crowd of angry protestors, rallying against the Jedi for their violence during the war. After Skywalker showed Drallig the hologram of Bowmani on an [[imagecaster]], [[Letta Turmond]] identified Bowmani in the hologram and informed the Jedi she was Bowmani's [[Marriage|wife]]. Later Skywalker and Tano cornered Turmond near [[Jackar's home|her home]], and she under pressure admitted to feeding Bowmani [[NM-K reconstitutor|nano-droids]] but would not reveal her motives.<ref name="Sabotage">{{TCW|Sabotage (episode)}}</ref>

Skywalker was present at [[Funeral of the Jedi Temple bombing victims|Yoda's eulogy for the six Jedi who died during the explosion]], and later took the opportunity to speak with Tarkin. Skywalker and his Padawan were then summoned to the war room to be briefed about a Separatist attack on Saleucami, when Tarkin informed them that Turmond had requested to speak with Tano. When she was framed with Turmond's death and imprisoned, he was forbidden to see her, and only returned to track her down on her [[Escape from the Republic military base|escape]], following Tano into the pipelines.<ref name="The Jedi Who Knew Too Much">{{TCW|The Jedi Who Knew Too Much}}</ref>

[[File:Anakin_and_Ahsoka-TJWKTM.png|thumb|left|287px|Skywalker tries to convince Tano to stay.]]
Alone, they revealed that their trust in each other was absolute, but as Skywalker pleaded for her to surrender herself and make her case to the Council, she refused to take the blame for something she had not done and asked Skywalker to trust her, just as she jumped onto a passing ship, thus escaping to the Coruscant underworld.<ref name="The Jedi Who Knew Too Much" />

As Tarkin declared she was being accused of sedition, Yoda assigned Skywalker and Plo Koon to search for Tano, with some resistance from Windu—who did not believe Skywalker to be emotionally detached to do what had to be done. Nevertheless, when she was [[Capture of Ahsoka Tano|captured]], Skywalker escorted her to the Temple,<ref name="To Catch a Jedi">{{TCW|To Catch a Jedi}}</ref> where he was later summoned to the [[Chamber of Judgment]] along with his Padawan. He was outraged to learn that the Council had already made their decision and that the meeting was simply a formality, and they proceeded to expel her from the Order. Resentful of the Council, he asked his wife, Amidala, to defend Tano at her [[Trial of Ahsoka Tano|trial]] before leaving to capture Ventress himself.<ref name="The Wrong Jedi" />

Skywalker soon found and interrogated Ventress, who admitted she was about to turn in Tano to the authorities, until she realized Tano had been abandoned by Skywalker and the Jedi Order, just like she had been forsaken by Dooku.<ref name="Nightsisters" /> She also said that whoever had attacked Tano had stolen [[Asajj Ventress's lightsabers|her lightsabers]] and that Tano had contacted Barriss Offee for help. Promising to kill Ventress if she lied, Skywalker left for the Temple, where he went to Offee's quarters and questioned her, only to engage her in a [[Duel at the Jedi Temple|duel]]. After subduing her, Skywalker brought Offee to the [[Imperial Inspectorate HQ|Republic military base]] where Tano was being judged. As the [[Mirialan]] Padawan confessed, all charges against Tano were lifted.<ref name="The Wrong Jedi" />

[[File:AhsokaLeavesTheOrder.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Tano leaving Skywalker and the Order behind]]
Back at the Temple, Skywalker and the Council apologized to Tano and invited her back into the Order, with Skywalker offering her severed [[Padawan braid]]. However, Tano apologized, leaving him in possession of her braid, and declined the offer. As she left the Temple, Skywalker followed her and asked her to reconsider. Tano, however, declared that she felt she could not stay with the Order, due to their lack of trust in her. Despite Skywalker's heartfelt protests and his mentioning that he himself had considered leaving the Order before, she chose to walk away.<ref name="The Wrong Jedi" /> Tano's departure had a deep impact on Skywalker, leaving him feeling more alone than ever in bearing the expectations of being the prophesied Chosen One.<ref name="Ultimate SW" /> The circumstances surrounding her departure also served to intensify his frustration with the High Council, as he felt they had betrayed her by not backing her innocence.<ref name="backstories" /> Without Tano as the counterbalance to his concerns and passions, Skywalker's attentions also focused ever more upon Amidala.<ref name="Skywalker: A Family at War">''[[Skywalker: A Family at War]]''</ref>

====Kamino conspiracy====
{{Quote|He's in on it! I don't know to what extent. But I know he orchestrated much of this. He told me in the medical bay!''"<br />"''He told you? When you tried to assassinate him? You have gone too far, Fives. The Chancellor isn't capable of what you claim.''"<br />"''He is! I swear to you, General. You've no idea—|Fives and Anakin Skywalker, before being interrupted by the Coruscant Guard|<ref name="Orders">{{TCW|Orders (episode)}}</ref>}}
A short time after Tano left the Jedi Order,<ref name="FactFile Kenobi 112">{{FactFile2014|112|KEN 47-52|Obi-Wan Kenobi}}</ref> Skywalker, alongside Jedi Generals [[Tiplar]] and [[Tiplee]], and the 501st were sent to [[Battle of Ringo Vinda|take control]] of [[Ringo Vinda]]'s [[Ringo Vinda space station|planet-wide station]] back from Admiral Trench. Only after seven rotations of stalemated combat, did they manage to push Trench's forces to a breaking point. However, one of Skywalker's troopers, [[Tup]], intentionally killed General Tiplar, forcing Skywalker to order his and Tiplee's troops to fall back. He then had Tup checked out to see if he had been brainwashed by the Separatists, only to find nothing in him, even as he repeated nonstop "Good soldiers follow orders" as well as apparent [[amnesia]]. Though he did not find anything in him, Skywalker had Tup sent to Kamino for further examination.<ref name="The Unknown">{{TCW|The Unknown}}</ref>

After Tup's shuttle was destroyed and he was taken prisoner by Trench, Skywalker investigated the wreckage. Seeing that Tup was not among the dead, Skywalker decided to infiltrate the Separatist lines. Alongside Rex and Fives, Skywalker reached the Separatists' hangar and saw that Commander [[Kraken]] had Tup aboard [[Kraken's Maxillipede shuttle|his shuttle]]. Skywalker and the others the boarded the shuttle and took out Kraken's crew, including Kraken himself, who refused to reveal why they had abducted Tup. Skywalker then had Tup transported to Kamino with Fives and Rex as escorts.<ref name="The Unknown" />

Following the end of Skywalker and the 501st Legion's participation on Ringo Vinda,<ref name="Orders" /> and the death of Tup,<ref name="Conspiracy">{{TCW|Conspiracy}}</ref> Skywalker and the High Council were informed by Shaak Ti that Fives [[Escape from the Grand Republic Medical Facility|attempted to kill]] the Chancellor. Windu, aware that the Jedi were not requested to participate in the manhunt, allowed Skywalker and Rex to secretly search for the clone. They soon were contacted by [[Kix]], who told them that Fives wanted to [[Mission to Level 1325|meet]] the two at a warehouse in [[Level 1325]]. As Anakin and Rex entered the warehouse, they dropped their weapons on Fives' request. After doing so, they were encircled by a ray shield, which prompted Skywalker to question Fives' actions, but he and Rex listened to the fugitive's side of the story. Skywalker refused to believe that the Chancellor was involved in this conspiracy about the [[Behavioral modification biochip|inhibitor chips]], but their conversation was cut short by the arrival of the [[Coruscant Guard]]. Skywalker watched as they gunned Fives down, dying in Rex's arms.<ref name="Orders" />

He would report the event to Yoda, Windu, Ti, and the Chancellor, who was swift to lie to the Jedi that all had been the product of a parasite from Ringo Vinda, one that had caused the decay of Fives and Tup's chips; Palpatine urged the Jedi to leave the matter behind, for each day, they grew "closer and closer to victory."<ref name="Orders" /> From that point onward, Skywalker was faced with the fact that Tup and Fives, two of his best men, had died under mysterious circumstances, which became another weight on his emotional health.<ref name="FactFile Kenobi 112" />

====Clovis returns====
{{Quote|Anakin, I understand to a degree what is going on. You've met Satine. You know I once harbored feelings for her. It's not that we're not allowed to have these feelings. It's natural.''"<br />"''Senator Amidala and I are simply friends.''"<br />"''And friends you must remain. As a Jedi, it is essential you make the right choice, Anakin, for the Order.|Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="The Rise of Clovis">{{TCW|The Rise of Clovis}}</ref>}}
Upon his wife's [[Mission to Scipio|mission]] to [[Scipio]] and subsequent reencounter with Rush Clovis, when she was accused of sabotage and her [[aide]] [[Teckla Minnau]] was killed, Skywalker was sent to protect Amidala, but was upset to hear that Clovis was involved. Nevertheless, he agreed to help her, and together, they went to [[Rush Clovis's residence|Clovis's residence]] to assist in exposing the Banking Clan's corruption. As they were about to depart along with Clovis, Skywalker defended both Senators from the bounty hunter Embo and his pet anooba, [[Marrok (anooba)|Marrok]]. The trio were able to escape Embo, thanks to R2-D2, and make their way to Coruscant.<ref name="An Old Friend">{{TCW|An Old Friend}}</ref> Escorted by Yoda, they met with Palpatine and other members of the Jedi Council, and Senator Bail Organa, during which Skywalker's animosity towards Clovis was perceived by Yoda.<ref name="The Rise of Clovis" />

[[File:Anakin_about_to_kill_Clovis.png|thumb|left|309px|Skywalker separates Rush Clovis from his wife.]]
As Amidala was appointed by the Chancellor to work closely alongside Clovis to investigate the Banking Clan, Skywalker questioned her decision, as he wanted her away from Clovis, whom he greatly distrusted. Though he demanded that she step away from her assignment, she refused and left with Clovis. Frustrated, Skywalker went to his quarters, where Kenobi (at the behest of Yoda) spoke to him, revealing that he was well aware of Skywalker's feelings for Amidala, and asked his former apprentice not to let himself carried away by them before leaving. Later that night, Skywalker went to his wife's apartment, where he found Clovis about to kiss her, for which Skywalker briefly Force choked him—before giving him a one-sided beatdown despite Amidala's protests, willing to kill Clovis in his jealousy.<ref name="The Rise of Clovis" />

Before it was too late, he realized his mistake and stopped, only for Captain Typho to enter. Much to his surprise, Clovis lied about the attack. As they carried Clovis to Amidala's bedroom, Skywalker tried to apologize to his wife, but she told him to stay away from her. Only when they were alone afterward, she questioned their marriage, too steeped in lies and deception, and decided that they take a break from one another after admitting to not feeling safe around Skywalker—who, in turn, admitted to being unable to control himself, even though he did not know why.<ref name="The Rise of Clovis" />

[[Rush Clovis|Clovis]] was accepted as the new head of the Banking Clan by the Senate, and Skywalker confided to the Chancellor of his distrust in Clovis, which Palpatine shared.<ref name="The Rise of Clovis" /> Soon, when Clovis apparently joined the Separatists the day after (which Skywalker found strange), and Scipio was occupied by Separatists, Skywalker was then sent to [[Invasion of Scipio|retake]] Scipio. After landing, Skywalker went to [[Main Vault|Clovis's office]] and tried to reason with Clovis to make him let go of Amidala. At that very moment, though, a vulture droid crashed into the office, making it unstable and causing Amidala and Clovis to fall, but Skywalker grabbed them both, each with one hand. As he could not hold the two, Clovis told Skywalker to let go of him, but he would not; Clovis apologized to Amidala and then let go of Skywalker, falling to his death. Though Skywalker and Amidala reconciled, the Banking Clan came under the control of the Chancellor.<ref name="Crisis at the Heart">{{TCW|Crisis at the Heart}}</ref>

====Sifo-Dyas' secret====
{{Quote|The creation of the clone army, kept secret from us Sifo-Dyas did. How this was done we know not, yet now a new piece of the puzzle we have. Perhaps clarity it will bring us, yes.|Yoda|<ref name="The Lost One">{{TCW|The Lost One}}</ref>}}
After Jedi Master Plo Koon intercepted a distress call from a [[775519|lost shuttle]] and discovered [[Sifo-Dyas]]'s lightsaber, its late owner being responsible for the secret creation of the Clone Army. Relaunching the investigation of Sifo-Dyas's death, Skywalker and Kenobi were sent to Felucia, where they spoke to the tribal leaders to find out what happened to the late Jedi Master. Kenobi was told that the Felucians had cremated his body and that another [[Jedi]] had been with him when he was killed and reported their findings to Master Yoda.<ref name="The Lost One" />

[[File:EpGuide610.png|thumb|right|288px|Kenobi and Skywalker's meeting with the leader of the Pyke Syndicate]]
The two were then [[Mission to Oba Diah (Clone Wars)|sent]] to [[Oba Diah]] when former Chancellor, [[Finis Valorum]] told Yoda that Sifo-Dyas had been [[Mission to Oba Diah (Sifo-Dyas)|sent]] to negotiate with the [[Pyke Syndicate]] to stop an underground war. Valorum, however, said that there was no other Jedi sent alongside Syfo-Dyas, but rather his personal aide [[Silman]]. On Oba Diah, Kenobi and Skywalker met [[Lom Pyke]], who denied any involvement until Kenobi noticed that he was wearing the crest of Valorum and Skywalker grabbed the necklace and told the [[Pyke]] to "stop playing games." Lom finally complied with the Jedi, and told them that they had been paid by a man called Tyranus to shoot Sifo-Dyas's shuttle down. However, as they feared that anyone who paid for the death of a Jedi was dangerous, they kept Silman locked away for ten years as insurance.<ref name="The Lost One" />

Once they met Silman, they realized he had gone mad after being locked up for so long, and were unable to learn much from him before Dooku arrived to kill him before Skywalker and Kenobi's eyes. After engaging Dooku in combat, they learned that the man called Tyranus was, in fact, the Count. Although Skywalker pursued the count after he tried to escape on a [[Coruscant Freighter]], Dooku escaped aboard his [[solar sailer]], leaving the Jedi without the chance to learn more about the clone army. Nevertheless having learned the identity of Tyranus, they informed the Council of their findings, only for them to question why Dooku had been behind the creation of the clone army, and what the game of the yet-unidentified [[Dark Lord of the Sith]] was playing.<ref name="The Lost One" />

====Yoda's journey====
{{Quote|Help me to escape. Yes.''"<br />"''Escape? But you're not in prison.''"<br />"''No, perhaps, but perhaps I am. Already, all around us, the cage may be. A journey I must make alone.''"<br />"''The Council will not want you to travel at all, alone even less.''"<br />"''Disobeying the Council your expertise is. That is why I ask for your help. It is the spontaneity you find so easily which others do not. That is what sets you apart. Now, a walk you will take me on. Come, come.|Yoda and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Voices" />}}
Upon Yoda's brief contact with Qui-Gon Jinn, Yoda requested that Skywalker meet him on the Temple's training grounds to speak about their experience on Mortis, where both he and Kenobi had spoken to Jinn. As Skywalker, too, was in disbelief of the idea that an individual could retain its identity after death, Yoda left him to rest. Later, when Yoda submitted himself for medical examination by Rig Nema, Skywalker informed them that Chancellor Palpatine wanted to hold an emergency meeting with Yoda, to which Windu responded, leaving the Grand Master free to undergo a [[deprivation ritual]]. Skywalker, Mundi, Kenobi, Koon, and Nema watched over the old master until Kenobi interrupted it before it was too late, and Yoda claimed to have spoken with the dead.<ref name="Voices" />

With the Council worried for his health, Yoda was placed under the surveillance of [[Jedi Temple Guard|guards]], so the Jedi Master asked to Skywalker to see him. Yoda asked Skywalker to help him escape, which Skywalker did. Accompanying Yoda to [[Yoda's fighter|his fighter]], Skywalker even lent R2-D2 to Yoda to accompany him on a journey that would take him to [[Dagobah]], a [[Wellspring of Life|mysterious planet]] and [[Moraband]],<ref name="Voices" /><ref name="Destiny">{{TCW|Destiny (The Clone Wars)}}</ref><ref name="Sacrifice">{{TCW|Sacrifice (episode)}}</ref> to learn that the Jedi Order would not win the war, and that there was "another Skywalker."<ref name="Sacrifice" />

====An Excuse to Fight====
After a [[Skirmish against Tofen's Raiders|skirmish]] against [[Tofen's Raiders]], in which Kenobi's starfighter malfunctioned, a Republic fleet was attacked by Separatists. Skywalker and Kenobi were present alongside the young wookiee Viiveenn during the attack. They both argued about who should be the one to join the fight and who should be the one to deliver Viiveenn to safety. When a missile that entered the hangar bay exploded near the three, Skywalker and Kenobi were separated, with Kenobi left with Viiveenn. Skywalker used the wreckage that landed in his way as an excuse to join the fight. As another explosive entered the hangar, Kenobi reluctantly took the wookiee into his starship and told her that Skywalker did that sort of thing all the time.<ref name="Hyperspace Stories 10">[[Hyperspace Stories 10|''Hyperspace Stories'' 10]]</ref>

====Mission to Batuu====
=====Alliance with a Chiss "commander"=====
[[File:Thrawn_Alliances_Anakin_art.png|thumb|left|248px|General Skywalker and "Commander" Thrawn]]
Skywalker was told by Senator Amidala that one of her former handmaidens, [[Duja]], had found something near [[Batuu]] that she and Skywalker should investigate. Unfortunately, Skywalker was unable to join her due to being sent to battle. Skywalker allowed her to travel to Batuu by herself. Upon his return to Coruscant after the battle, Skywalker could find records of Amidala's travels in the Outer Rim. After another battle, Skywalker received a message that Amidala's ship was found on Batuu. Skywalker, along with [[R2-D2]], took his [[Anakin Skywalker's Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor|interceptor]] to Batuu. En route to Batuu, Skywalker encountered a [[freighter]]. Skywalker spoke with the freighter's captain, [[Chiss]] [[Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet|Defense Fleet]] Commander [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo]], known simply as Thrawn.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances">''[[Thrawn: Alliances]]''</ref> Unknown to Skywalker, Thrawn was actually a [[Senior Captain]].<ref name="Chaos Rising">''[[Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising]]''</ref> Skywalker accepted Thrawn's assistance in finding Amidala and Duja.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

Skywalker found Amidala's ship near Batuu's [[Black Spire Outpost]]. There, he stopped a group of smugglers who were angry about the ship being in their landing spot. Skywalker fought them until Thrawn broke up the fight. Together, they investigated Amidala's ship and learned about Duja's ship, Nomad Four. The two then went to a nearby cantina. After speaking with the bartender, Skywalker and Thrawn came under attack by four assailants. The two of them were able to kill the assailants. Thrawn suspected the assailants were sent to kill Skywalker and that there was the fifth nearby. Skywalker and Thrawn came up with a plan to capture the last assailant. After Skywalker took one of the assailant's body, he pretended to suffer engine damage in his interceptor. After landing, Skywalker came under attack by an assassin droid but was to destroy it. Thrawn was able to capture the assailant and found his freighter, which belonged to the Separatists.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

=====Mission to Mokivj=====
[[File:PadmeAmidala-ThrawnAlliancesBNExclusivePoster.png|thumb|right|200x200px|Skywalker investigated his wife's disappearance.]]
Skywalker and Thrawn took out the droids guarding the freighter. Together, they found out the freighter was headed to [[Cermau]]. As they returned to Black Spire, they came under attack by several thugs. Thrawn was able to use their speeder, to capture the thugs. Skywalker and Thrawn questioned the cargo inspector [[Oenti]], who reveals that the cantina's bartender, [[Janott]] had ties to the Separatists' Duke [[Solha]]. They learned that they were shipping supplies to a droid [[Mokivj droid factory|factory]]. After learning of Duja's death, Skywalker told Thrawn about the politics behind the Clone Wars. Skywalker and Thrawn traveled to [[Mokivj]]. There, they discovered that the Separatists were mining [[Cortosis]] and discovered a factory.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

Following Skywalker's and Thrawn's location of the factory, and later their change of clothing, Skywalker contacted the duke, to infiltrate the factory and informed him that Captain [[Boroklif]] was indisposed, that there was trouble at Black Spire, and that the he and the others were losing. The Serennian was shocked when he heard this news and asked if the Separatist captain and his companions were dead, to which Skywalker replied that he did not know as he was not there at the end of the battle.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances />

The Jedi Knight offered the Separatist to bring the cargo he had lost to his factory, Solha accepted and told him he'd open the shield when he was on the coordinates of the courtyard, that he was not stupid and he would not open it until it was truly necessary, just when he was in position to land. Following their arrival, the Jedi Knight and the Chiss commander were hailed by the Serennian duke escorted by a pair of B2-series super battle droids and two squads of B1-series battle droids, who inquired their possession of an astromech droid that belonged to the Republic, R2-D2. In response, the Jedi explained that he had found the droid and believed it could be worth something if he desired to purchase it.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

The Chiss commander and the Jedi Knight asked the Serennian what happened to Amidala's former handmaiden, Duja. They also told him how they acquired Boroklif's ship, the ''[[Larkrer]]'', that they came to Mokivj because there was a preset hyperspace course on the ship, the Serennian asked who had put in that course, to which they replied they assumed the Separatist captain did. The duke then warned the pair that they did not have anything else to bargain with and that he could have them shot. However, the pair told them there was another preset hyperspace course locked below the current one, which was locked by a two-stage encryption passcode, and that each of them had one half, Skywalker then presented his Chiss companion as "Brix." The Serennian ordered all of his droids to lower their weapons and to escort them while they entered the factory. The lights went off while the group was entering the building, and the Jedi sliced a droid squad and threw his lightsaber to the top of the building so the duke would not be aware that Skywalker was in fact, a Jedi. Then two B2s blocked the courtyard's opening to prevent any escape.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

Solha knew that there was a Jedi loose on the factory, however, he didn't know who Skywalker was, he then sent Thrawn and Skywalker to some improvised [[prison]] cells. Calling the Jedi a [[thief]], the Serennian aimed at Skywalker from the corridor in front of his cell with his blaster, and said that the Jedi wanted to be here and that he got here thanks to Skywalker, and for that alone he should be shot. He then revealed he was the Duke Solha of the Free System of Serenno, to which the Jedi Knight replied if he should be impressed, Solha said he should be, and that he would be at some point. One B2-series super battle droid took all of their weapons and communication devices, even taking Thrawn's small [[hold-out blaster]] located in his boot. Solha and the droids left with R2, who was dropping [[oil]] so Skywalker knew where they had taken him. They left the room and locked the cell's doors.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

The pair agreed on running a test, which would discover if Skywalker's wife had been captured, if she was free or was not on the factory by waiting two [[Standard hour|hours]] as Amidala, and if she did not join them on the detention block, they would break out and try to locate her. Thrawn asked the Jedi that if he recognized the ship in the courtyard, telling him it was an [[ore carrier]], which was full of [[ore]], so this was not a [[Staging area|staging ground]] but a manufacturing facility, he also told Skywalker where was there more activity and where was there less activity, as Chiss could see more [[infrared]] than humans, and he noticed the heat signatures, and that where they were in was the most active section.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

Following the completion of Thrawn's and Skywalker's test, the Chiss crafted a cord from the clothing he got from the ''Larkrer'' and unlocked their cells from the inside. Meanwhile, the senator had entered the building and was accompanied by a group of locals, consisting of maintenance workers of the factory, [[Cimy]], [[Huga]], and [[Nodlia|LebJau]]. They had entered the factory through the service level, which was usually unprotected and only them and the Separatists knew of. Amidala had promised the group a fortune, which would be given to them by her Uncle Anakin if they helped her access the factory. The group later arrived at the detention block, defeated the droid guards and found the Chiss and Jedi Knight inside.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

After the Chiss was presented to the newcomers by Skywalker, the group created a plan to retrieve Skywalker's lightsaber, which involved Thrawn and the senator going alone to the roof to retrieve the lightsaber. The Jedi was scared of her going alone with the Chiss, but accepted it. After the Chiss and the senator left, the Jedi began to wander across the factory, and found a section of the factory that produced [[C-B3 cortosis battle droid|cortosis B2 super battle droids]], which was guarded by the duke and his relatives and some droid sentries. The Serennians were protecting themselves with clone trooper armor covered with cortosis, Skywalker tried to confuse Solha's droids but he only achieved making the Serennians aware of his presence. Skywalker then left the room and began his search for the senator once again.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

On the roof of the building, Amidala and Thrawn retrieved Skywalker's lightsaber, they also witnessed some spheres which descended onto the factory, which were part of a Chiss mission to retrieve a deflector shield generator from the factory. The senator asked the Chiss commander to continue helping them but he insisted that his mission came first. Meanwhile, the Jedi, disarmed, used the Force to see where Solha and his droids sentries were, so he did not have to fight them, while he traveled across the maze of rooms, and corridors that the factory contained. Until he met with his wife who gave him his lightsaber, and told him that Thrawn had abandoned them. Their meeting also coincided with the [[Chiss Ascendancy]]'s raid on the factory, retrieving the shield generator. Skywalker fought several B2s and discovered that their armor disabled lightsabers and deflected blaster bolts. However, he used the Force and disabled them.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

In the meantime, Amidala evacuated the workers with LebJau before the factory was destroyed, Thrawn joined the senator and the Jedi Knight who revealed that the ore was cortosis and that it deflected blaster bolts and disabled lightsabers, thanks to its large energy absorption rate. They learned that the ore was mined in the river next to the factory and strengthened the battle droids' armor making them invulnerable, something that could change the Clone Wars forever. Thrawn then agreed to destroy the factory after the Chiss retrieved the shield generator.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

Amidala encountered the duke, who wore clone trooper armor covered with cortosis, who protected him from his husband's lightsaber, he then told her that by using the factory he was going to build his name in the Confederacy. As he knew Skywalker and the senator, he rejected Amidala's ultimatum to surrender and told her that he had no doubts that he'd live and that he'd never surrender.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

In another section of the factory, the Jedi and Chiss learned the Separatists were are also producing clone trooper armor covered with cortosis. The Jedi thought they were planning to infiltrate the Republic by sending Serennian troopers wearing clone trooper armor to Coruscant. After the battle droids protecting the room were defeated by Skywalker and Thrawn, and the Serennian duke by the senator, knocking him out with her grappling hook, they left the factory and then destroyed the factory. Skywalker decided to destroy the mine too, so the Separatists could not start again on Mokivj, though, Amidala, Thrawn, and LebJau asked him not to do it, he ignored their petition, and he destroyed the mine too, which gained him the anger and devastation of the already devastated Mokivj, as it caused a massive explosion expanded by the cortosis.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

=====Aftermath of Mokivj=====
[[File:SuperBattleDroid-SS.png|thumb|left|200px|Skywalker destroyed the Separatist's ability to produce cortosis super battle droids (a regular super battle droid pictured).]]
The mission ended with a catastrophe for Mokivj and an end to Solha's career. In an effort to collapse the Separatist's efforts to produce cortosis battle droids, Skywalker accidentally sent lava, ash, and smoke into the planet's best cropland and water. Skywalker did not know the cortosis in the mine would redirect the heat of the explosions, the heat was sent down the planet's crust, activating volcanic activity and leading to widespread devastation, deforestation, and desertification on Mokivj, resulting in the explosive force doing more than merely collapsing the mine's tunnels.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

The catastrophe forced LebJau to move to another planet as the population knew he had collaborated with the ones who devastated Mokivj. Thrawn had warned Amidala that Skywalker's plan seemed reckless, yet she had known that he would be unable to be talked out of it, leaving the Jedi and Senator to regret their actions as they looked upon the ruined world. Thrawn had also warned Skywalker that his theory about the clone armor being used to infiltrate the Republic seemed unlikely based on how great the risk of discovery would be. Despite Skywalker's shortsighted plan, Thrawn continued to respect the man and still viewed him as an effective warrior.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

====Bombing of the Temple====
[[File:CalebTellsFriendsAboutDepa-Kanan7.png|thumb|right|221px|Skywalker and R2-D2 at the Jedi Temple prior to an attack.]]
Skywalker and R2-D2 were in the Jedi Temple prior to it being [[Bombing at the Jedi Temple|bombed]]<ref name="Kanan 7">[[Kanan 7|''Kanan'' 7]]</ref> by Separatist captain [[Rackham Sear]]. The bomber was foiled by [[Depa Billaba]] and [[Kanan Jarrus|Caleb Dume]].<ref name="Kanan 8">[[Kanan 8|''Kanan'' 8]]</ref>

====Amidala's departure====
Prior to a [[Mission to Clabron|mission]] that Amidala was taking to [[Clabron]], Skywalker insisted that he be allowed to assist Amidala, under the impression it was a diplomatic mission to [[Duro]]. After assurance from Amidala, Skywalker agreed to remain on Coruscant, kissing Amidala. He was startled when he realized Amidala's handmaiden, [[Moteé]], had witnessed their display of affection, though Amidala assured Skywalker that Moteé understood discretion.<ref name="Bridge">[[Age of Republic - Padmé Amidala 1|''Age of Republic - Padmé Amidala'' 1]]</ref>

====Crystal crisis on Utapau====
{{Quote|How well would you sleep, knowing that I failed you?''"<br />"''Not very well, I imagine. Luckily, that isn't true, and never will be.|Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi|<ref name="In Search of the Crystal">{{TCW|In Search of the Crystal}}</ref>}}
During the last months of the war, Kenobi and Skywalker were sent to [[Utapau]] to [[Mission to Utapau|investigate]] the mysterious death of Jedi Master [[Tu-Anh]]. Once they landed on [[Pau City]], [[Inspector]] [[Jen June]] led them to see the corpse at the [[Pau City Morgue|morgue]]. After examining the body, they went to the place where she had been found, only to determine she had been hit in the optic nerve with a [[Vilmarh's Revenge|precision laser dart]] by a sniper. As they found the sniper's position, from the building's owner, [[Garri]], the two Jedi learned of the involvement of MagnaGuards and began to suspect the involvement of General Grievous, and had Inspector June analyze some slimy substance they had found—the secretion of an [[Amani]]'s skin.<ref name="A Death on Utapau">{{TCW|A Death on Utapau}}</ref>

[[File:A_Death_on_Utapau_Ep.png|thumb|left|281px|Kenobi and Skywalker speaking to Inspector June]]
Though Governor [[Torul Blom]] asked them to leave Utapau, Kenobi and Skywalker persevered and rented two [[dactillion]]s to go talk to the leader of an Amani tribe, who revealed that an Amani outcast had entered one of the caves. The two Jedi entered it to find MagnaGuards. Despite some resistance, they managed to have the droids reveal the involvement of the [[Sugi]] and went to see Inspector June once again. Soon after, the two attended the [[Funeral of Tu-Anh|funeral]] for Tu-Anh.<ref name="A Death on Utapau" />

As they reached the Amani settlement they had been looking for, the Amani scattered, leaving Skywalker and Kenobi to follow the tracks of one that appeared to be their leader. During the hunt, Skywalker mentioned Tano for the first time since her departure, and Kenobi asked if he wanted to talk about it, yet Skywalker refused. Kenobi then suggested for them to set up a camp and rest. However, he insisted on the subject, prompting Skywalker to tell Kenobi he missed Tano and to voice his anger at the High Council for turning its back on her. To Skywalker's annoyance, Kenobi stood by the Council's authority, asserting that it had been Tano's decision to leave and that she had allowed her emotions to cloud her judgment, something against the Jedi way. Then, Kenobi suggested he rest, but Skywalker declined so that he could keep the first watch. Finally, he questioned Kenobi on what would happen if he had turned out to be a "major disappointment," but Kenobi wanted to believe it would never happen.<ref name="In Search of the Crystal" />

[[File:Crystal_Crisis_Ep.png|thumb|right|286px|Kenobi and Skywalker defending a massive kyber crystal]]
However, they both fell asleep and were captured by a group of Sugis led by [[Chong]], who brought them before [[Endente]] as Kenobi told Chong of their "intention" to buy weapons. They learned Endente was, in fact, selling a [[kyber crystal]], and Skywalker prompted him to show it before they made the deal. Brought to the starship where the [[crystal]] was being kept, they escaped from their captors, and Skywalker eliminated all the Sugi, except for Endente, who fled. After they discovered the massive kyber crystal inside the ship,<ref name="In Search of the Crystal" /> the two Jedi managed to transport the crystal through Utapau's plains until they reached Pau City, where Blom had the two Jedi surrounded with his men and Grievous's droids. As the kyber crystal was loaded into a shuttle and sent to a ship on [[orbit]], Kenobi and Skywalker stole a [[Unidentified freighter (Utapau)|freighter]] to recover the crystal.<ref name="Crystal Crisis">{{TCW|Crystal Crisis}}</ref>

During the persecution, Grievous damaged their ship, forcing them to perform a [[number five special]]; they crashed it to disable the hyperdrive and, with their escape pods, boarded the ship where the crystal was then held. As they got separated, Kenobi was captured by Grievous, and Skywalker recovered his lightsaber, located the crystal, and freed Kenobi. Together, they made their way to the kyber crystal at the vault, where they were temporarily trapped until a squad discovered them. Using the crystal and the Force to knock them out, he managed to get to a hangar, where Skywalker stole a shuttle to escape. Meanwhile, Kenobi set several [[Armored Assault Tank Mk I|AATs]] to shoot and overload the crystal, destroying the crystal and the ship, while they escaped from the explosion in the nick of time and returned to Coruscant to report to the Council.<ref name="The Big Bang" />

====Stationed on Coruscant====
{{Quote|Should I send a detachment, General?''"<br />"''[...] No. It's nothing.|Yularen and Skywalker, as the latter senses Ahsoka Tano|<ref name="Deal No Deal">{{TCW|Deal No Deal}}</ref>}}
Sometime later, while on a ''Venator''-class Star Destroyer, Skywalker discovered an unknown ship, the ''[[Silver Angel]]'', in military airspace. Skywalker then asked Admiral Yularen who was on that transport. After he closed his eyes and sensed Ahsoka Tano's presence through the Force, he decided not to send a detachment to arrest the crew and to let Ahsoka and her companions leave.<ref name="Deal No Deal" />

====Vos and Ventress====
{{Quote|Ventress isn't capable of anything as selfless as love. And Vos couldn't possibly have cared about a murderess like her. Besides, she's the one who took him to the dark side in the first place.''"<br />"''Stranger things have happened. And maybe, if she loves him, she's his way back from it.|Skywalker and Amidala discuss Vos and Ventress' relationship|<ref name="Dark Disciple">''[[Dark Disciple]]''</ref>}}
Jedi Master [[Quinlan Vos]] had been tasked by the Jedi Council to assassinate Dooku with the help of Asajj Ventress, but during a [[Mission to Raxus Secundus|mission]] to [[Raxus Secundus]] the Jedi turned to the dark side due to Dooku's manipulations and Ventress's training. Ventress staged a [[Mission to Serenno (Krayt's Claw)|rescue mission]], which failed and prompted her to contact the Jedi Council. When she arrived at the Jedi Temple, Skywalker and Kenobi escorted her to the [[Jedi Council Chamber|Council Chamber]], where despite Mace Windu's open disapproval, Yoda dispatched Skywalker and Kenobi to go with Ventress to [[Rescue of Quinlan Vos|rescue]] Vos above [[Taris]]. Soon enough, Kenobi, Skywalker, and Ventress were on the cockpit of her ship, the [[Banshee (starship)|''Banshee'']], to infiltrate the Separatist dreadnought from which Vos, or rather "Admiral Enigma," was issuing orders.<ref name="Dark Disciple" />

Stealthily, the three boarded the ship and made their way to the bridge, where they found Dooku, instead of Vos. Skywalker then engaged in a duel with the Count, distracting him while Kenobi and Ventress discovered a captive Vos. Though she knew Vos was consumed by his hatred, they escaped to the ''Banshee'', and Skywalker joined with them to escape the enemy ship and return to Coruscant. Back in the Jedi Temple, Skywalker saw as the Council welcomed Vos and pardoned Ventress. That same night, Skywalker reunited with his wife, Amidala, for a moment of respite, during which Skywalker told her of the ordeal—after which, Amidala conferred that perhaps Ventress's love could be Vos's way back from the dark side, leaving Skywalker at a loss for words.<ref name="Dark Disciple" />

A month later, Skywalker was sent alongside Kenobi, Vos, and Akar-Deshu in a [[Destruction of the Separatist supply storage base|mission]] to take over a [[Separatist supply storage base]] and redistribute the supplies to worlds in need of them. However, their mission went awry when Vos, unbeknownst to them, arranged the base's destruction. After another [[Destruction of the Vanqor listening station|failed mission]] to Vos's name, he was suspected of treason, Skywalker and Kenobi were sent to spy on Vos and Ventress as they were deployed to assassinate Dooku during the [[second battle of Christophsis]]. When they saw Vos attempt to force the Count to lead him to his master, Darth Sidious, rather than kill him, Skywalker and Kenobi intervened, taking the pair by surprise and arresting them.<ref name="Dark Disciple" />

However, Vos and Dooku soon escaped from the [[Vigilance (Venator-class)|''Vigilance'']], causing the death of Akar-Deshu and [[Kav Bayons]], and boarded Ventress' ship, ''Banshee'' to escape Christophsis. Skywalker had the ''Banshee'' fired on, forcing the renegades to land on the planet below. He and Kenobi pursued the three injured fugitives to a [[Christophsis Separatist tower|Separatist-controlled tower]], where they surrounded them. There, Skywalker and Kenobi witnessed <ref name="Dark Disciple" />what appeared to be<ref name="TBB article">{{SW|url=news/the-bad-batch-season-3-trailer|text=Watch the ''Star Wars: The Bad Batch'' Season 3 Trailer}}</ref> Ventress' last moments, sacrificing herself to save Vos from Dooku's fatal [[Force lightning]]. After her death, Skywalker and Kenobi were joined by the redeemed Vos, and they tried to capture Dooku, to no avail. They then transported Ventress' body and Vos to Coruscant, where the fallen Jedi confessed his crimes and Kenobi defended Ventress.<ref name="Dark Disciple" />

====A New Droid Army====
After confiscating a [[Munificent-class star frigate (Anakin Skywalker)|''Munificent''-class star frigate]] with [[Company 326|Squad 326]], Skywalker was joined by Grand Master Yoda and informed about the mysterious Separatist project, [[Operation: Titan]]. Hacking into the [[frigate]]'s [[datacore]], they were able to discover that Operation: Titan was being overseen on the planet [[Enthenium]]. Together, Yoda and Skywalker traveled to a [[Separatist base (Enthenium)|Separatist base on Enthenium]] [[Mission to Enthenium|to uncover more information]] about the supposed "weapon" that was being developed under Project: Titan. Once they snuck onto the base, Yoda climbed through the vents, found information on the "weapons", and confronted Grievous, who was stationed on the base. Meanwhile, Skywalker and Squad 326 were battling battle droids as the base went on alert. After Yoda came back and aided in the fight, the team escaped before reinforcements arrived. On the frigate once again, Skywalker was informed by Yoda that on [[Golatha]] the weapons being developed were a new army of [[megadroid]]s four times taller than a human. Skywalker quipped that they should have expected the Separatists to eventually make their droids bigger.<ref name="Yoda 7">[[Yoda 7|''Yoda'' 7]]</ref>

[[File:DevastationOnGolatha-Yoda8.png|thumb|left|286px|Company 326 was massacred by an unseen droid threat on Golatha.]]
Skywalker and Yoda then informed the Jedi High Council via hologram about their planned [[mission to Golatha]]. Skywalker believed that, because the planet was small, the forces guarding [[Golatha factory|the droid factory]] would also be small. Yoda warned against being overconfident, and suggested being more cautious. Master Windu agreed with Yoda and wished them luck, ending the transmission. Skywalker was offended by the idea that his plan was overconfident, doing an impression of what Yoda had said to mock him. Clone Captain [[Cesar]] interrupted their brief argument and informed them that they had arrived. On the planet's surface, Yoda and Skywalker surveyed the valley where the factory was, but found no above-surface structure. They determined that the factory was fully underground and that an access point must be in the valley. Yoda and Skywalker, along with Company 326 descended into the valley, and found no droid guards. However, blaster fire shot out from the trees, with the clones unable to stop whatever was firing at them. Yoda was able to stop the droid guards firing on them and find the hidden access point, but only after Cesar and rest of the company were all killed. 

They entered the facility alone, with Skywalker noting that the size of an attacking army didn't matter anyways. After taking out more droids, Skywalker mentioned to Yoda that he only had eight thermal detonators, and hoped that would be enough. Upon entering the main area of the factory, they saw a massive assembly line manufacturing hundreds of megadroids. Skywalker didn't think they could destroy the whole thing, but Yoda pointed out the central column holding up the factory. Skywalker asked if he thought taking out the column would take out the whole facility. Yoda cheekily responded with an impression of what Skywalker had said earlier, with Skywalker having to admit that the impression was pretty good. They set the charges and escaped just in time for the factory to explode. However, a sound erupted that wasn't just the factory caving in. A single megadroid shot out from the explosion, and landed right in front of Skywalker and Yoda.<ref name="Yoda 8">[[Yoda 8|''Yoda'' 8]]</ref> Skywalker mentioned that it seems to big, to which Yoda replied that size was only a matter of perspective. They try attacking it, but its [[durasteel]] coating was stronger than normal, leaving it immune to lightsaber attacks. Yoda climbed inside the megadroid, but just as the door closed, the droid shot itself into space. Skywalker, terrified for the Grand Master's safety, got into his [[Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor|interceptor]] and chased after the droid. To his relief, Yoda responded to his calls. Skywalker had to stop the rotation of the droid so he could attach his ship to it, but the droid was too big and heavy. He tried asking Yoda to do it, but since the droid was disabled and the cold vacuum of space weakened Yoda, he could not. Yoda instead instructed Skywalker to do it, reminding him that there was no heavy, nor big or small, just light. Calmed down, Skywalker was able to stop the droid. Yoda then cut his way out from the inside and jumped to Skywalker's ship, and he was able to get Yoda to safety. On the ship ''[[Aspirant (Acclamator-class)|Aspirant]]'', Skywalker told Yoda that their destruction of the Golatha factory had put the Separatists back years at least. He then asked Yoda if he really was too weak to stop the rotation of the droid on his own. Yoda said he'd never tell him.<ref name="Yoda 9">[[Yoda 9|''Yoda'' 9]]</ref>

====Anaxes====
{{Quote|Tell me the sequence to disarm the bomb!''"<br />"''Never. Dooku would ''kill'' me for losing Anaxes.''"<br />"''And you think I ''won't''?''"<br />"''You're a Jedi. Your nobility--''"<br />"''I don't have such weaknesses! Now, let's try that again.|Anakin Skywalker and Trench|<ref name="Unfinished Business">{{TCW|Unfinished Business (episode)}}</ref>}}
[[File:Anakinbadbatchpiloting.png|thumb|right|264px|Jedi General Anakin Skywalker leading an attack in the air]]
Following an [[assault on Cato Neimoidia]],<ref name="Grand Army Encyclopedia">{{EncyclopediaCite|The Grand Army of the Republic}}</ref> Skywalker was dispatched alongside Windu to participate in the [[Battle of Anaxes]] to defend the [[Anaxes shipyards|Republic shipyards]] on [[Anaxes]]. With mounting losses on the Republic side, Captain Rex told Skywalker and Windu his theory that the Separatists had learned his own strategy. Considering this possibility, Windu sent Rex and Commander Cody to take a squad, and [[Clone Force 99]], behind enemy lines to infiltrate a Separatist [[Cyber Center]] while he and Skywalker held the line.<ref name="The Bad Batch">{{TCW|The Bad Batch (episode)}}</ref> The general staff was told about the possibility of sending a [[Mission to Skako Minor (Clone Wars)|mission]] to [[Skako Minor]], and Skywalker was sure the Jedi High Council would approve it. Clone [[Sergeant]] "[[Hunter]]" also stated The Bad Batch would go with them. Although Rex was eager to get going, Skywalker informed him they had a "thing" to do, and, although Rex felt they did not have time, they both went to the barracks.<ref name="A Distant Echo">{{TCW|A Distant Echo}}</ref>

Rex remained outside on watch while Skywalker, holding Rex's helmet, went in and contacted Amidala. Skywalker apologized for being away for so long, but, as the two spoke, Obi-Wan Kenobi approached Rex. The Clone Captain knocked on the door to speed up Skywalker. Skywalker confided that he was worried about his captain, worrying that Rex was letting his personal feelings drive him too much on the mission, although Amidala believed Rex had learned that trait from him. Outside, Rex tried to lie about what Skywalker was doing. However, Skywalker and her ended their conversation, and both went on their way to Skako, although Kenobi revealed he knew he had been talking to Amidala by quipping that he hoped Skywalker at least greeted Padmé for him. In response the Jedi stopped in his tracks, and although dismayed that his effort to be secretive had been for naught, Skywalker kept his composure and only gave his master a knowing glance before walking away.<ref name="A Distant Echo" />

[[File:AnakinDistantEcho.png|thumb|left|250px|Skywalker, alongside Rex and Clone Force 99's leader, Hunter]]
As they reached Skako Minor on the [[Marauder (Omicron-class)|''Marauder'']], Skywalker was captured by the [[Poletec]] on their [[keeradak]]s, prompting Rex and the Bad Batch to follow them to the village and rescue the Jedi General. They apologized and explained the situation, and the [[Qin Yazal|chief]] helped them reach [[Purkoll]], which they infiltrated with some effort. When they reached the antechamber, [[Foreman]] Wat Tambor sent a transmission saying they had violated the [[Techno Union]]'s neutrality, and sent droid reinforcements. While Skywalker, Hunter, [[Wrecker]], and [[Crosshair]] destroyed them, Rex and [[Tech]] found Echo—alive, but as a cyborg.<ref name="A Distant Echo" />

[[File:Keeradaks.png|thumb|right|243px|Skywalker, Rex, Echo, and the Bad Batch escape the droid forces of the Techno Union.]]
Tech managed to unplug Echo, and they escaped to the ventilation system before being vaporized by Tambor's [[S/D Decimator droid|Decimator]], after which Wrecker destroyed the Foreman's main computers with explosives. As they escaped, however, they were surrounded by his [[D1-series aerial battle droid]]s, but thanks to Tech, they rode keeradaks to the [[Poletec village]]. There, they convinced the natives to help them against the Techno Union's forces, including their [[octuptarra tri-droid]]s, with Skywalker effectively destroying two of them.<ref name="On the Wings of Keeradaks">{{TCW|On the Wings of Keeradaks}}</ref>

Following the skirmish, Skywalker, Rex, and Clone Force 99 returned to [[Fort Anaxes]], where Windu and Kenobi were to take the Separatist [[Anaxes assembly complex|assembly complex]] by air, whereas Echo was to be escorted by the Bad Batch, Skywalker, and Rex into Trench's communications vault on a dreadnought on the planet's orbit, where he would plug himself to the dreadnought to feed the Separatist's strategic movements. When Echo did so and deactivated the droids attacking the assembly complex, he realized that Trench had initiated a countdown for an explosion that could destroy most of Anaxes. While Kenobi assisted in the evacuation efforts, and Windu deactivated the bomb, Skywalker went to the dreadnought's bridge to confront Trench, destroying his droid bodyguards. Trench refused to give the final sequence number, believing that Skywalker would not harm him. Skywalker amputated Trench's prosthetic attachments, prompting the [[Harch]] to immediately give in. After relaying it to Windu, who deactivated the bomb, Trench then tried to electrocute him; in response, Anakin thrust his lightsaber through the Harch's chest, killing him. He then took the [[Self-destruct mechanism|self-destruct]] detonator for the dreadnought and reunited with the rest of his team.<ref name="Unfinished Business" />

As they left aboard the ''Marauder'', Skywalker let Wrecker destroy Trench's flagship, the ''[[Invulnerable]]'', damaging the nearby Separatist fleet, and they went back to Fort Anaxes. Following the victory, the Republic prepared [[Unidentified medal (Battle of Anaxes)|medals]] for the team, while [[Corporal]] Echo joined "The Bad Batch."<ref name="Unfinished Business" />

===Birth of Darth Vader===
====Battle of Yerbana====
{{Quote|Sir, we've received a transmission from someone using your subspace frequency "Fulcrum"."<br />"Saw Gerrera?"<br />"Perhaps the siege at Onderon has taken a turn for the worse."<br />"No, sir. It's not Gerrera. You had best take this transmission here on the ship. ''Both'' of you.|Yularen, Skywalker, and Kenobi|<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten">{{TCW|Old Friends Not Forgotten}}</ref>}}
At some point before the [[Battle of Coruscant]],<ref name="Episode III" /> Skywalker was on [[Tythe]] and had another encounter with Dooku, yet he failed to defeat the Count.<ref name="Battlefront II">''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]''</ref> Along with the 501st and 212th, Skywalker and Kenobi were sent to [[Yerbana]] to take down the Separatist forces on the planet. The fight caused Skywalker and Kenobi to split their respective battalions into two fronts.<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" />

[[File:Anakin-Yerbana.png|thumb|left|250px|Anakin Skywalker stands tall during the Battle of Yerbana, approaching the Droid Army without a hint of fear.]]
Skywalker, Rex, and the 501st Legion defeated the Separatist Droid Army on their front, so they left to assist Kenobi and his 212th Attack Battalion, which was suffering heavy casualties from the ongoing conflict. While Kenobi and Commander Cody were taking cover from the blasts, Skywalker ordered his men to hide under the bridge, while R2-D2 would tell them when to launch. Next, Skywalker stepped into the fight and convinced his Master to follow his plan. Skywalker faked a surrender to draw out the [[Unidentified super tactical droid (Yerbana)|droid commander]], who saw through the lies of the Jedi Knight; however, it was too late, as Skywalker used his Force abilities to destroy the droid commander, allowing his 501st Legion led by Captain Rex to make a surprising ambush on the rest of the droid army, ending the conflict.<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" />

The 212th Attack Battalion proceeded to help the 501st while Skywalker was approached by Kenobi who complimented him, which Skywalker answered by thanking Kenobi for helping achieve victory. The two were soon contacted by Admiral Wullf Yularen, who informed them of an upcoming transmission going under the code "[[Fulcrum]]," while the two Jedi thought it might have been Saw Gerrera, Yularen confirmed otherwise saying it was necessary for the generals to attend the call themselves.<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" />

====The last meeting of a friendship====
{{Quote|You capture Maul. I'll take care of Grievous. With any luck, this will all be over soon.''"<br />"''Master Kenobi always said there's no such thing as luck.''"<br />"''Good thing I taught you otherwise.''"<br />[Skywalker begins to leave]<br />"''Anakin! Good luck.|Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano's final words to each other as friends|<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" />}}
At Yularen's ship, Skywalker and Kenobi were surprised to see Ahsoka Tano and [[Bo-Katan Kryze]] were the ones that had made the call. Emotionally shocked to see his former apprentice after several months of being apart, Skywalker barely managed to control himself and proceeded to talk to Tano, who remarked the moment was not a reunion as Maul had been located on Mandalore and they had an opportunity to capture him.<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" />

[[File:AhsokaNewSabers-OFNF.png|thumb|right|250px|Ahsoka Tano was given her old lightsabers back by Anakin Skywalker, who had modified them in the interim.]]
Tano hoped Skywalker and Kenobi would be able to join forces with her to [[Siege of Mandalore|confront]] him.<ref name="Ahsoka" /> Tano, Kryze, and her Mandalorians boarded the ship, where they were greeted by Skywalker and Kenobi. The former tried to greet Tano, but his former apprentice turned him down saying they had to act immediately if they wanted to capture Maul. The group went to discuss the possible attack, but Kenobi was not willing to help Tano and her allies unless the Jedi Council gave their permission, causing Skywalker to unnoticeably scowl at him. While Kenobi contacted the Council, Skywalker had Tano accompanying him through the complex. Skywalker led Tano to a room full of the 501st clone troopers, including Rex, who had painted their helmets as a way to honor her former Commander. Skywalker then prepared to give Tano her old [[Ahsoka Tano's lightsabers|lightsabers]], but before he could do so, the ship's alarm suddenly went off.<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" />

Kenobi rushed in and informed Skywalker and Rex that they would be jumping to hyperspace immediately. When Skywalker asked if this meant the attack on Mandalore was approved, Kenobi revealed that they were actually heading for Coruscant, where a dire situation was happening: General Grievous had launched a full-scale attack on the capital of the Republic, and the Jedi Council had lost contact with Shaak Ti, Chancellor Palpatine's assigned protector. Skywalker was visibly uncomfortable about this news, but Kenobi assured him that their fleet would arrive at Coruscant very soon.<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" />

Tano, however, was angered by her former Masters' decision to abandon Mandalore. Kenobi pointed out that they were entering a pivotal moment in the Clone Wars, but Tano countered that Kenobi was playing politics and that the Jedi Order had lost their way by forgetting that their duty was to help people and not politicians, which was why the people, and Tano herself, had lost faith in them. Skywalker heard the argument and weighed in; so as to help Tano in the upcoming siege while also taking part in the mission to rescue the Chancellor, Skywalker promoted Rex to Commander so he could lead the a new formation of the 501st<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" /> that was dubbed the [[332nd Division]],<ref name="TSWB" /> assigning Tano to assist as an advisor due to her being unable to hold an official military title. When Kenobi agreed, Tano accepted the proposal. Kenobi left the room to prepare their troops leaving Skywalker and Tano behind. Skywalker gave Tano her new lightsabers complimenting them as better than before.<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" />

Skywalker then headed to rescue the Chancellor, believing the defeats of Maul and Grievous would mark an end to the war. While he was leaving, Tano stopped him by wishing him good luck in his mission. Happy to have been reunited with his apprentice, Skywalker smiled and they both parted ways.<ref name="Old Friends Not Forgotten" /> Unbeknownst to either of them, this would be the last time they ever saw each other as friends.<ref name="Shroud of Darkness">{{Rebels|Shroud of Darkness}}</ref>

====Confrontation on the ''Invisible Hand''====
{{Quote|Good, Anakin, good! [...] Kill him. Kill him now."<br />"I shouldn't&hellip;"<br />"Do it.|Sheev Palpatine and Anakin Skywalker, on killing Dooku|<ref name="Episode III" />}}
[[File:Anakin_Skywalker_SWDR.png|thumb|left|266px|Skywalker beheaded Dooku using the Sith Lord's own lightsaber paired with his own.]]
Having been away from [[Coruscant]] for months due to the [[Outer Rim Sieges]], Skywalker and his Master finally returned to the planet<ref name="Episode III" /> after leaving Tano,<ref name="Shroud of Darkness" /><ref name="Ahsoka" /> to lead the rescue of the Chancellor from General Grievous before the cyborg's fleet could flee the besieged [[Capital]]. Assisted by a [[Clone Flight Squad Seven|squadron]] of [[Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighter|ARC-170 starfighters]] led by Clone Commander Odd Ball, the two Jedi fought their way through a swarm of [[Vulture-class starfighter|Vulture]] and [[Droid tri-fighter|tri-fighter]] droid starfighters protecting the ''[[Invisible Hand]]'', General Grievous's flagship. Skywalker and Kenobi headed for the ship while the clones distracted the droids, but Kenobi's ship was damaged and partially disabled by [[Pistoeka sabotage droid|Buzz-droids]]. Although Kenobi told Skywalker to abandon him and complete the mission, the younger Jedi refused and cleared his former master's ship of droids before escorting him to the ''Invisible Hand''{{'s}} hangar. After crashing landing, the two Jedi disposed of the few remaining droids in the hangar while R2-D2 located the Chancellor.<ref name="Episode III" />

Once they discovered that he was being held at the top of the ship's observation spire, they concluded that they were walking into a trap when Skywalker sensed the presence of Count Dooku. Not long after they arrived at the top of the spire, the Sith Lord appeared before them and the two Jedi engaged him in a duel. Dooku managed to gain the upper hand and knocked Kenobi out, but his taunting, intended to erode Skywalker's morale, instead enraged him. Skywalker unleashed his fury on the Sith Lord, brutally overwhelming him and slicing off both of his hands. Taking Dooku's lightsaber, he crossed both his and the Count's blades at the Count's throat, and Palpatine urged him to kill his helpless opponent. Skywalker initially hesitated, but after the Chancellor's continued insistence, he gave into his hatred of his nemesis and beheaded Dooku. He expressed regret afterward, stating it was not the [[Jedi Code|Jedi way]], but the Chancellor assured him that he had been right to kill the Count.<ref name="Episode III" />

Despite the Chancellor's pleas, he carried Kenobi on his back to make their escape. However, the elevators leaving the spire had been disabled. With help from R2 and the attack taking place on the ''Invisible Hand'' by a neighboring Republic cruiser, they were able to escape in the elevator shaft until the ship's crew was able to regain control of the ship, restoring its gravity and turning the shaft once more into well. Kenobi regained consciousness while they were hanging on inside the shaft and together, he and Skywalker were able to escape the shaft just as a reactivated elevator was about to crush them. However, their good fortune failed them, and they were trapped by a [[ray shield]] and apprehended, along with R2, by battle droids. The two Jedi and the Chancellor were brought before Grievous in the ''Invisible Hand''{{'s}} control room. The cyborg personally taunted them, derisively commenting on Skywalker's youth considering his reputation. Skywalker retorted with a taunt about the General being shorter than he had expected.<ref name="Episode III" />

[[File:Anakin-and-OOMs.png|thumb|right|274px|Anakin Skywalker was a prisoner of Grievous aboard the ''Invisible Hand'', finding the cyborg to be shorter than he anticipated.]]
Eventually, R2-D2 caused a distraction, allowing Kenobi to draw his lightsaber to him with the Force, freeing himself and then Skywalker. Once the younger Jedi had also summoned his weapon, they engaged and made short work of Grievous's MagnaGuards and the battle droids holding them and the Chancellor. However, as they attempted to apprehend Grievous, he used one the MagnaGuards' electrostaffs to shatter the viewport, depressurizing the bridge and letting the vacuum take him. Skywalker and Kenobi caught onto nearby command consoles until security measures allowed the bridge to depressurize. Before they could reach him, however, Grievous escaped, jettisoning all the escape pods to prevent them from escaping. As the command crew had fled, Skywalker took control of the damaged flagship, which had begun to enter Coruscant's atmosphere. Although he briefly managed to slow the ship's descent, the damage it had sustained proved too great, and the ''Invisible Hand'' broke in half, picking up considerable speed as it fell towards the Republic capital. Skywalker eventually succeeded in crash-landing the ''Invisible Hand'' on a deserted landing strip, returning the once-captive Chancellor to Coruscant unharmed.<ref name="Episode III" />

====Looming fatherhood====
{{Quote|Are you all right? You're trembling. What's going on?''"<br />"''Something wonderful has happened. Ani, I'm pregnant.''"<br />"''...That's... That- That's won- That's wonderful.''"<br />"''What are we going to do?''"<br />"''We're not going to worry about anything right now, alright? This is a happy moment. The happiest moment of my life.|Padmé announces her pregnancy to Anakin|<ref name="Episode III" />}}
Following the ordeal, the two escorted the Chancellor to the Senate building, where they separated—while Kenobi went back to Jedi Temple to report to the Council, Skywalker remained with the Senators who had come to greet the returning Chancellor. He briefly spoke with Senator Organa, who expressed hope that Count Dooku's death could bring a quick end to the war. Skywalker disagreed, saying that as long as General Grievous remained as leader of the Separatist armies, the war would continue. At that moment, he noticed Amidala behind one of the columns, took his leave from the Senator and reunited with his wife for the first time in months.<ref name="Episode III" /> Having been away fighting in the Outer Rim Sieges, Skywalker's single focus was reuniting with Amidala.<ref name="Episode III summary">{{SW|url=films/star-wars-episode-3-revenge-of-the-sith-story-gallery|text=''Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith'' Story Gallery}}</ref> Amidala then revealed to her husband that she was pregnant. Though they were both worried that this might expose their secret, Amidala especially, Skywalker was overjoyed and told her not to worry, saying that it was the happiest moment of his life. The couple returned to Amidala's apartment, where they began to make plans for when the baby would be born, deciding that their child would be raised on Naboo, in the [[Lake Country]]. Amidala also planned to head there before the birth, to prepare the room.<ref name="Episode III" />

However, that same night, Skywalker's happiness was marred when he suffered a nightmare of his wife dying in childbirth, similar to the visions he had had of his mother before her death. Although Amidala tried to comfort him that it was only a dream, he was terrified that he would lose her, as he had lost his mother. Amidala tried to convince him that they needed help and suggested they ask Kenobi for his assistance. Skywalker refused, insisting that their baby was a blessing, not a curse. The next day, at the Jedi Temple, he sought Yoda's counsel concerning these dreams, but the Grand Master told Skywalker that death was a natural part of life, and to let go of all that he was afraid to lose.<ref name="Episode III" />

====Tensions of loyalty====
{{Quote|Is it possible to learn this power?''"<br />"''Not from a Jedi.|Skywalker and Palpatine discuss the power to stop people from dying|<ref name="Episode III" />}}
At the same time, tensions were rising between Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi Council, who were concerned with his increasing power. Matters were made worse when the Senate announced that they planned to grant him more executive powers in order to facilitate the end of the war. When Skywalker was informed of this by Kenobi, he was supportive of the measure, despite the reservations of the Council and Kenobi's warning to be wary of Palpatine. He then told him that the Chancellor had requested his presence for unknown reasons, without informing the Council. So Skywalker met with Palpatine at his office, where he told him that he was appointing the young Jedi to be his personal representative on the Council, a decision that Skywalker believed the Jedi Masters would never accept.<ref name="Episode III" />

When informed of this, the Council allowed Skywalker to sit on the Council, yet they refused to grant him the position of Master, a decision which greatly angered Skywalker. Skywalker turned to Kenobi, who so remained silent. Angered more by this, Skywalker reluctantly accepted his position and took his seat on the council. At the end of the meeting, Kenobi acknowledged to Skywalker that his appointment had been accepted so that, on behalf of the Council, he could spy on the Chancellor, which Skywalker was reluctant to do.<ref name="Episode III" /> In recent weeks, Amidala and other senators concerned about Palpatine's expanded powers had also created the [[Petition of 2,000]] in the name of protecting democracy,<ref name="Rebel Files">''[[Star Wars: The Rebel Files]]''</ref> requesting he return his emergency powers to the Senate<ref name="Meena Tills">{{Databank|meena-tills|Meena Tills}}</ref> and end the war with cease-fire negotiations.<ref name="Rebel Files" /> Skywalker was manipulated by Palpatine into believing Amidala could have ulterior motives that she was keeping hidden.<ref name="The Long Game">{{InsiderCite|188|The Long Game: The Insidious Plot of Sheev Palpatine}}</ref>

[[File:Palpatine_and_Anakin.png|thumb|left|294px|Chancellor Palpatine recounting the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis to Skywalker]]
At the [[Galaxies Opera House]] in the [[Uscru District]], Skywalker joined Palpatine in his private box while he was watching ''[[Squid Lake]]''.<ref name="Galaxies Opera House DB">{{Databank|galaxies-opera-house|Galaxies Opera House}}</ref> During the performance the Chancellor told Skywalker that [[Clone Intelligence]] had located General Grievous in the [[Utapau system]]. He began to stir Skywalker's distrust in the Jedi council, claiming that the Jedi were planning on taking control of the Republic and betraying him.<ref name="Episode III" /> Skywalker felt conflicted — despite the Jedi's mistrust in the Chancellor, he still felt that Palpatine was a good man.<ref name="Journeys Beginnings">''[[Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings]]''</ref> He confided in the Chancellor that he had lost trust in the Jedi. Palpatine correctly guessed that it was because they had sent Skywalker to spy on him, and that it made him feel dishonest. Skywalker didn't know how to respond. The Chancellor claimed that the Jedi were only perceived as good because "good is a point of view," stating that the Jedi and the Sith were not so different.<ref name="Episode III" /> While Palpatine's conflation of the two groups played to Skywalker's devotion to his Order's ideals and helped set the stage for his conversion to the dark side,<ref name="Certain POV 193">{{InsiderCite|193|A Certain Point of View|A Certain Point of View: Trust, Truth, and Little White Lies}}</ref> Skywalker rebutted by saying that the Sith were selfish while the Jedi were selfless. Palpatine then recounted the [[Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise]] to Skywalker<ref name="Episode III" /> framed as an "old Sith legend". In reality, the tale was about his [[Sith Master]] and how he killed him.<ref name="Palpatine bio">{{Databank|palpatine-biography-gallery|Palpatine Biography Gallery}}</ref> Palpatine specifically told the story knowing that Skywalker was having nightmares about his wife dying.<ref name="Journeys Beginnings" /> The revelation that he might need to disobey the Jedi Order to save Amidala opened Skywalker's mind<ref name="Palpatine bio" /> — he wanted to learn this power. Afterward, Skywalker bid farewell to Kenobi, showing gratitude for his teachings and said to each other "[[May the Force be with you]]," before parting ways.<ref name="Episode III" />

====Fall to the dark side====
{{Quote|A powerful Sith you will become. Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth&hellip; Vader.|Darth Sidious to his apprentice|<ref name="Episode III" />}}
Shortly afterwards, Anakin and Windu attended a hologram meeting with Yoda, Ki-Adi Mundi, and Aayla Secura in the [[Temple's war room]]. During the meeting, Cody joined and informed the group learned that Obi-Wan had engaged Grievous on Utapau. Windu then tasked Anakin with informing the Chancellor and see what his reaction is in order to learn his true intentions. Skywalker informed the Chancellor of Kenobi's forces [[Battle of Utapau|engaging]] Grievous's, but during the meeting, Palpatine revealed that he knew the [[dark side of the Force]], leading Skywalker to realize that he was the Sith Lord they had been searching for. Palpatine told Anakin that if he turned him over to the Jedi, then he would be unable to aid in saving his wife, Amidala, from her "fated" death that Anakin had been dreaming of.<ref name="Episode III" />

Despite his confusion, Skywalker still was loyal to the Jedi Order. He told his findings to Mace Windu, who went with Kit Fisto, Saesee Tiin, and [[Agen Kolar]] to arrest Palpatine, leaving Skywalker behind. After recalling Sidious's words, Skywalker headed to Palpatine's office. During the ensuing [[Duel in Palpatine's office|duel]], Sidious killed three of the four Jedi with ease but was disarmed by Windu just before Skywalker arrived in his office. Skywalker pleaded with Windu not to kill Sidious, saying that he should be left for the Senate to judge, but Windu felt that Sidious was too dangerous to be left alive, as he essentially controlled the Senate. Ignoring Skywalker's words, Windu prepared to execute the Sith Lord, but a desperate Skywalker who needed Sidious alive to save Padmé, drew his lightsaber and severed the unsuspecting Windu's right hand, causing Windu to drop [[Mace Windu's lightsaber|his lightsaber]] and allowing Sidious to send him plummeting out of a shattered window with a blast of Force lightning,<ref name="Episode III" /> all of which was sensed by Tano.<ref name="Shattered">{{TCW|Shattered}}</ref>

[[File:Knightfall2.png|thumb|right|296px|Darth Vader leading the 501st Legion to slaughter the Jedi in the Temple]]
Though horrified that he betrayed and contributed to the death of Windu, Skywalker saw this as the final straw against the Jedi Order, and as such there was no turning back for him. Desperate to save Padmé, he reluctantly betrayed the Jedi and pledged himself to service under his new Sith Master, Darth Sidious. Sidious named him "Darth Vader,"<ref name="Episode III" /> a title that he did not bestow lightly,<ref name="DV6">[[Darth Vader (2015) 6|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 6]]</ref> and promised that, together, they would unlock the secret to immortality. Whereas earlier Sidious had implied he already had that power,<ref name="Episode III" /> Skywalker was so focused on the possibility that there was a chance to save Amidala that he did not notice the contradiction.<ref name="Certain POV 193" /> After Sidious declared all Jedi enemies of the Republic, he ordered Vader to kill the Jedi at the Temple and execute the [[Executive Separatist Council|Separatist Council]] on the [[Mustafar system|Mustafar System]]. Sidious then executed [[Order 66]], during which the clone troopers were [[Behavioral modification biochip|forcibly brainwashed]] into turning on their Jedi Generals and executing them on the spot, while Vader led the 501st Legion to [[Operation: Knightfall|attack the Jedi Temple]]. During the assault, Vader entered the council chamber and found a group of younglings trying to hide. Thinking Vader was still a Jedi Knight, [[Unidentified Jedi youngling|one boy]] asked him what they should do, but the new Sith Lord slaughtered the boy and the other younglings.<ref name="Episode III" />

Similarly, as he led a force of clones further into the Temple, he encountered a group of younglings who assumed he had arrived to help. Instead, however, he cut the children down, leaving only one survivor; after Vader stabbed her and looked her in the eyes, the human youngling [[Reva Sevander]], growing to be filled with rage, survived because she played dead amongst the corpses of her classmates.<ref name="Part V" /> Also during the battle, Vader killed dozens of Jedi,<ref name="100 Objects">''[[Star Wars 100 Objects]]''</ref> such as Master [[Cin Drallig]],<ref name="swe-Cin Drallig">{{SWE|characters|cin-drallig|Cin Drallig}}</ref> before meeting with Sidious, who then sent him to Mustafar. Following the attack, he went back home to Amidala and told her the Jedi Order had tried to topple the Republic, much to her disbelief, and that he was about to go to the [[Mustafar system]], where the [[Executive Separatist Council]] was. Telling her that he would end the war, they kissed and he left aboard his [[Darth Vader's green Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor|green Eta-2 ''Actis''-class light interceptor]], which replaced the interceptor he had lost in the Battle of Coruscant.<ref name="Episode III" />

[[File:Mission-to-Mustafar.png|thumb|left|250px|Vader confronted the Separatist Council on Mustafar where, one by one, he killed them all.]]
On Mustafar, Vader slaughtered the entire Separatist Council, including Wat Tambor, Poggle the Lesser, and Nute Gunray, along with their aides, his eyes now yellow and red with rage. Simultaneously, Sidious carried out the [[proclamation of the New Order]] in an emergency session of the Senate, claiming that the Jedi Order had committed treason against the Republic, and reorganized the Republic into the first [[Galactic Empire]] with himself as its [[Galactic Emperor|Emperor]].<ref name="Episode III" /> During this time, Vader was followed by [[Kakan]], who believed he was a jedi. Vader showed his face, eyes to Kakan and chased after him to ensure there would be no witness. During his chase, Vader ran into a cloud of [[Lava fume]]s. The fumes caused Vader to see hallucinations his fellow Jedi such as Windu, Jinn, Koon, Billaba, Yoda, and his former apprentice Tano. Vader was able to push the fumes away from himself and dismissed the hallucinations.<ref name="Shadow of Vader's Castle">''[[Star Wars Adventures: Shadow of Vader's Castle]]''</ref> Soon, Vader reported his mission's completion to Sidious; on his orders, Vader sent a shutdown signal to the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy|Confederate navy]] and army, effectively ending the Clone Wars. With his mission completed, and the Separatists dead, Vader looked on from a balcony and shed a tear at the man he had become, but knew it was too late to turn back.<ref name="Episode III" />

===Becoming Darth Vader===
====Duel on Mustafar====
{{Quote|You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!|Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Darth Vader|audio=ChosenOne-ROTS.flac|<ref name="Episode III" />}}
Soon thereafter, Vader saw Amidala's [[J-type Naboo star skiff|star skiff]] land and ran to meet her. She told Vader that Kenobi had discovered their secret and had also told her that Vader had joined the dark side, hoping that he'd prove Kenobi wrong. However, Vader only confirmed it to be true. Driven power-hungry by the Dark Side and declaring the galaxy was at peace, Vader tried to convince her that they could be happy together as rulers of the new Empire, promising he could overthrow Sidious.<ref name="Episode III" /> In Vader's ideal world, Amidala would have taken his hand, believing the man before her was still her husband.<ref name="DV 2020 31">[[Darth Vader (2020) 31|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 31]]</ref> In reality, however, Vader's propositions and actions horrified his wife, who begged him to leave the dark side behind.<ref name="Episode III" />

[[File:Darth_Vader_SoR.png|thumb|right|246px|Vader was blinded by rage while battling his former master on Mustafar]]
At that moment, Vader saw Kenobi walking out of Amidala's ship because he had secretly stowed away. Convinced that his wife had betrayed him to give his old master a chance to kill him, Vader, ignoring her attempts to explain, Force-choked Amidala until Kenobi demanded he let her go, by which point she had already fallen unconscious.<ref name="Episode III" /> While what he had just done horrified him,<ref name="DV 2020 31" /> Vader lashed out at Kenobi by blaming him. Although Kenobi tried to reason with his former pupil, Vader refused to listen, as the new Empire was everything he wanted the galaxy to be. Unable to come to an understanding, with both believing themselves to be in the right, the two former friends then engaged in a fierce [[Duel on Mustafar|duel]], which ripped across the [[Klegger Corp Mining Facility|Separatist facility]]. As they fought throughout the Separatist war room, their duel damaged the computers, causing the facility shields to deactivate and allowing the building to start falling into the lava river below.<ref name="Episode III" />

After fighting across the crumbling building and over a lava river, the duel ended on the river banks, where Kenobi claimed the high ground and warned Vader not to attack. Blinded by rage and arrogance, Vader leaped to continue the duel, only to have his remaining limbs severed by his former master's blade, leaving only his cybernetic arm. Crippled, Vader slid down to the riverbank while screaming his undying hatred for his former master. Kenobi, taking Skywalker's lightsaber, told him he had considered him his brother and remorsefully left him for dead as a flap of Vader's clothing caught fire and he started burning. Kenobi then left the planet with Amidala, C-3PO, and R2-D2 as Vader lay screaming and burning on the riverbank.<ref name="Episode III" />

====Rebirth====
{{Quote|Lord Vader, can you hear me?''"<br />"''Yes, Master. Where is Padmé? Is she safe? Is she all right?''"<br />''"It seems, in your anger you killed her.''"<br />"''I? I couldn't have. She was alive! I felt it! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!|Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, after the latter rises in his armor|<ref name="Episode III" />}}
[[File:VaderSidious-ROTS.jpg|thumb|left|266px|Vader was forced to undergo extensive surgery, leaving him more machine than man, and unable to survive on his own.]]
Although Vader survived, he was horrifically scarred, both physically and mentally, and had damaged lungs due to the hot ash in the air. Shortly afterward, the Emperor&mdash;having sensed his apprentice's peril&mdash;arrived on Mustafar, where he found the severely wounded Vader and took him back to Coruscant, in a [[medical capsule]]. As the Emperor could not afford to lose Vader, he turned to the Republic's best scientists, among which was [[Cylo]],<ref name="DV20">[[Darth Vader (2015) 20|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 20]]</ref> who, in doing so, gained private access to Vader's cybernetics.<ref name="DV23">[[Darth Vader (2015) 23|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 23]]</ref> By the Emperor's orders, Vader was put into a life-sustaining black [[Darth Vader's armor|suit of armor]] and outfitted with three new robotic limbs by numerous droids skilled in both cybernetic reconstruction and medical surgery.<ref name="Episode III" /> Among the droids working on Vader was [[FX-6]], an [[FX-9 surgical assistant]] who previously worked on Grievous's armor.<ref name="The Dark Side">''[[Star Wars: The Dark Side]]''</ref> After what Sidious later called a "long night" of work,<ref name="DV20" /> he was finally sealed within his new armor. His eyes showed a brief flicker of fear before his mask and helmet locked together and he drew his first breath.<ref name="Episode III" />

Effectively entombed within and smothered by his new life-support armor, Vader's rebirth was complete.<ref name="Insider228">{{InsiderCite|228|Phantoms of the Space Opera}}</ref> Upon regaining consciousness, Vader asked the Emperor what had become of his wife, and he told Vader that he had killed her in his anger. Unbeknownst to either of the two Sith, Amidala gave birth to the twins [[Luke Skywalker|Luke]] and [[Leia Skywalker Organa Solo|Leia]] before her death. Vader was overwhelmed by his despair in the belief he had killed Amidala and their unborn child, which fulfilled his prophetic dreams of her death.<ref name="Episode III" /> Remembering that he had, indeed, attacked Amidala<ref name="Certain POV 193" /> with a Force choke on Mustafar,<ref name="Episode III" /> he believed Sidious's claim.<ref name="Certain POV 193" /> Further, he was both enraged and filled with despair that it had been his own choices that led to his current reality, of a life imprisoned within a cybernetic suit<ref name="Insider228" /> and without Amidala by his side. In his emotional turmoil, Vader incidentally destroyed the medical droids and severely damaged the entire room through the Force. He broke free of his bindings on the operating table and, despite struggling to walk under the sheer weight of his new prostheses and armor, let out a cry<ref name="Episode III" /> of anger and despair<ref name="Insider228" /> over losing everything he had loved.<ref name="Episode III" />

[[File:ForceLightning-2017DarthVader1.png|thumb|right|270px|Driven further into the persona of Vader by Amidala's death, the man who was once Anakin Skywalker is hit by Force lightning by his new master as a showcase of why not to turn against him.]]
Vader's despair then turned to rage and he telekinetically slammed the Emperor against a wall in the surgical bay, snarling that his master had promised to save Amidala. The Emperor, as Vader attempted unsuccessfully to strangle him with the Force, responded that in death Amidala had provided Vader a gift: Pain. The Emperor continued by giving Vader a choice; to either accept and use that gift or to die. After a moment, Vader replied that he would live. The Emperor then immediately launched a barrage of Force lightning at his apprentice, and rhetorically demanded that Vader use the power of his lightsaber to defend himself, but Vader replied that his lightsaber had been taken by Kenobi at the conclusion of their duel.<ref name="The Chosen One 1">[[Darth Vader (2017) 1|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 1]]</ref>

As he continued his barrage, the Emperor angrily shouted that the weapon Vader spoke of was not his. Rather, it had belonged to a Jedi, and Vader was now a Sith. Ceasing his Force-based assault, the Emperor drew his own lightsaber. He put the blade to Vader's throat and stated that he understood how traumatic the last few days had been for his apprentice, but warned that should Vader ever use the Force against him again, he would finish what Kenobi could not. The Emperor then deactivated his weapon and stated that, as friends, he hoped that the two of them would never find themselves in a similar situation. He instructed Vader to put aside his rage and lust for revenge against the Jedi for the time being, for the two of them had a great deal of work to accomplish.<ref name="The Chosen One 1" /> By submitting to the hate within his heart by believing he had killed Amidala<ref name="Certain POV 193" /> and that her death had pushed him to a new future from the pain it provided,<ref name="The Chosen One 1" /> Vader would become the Emperor's loyal enforcer<ref name="Certain POV 193" /> and apprentice. Cut off from his old life<ref name="The Chosen One 1" /> and truly believing he had murdered Amidala, Vader invested entirely in Sidious as his only source of refuge and guidance.<ref name="Certain POV 193" />

====Hunting a kyber crystal====
{{Quote|No. I refuse. This is ''all there is''.|Believing himself irredeemable after everything, Vader rejects a vision of returning to the light|<ref name="Darth Vader 5">[[Darth Vader (2017) 5|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 5]]</ref>}}
Immediately after his surgery, the Emperor took Vader to a balcony overlooking the old Jedi Temple. There, he and Vader watched as Mas Amedda directed a [[Celebration marking the eradication of the Jedi Order|ceremonial]] burning of the lightsabers of all the Jedi who had been killed in the Temple. As they listened to Amedda's speech, the Emperor asked if his apprentice knew how or why Sith lightsaber blades were red in color. Vader replied that he did not, as the Temple's information on the subject had been "incomplete." The Emperor laughed and contemptuously mused that the Jedi had been uncomfortable with the information and had buried it as a result. He then explained that kyber crystals felt pain just like any living being, and could be made to [[Bleeding|''bleed'']] after a fashion by pouring rage, pain, and hate into them. He asked Vader if he understood, to which Vader replied that he did, stating that he could have given him any of the burning Jedi lightsabers to corrupt, even Yoda's. But he had not, as Vader realized that the crystal of a Sith's lightsaber should be taken directly from a Jedi by that Sith.<ref name="The Chosen One 1" />

[[File:SidiousLeavesVader-2017DarthVader1.png|thumb|left|243px|Vader is dropped off on a desert world.]]
As the ceremony progressed, the clone troopers attending the vent threw a basket full of various lightsabers into the incinerator, including Yoda's. The lightsabers caught on fire and a moment later, a powerful blast of energy was released into the air as the kyber crystals were destroyed. Afterward, the Emperor brought Vader to [[Gattering]] in the [[Mid Rim Territories|Mid Rim]] and assigned him the task of hunting down a Jedi to take a kyber crystal from. The Emperor took his apprentice to a site where he had arranged for a starship to be delivered for Vader's use, but the ship had been stolen by a group of pirates. Leaving Vader to reclaim the vessel, the Emperor departed, and Vader struck out for the planet's nearest settlement on foot. Once there, he [[Recapture of Vader's starship|eliminated]] the group of pirates who had stolen the ship<ref name="The Chosen One 1" /> and traveled to the Jedi outpost ''[[Brighthome]]''. The station was garrisoned by a group of clone troopers, who noted Vader's approach and hailed him.<ref name="Darth Vader 2">[[Darth Vader (2017) 2|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 2]]</ref>

Though he could have provided the security codes necessary to secure the clone troopers assistance, Vader decided instead to simply kill them. During the fight, Vader summoned a green-bladed lightsaber from the wall to kill most of the clone troopers. After exterminating the garrison, Vader tasked the droid co-pilot of his ship to search through the station's archives for data on any Jedi who had taken the [[Barash Vow|Barash vow]] prior to Order 66. Vader's hope was that any Jedi who had taken the vow, one of complete non-interference in all Jedi affairs, would have been not only out of harm's way when Order 66 was issued but would have ignored its occurrence in accordance with the vow. The search identified Jedi Master [[Kirak Infil'a]], a Jedi who had been completely dedicated to combat to the exclusion of all else. When a grenade was thrown at him by two surviving clones, "[[Ding]]" and "[[Kicker]]," he managed to [[Force Stasis|contain]] the explosion, which the clones believed would make him unable to do anything else as all his concentration was diverted on freezing the explosion.<ref name="Darth Vader 2" />

[[File:IHaveNoLimits-2017DarthVader2.png|thumb|right|300px|Consumed by rage in his first days as a Sith, Vader kills clone troopers "Ding" and "Kicker" while declaring he has no limits.]]
As they talked of how they would restrain and bring in what they believed was just another Jedi survivor before the Emperor in the hopes of being rewarded, Vader proved their beliefs that he was too preoccupied with the explosive to be false by telekinetically throttling the clones and breaking their necks, before walking far enough away from the explosion to release it.<ref name="Darth Vader 2" /> Vader quickly located the Jedi on the [[Al'doleem|river moon of Al'doleem]] and sensed as he disembarked his ship that Infil'a was waiting for him. The Jedi Master immediately [[Mission to Al'doleem|confronted]] Vader, and was seized in a Force choke by the Dark Lord. However, Infil'a quickly released a Force blast at Vader which staggered him and disrupted his concentration. Infil'a declared his Barash to be complete and began to ascend the mountain upon which he lived, calling out to Vader to follow if he could. One of the Jedi Master's training droids, Arex, then opened a sluice gate which sent a river of water crashing down upon Vader.<ref name="Darth Vader 3">[[Darth Vader (2017) 3|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 3]]</ref>

The Sith Lord was visibly battered by the rush of water, but managed to telekinetically part the river and walked to the shore. He was then set upon by a group of [[Raptoran|gigantic carnivorous birds]], which damaged one of his cybernetic legs. Vader eventually crushed them all with the Force and made his way to the peak of the mountain. There, he found Infil'a and Arex awaiting him. Vader quickly unleashed a Force push that blasted Infil'a off his feet and dazed him long enough for Vader, who was unarmed, to destroy Arex and take the droid's training saber. He threw the droid off the mountain and engaged Infil'a, who sensed that Vader not only wanted to kill him but wished to take his lightsaber as well. However, Vader's previously damaged leg broke apart at the knee a short time into the duel, rendering him unable to continue the fight. Infil'a then declared his intention to seek out Sidious and kill him, and blasted Vader off the top of the mountain with the Force.<ref name="Darth Vader 3" />

[[File:KirakVaderDuelDam-2017DarthVader4.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Vader fights Infil'a on the Am'balaar city dam]]
Regaining consciousness, Vader used the Force to reassemble his cybernetic limbs with the dismembered pieces of [[Arex]], who coincidentally had landed near where Vader had fallen. He then tracked Infil'a to [[Am'balaar City]], where he reengaged the astonished Jedi Master. Fighting atop the [[Am'balaar city dam]], the two crossed blades until the duel was interrupted by a trio of security guards. Annoyed, Vader telekinetically flung the guards from the top of the dam, but Infil'a caught them and used the Force to lower them to safety. Infil'a then shouted at Vader not to involve anyone else in their duel, but Vader instead took advantage of Infil'a's concern for innocents by ripping apart a building-sized water storage tank situated in the city below. As Infil'a attempted without success to use his own powers to stop the destruction, Vader telekinetically removed [[Kirak Infil'a's lightsaber|the Jedi's lightsaber]] from his belt and claimed it for his own. He then grabbed Infil'a in a Force choke and lifted him from the dam. Infil'a pleaded with Vader to spare the civilians below the dam, but Vader ignored him.<ref name="Darth Vader 4">[[Darth Vader (2017) 4|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 4]]</ref>

As the enormous tank burst completely, flooding Am'balaar City, Vader crushed Infil'a's throat with the Force and tossed his body into the wreckage below.<ref name="Darth Vader 4" /> After obtaining a Jedi lightsaber and the kyber crystal within, Vader reboarded his ship, whereupon the droid co-pilot seized control of the vessel and jumped to hyperspace. The droid then began to play a pre-recorded message from the Emperor to Vader. The message stated that, per the Emperor's instructions, the droid had plotted a course to the planet Mustafar, where Vader would find a dark-side [[Sith cave|locus]] which he could use to help him corrupt the kyber crystal. As the message concluded, Vader touched down on Mustafar and quickly found the locus the Emperor had spoken of, an ancient Sith shrine within a shallow cavern. There, he disassembled Infil'a's lightsaber on a small, flat rock formation and removed the kyber crystal.<ref name="Darth Vader 5" />

However, when he attempted to corrupt it, the crystal resisted and used the Force to send Vader careening into one of the cavern walls. The crystal then caused Vader to experience a vision wherein he rejected the dark side, journeyed to Coruscant, and killed Palpatine. In the vision, Vader then found Obi-Wan and begged for his forgiveness. As he knelt in contrition in front of his former master, Obi-Wan called out to Vader by his former name, Anakin. Upon hearing this, Vader snapped out of his vision and firmly rejected the possibility shown to him by the crystal, declaring that a life as a Sith was all he could be after everything he had done. He then began to pour his hatred, pain, and rage into the crystal. As the planet around the cave was consumed in a violent storm, Vader succeeded in corrupting the crystal.<ref name="Darth Vader 5" />

[[File:EmperorsOffice1-2017DarthVader5.png|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader returns to Coruscant with his newly bled lightsaber, affirming his place as a Sith.]]
Afterwards, Vader returned to Coruscant and stormed into the Emperor's office during the middle of a discussion between Tarkin, Mas Amedda, and the Emperor regarding the construction of the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station|Death Star]]. As Vader was completely unknown to anyone other than Palpatine at the time, the Royal Guards in the Emperor's office attempted to intercept him, only to be blasted back into the office's large window. Seeing Vader, the Emperor dismissed both Tarkin and Amedda, the former of whom expressed concern for his safety. Reassuring Tarkin, the Emperor repeated his command, and the two Imperial officials departed, leaving Vader to display Kirak Infil'a's lightsaber, emitting a [[Darth Vader's lightsaber|crimson blade]], to the Emperor in triumph, thereby affirming his status as a Sith apprentice.<ref name="Darth Vader 5" />

====Training the Inquisitorius====
{{Quote|The Inquisitors are formidable fighters. They are former Jedi!''"<br />"''And they fight like it. Defensive. Moving to attack only when there is no other choice. The Jedi taught that a battle could be counted a victory even if both parties survive. This error has infected the Inquisitors' tactics.|The Grand Inquisitor and Darth Vader|<ref name="Darth Vader 7">[[Darth Vader (2017) 7|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 7]]</ref>}}
Shortly after returning to his master, Vader retired to a medical chamber so his damaged cybernetic components could be repaired. As Vader floated within a bacta tank, the Emperor congratulated him for taking his first step to mastery of the dark side, although Vader was angered when he learned a group of droids would be fixing his suit. Sensing as such, the Emperor allowed Vader to repair his armor on his own and informed him there was a new mission to undertake once his convalescence was complete. From his bacta tank, Vader guided the service tools with the Force to repair his armor to his liking.<ref name="Darth Vader 6">[[Darth Vader (2017) 6|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 6]]</ref> At least one of Arex's pieces would remain in Vader's armor for years to come, filling in part of his knee joint.<ref name="DV 2020 36">[[Darth Vader (2020) 36|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 36]]</ref> As a residence, Vader was given a [[Vader's quarters|personal suite]] on Coruscant,<ref name="Darth Vader 6" /> where he was served by a [[Unidentified Sith assistant|cloaked assistant]].<ref name="Darth Vader 8">[[Darth Vader (2017) 8|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 8]]</ref>

[[File:OnlyAnArm-2017DarthVader7.png|thumb|left|220px|Vader cuts off the Sixth Brother's arm during a training session]]
As he repaired his helmet, having repaired and donned the rest of his suit by then, Vader was informed of an [[The Grand Inquisitor|intruder]] in the Jedi Temple Archives. He promptly [[Duel in the former Jedi Temple|confronted]] the intruder, who wielded a [[The Grand Inquisitor's lightsaber|red lightsaber]]. As the two fought each other, the intruder appeared to take the advantage, but after a time Vader revealed that he had simply been testing the modifications that he had recently made to his armor, and promptly destroyed the intruder's lightsaber. As Vader went in for the kill, the Emperor arrived and told him that the intruder, titled the [[Grand Inquisitor]], was part of the [[Inquisitorius]]. Vader was then taken to [[The Works]], where Vader saw the rest of the Inquisitorius training themselves. Vader was told that most of the Inquisitorius were Jedi who converted to the dark side in the wake of the Order's destruction in order to save themselves. As they overlooked the dark side agents, Vader inquired if the Grand Inquisitor would have taken his place as a Sith apprentice should he have lost the duel but soon declared there had been no chance of the lesser agent winning.<ref name="Darth Vader 6" />

Vader and the Inquisitorius were given the mission to hunt down and finish off surviving Jedi of the Emperor's [[Great Jedi Purge|Purge]]. Given the mission to train the Inquisitorius and agreeing to do so right away,<ref name="Darth Vader 6" /> Vader dueled the [[Sixth Brother]] in a training session and cut off his arm in order to teach him about loss. Vader then spoke with the Grand Inquisitor about improving the Inquisitorius' training methods. They began to search for other Jedi that survived the purge. Vader saw the Inquisitors' target list and noticed the Jedi Archive's [[Chief Librarian]], [[Jocasta Nu]], on it. He asked the Emperor what was so important about her. The Emperor explained that she had knowledge of the Sith that she and the Jedi council had kept secret. The Emperor told Vader to find Nu and bring her to him. Vader assigned the Grand Inquisitor to search the Archive for information on her.<ref name="Darth Vader 7" />

====Hunt for Jocasta Nu====
At that time, Nu had returned to Coruscant and sneaked into the former Jedi temple to search for a list of young Force-sensitives in her secret archives.<ref name="Darth Vader 7" /> As she roamed the ruins, her droid, [[Beetoo]], informed her that [[Jocasta Nu's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor|her ship]] was about to be discovered. She informed the droid that she would adjust her plans accordingly. As [[Coruscant Security Force]]s came into the hanger, Beetoo detonated Nu's ship and killed the three security officers. As Nu made for a secret archive vault, she noticed the Grand Inquisitor reading through the Jedi knowledge. She continued, only focusing on the mission at hand.<ref name="Darth Vader 8" />

[[File:ISBMajor-2017DarthVader8.jpg|thumb|right|211px|Vader and the Imperial Security Bureau major]]
Vader was contacted by an [[Unidentified Imperial Security Bureau major|Imperial Security Bureau major]], who had discovered a Jedi insignia on the wreckage of Nu's ship, and he went to the [[Imperial Security Bureau headquarters]] to check it out. When Vader arrived, the major asked what rank he should address him by, and Vader said, "lord." The major explained to Vader their suspicions that the explosion was premature and the Jedi insignia was merely "rabble-rousing graffiti" used as a calling card. Vader told him he was wrong, and as the major explained his experience in intelligence, Vader used the Force to reconstruct Nu's ship, showing the major that he was indeed wrong about the cause of the explosion. Vader then ordered him to search every level of Coruscant, steering clear of the Jedi temple.<ref name="Darth Vader 8" />

Meanwhile, Nu was about to vacate the temple when she noticed the Grand Inquisitor insulting the Jedi knowledge he was examining. His comments eventually drove her over the edge and she confronted him with her lightsaber.<ref name="Darth Vader 8" /> Vader arrived at the temple entrance and Clone Commander Fox already had sealed the place. When Fox asked him what they were expecting to happen and Vader told him that they had missed a Jedi during Order 66. As Vader entered the temple, Nu was pinning down the Grand Inquisitor with her lightsaber and threatening him. The Grand Inquisitor asked how she did not remember who he was, stating the times she had denied him the Jedi knowledge he sought. Nu attacked him, kicking off a short duel where the Grand Inquisitor quickly outwitted her. The Grand Inquisitor would have killed Nu if not for Vader's arrival. As Vader stopped the Grand Inquisitor from slaying the Jedi, Nu used the Force to rain Jedi books on them, and she fled the scene.<ref name="Darth Vader 9">[[Darth Vader (2017) 9|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 9]]</ref>

Vader made chase and as he followed Nu's trail, she made it to the archive vault and used a terminal to purge the entire library of its knowledge. As Vader entered the vault, he was confronted by the droid guard, [[Cator]]. He identified Vader as Anakin Skywalker and told him he was not authorized to be there. Vader threw his lightsaber at the droid, but being a guard against possible Force-sensitive threats meant the droid was ready for that move, and it caught Vader's weapon. Vader then punched Cator's arm off, and the droid caught his wrist and squeezed it with its robotic hand. Vader drove his fist through Cator's face before the droid could damage him any more. But as Cator dropped to the floor, Vader noticed a powerful shot being fired at him and used his lightsaber to deflect it. The shot, fired by Nu using a [[lightsaber rifle]], knocked Vader back as it ripped through a bookcase. Nu stood at the entrance of the vault, confronting Vader.<ref name="Darth Vader 9" />

As Vader got up again, he tried to convince Nu to drop her weapon. Nu ignored him and fired again. Vader dodged her shot and she fired a third time, further devastating the vault. As she continued firing, she tried to convince Vader that he was just a tool to the Emperor, saying that he could never get rid of the light side of the Force as it always found its vessels. Nu's rifle then failed to keep firing, and Vader deactivated his lightsaber, telling her she would not be harmed. Nu's rifle then began beeping and she threw it towards Vader. He used the Force to push it away, and it exploded, throwing both of them to the floor and breaching the side of the temple.<ref name="Darth Vader 10">[[Darth Vader (2017) 10|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 10]]</ref>

[[File:VaderHuntsForJocastaNu-2017DarthVader10.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Vader and the clones corner Jocasta Nu.]]
Nu fled through the fresh hole in the wall to find newly alerted clone troopers around the perimeter. They fired at her and she jumped down, deflecting their shots back at them. As the clones put more pressure on her, she Force-pushed them over the ledge behind them. Vader then appeared through the wall and the clones assumed he was too a Jedi and fired on him. At that moment, Commander Fox approach the scene on an [[Imperial Patrol Ship]] and realized that they were firing on Vader. He then had his ship fly over to Vader and ordered his units to a ceasefire. Vader jumped onto the ship and when Fox tried to explain the misunderstanding, he used the Force to break his neck.<ref name="Darth Vader 10" />

The clones on the ground continued firing on Nu and managed to disarm her. She then found herself cornered by Vader and the clones, and she attempted to jump off, only for Vader to use the Force to catch her. He brought her to his ship, and there she told the clones that he was the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Vader used the Force to throw the clones off the ship and when Nu asked of what became of her, he killed her. Vader then crashed the ship and contacted Sidious, telling him that Nu died in an attempt to escape. With Nu having revealed Sidious would create more dark side agents with the list and questioning what it was that Vader truly wanted before her death, Vader then crushed the list of Force-sensitive children that she had with her.<ref name="Darth Vader 10" />

====The Weapon of the Sith====
{{Quote|The Sith's weapon is not the lightsaber. It is the dark side of the Force and the dark side touches everything. The saber is merely a symbol. A flame, signifying the great blaze of the dark side. The inferno that consumes all who come against it. All.''"<br />"''I understand, my master.|Darth Sidious and Darth Vader|<ref name="The Lesson DV">{{StoryCite|story=The Lesson (Darth Vader)|book=Star Wars (2020) 25|sformatted=The Lesson (Darth Vader)}}</ref>}}
Vader followed his master to The Works district on Coruscant, where the two prepared for a sparring match in which Sidious intended to teach him a lesson. Sidious ignited one of his lightsabers and told Vader to fight him, to which Vader ignited his own saber before his master charged against him. As the blades of the two Sith clashed, Vader was quickly overpowered by Sidious, who knocked the saber out of his hand and quickly pushed him away with the Force.<ref name="The Lesson DV" />

[[File:YouFightLikeAJedi-TheLesson.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sidious showed Vader the purest weapon of the dark side.]]
As Vader was on the ground, his saber was grabbed by Sidious while he told him that he still fought like a Jedi. His master told him that the lightsaber was not his only weapon and that the Dark Side of the Force was his true weapon, a weapon that touches everything. Vader was then hit by multiple pieces of wreckage that Sidious lifted with the Force while telling Vader that the lightsaber was merely a symbol of the inferno that consumed all who came against the Dark Side. On his knees, Vader told his master that he understood his lesson.<ref name="The Lesson DV" />

====Defiance from the Imperial hierarchy====
=====Hunted by the Chas=====
{{Quote|Do you remember ''Cabarria'', Vader? Two decades ago, on a lonely stretch of skyway. A family. A man, a woman, and a girl of 12. You killed my mother. Her name was ''Ramat Cha''. You killed my father. His name was ''Bhada Cha''. My name is Chanath Cha, and that day, I vowed to end your life.|Chanath Cha|<ref name="HE 3">[[Hidden Empire 3|''Hidden Empire'' 3]]</ref>}}
[[File:SearchForJedi-2017DarthVader11.png|thumb|right|300px|The Ninth Sister and Darth Vader investigate a Jedi sighting on Cabarria.]]
Believing that he lost all that he cared about by his own hand, Darth Vader embraced his role as the Emperor's chief enforcer. Few knew who he was, and even fewer suspected that he had once been Anakin Skywalker.<ref name="Darth Vader 12" /> Some rumors circulated about Vader's unexpected entry into the Imperial authority. According to certain high-ranking Imperials, he was a counterpart to the late Separatist warlord General Grievous, whom Palpatine had held in reserve, while others speculated that he was a technologically modified warrior trained in the now-forbidden arts of the Force.<ref name="Tarkin" /> His appearance at the Imperial court and the favor he carried from the Emperor earned him the distrust of [[Imperial officer]]s. They resented him for appearing out of nowhere and having authority over them because of his link to his Master. They also resented his heavy-handed treatment of them, such as when he used the Force in the presence of his Master to choke Colonel [[Barokki]]. In secret, Barokki and [[Unidentified Imperial officer (Coruscant)|another Imperial officer]] [[Assassination attempts on Darth Vader|plotted to assassinate Vader]], whose position in the new Empire they did not understand.<ref name="Darth Vader 12">[[Darth Vader (2017) 12|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 12]]</ref>

For Vader, the situation came to a head when he [[Mission to Cabarria|investigated]] a Jedi sighting on [[Cabarria]]. Accompanied by the [[Ninth Sister]], he headed to the [[Unidentified bar (Cabarria)|bar]], where the identification had happened. Although the Ninth Sister had originally been planning to investigate alone, Vader had come, claiming she was not yet ready to face a Jedi in combat but secretly because he wanted to fight another Jedi. The Ninth Sister commented on his true desire, using her empathic abilities to read him clearly. As a result, Vader ordered her to remain outside while he investigated. Once inside, the Dark Lord was attacked by a [[Chas|family]] of bounty hunters consisting of [[Bhada Cha|Bhada]], [[Ramat Cha|Ramat]],<ref name="Darth Vader 11">[[Darth Vader (2017) 11|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 11]]</ref> and their twelve year old daughter<ref name="HE 3" /> [[Chanath Cha]]. Using [[ion grenade]]s, they neutralized all the weapons in the bar while Chanath tried to seize Vader's lightsaber with a [[tractor rifle]]. However, he used the Force to seize the lightsaber midair and, under the strain of the two opposing forces, the hilt shattered, leaving only the red kyber crystal.<ref name="Darth Vader 11" />

The Chas told the assembled customers that they had come only for the "Jedi" and that they were not planning on harming anyone. However, a disarmed Vader disagreed and used the Force to turn the customers into projectiles aimed at the Chas. Taken by the surprise, the bounty hunters turned on their shields to protect themselves. As they attacked him, Vader also used the customers and the bar's furniture as shields. Eventually, the hunters realized they could not defeat him and made to flee. Reclaiming his crystal with the Force, Vader pursued them. Emerging from the bar, Vader initially suspected that the Inquisitors had been behind the attempt on his life and threatened the Ninth Sister with her own lightsaber. The Inquisitor's denials did not sway the Dark Lord, but neither did they prove her guilt. Determined to find who had placed a bounty on his head, he pursued the Chas. They eluded him for a time until he crashed a massive vehicle into their path, causing their speeder to crash. Seizing Chanath in a Force choke, he commanded they tell him who had ordered his death.<ref name="Darth Vader 11" />

[[File:ChasKilled-CrimsonReign1.png|thumb|left|300px|Darth Vader cuts down the Cha parents with the Ninth Sister's lightsaber in front of their daughter, Chanath Cha.]]
Understanding they and their daughter were at risk, they told him about an anonymous bounty with an exorbitant price posted on the [[Hunter Net]]. Ramat Cha, a talented [[slicer]], offered to uncover their employer for him in exchange for their daughter's life. When they demanded that he release Chanath first, Vader refused. However, the Chas refused to work if their daughter was killed, further declaring that they would happily die as well to exist in death with her. Grudgingly impressed, the Dark Lord demanded proof that Ramat could deliver her side of the deal, which she proved by tracking the signal of the bounty back to Coruscant. Vader released Chanath as agreed, at which point the bounty hunters made their daughter swear that she would seek no vengeance against the Dark Lord, a deal Vader chose to honor. To complete the deal, Ramat provided Vader with the information he had requested and gave him the source of the bounty on him: the [[Imperial Executive Building]] on Coruscant, specifically the Emperor's office.<ref name="Darth Vader 11" />

Vader then killed both Cha parents<ref name="HE 3" /> right in front of their daughter, who was filled with rage. Despite her oath to not hold a grudge, she ignored her promise and spent her life hunting the Dark Lord<ref name="CR 1">[[Crimson Reign 1|''Crimson Reign'' 1]]</ref> in revenge. Eventually, as the years passed on, the Sith Lord himself simply forgot the murders he carried out on Cabarria. Cha, however, never forgot<ref name="HE 3" /> and became a skilled bounty hunter,<ref name="CR 1" /> studying every report she could and speaking to anyone she could find who had witnessed Vader in battle. She trained herself to counter Vader's abilities, eventually enlisting a team of fellow hunters as "the [[Orphans]]" to help her in her quest. Cha's skills rose to a level that even Palpatine took notice,<ref name="HE 3" /> becoming a bounty hunter the Emperor could trust<ref name="Lando 2">[[Lando 2|''Lando'' 2]]</ref> all in the name of possibly getting close to Vader, only to never see him.<ref name="CR 1" /> In effect, Vader had completely upended Cha's life, only for the crusade her life turned into to not impact Vader at all.<ref name="HE 3" />

=====Cementing his place=====
{{Quote|Still, I understand that our shared vision remains new, and perhaps some elements of the hierarchy remain unclear. It is time to elimate any confusion. This is Lord Vader. He speaks with my voice. A command from him is a command from me. Pass this information down to your men. All must understand.''"<br />"''Ferro. Bingan. Strephi. Azoras. Barokki. Step forward. Two attempts have been made on my life. Evidence suggests a conspiracy within the Imperial Officer Corps. I do not yet know the precise individuals behind these attempts&hellip; although I have my suspicions. It does not matter. I will always survive. Every time, I will survive. But five of you, chosen at random&hellip; ''[Force chokes the five]'' will not.|Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader speak to the Imperial Officer Corps|<ref name="Darth Vader 12" />}}
[[File:AvoidRockets-2017DarthVader12.png|thumb|right|300px|Faced with a conspiracy to assassinate him, Darth Vader used his skills as a pilot to avoid incoming missiles.]]
With their business on Cabarria completed, Vader and the Ninth Sister left the planet and returned to Coruscant. Now suspecting that the Emperor had placed the bounty on his head, the Dark Lord planned to confront his Master about his intentions. As the Ninth Sister piloted the ship through hyperspace, Vader worked on creating a new lightsaber. His [[Darth Vader's droid|droid]] meanwhile investigated the origins of the kill contract placed on him and confirmed that the order could have come from the Emperor's office, with no evidence of slicing to indicate foul play. But, as the ship arrived in orbit over Coruscant, the ship's attempt to transmit clearance codes for landing was jammed and the ship itself was marked as being part of a [[Separatist holdouts|Separatist splinter cell]]. The Imperial capital's orbital defenses targeted Vader's ship. Only the Dark Lord's skill as a pilot prevented them from being destroyed, although the ship was damaged and forced to crash land on Coruscant. Tired of the repeated [[Assassination attempts on Darth Vader|attempts]] on his life, the Dark Lord headed to the former Jedi Temple to confront the Emperor.<ref name="Darth Vader 12" />

The Emperor was investigating the hoard of artifacts that Jocasta Nu had collected and stored in the Jedi Archives when Vader arrived. The Emperor sensed that his apprentice did not wish to discuss his recent discovery, although he did praise him for having found the Librarian's stash. Vader informed his master of the events on Cabarria and his investigation into the kill order against him, before directly asking his Master whether he had placed it on his head as part of a test. Noticing Vader's new lightsaber, the Emperor asked to see it, approving of its design. He also chastised his apprentice for believing that he would resort to such methods as placing a bounty on his head if he wanted to have him killed and that he did not "test": he "taught." He also told Vader that finding the assassins was his task, not theirs. This echoed a previous lesson he had taught Vader when he had "disciplined" Colonel Barokki: that they must not kill everyone in the galaxy, but that having power meant they could, and that they would never lack for people to destroy.<ref name="Darth Vader 12" />

Vader returned to his quarters, where he meditated on the past events and his Master's words. Thinking back to all that had happened, he eventually realized the cause of the conspiracy against him was that his sudden elevation had caused concern and fear among the ranks of the Imperial officers, who knew that he had "strength," but not that he shared the Emperor's "power." Despite a lack of proof, Vader became convinced that Colonel Barokki, who had so suddenly borne his displeasure, must be involved in the conspiracy. The Dark Lord met with the Emperor and shared his conclusions, and requested that he be publicly recognized and allowed to show them the consequences of opposing him. The Emperor asked whether he was sure, and Vader confirmed it: he would not kill them all unless he had to, but would not allow them to act against him with impunity. The Emperor agreed to Vader's plan, but forbade him from killing Tarkin, as he was essential to his plans.<ref name="Darth Vader 12" />

[[File:VaderApartment-2017DarthVader12.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader meditates in his suite after establishing his place in the Imperial Military.]]
The Emperor gathered the [[Imperial Officer Corps|elite officers]] of the growing Imperial Military to clarify the new hierarchy. He formally introduced Vader as his emissary, who spoke with his voice and whose commands would need to be obeyed as if they had come from the Emperor himself. The Emperor then moved aside and allowed Vader to speak: the Dark Lord summoned five officers before him: [[Corin Ferro]], [[Zorta Bingan]], [[Joon Strephi]], [[Tomas Azoras]], and Barokki. Informing them that the two attempts on his life had been made from within the Officer Corps and that he had his suspicions who had been responsible, he instituted a new rule: for every assassination attempt he survived, and he warned them that he would ''always'' survive, five officers chosen at random would be executed. He instantly executed the five designated officers with a Force choke before departing, leaving the remaining officers stunned and afraid. With his position in the hierarchy established,<ref name="Darth Vader 12" /> Vader did not need to hold an official military rank. Instead, he acted as the de facto [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the Imperial Military<ref name="Bust Collection 30">{{BustCollectionCite|30|Star Wars Universe}}</ref> as per his position as the Emperor's right hand man.<ref name="Darth Vader 12" /> Vader would also come to be recognized as part of both the [[Joint Chiefs of the Imperial Military]] and the [[Imperial Ruling Council]], of which he was considered a ranking member.<ref name="An Incident Report" /> After his demonstration before the officer corps, Vader returned to his personal suite and mediated, cracking the window in his anger that positive thoughts still came.<ref name="Darth Vader 12" />

====War on Mon Cala====
[[File:Darth_Vader_Dark_Lord_of_the_Sith_13_Textless.jpg|thumb|right|231px|Vader awakes from his meditation]]
In [[18 BBY]],<ref name="Timelines" /> one year into the reign of the Empire, Vader was reliving his duel on Mustafar through meditation. During his experience, he was already in his cybernetic suit, and he used the Force to throw lava at Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan jumped up to dodge it, but Vader Force-choked him and threw him into the rocks. Vader watched Obi-Wan burn before he awoke in his meditation chamber as the Emperor asked for him over the comm. In his throne room, the Emperor told Vader that a year after his ascension, it was time to show that his voice was the only voice within the Empire. Vader asked how, and the Emperor told him that Mon Cala would make a great example of the price of defiance. He further told Vader that [[Mon Calamari monarchy|King]] Lee-Char may have had an adviser helping him with his negotiations with the Empire. Vader asked if it could be a Jedi, and the Emperor said it was possible. He told Vader to take a team to investigate this and claimed the military aspects of the operation would be left to Moff Tarkin.<ref name="Darth Vader 13">[[Darth Vader (2017) 13|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 13]]</ref>

Vader arrived at Mon Cala aboard the [[Zeta-class shuttle|''Zeta''-class shuttle]] ''[[Infernum]]''. With him, he took three Inquisitors, the Sixth Brother, Ninth Sister, and [[Tenth Brother]], and a death squad of [[Purge Trooper]]s. At this time, the Imperial ambassador [[Telvar]] had just finished another meeting with Lee-Char, and the man was walking to his shuttle when he saw Vader descend from the ramp of his shuttle. The Ninth Sister struggled to get past the king's [[Chief of Security]], Gial Ackbar, and Vader confronted the Mon Calamari, asking if he had read the writ that the Ninth Sister had given him. Ackbar confirmed that he had, but demanded that he knew their business as he had a job to do and so did Vader. Vader complied and explained about a possible enemy of the Empire on Mon Cala. As he said that, Telvar's shuttle took off and flew for Tarkin's Star Destroyer, the ''[[Sovereign]]''&mdash;which was in orbit above Mon Cala. However, as Ackbar denied the possibility of an enemy of the Empire being on Mon Cala, Telvar's shuttle exploded.<ref name="Darth Vader 13" />

[[File:LandingCleared-2017DarthVader14.jpg|thumb|left|264px|Vader and his Inquisitors seize the landing pad.]]
Telvar's assassination prompted Tarkin to enact a full-scale [[invasion of Mon Cala]]. His forces landed at [[Dac City]], where Vader had arrived, and [[Battle of Dac City|laid siege]] to the Mon Calamari and Quarren defenses. Vader and his team sprang to life and soon seized the landing pad where the ''Infernum'' was parked. He then led them to the [[Dac City palace]] to find Lee-Char and ask him about the possible Jedi. They fought their way through the palace guards and entered the palace, where the Ninth Sister began torturing Lee-Char for the location of the Jedi. However, another threat loomed over them. A massive tidal wave had suddenly erupted as a part of Lee-Char's defensive plan. The Sixth Brother warned them of this, and he and the Tenth Brother began shielding Vader and the Ninth Sister from the wave using the Force. When their attempts began failing, Vader joined them, but it was not enough. The group was washed away by the wave, and Dac City was left in ruins.<ref name="Darth Vader 14">[[Darth Vader (2017) 14|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 14]]</ref>

Vader awoke at the bottom of the [[Great Ungeness Trench]]. As his oxygen supply was dwindling, he used the Force to create an air bubble for himself. Suddenly, he was attacked by a [[Unidentified squid-like creature|squid-like creature]], and after wrestling with it, he killed it with the Force. Vader then rode its body using the Force and eventually picked up a transmission from the Inquisitors. Vader asked them to come to his position, and they did so in an [[Imperial submarine]]. When they picked him up, he asked about the Jedi, and the Inquisitors said that he was still alive somewhere. Vader then asked about Lee-Char, and the Ninth Sister said that they did not know, but she then revealed that she had gotten the Jedi's location from him. Knowing exactly where their target was, they began traveling for the Jedi.<ref name="Darth Vader 15">[[Darth Vader (2017) 15|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 15]]</ref>

[[File:Order66Recording-2017DarthVader14.png|thumb|right|250px|Ferren Barr discovered that Darth Vader was once Anakin Skywalker, the prophesied Chosen One of the Jedi Order.]]
Vader and his team arrived at the Jedi's location to find the individual and his disciples evacuating. The Jedi, an [[Iktotchi]] Padawan called [[Ferren Barr]], had been notified by Lee-Char after he was recovered following the events at Dac City. The group of them immediately scattered, but [[Nipaltoo|one of the disciples]] instead attacked the submarine head-on with his blaster. The shots bounced off the window, and Vader used the Force to crush his helmet. The other fled in the direction of [[Bel City]], and as Vader caught up with them, [[Orvek|another disciple]] turned around to attack them. He too died in the process but managed to slow Vader's submarine, and the rest of the group followed Barr to Bel City. Vader and the Inquisitors arrived at Bel City and marched down the hallway, reinforced by the Inquisitors and the Purge troopers. Vader was then contacted by Tarkin, who was struggling to deal with the grueling conflict on Mon Cala. Vader told Tarkin that he was busy, but Tarkin knew that and asked him to do something else instead: capture Lee-Char. Vader told Tarkin that he did not answer to him, but Tarkin replied that capturing Lee-Char was the only way to end the fighting quickly on Mon Cala, and he pledged to owe Vader a favor if he did so. Vader agreed and told the Inquisitors to continue the hunt as he left.<ref name="Darth Vader 16">[[Darth Vader (2017) 16|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 16]]</ref>

Vader arrived at Lee-Char's [[Royal Command Bunker]] and killed his guards. He then disarmed Lee-Char and contacted Tarkin, who told him to take Lee-Char to a window and send him his exact location. Vader asked Tarkin if he was going to send a shuttle, and the man said not yet. Once Vader did what he asked, Tarkin began a bombardment of Mon Cala. Lee-Char watched in horror but refused to surrender. The two were interrupted by Barr, who had outsmarted and scattered Vader's team. Barr confronted Vader and the two [[Duel in the Royal Command Bunker|dueled]]. As they fought, Barr revealed that he had assassinated Telvar to send the Mon Calamari into war. Lee-Char overheard this and realized his mistake in following Barr. He ran to his terminal and sent a message to the Mon Calamari and Quarren forces, ordering them to cease fire. Lee-Char then contacted Tarkin, notifying him of the surrender. Tarkin sent a shuttle to pick him up but continued the bombardment.<ref name="Darth Vader 17">[[Darth Vader (2017) 17|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 17]]</ref>

[[File:BarrVSVader-2017DarthVader17.png|thumb|left|240px|Vader duels the Jedi Ferren Barr.]]
Vader and Barr continued fighting, and Barr began laughing. Lee-Char questioned this, and Barr said that he had completed his plan. Barr prophesied that the Mon Calamari vessels would be at the forefront of a great rebellion decades from then, and decades after that. Vader told Barr that he was not a Jedi anymore, and Barr told him that that made two of them, saying that he still beat the Sith. Vader then slew him, and the shuttle arrived to pick up Lee-Char. The king told Vader that Mon Cala would rise again, but Vader told him that there was no Mon Cala, only the Empire.<ref name="Darth Vader 17" /> Some time after the mission, Vader ordered to imprison and torture the people of Mon Cala.<ref name="Allegiance 2">[[Allegiance 2|''Allegiance'' 2]]</ref>

====Investigation on Geonosis====
Vader soon became aware of a project that was taking up many resources. He began investigating, which led him to the [[Scarif vault|data vault]] on [[Scarif]]. There, he found [[Project Stardust]], a project that was a large battle station the size of a small moon. Vader studied its design before he was interrupted by Tarkin, who was very displeased with Vader's snooping. Tarkin told him he was not authorized to be there, and Vader claimed that the Force was all the authorization he needed. Vader denied that he was Tarkin's beast but the man denied his claim and taunted Vader, saying he did not need the Force to know he was very angry. Tarkin then produced a hologram of the Emperor, who told Vader he did not recall sending him to Scarif. Vader apologized and told the Emperor he only sought to study the ways in which the Empire would extend its rule over the galaxy. The Emperor told Vader of a new mission he was to go on. There had been certain instances of sabotage during the Death Star's construction that Vader needed to discover the source of before it got worse. The Emperor further told Vader that Tarkin had full authority over him and that if he disappointed him, he disappointed Palpatine.<ref name="Vader annual 2">[[Darth Vader Annual 2|''Darth Vader Annual'' 2]]</ref>

[[File:ErsoOffice-2017DarthVaderAnnual.jpg|thumb|right|243px|Vader visits Galen Erso's office.]]
Vader arrived at Geonosis and met with Commander [[Orson Callan Krennic]]. As they greeted, an overhead rock formation exploded and rained down on them. Vader saved himself and Krennic and they went to [[Krennic's Office|his office]] to discuss the matter. Krennic claimed it was Tarkin sabotaging his efforts in order to get rid of him and take over the project. Vader asked him if there was any proof and Krennic was not able to produce anything. Krennic then explained to him the incidences that had occurred in the last three months. Vader gave his knowledge on the situation to [[loyalty officer]] [[Sid Uddra]], who met him at the Petranaki Arena to discuss what she suspected. She told Vader that as much as Tarkin and Krennic's rivalry arose tension between them, it was unlikely for either to be the culprit. She then offered Vader with another individual to look into: the scientist [[Galen Walton Erso]]. Vader looked through [[Galen Erso's Office|his office]] and found many kyber crystals in which he [[Bleeding|bled]] for himself without issue. He then found a recording of Erso and [[Erso family|his family]]. Vader also noticed that Erso called his daughter stardust, which was the codename for the Death Star's project. Finally, Vader found an [[ootheca]] egg in a box. Knowing that Geonosians were a slave race and were forbidden from breeding freely, he confronted Krennic about this. Krennic denied that it was him and suggested that some of the slaves may have sent it as a distress call to Erso. Vader then deduced for himself the saboteurs at hand.<ref name="Vader annual 2" />

Vader and a squad of death troopers entered a Geonosian hive and found the queen and her minions. The two sides engaged but Vader quickly came out on top, slaying the queen. After the battle, he returned to Tarkin on the ''Carrion Spike'' and reported his findings to him. Tarkin asked Vader how he knew the queen's hive had orchestrated the sabotages and Vader told how their slicers had confirmed the hive to have installed corrupted tech into production, ensuring accidents. Tarkin then asked Vader how he may have dealt with them and Vader said that they were animals and so they were slaughtered like animals. Tarkin finally asked Vader if there was anything else and he stated to Tarkin that his project, the Death Star, was able to destroy a planet. Tarkin asked how he knew and he told him of the kyber crystals he saw in Erso's office. Tarkin then asked Vader why he was not happy for this revelation, and Vader said that he distrusted his reliance on technological aberration. Tarkin then told Vader that he was one of those before realizing that Vader wanted to be the only technological aberration. Vader warned Tarkin that the Death Star may become his tomb, and when Tarkin asked if that was a threat, Vader told him it was only a prediction.<ref name="Vader annual 2" />

===Accepting the dark side===
====The Emperor's emissary====
{{Quote|This galaxy is vast, Lord Vader. I must rule it from a distance, through proxies, promises and threats. It is rare that I am able to take a ''direct hand'' against my enemies. Those tasks, I have left largely to ''you''.|Emperor Palpatine, to Darth Vader|<ref name="HE 5">[[Hidden Empire 5|''Hidden Empire'' 5]]</ref>}}
Over the next two decades of the Empire's reign, Vader would remain one of the few who enjoyed direct access to Palpatine. He was Palpatine's preferred envoy for all matters that the Emperor took a direct interest in.<ref name="Tarkin" /> With Palpatine forced to spend most of his time governing the galaxy at large,<ref name="Family&Farewell">{{Rebels|Family Reunion – and Farewell}}</ref> it was Vader who was tasked with taking a direct hand against the Empire's enemies,<ref name="HE 5" /> becoming known as the "[[Emperor's Fist]]" to both Imperials<ref name="Age of Rebellion">[[Age of Rebellion - Darth Vader 1|''Age of Rebellion - Darth Vader'' 1]]</ref> and, eventually, criminals.<ref name="Fake It Till You Make It">{{StoryCite|story=Fake It Till You Make It|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back}}</ref> Such matters included the elimination of rebel uprisings and the continued construction of the [[Death Star]]. One of Vader's [[Mission to Murkhana (Darth Vader)|earliest missions]] on the Emperor's behalf was to effect an execution on [[Murkhana]].<ref name="Tarkin" /> He was indeed made privy to the secret construction of the Death Star, to be overseen by Wilhuff Tarkin.<ref name="Episode III" /> Vader's high status also gave him the ability to alter Imperial records under the off-the-books [[Directive 081-Omega]].<ref name="Doctor Aphra 15">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 15|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 15]]</ref>

One Imperial captain who served under Vader in the immediate aftermath of the Clone Wars alleged to a later subordinate, [[Yrica Quell]], that Vader "matured" over the years: while during his first days as an Imperial enforcer Vader would simply murder out of annoyance, Vader came to wait for a subordinate to commit a mistake, albeit sometimes a trivial one, to have an excuse to kill.<ref name="Shadow Fall">''[[Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel]]''</ref> The Imperial officers remained wary of Vader and his power, as well as his continued devotion to the ancient ways of the Force, but none rose to challenge him without feeling the consequences.<ref name="Rogue One: Visual Guide">''[[Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide]]''</ref>

[[File:SWAD13-The-Empires-Finest.png|thumb|left|300px|For two decades, Vader was the loyal enforcer of Emperor Sheev Palpatine, commanding the might of the Imperial Army as well.]]
Despite the mistrust and even hatred he generated among the officers, Vader was held in high esteem by the [[Stormtrooper Corps]], as he often fought alongside them at the front line rather than remaining in command centers. As the Emperor's enforcer, Vader retained command of the unit he had commanded during the Clone Wars as Anakin Skywalker: the 501st Legion. When the Emperor retired the clone troopers, the rank and file of the 501st were composed of recruited stormtroopers, some of whom received training from the Dark Lord himself, such as Sergeant [[Kreel]], an undercover agent whom Vader trained in lightsaber combat. Through their missions on Vader's behalf, the 501st came to be known as "Vader's Fist."<ref name="SW12">[[Star Wars (2015) 12|''Star Wars'' (2015) 12]]</ref> On one occasion, the stormtrooper [[Terex]] met Vader, becoming terrified of him while also respecting him.<ref name="PD11">[[Poe Dameron 11|''Poe Dameron'' 11]]</ref> Vader also garnered strong support from the pilots of the new [[Imperial Navy]].<ref name="LotS">''[[Lords of the Sith]]''</ref>

At some point, Vader was deployed to put down resistance on the mineral rich world of [[Bandomeer]], where miners were fighting back against Imperial exploitation. Vader punished them for their rebellion.<ref name="HC 4">{{HelmetCollectionCite|4|Databank A-Z}}</ref> Apparitions of Vader and other dark siders were once faced by surviving Jedi [[Vanzell Mar-Klar]] and [[Nedriss Narr]], who attempted to train a new generation of younglings after Order 66.<ref name="Trials">''[[Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple]]''</ref> Having killed Tambor along with the rest of the Separatist Council during his mission to Mustafar,<ref name="Episode III" /> Vader was also [[Mission to Skako Minor (Darth Vader)|dispatched]] to Skako Minor to kill the Techno Union Foreman's remaining loyalists<ref name="DV 2020 28">[[Darth Vader (2020) 28|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 28]]</ref> by wiping out the planet's [[Ruling Council (Skako Minor)|Ruling Council]]. Massacring the council officials, including Tambor's son [[Wat Tambor II]],<ref name="DV 2020 29">[[Darth Vader (2020) 29|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 29]]</ref> Vader established a new [[Skakoan Council|Imperial-loyal regime]] on the planet,<ref name="DV 2020 28" /> which also fell under [[Occupation of Skako Minor|Imperial occupation]].<ref name="Doctor Aphra 15" />

====Specter of death====
{{Quote|Activate the range corps. Equip mobile bacta units. And prepare a ''note'' for the ''record''. ''Uokara''. A ''fertile world''&hellip;with ''one inhabitant''. Until ''today''.|Darth Vader|<ref name="The Inhabitant">{{StoryCite|story=The Inhabitant|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 4}}</ref>}}
[[File:DarthVader-Inescapable.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader, as he appeared in the dreams of someone who feared him]]
At some point, a [[Unidentified human (Darth Vader)|human]] dreamed about being pursued and killed by Vader.<ref name="Inescapable">{{StoryCite|story=Inescapable|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 1}}</ref> On Torku at one time, Vader [[Mission on Torku|pursued]] [[Davgar Llian]], a scientist allied with insurgents who had sabotaged an Imperial weapon. Vader, aware of Llian’s role in the sabotage, attacked once the scientist brought the weapon online to target local Imperial base, killing the soldiers and confronting the scientist. Noting that only Llian was capable of reversing the sabotage, Vader mockingly thanked him for doing so before strangling him with the Force.<ref name="Dissolution of Hope">{{StoryCite|story=Dissolution of Hope|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 1}}</ref>

Vader surveyed Uokara, a planet in the Unknown Regions, for signs of life on behalf of a director, who wished to commence a mining operation. At some point, Vader unknowingly breathed in Ghymnon, a sentient pathogen native to Uokara that had lived there for millions of years. Reporting the world as uninhabited, Vader was quarantined in a bacta tank upon his return by a 2-1B medical droid in accordance with standard procedure following contact with a class IV planet, much to the Sith Lord's displeasure. Within his mind, Vader confronted Ghymnon and defeated it. Vader ordered the droid to catalog Uokara’s lone, former inhabitant, subsequently ordering and leading a cleansing of the world by range troopers armed with mobile bacta units. During the purge, Vader spotted a remaining speck of Ghymnon and destroyed it with his lightsaber.<ref name="The Inhabitant />

====The ultimate mercy====
{{Quote|The only peace in this galaxy is death itself, Doctor. Wherever there is life, there is suffering&mdash;and the dark side shall always endure.|Darth Vader|<ref name="The Endless Mercy">{{StoryCite|story=The Endless Mercy|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 2|sformatted=The ''Endless Mercy''}}</ref>}}
[[File:VaderAndCo-TheEndlessMercy.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader leads his stormtrooper against the Z'Rakkon]]
Doctor [[Sera Lemare]], a former employee of the Tagge Corporation and an admirer of Kaminoan science, stole a cache of genetic specimens and developed bioweapons research in secret, supposedly creating the perfect killing machine. Bringing a Lambda-class shuttle aboard the [[Phial-class heavy transport|''Phial''-class heavy transport]] ''[[Endless Mercy]]'', Vader led a squad of stormtroopers in pursuit, ordering his men to stay vigilant and secure the area. Vader's team was immediately ambushed by the [[Z'Rakkon]], creatures born of Lemare's research. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, the Sith Lord struck at the abominations with his lightsaber but lost his helmet in the process, swearing to take down his attackers down with him.<ref name="The Endless Mercy" />

Dragged off by the creatures, Vader awoke to find himself and his sergeant confined in the Z'Rakkons' lair. The sergeant, who believed he and Vader were to be eaten, expressed discontent with such a manner of death, causing Vader to summon his lightsaber and promise vengeance. Vader freed himself and killed several of the beasts, lecturing them on their mistakes before proceeding to eliminate their queen.<ref name="The Endless Mercy" />

The queen Z'Rakkon&mdash;in truth, Lemare herself&mdash;recounted how she had joined the creatures and become their ruler willingly. Stabbing Vader through the chest, Lemare then revealed that she had integrated the Sith Lord into the Z'Rakkon hive mind. However, Vader escaped Lemare's snare and, despite her pleas, annihilated her. Lemare explained that she had only tried to bring Vader peace, a favor Vader returned by killing her and guiding the ''Endless Mercy'' to crash down on to the surface of an astronomical object below. Departing the decimated starship, Vader remarked that the only peace was death and that the dark side would always endure.<ref name="The Endless Mercy" />

====Relics of the Clone Wars====
Around [[17 BBY]]<ref name="Timelines" /> during the early Imperial era,<ref name="Victory and Death Episode Gallery 20">{{SW|url=victory-and-death-episode-gallery|text="Victory and Death" Episode Gallery}} {{C|Slide 20}}</ref> around two<ref name="Timelines" /> years after the [[Skirmish aboard the Tribunal|skirmish]] aboard<ref name="Victory and Death guide">{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/victory-and-death-episode-guide|text="Victory and Death" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars}}</ref> the ''[[Tribunal]]''<ref name="Join the Battle" /> during Order 66, Vader traveled to the [[Unidentified moon|snowy moon]] that was home to the crash site of the ''Venator''-class Star Destroyer. Investigating the wreckage with a contingent of [[Cold weather assault trooper|snowtroopers]], Vader discovered a memorial to the [[332nd Company|clone company]] that perished in the crash, as well as a lightsaber, partly frozen but still functional, that once belonged to his former apprentice, Ahsoka Tano.<ref name="Victory and Death">{{TCW|Victory and Death}}</ref>

[[File:VaderFindsAhsokaSaber-VaD.png|thumb|right|300px|Vader finds Ahsoka's lightsaber on the snowy moon, realizing, deep down, that she is alive.]]
Igniting the lightsabers' blue blade, Vader heard a squawking sound and turned his head to the sky, where he saw a [[Morai|strange bird]] soaring through the air.<ref name="Victory and Death" /> Deep down in his heart, he realized his former Padawan was alive,<ref name="Clone Wars Collector Edition">[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Official Collector's Edition|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' – The Official Collector's Edition]]</ref> but he lacked any concrete proof<ref name="Siege of Lothal">''[[Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal]]''</ref> and did not sense her presence. As such, he assumed to himself that she may have died, thereby closing the painful memories she represented,<ref name="Vader finds">{{Topps|set=2021 Topps Star Wars Chrome Legacy|cardname=Darth Vader finds Ahsoka Tano's Lightsaber|link=https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/269175/cid/17369321/2021-Topps-Chrome-Star-Wars-Legacy-113-Darth-Vader-Finds-Ahsoka-Tano's-Lightsaber|nobackup=1}}</ref> despite deep down realizing she had to be alive.<ref name="Clone Wars Collector Edition" /> After gazing at the bird for a moment, Vader deactivated the lightsaber and turned away from the crash site with the saber in hand, his image reflected in an abandoned clone trooper helmet.<ref name="Victory and Death" />

====Battle against the Benathy====
{{Quote|I remember when another like you came here with demands. He was taller. Far more impressive. He killed our last king. But even he could not stand against our god.|King Kristoff, to Kylo Ren on Vader's attempt to subdue the Benathy|<ref name="Age of Resistance Kylo">[[Age of Resistance - Kylo Ren 1|''Age of Resistance - Kylo Ren'' 1]]</ref>}}
Around [[15 BBY]],<ref name="Timelines" /> Vader and his men [[Battle against the Benathy|fought]] against the [[Benathy]] in [[Wild Space]]. The imperial army consisted of at least several thousand stormtroopers, AT-AT walkers, AT-STs, TIE fighters, and TIE bombers. While thousands died on both sides, Vader managed to kill the [[Unidentified Benathy king|king]] of the Benathy. Vader ordered his troops to attack and despite the high amount of casualties, he did not retreat. The attacking force was only stopped by a [[Unidentified Zillo Beast (Benathy)|Zillo Beast]] the Benathy saw as their god. However, Vader managed to subdue the Benathy anyways.<ref name="Age of Resistance Kylo" />

====Rebellion on Ryloth====
=====Preparing for the operation=====
{{Quote|Are you testing me, Master?''"<br />"''Testing you? Is that how you perceive things?''"<br />"''Am I wrong?''"<br />"''We are, all of us, always being tested, my friend. Tests make us stronger, and strength is power, and power ''is the point''. We must pass all the tests we face. Or die in the effort.|Darth Vader and Darth Sidious|<ref name="LotS" />}}
[[File:Lords_of_the_Sith_art.jpg|thumb|left|271px|Vader fights insurgents alongside his Master after becoming stranded on Ryloth.]]
Five years into the [[Imperial Era|Age of the Empire]], Vader, while meditating aboard the ''[[Perilous]]'', was informed by Captain [[Luitt]] of an attack on the [[Yaga Minor shipyards]]. The attack had been staged by several dozen members of the [[Free Ryloth Movement]], a primarily [[Twi'lek]] insurgency intent on liberating their homeworld from the rule of the Empire. The insurgents hijacked an Imperial weapons transport, and Vader led a squadron of [[Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-wing starfighter|V-wing starfighters]] in pursuit. After a long chase, during which the transport fled through hyperspace to several different systems, its engines overloaded when it attempted to make yet another jump and Vader's squadron was finally able to engage it. The squadron brought down the transport's shields with minimal casualties while Vader crippled the engines.<ref name="LotS" />

Though the squadron commander suggested allowing the ''Perilous'' to tractor the transport into one of its hangar bays when it arrived, Vader assumed (correctly) that the insurgents planned to destroy the transport by detonating the heavy ordnance present in the ship's cargo bays. In order to prevent this eventuality, Vader crashed his [[Darth Vader's black Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor|black Eta-2 ''Actis''-class light interceptor]] into one of its gun bubbles and ejected just before the collision. He then entered the ship through the damaged gun emplacement and proceeded to kill all of the insurgent Twi'leks on the ship. After eliminating the insurgent leader [[Pok (Twi'lek)|Pok]], Vader noticed an active comlink on the bridge. Assuming that another rebel ship was nearby, Vader had his V-wings fan out in a search pattern, but the rebel ship escaped detection by shutting down nearly all of its systems and hiding in the rings of a nearby planet. Finding nothing, Vader had the ''Perilous'' collect the transport, and returned to Coruscant.<ref name="LotS" />

In the Imperial Palace, Vader reunited with his master. There, he and Sidious met with Ryloth's [[Senator]] Orn Free Taa involving the inconvenience that was the Free Ryloth Movement. The movement, though relatively minor, had been conducting raids on Imperial shipping facilities and transports and had seriously impacted the flow of [[Spice]] from the planet. As such, Sidious believed that the situation warranted his personal attention, and decided that he, Taa, and Vader would travel to Ryloth for a [[Mission to Ryloth|state visit]]. After informing the Senator of the planned journey and dismissing him, Sidious informed his apprentice that Taa almost certainly had a traitor in the midst of his support staff who was feeding the movement classified information on Imperial doings.<ref name="LotS" />

Though Vader understood his master's purpose in acting as bait alongside himself and Taa, he saw no reason why the Emperor should potentially risk his own safety over such a minor issue. Rather, Vader advocated for simply killing Taa and his entire staff, thereby guaranteeing the elimination of the traitor. However, Sidious wished to eliminate the roots of the treachery, and not simply the lone traitor in Taa's staff. To that end, Sidious gave the order for [[Moff]] [[Delian Mors]] to be informed that Taa would be arriving for a state visit, but stipulated that she should not be told that either he or Vader would be accompanying the Senator. In this way, Sidious hoped to provide further encouragement for the movement to attack, as he assumed that they would discover his and Vader's plans via their spies. Ten days later Vader, the Emperor, Taa, and a contingent of [[Emperor's Royal Guard|Royal Guards]] journeyed to the Ryloth system aboard the ''Perilous''.<ref name="LotS" />

=====Assassination attempt on the ''Defiance''=====
{{Quote|This guy again. I don't care if you kill me.|[[Commandant]] [[Pell Baylo]] to Darth Vader|<ref name="Orientation">{{InsiderCite|157|Orientation}}</ref>}}
While traveling from Coruscant to Ryloth, the Emperor ordered the ''Perilous'' to stop in the [[Denon system]] to consult with several navy chiefs on how to better integrate disparate naval academies into one [[Imperial Naval Academy]]. The Emperor ordered Vader to oversee a training session conducted by [[Commandant]] [[Pell Baylo]] on the [[Obedience|''Defiance'']] while the Emperor met with his naval chiefs in Baylo's office on the training ship. It was during this training session that Vader began to believe that Sidious was treating him much the same way the Jedi Council had previously: acting as he knew better, keeping information from Vader, giving him "busywork." Baylo ordered the ''Defiance'' to enter hyperspace on a course for Christophsis. Cadet [[Rae Sloane]] entered the coordinates, only to have her hyperspace path overridden by Baylo, who said she was going to send them too close to a singularity.<ref name="Orientation" />

[[File:Sloane_and_Vader.png|thumb|right|250px|Pell Baylo attempted to assassinate the Emperor, only for Vader to undo his plot by ordering Rae Sloane to adjust the starship's path.]]
Sloane studied the path, suspecting that Baylo was incorrect in his adjustment. Vader and Sloane discovered that the changed hyperspace route would crash the ''Defiance'' into [[Christophsis' sun]], killing all aboard. Vader ordered Sloane to correct the problem, and without revealing that he knew of Baylo's treachery, Vader and Baylo went to see the Emperor. The Emperor ordered Baylo to turn over command of the ''Defiance'' and take a position at the training center on [[Corellia]]. Baylo, however, was loyal to the Republic and considered the Empire a hostile power. Instead of turning over his command, Baylo offered his resignation from the navy. Vader then revealed he knew of Baylo's plan to crash the ''Defiance'', and the Emperor congratulated Vader for handling the "petty problem," annoying him.<ref name="Orientation" />

As Baylo railed against the Emperor, Vader Force-choked him to death, drawing ire from the Emperor, who had wished to see Baylo suffer and force him to watch his beloved Navy be turned into something he hated and have the ''Defiance'' be melted down into cafeteria trays. Above all, he wanted to use Baylo for his own ambitions since the old man was willing to kill his own students for a cause. Vader tried to explain that his way was more efficient, but the Emperor wanted to hear nothing of it as he did not order him to kill Baylo. Later, he ordered Sloane to have the ''Defiance'' renamed the ''Obedience'' as a subtle final jab at Baylo and a not-so-subtle reminder toward Vader to learn his place.<ref name="Orientation" />

=====Crash land on Ryloth=====
Shortly thereafter, Vader and the Emperor reboarded the ''Perilous'' and resumed their course to the Ryloth system. However, upon their exit from hyperspace, the ship immediately began slamming into spacial mines set up by [[Cham Syndulla]]'s rebels. Hidden amongst these mines were specialized devices designed to drain the ship's shields, which began to buckle under the continual assault. As the shields neared failure, a swarm of several hundred reprogrammed Vulture Droids set upon the ''Perilous'' from the system's asteroid belt. Vader boarded his personal interceptor and took several squadrons of Imperial pilots to destroy the droid fighters and mines, but discovered a short time into the battle that Vulture Droids were each carrying a payload of explosive [[Pistoeka sabotage droid|buzz droids]].<ref name="LotS" />

Realizing that the Vultures themselves were simply delivery systems meant to unload the buzz droids near or inside the Star Destroyer, Vader ordered his squadron to concentrate fire on them, as they presented a far greater threat than the mines. But between the mines and the Vultures, there were simply too many targets for Vader and his squadrons to handle, and the ''Perilous'' was severely damaged. The second wave of Vultures was detected immediately after the first had been destroyed, further compounding the already bleak situation. A message came to Vader from Captain Lewitt of the ''Perilous'' that the ship could sustain virtually no more damage without being destroyed.<ref name="LotS" />

Vader moved to intercept the second wave alone, ordering his squadrons to remain near the ''Perilous'' to destroy any droids that got past him. Though incredulous, the squadron commander obeyed, and Vader used the Force to begin tearing apart the compartments on the Vulture droids that housed the explosive buzz droids. He then used the Force to begin flinging the buzz droids at other incoming fighters and repeated this process until the vast majority of the Vulture Droids had been destroyed. The remaining fighters were annihilated by Vader's squadrons, and he himself returned to the ''Perilous''. Vader marched to the Star Destroyer's bridge and Force choked Taa for a short time, informing him of the traitor in his staff that had been responsible for the assault on the ''Perilous''. Utterly terrified, the Senator vowed to find the traitor, but the Emperor had Taa and his staff confined to their quarters. An order was then broadcast from the Imperial headquarters on Ryloth for any and all repair ships to aid the ''Perilous'' as it sped, badly damaged, towards the planet.<ref name="LotS" />

[[File:19BBY-Cham-Syndulla.png|thumb|left|250px|Twi'lek revolutionary Cham Syndulla (pictured) tried to kill Vader and the Emperor]]
Unbeknownst to Vader, some of the Twi'lek repair teams in fact comprised members of the Free Ryloth movement, one of which was a group of saboteurs with orders to plant timed explosives on the hyperdrive core of the ''Perilous''. Shortly after the teams landed, one of the Free Ryloth groups engaged in a firefight with Imperial stormtroopers. When Vader learned of this, he ordered all of the Twi'lek repair teams, numbering over 100, to be killed regardless of whether they were aiding the assault and proceeded to Deck 17, where the firefight had been reported. On the way, he killed a group of apparently uninvolved Twi'leks before proceeding to the hyperdrive chamber. The saboteurs, who were led by Cham's second in command, [[Isval]], had managed to seal the hatch to the hyperdrive core before any Imperial troops could interrupt them, and Vader began to use his lightsaber to cut it open.<ref name="LotS" />

By the time Vader finished cutting through the hatch, the saboteurs had already concluded their business and escaped. The main hyperdrive core had been riddled with timed charges, set to detonate if anyone attempted to disarm or remove them. Vader concluded that the ship was lost, and ordered the captain to evacuate. Vader contacted Sidious, who instructed his apprentice to meet him aboard his shuttle. Before departing, however, Vader made one last attempt to kill the saboteurs, but they narrowly evaded him and escaped in an Imperial [[escort boat]]. Subsequently, Vader reunited with the Emperor and left on the shuttle, mere minutes before the Star Destroyer exploded. Shortly thereafter, the Imperial traitor [[Belkor Dray]] provided Cham with the transponder identity of the Emperor's shuttle, and he directed Isval and her group aboard the escort boat to attack it.<ref name="LotS" />

Vader's exceptional piloting skills allowed him to evade the boat and then fly upside down over its cockpit within direct visual range of its pilots. Once there, he used the Force to choke both Isval and her co-pilot, but before losing consciousness, Isval rammed the shuttle with her escort boat. The crash disabled the shuttle's main power, and Vader had to use a nearly depleted backup battery to attempt a crash landing on Ryloth. As he guided the ship through the atmosphere, he had flashbacks of events and people from his past. Though distracted, Vader managed to land the ship in Ryloth's equatorial forest region, but his distraction did not go unnoticed by the Emperor, who noted that the landing had been poor compared to what he knew Vader to be capable of.<ref name="LotS" />

Not too long afterward, the Twi'lek insurgents continued their assault on freighters, prompting Vader and the Emperor to take action and destroy them, before moving away from their fallen shuttle. At night, they stopped to rest, when the Emperor questioned his regret and loyalty, but Vader showed himself devoted still. They were soon attacked by a [[lylek]] horde, forcing them to retreat into a tunnel, unaware that they had entered their nest. They stood their ground against hundreds of lyleks and their significantly threatening queen, and killed them all before exiting the tunnel and finding a young Twi'lek, [[Drua]]. When the Emperor tried to kill her, Vader stopped him, intending to have the girl guide them to [[Drua's Village|her village]], where they obtained a communicator to speak with Moff Mors.<ref name="LotS" />

After giving them their coordinates, they were finally surrounded by Syndulla's forces, but so did Mors's, aiding them in quelling the rebellion. As the [[stormtrooper]]s killed the Twi'leks, Vader noticed a trio of Twi'leks: Syndulla, Isval, and [[Goll]] watching from afar and went on to kill them, but Goll and Syndulla escaped, leaving Vader to capture Isval and bring her before the Emperor. He mocked her, telling her that her people had accomplished nothing, and Vader subsequently executed her. On the Emperor's orders, Vader then killed the villagers to leave no witnesses, concluding their mission.<ref name="LotS" />

====Teller's campaign====
{{Quote|We haven't stood on Coruscant in some time, Governor.''"<br />"''The needs of the Empire keep us elsewhere occupied, Lord Vader.''"<br />"''Just so.|Darth Vader and Wilhuff Tarkin|<ref name="Tarkin" />}}
When Moff Tarkin's [[Sentinel Base]] was [[Attack on Sentinel Base|attacked]], Vader was stationed in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant, where he held a court with the [[Deputy Director]] of the ISB, [[Harus Ison]], berating [[Coruscanti]] criminals as well as [[Prefect (Coruscant police)|Prefect]] [[Phoca Soot]] of [[Level 1331]], for ignoring the Emperor's decrees. Telling them to move their operations out of Coruscant, Vader then made an example of Soot for his disrespect and crushed his heart with the Force, and adjourned the court to meet with Tarkin and [[Grand Vizier]] Mas Amedda. The latter politely asked Vader to refrain from killing all those who displeased him, to which the Sith replied that he would give thought to the matter, before greeting Tarkin and sharing the latest developments of the Death Star's construction.<ref name="Tarkin" />

[[File:Tarkin-Vader.jpg|thumb|right|268px|Vader and Wilhuff Tarkin arrive on Murkhana.]]
The pair separated when Vader left Tarkin, who met with the Emperor alone. Afterward, Vader (like Tarkin and Amedda) partook in a meeting between the Imperial Ruling Council, and the leaders of Imperial Security Bureau and [[Naval Intelligence Agency]] in the [[Imperial Palace audience chamber|palace's audience chamber]], overseen by the Emperor. He then assigned Tarkin and Vader to a [[Mission to Murkhana|mission on Murkhana]] to investigate recently discovered [[Shadowfeed]] technology and its relationship to the attack on Sentinel Base. The pair traveled to the planet on the ''Carrion Spike'', which Vader made to carry his [[Darth Vader's meditation chamber|meditation chamber]].<ref name="Tarkin" />

On Murkhana, however, the ''Spike'' was stolen by [[Berch Teller's rebel cell|unknown dissidents]], prompting Vader and Tarkin to kill the Sugi crime lord [[Faazah]], and take his ''[[Parsec Predator]]'' to pursue the stolen ship, hidden by its cloaking systems. Making use of his connection to his meditation chamber, Vader pinpointed the rebels' location to the [[Fial system]] and later, the [[Galidraan system]], where they [[Attack on Galidraan Station|engaged]] the ''Spike'' before they jettisoned his meditation chamber and escaped to [[Lucazec]]. With the ''Predator'' disabled, Vader and Tarkin boarded the [[Liberator (Venator-class)|''Liberator'']], from which Vader issued his black Eta-2 interceptor to be transported on the ''[[Goliath]]'' from Coruscant.<ref name="Tarkin" />

On the ''Goliath'', Tarkin told Vader that the insurgency was surely being supported by someone high up in the [[Imperial Military]], and predicted that the insurgents would go to [[Phindar]] to refuel the ''Spike''. Subsequently, Vader led a [[Yellow Squadron (Galactic Empire)|squadron]] to [[Battle in the Phindar system|attack]] the stolen corvette in the [[Phindar system]]. Though they greatly damaged the ship, it escaped, prompting Tarkin and Vader to calculate its trajectory to [[Obroa-skai system]]. Teller transmitted false intelligence that the insurgents were heading to the Obroa-skai system. Hoping to capture the ''Carrion Spike'', Tarkin and Vader deployed substantial Imperial resources including three [[Interdictor]] vessels. The prototype [[Immobilizer 418 cruiser]] malfunctioned, yanking several ships out of hyperspace and causing a [[Incident in the Obroa-skai system|massive accident]].<ref name="Tarkin" />

Despite failing to catch the ''Spike'', the Imperials managed to capture the [[YT-1000 light freighter]] ''[[Reticent]]'', which Teller had sent as a decoy to throw the Imperials off-scent. While Vader interrogated its [[Unidentified Koorivar captain|Koorivar captain]] on the ''[[Executrix]]'', Tarkin accessed Imperial databases and discovered the identities of the insurgents, including its leader [[Berch Teller]]. Vader also interrogated the ''Reticent''{{'s}} [[Sy Myrthian]] navigator, who suffered a heart attack. However, Vader learned from one of his contacts in the [[Crymorah Syndicate]] that a lieutenant had negotiated a deal with the Sugi crime lord Faazah for a supply of custom [[fuel cell]]s. These fuel cells had reached Murkhana shortly before Tarkin and Vader's arrival, thus confirming that Faazah had been colluding with the insurgents.<ref name="Tarkin" />

[[File:Tarkin_novel_art.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Tarkin and Vader, commanders of the Empire]]
After a private holo transmission with the Emperor, Vader told Tarkin that [[Vice Admiral]] [[Dodd Rancit]] was sure the insurgents would attack the [[Carida Academy|Imperial academy]] at [[Carida]] next. Then, Vader parted ways with Tarkin to meet with Rancit, but not before asking for the meaning behind the ''Carrion Spike''{{'s}} name and Tarkin told him about his test in [[Eriadu]]'s [[Carrion Plateau]]. On the [[Carida system]], Vader boarded the [[Secutor-class Star Destroyer|''Secutor''-class Star Destroyer]] [[Conquest (Secutor-class)|''Conquest'']] and met Rancit just as the ''Spike'' reverted to [[realspace]], astrogating on autopilot. Aware of Rancit's treason, as a co-conspirator of Teller, Vader had [[Lieutenant]] [[Crest]] place Rancit aboard an escape pod and had Rancit give himself the command to issue the fire order that destroyed it. Elsewhere, Tarkin [[Battle near the Gulf of Tatooine|dealt]] with the rebels, ending the [[Berch Teller campaign|insurgency]].<ref name="Tarkin" />

Following the defeat of Teller's insurgents, Vader spent the next three weeks helping Tarkin to interrogate the captured insurgents with the exception of Teller, who managed to escape. While none of the insurgents had died under questioning, the Emperor had the insurgents executed privately. Vader also led a crackdown on the warehouse workers and salvages who supplied Teller's dissidents along with several scientists at [[Desolation Station]] who had provided Teller with information. Vader also took action against the [[Tenloss Syndicate]] and lower-level members of the Crymorah Syndicate who had assembled [[Berch Teller's warship]], a modified ''Providence''-class Dreadnought.<ref name="Tarkin" />

====Hunt on Chandar's Folly====
{{Quote|Kill me, if you can.|Darth Vader, to Tarkin|<ref name="Darth Vader 18">[[Darth Vader (2017) 18|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 18]]</ref>}}
Tarkin still owed Vader a favor for capturing Lee-Char on Mon Cala. After some time, Vader came to Tarkin with his request, and, as he learned of Tarkin's hunting, Vader asked Tarkin to hunt him down. Vader told him to keep him on his feet, killing him if he had to. Tarkin was shocked at this and began considering why Vader would ask him to hunt him. Tarkin looked through the reports from the Inquisitorius and saw that Vader's hunt for the Jedi had left him with little to no challenge. Tarkin deduced that Vader wanted to be challenged again and was flattered that he had chosen him.<ref name="Darth Vader 18" />

[[File:Darth_Vader_Dark_Lord_of_the_Sith_18_textless_cover.png|thumb|right|250px|With so few Jedi left, Darth Vader requested that Grand Moff Tarkin hunt him to provide himself with a challenge.]]
The hunt took place on the Outer Rim planet [[Chandar's Folly]], and Tarkin immediately began trying to take on the Dark Lord of the Sith. Knowing of Vader's brutal abilities, Tarkin outfitted the hunters with [[slugthrower]]s and [[flamethrower]]s to avoid the possibility of Vader deflecting their shots. On the second day, they cornered Vader at a copse of [[Thurian tree]]s, and four hunters engulfed him with their flamethrowers. As Tarkin watched Vader get covered by the flames, he thought he saw fear in his body language. Vader's possible fear was brief, however, as he targeted the hunters' flamethrowers, incinerating the four hunters. Through the following days, Tarkin saw that Vader was not hard to track, leaving clear signs wherever he went. They learned why as on multiple occasions Vader ambushed them. On one occasion, Tarkin and his hunters were tracking Vader near a cliff when he revealed himself and killed one of the hunters with his. Two others fired on him but failed to kill him.<ref name="Darth Vader 18" />

Tarkin realized that as long as Vader had his lightsaber, he could not be beaten. So over the course of the next four days, he attempted to steal Vader's weapon. After six men perished, one of Tarkin's hunters managed to snatch it out of Vader's grip while he was fighting. After this, Tarkin saw that not only was Vader turning to new tactics, he was angrier. Tarkin knew that enraged prey was usually easier to take out, but he admitted that this rule did not apply to Vader. Soon after, Vader fought five of Tarkin's hunters as they fired on him, hitting him many times and scarring his armor. Tarkin watched from a hilltop as Vader came close to the hunters and used the Force to snap one's neck. The other hunters retreated, and Vader Force-choked another to death. Once understanding how capable Vader was with the Force, Tarkin assumed that the hunt would soon end. However, Tarkin soon realized that Vader was so keen on getting back his lightsaber, that so long as Tarkin's team hunted him, he hunted them.<ref name="Darth Vader 18" />

On the ninth day of the hunt, Tarkin was down to his last seven hunters. Vader managed to kill a [[Valath]], the apex predator on the planet, and take its hide, which could help him camouflage better. One of Tarkin's [[Chadra-Fan]] hunters, [[Sissian]], spotted Vader northwest of Tarkin's camp, and the hunter [[Yerga]] notified Tarkin of this. Tarkin got his [[binoculars]] and saw Vader on top of a peak wearing the Valath hide. Tarkin had his hunters form a group around him, and they walked in Vader's direction. Vader lured them into a ravine of blue crystals, where his breathing could echo and be untraceable by Sissian and his grandfather, [[Hardhear]]. Hardhear heard Vader's breathing, but although he could say Vader was near, he could not say which direction. Vader loomed over them at the top of the ravine and watched as Tarkin ordered his team to run. The group ran down the ravine, and Vader made his move, Force-pushing one of the hunters into the ravine wall. Vader then Force-choked Hardhear before leaping down, under the cover of his Valath hide, and attacking the droid hunter.<ref name="Darth Vader 18" />

[[File:VaderStruck-2017DarthVader18.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader was hit by the lightning of the Stormlands.]]
Tarkin had the rest of his team run into the [[Stormlands]], where it was open ground. They set up camp, and Sissian listened for Vader's breathing. However, Vader had deactivated his suit, which stopped his breathing apparatus from giving him away, and he slowly crept up to the camp, before Force choking Sissian. Yerga attempted to attack Vader, but he took her by the neck and killed her. The last two hunters opened fire, and Vader used the Force to retake his lightsaber. Tarkin then jumped at the two hunters and slaughtered them. Tarkin ran away from Vader, but after realizing he would catch up with him eventually, he stopped and fell to his knees. Vader loomed over him, not realizing that as he was standing higher than Tarkin, he was more susceptible to the lightning in the Stormlands.<ref name="Darth Vader 18" />

Without warning, Vader was struck by lightning and he fell to the ground. Tarkin got up and contacted his flagship, the ''[[Carrion Spike]]'', to pick them up. Tarkin sat by Vader and waited for the ''Carrion Spike'' to arrive. The corvette soon approached them, being frequently struck by lightning due to its height in the Stormlands. Vader remained immobile and Tarkin told him that whatever he had hoped to learn from this madness, he hoped he had learned it. Tarkin then told Vader that he would get him to a repair bay soon enough. However, Vader was not finished yet, and he Force-choked Tarkin, showing him that he had not lost just yet. Tarkin soon crawled from the range of Vader's Force abilities, and Vader continued lying there.<ref name="Darth Vader 18" />

====Hunt for Eeth Koth and rogue Inquisitors====
{{Quote|Fear. Anger. Resentment. I sense them in you. You have let yourself ''feel'', Eeth Koth. It gives you ''power''. More than the Jedi would ever have allowed you.''"<br />"''Perhaps it's the Zabrak in me. Or perhaps&hellip;now I have something to lose.|Darth Vader duels Eeth Koth|<ref name="Darth Vader 19">[[Darth Vader (2017) 19|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 19]]</ref>}}
[[File:DuelWithEethKoth-2017DarthVader19.jpg|thumb|right|272px|Vader dueling Eeth Koth]]
Vader, along with the [[Fifth Brother]], [[Tualon Yaluna]], and the [[Thirteenth Sister]] Inquisitors,<ref name="Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade">''[[Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade]]''</ref> was able to [[Hunt for Eeth Koth|track]] down former Jedi Master and Council member Eeth Koth to a [[Unidentified planet (Eeth Koth)|planet]] where he was a priest of the [[Church of the Ganthic Enlightenment]]. Vader approached Koth after the birth of his [[Eeth Koth's daughter|daughter]]. Koth offered Vader codes, secret contact frequencies and a way to find other purge survivors, knowing that he was not a threat to anyone. As Koth's wife and child made their escape, Vader fought Koth. Vader then sent the Fifth Brother and the other Inquisitors after Mira and Koth's daughter, and he continued to fight Koth. After the Inquisitors captured Koth's daughter, Vader killed Koth. He then held Koth's child.<ref name="Darth Vader 19" />

Vader and the Inquisitors took the child to Coruscant, where Vader met with the Grand Inquisitor and gave the child to two nursemaids that belonged to [[Project Harvester]]. Vader then spoke with the Grand Inquisitor about his next target. The Grand Inquisitor told him that there were still a few Jedi left, but they had vanished with no way to find them. He told Vader they would have to wait.<ref name="Darth Vader 19" />

Vader confronted the Twi'lek and Thirteenth Sister in the [[Inquisitorius Headquarters]]. Vader sensed a connection between the two Inquisitors due to their previous mission with Vader. Without the assistance of the other Inquisitors, Vader hunted them down. Vader and two Coruscant Guards searched for the two Inquisitors. After Vader's speeder was destroyed, he continued to pursue them through the skylanes until they all landed on a platform. When the Inquisitors refused to kill him, Vader used the Force to activate their lightsabers and kill them.<ref name="Darth Vader 20">[[Darth Vader (2017) 20|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 20]]</ref>

====Building Fortress Vader====
=====Choosing his own world=====
{{Quote|I have destroyed the remaining Jedi for you. I will perform any other tasks you require. But first&hellip;I ask that you give me a world.|Darth Vader, to Darth Sidious|<ref name="Darth Vader 20" />}}
[[File:NabooRoyalStarship-2017DarthVader20.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader is presented with the Naboo Royal Starship once used by his wife.]]
Vader then informed the Emperor of the two Inquisitors' treachery. Vader told the Emperor that the female Inquisitor allowed Mira and Koth's daughter to briefly escape and only captured the child because she was seen. He also believed they were building a coalition against himself and the Emperor. Despite this, the Emperor was displeased with Vader's pursuit across Coruscant that cost the life of a senator. The Emperor decided to move the Inquisitors to another world. The Emperor asked Vader how Koth tried to hide. Vader said he was posing as a priest, which was the closest thing to a Jedi. Vader was given a reward: Padmé Amidala's Naboo Royal Starship, which a [[P-100 pick-up droid]] reported was in working order inside and only needed around two more days for repairs to the hull to be finished up.<ref name="Darth Vader 20" /> Wanting the exterior of the craft to retain a damaged appearance,<ref name="Darth Vader 21">[[Darth Vader (2017) 21|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 21]]</ref> Vader was content with the current progress and quickly destroyed that droid.<ref name="Darth Vader 20" />

Vader was then ordered by the Emperor to go to Alderaan to deal with Senator Bail Organa. However, to the surprise of his master, Vader refused. Having carried out Palpatine's will for so long, Vader was content to continue to do so, but he first he demanded a world of his own. Rejecting Sidious's offer to give him Tatooine or Naboo, Vader asked to be given Mustafar,<ref name="Darth Vader 20" /> the world where he had been defeated by Kenobi. The Emperor agreed to his request and would send Colonel [[Alva Brenne]] to build a facility for him there. Before leaving for Mustafar, Vader was then shown the [[Mask of Lord Momin|Mask]] of [[Darth Momin]], which Sidious gave him to help with construction. When Vader questioned how his master had learned of a Sith Lord not mentioned in any Sith nor Jedi holocron he had studied, Sidious vaguely answered that the mask itself had told him about Momin.<ref name="Darth Vader 21" />

=====Return to Mustafar=====
{{Quote|Perhaps your Padmé does await you on Mustafar. Perhaps the dark side will bring her to you. Go. I think, one way or another, you will learn a great deal. That is good. After all, your power&hellip;is my power.|Sidious to Vader, before the latter departs for Mustafar|<ref name="Darth Vader 21" />}}
Vader, along with Colonel Brenne and her aide, Lieutenant [[Roggo]], took Vader's Naboo starship to Mustafar. During the flight, Vader saw a vision of his younger self with a face that matched his mask. Upon entering the planet's atmosphere, Vader deactivated the starship's shields and allowed it to burn as they landed. Once on the planet's surface, Vader commented that the ship looked better burnt. He then told Brenne that he was there to understand a great mystery. While Brenne and Roggo got to work designing Vader's castle, Vader returned to the cave where he bled his kyber crystal. As he reached out to the power within the cave's locus, he was presented with a design for the castle from Brenne, which Vader rejected. However, shortly after leaving, Vader heard Brenne scream and returned to the starship to find her dead. He also discovered that Roggo had donned Momin's mask. Vader attacked Roggo, but stopped upon seeing that he had created a new design for the castle.<ref name="Darth Vader 21" /> Removing the mask from Roggo's corpse, Vader took the mask into the cave and placed it upon the locus. He then asked the mask who he was, to which he replied "I am Momin".<ref name="Darth Vader 22">[[Darth Vader (2017) 22|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 22]]</ref>

[[File:SsspLordMomin-2017DarthVader22.jpg|thumb|right|250px|With his spirit surviving in his mask, the ancient Sith Momin claimed to Vader a completed design could restore Padmé Amidala.]]
Momin proceeded to show Vader his entire life, from creating morbid works of art from the deceased to being trained in the ways of the Sith by [[Darth Shaa]]. After killing his master and studying the lore of the dark side, Momin constructed a weapon which, along with his use of the Force, would freeze a city's population forever at the moment of their deaths. However, an attack by the Jedi caused him to lose control, destroying both the city and himself in the process. As a result, Momin's essence became trapped within his mask, forcing him to take on host after host in order to create his art. Vader placed the mask upon his head, but quickly cast it aside and then departed with it from the cave. Once outside, he engaged in a fight with two Mustafarians, one of which he killed and the other he placed the mask upon. With his new body, Momin explained that his design for the castle was actually a key to open a door to the dark side, which Vader could use to reunite with Padmé Amidala. Vader threatened Momin not to offer him things he could not provide and Momin responded that he only wanted another chance to create. Vader accepted Momin's offer, but warned the ancient Sith not to betray him.<ref name="Darth Vader 22" />

Under Momin's guidance, Vader used his Imperial resources to begin construction of his castle. With each new design, Momin insisted that this would be the one to open the door. Though each attempt to do so would subsequently end in failure. And with each failure, Vader would cut down Momin's current body in frustration and place his mask upon a new host. Each new attempt to open the door would also bring ruin to Mustafar itself, prompting the Mustafarians to attack in retaliation. The cycle of creation and destruction carried on<ref name="Darth Vader 23">[[Darth Vader (2017) 23|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 23]]</ref> for two years.<ref name="Vader 14 BBY 12 BBY Chronology Note">''[[Star Wars: Timelines]]'' dates the events of [[Tarkin (novel)|''Tarkin'']] to [[14 BBY]]. According to ''[[Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition]]'', [[Darth Vader (2017) 18|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 18]] takes place after the events of ''Tarkin''. Next, [[Darth Vader (2017) 19|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 19]] featured the [[Second Sister]], who was [[Death|killed]] in ''[[Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]''. The events of ''Fallen Order'' occurred five years after the [[Great Jedi Purge|fall]] of the [[Jedi Order]], which is dated to 19 BBY by ''Star Wars: Galactic Atlas''. Therefore, ''Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order'' is also set in 14 BBY. As ''Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 18'' is between both ''Tarkin'' and ''Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 19'', the events of the issue must take place in 14 BBY. The events of issue 20 take place immediately following issue 19 as well, as issue 21 immediately following the events of issue 20; therefore, issue 22 must also occur in 14 BBY, as it immediately follows the events of issue 21. Finally, ''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary]]'' states that [[Fortress Vader]] was finished forty-six years before the [[Hosnian Cataclysm]], which ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Atlas]]'' dates to [[34 ABY]]. Therefore, the end of the [[fortress]]'s construction, and therefore the events of [[Darth Vader (2017) 23|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 23]], took place in [[12 BBY]], meaning the construction took two years in total.</ref> Vader did not remain on Mustafar for that entire time<ref name="Jedi Fallen Order">''[[Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]''</ref> but always returned to test Momin's latest design.<ref name="Darth Vader 23" />

=====Mission to Nur=====
{{Quote|You have failed me, Inquisitor.|Darth Vader, to the Second Sister|<ref name="Jedi Fallen Order" />}}
Vader controlled the entire [[Mustafar system]].<ref name="Part IV">{{Kenobi|Part IV}}</ref> Concurrent to the construction of Fortress Vader,<ref name="Vader 14 BBY 12 BBY Chronology Note" /> the Inquisitors, due to Vader's destruction caused when he chased the rogue Inquisitors on Coruscant,<ref name="Darth Vader 20" /> moved to a [[Fortress Inquisitorius|similarly designed Fortress]] on the ocean moon of [[Nur]]<ref name="Jedi Fallen Order" /> in the Mustafar system.<ref name="Art Of">''[[The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]''</ref> In 14 BBY,<ref name="Vader 14 BBY 12 BBY Chronology Note" /> Vader [[Mission to Nur|journeyed]] to the Fortress Inquisitorius to retrieve a holocron containing a list of Force-sensitive children, which the [[Second Sister]] had been [[Secret mission to rebuild the Jedi Order|hunting for]]. Instead, he found that the Second Sister had failed to stop surviving Jedi [[Cal Kestis]] and [[Cere Junda]], who was pleading for the Inquisitor to return to the light and apologizing for failing her; during the early Jedi purge, Junda, while under torture by Vader, had revealed the hiding location of Trilla, who became the Second Sister, and a number of younglings under her protection.<ref name="Jedi Fallen Order" />

[[File:Vader-defeats-Cal.png|thumb|left|300px|Darth Vader effortlessly overwhelms the young Jedi Cal Kestis with a Force choke.]]
As Junda and Trillia talked, Vader approached, his breathing alone scaring the Second Sister. Junda also recognized Vader on sight, telling the worried Kestis that he was right to be scared. Executing the Second Sister for her failure and before she could return to the Jedi, Vader used the Force to throw Junda into a pit with little effort, then suggesting to Kestis that he surrender. Regardless, Kestis launched multiple futile lightsaber attacks against Vader only for Vader to effortlessly neutralize all of his assaults and telekinetically choke him. Quickly realizing his disadvantage, Cal fled the encounter, after barely surviving by pulling a piece of machinery at his and Vader's direction, forcing Vader to defend himself from that and toss Cal aside, with Vader in hot pursuit.<ref name="Jedi Fallen Order" />

Despite Cal managing to escape from Vader moments before he could enter the elevator, Vader soon managed to catch up to him just as he was about to escape the fortress and attacked him. As he quickly gained the upper hand on Kestis and began to overpower him in a blade-lock, Cal's droid, [[BD-1]], attempted to short-circuit Vader's life-support suit, forcing Vader to disengage and stop the droid. Before he could crush BD-1, Cal made use of the distraction to impale Vader in the mid-section, only for Vader to retaliate by tossing Cal aside once again with the Force and as Cal desperately attempted to fight back and summon his lightsaber back, Vader stopped Cal's lightsaber before it could return to his hand and once again offered a chance for Cal to surrender the holocron and when Cal refused, Vader simply activated the lightsaber and forced it into Cal's mid-section, the same way that Cal attempted to defeat him.<ref name="Jedi Fallen Order" />

Moments later, Junda reappeared to aid Kestis, only to be easily defeated after a short clash of blades, being flung aside. Commenting on the strength of Junda's hatred, Vader was impressed when Junda was able to temporarily bring him to his knees with the dark side of the Force and commented how he could feel it inside of her. Once Junda resisted his efforts to goad her into the darkness, Vader attempted to kill both her and Kestis, but Junda was able to hold it at bay with a force-barrier long enough for Kestis to use the Force to shatter a number of windows surrounding them, causing water to pour into the complex and forcing Vader to use the Force to hold back the flood, as Kestis grabbed Junda and escaped through the opening.<ref name="Jedi Fallen Order" />

=====Helping fellow troopers=====
Between [[13 BBY]] and [[10 BBY]],<ref name="Target Vader flashback">[[Target Vader 3|''Target Vader'' 3]] depicts a flashback battle in which Darth Vader and a post-[[Mission on Qhulosk]] [[Beilert Valance]], serving as a [[stormtrooper]], appear. As ''[[Star Wars: Timelines]]'' establishes that the mission on Qhulosk occurs in [[13 BBY]] and Valance was discharged from the [[Galactic Empire]] in [[10 BBY]], the battle must occur between those two [[Standard year|years]].</ref> Vader participated in a battle<ref name="Target Vader 3">[[Target Vader 3|''Target Vader'' 3]]</ref> in the Mid Rim,<ref name="Target Vader 5">[[Target Vader 5|''Target Vader'' 5]]</ref> where a few stormtroopers, including the future bounty hunter [[Beilert Valance]], were pinned down by enemy forces. Vader used the force to disarm and then kill the enemies with the blades from their own weapons. When the troops looked confused, Vader emerged from a fire and told them to march onwards.<ref name="Target Vader 3" />

=====The final castle=====
{{Quote|Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.|A voice during Darth Vader's vision|<ref name="Darth Vader 25">[[Darth Vader (2017) 25|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 25]]</ref>}}
In [[12 BBY]],<ref name="Vader 14 BBY 12 BBY Chronology Note" /> Momin's ninth design for Fortress Vader was constructed, which Vader stated would be his final chance. Upon activating this castle, Vader found that he was finally able to open the door. However, before he could enter, he was informed of another attack by the Mustafarians. And while Vader dealt with the attackers, Momin took the opportunity to open the door himself. He then summoned his younger self from the past and placed his mask upon him, thus finally creating his masterpiece; himself.<ref name="Darth Vader 23" />

Leaving the battle, Vader reentered the castle while the Mustafarians continued their attack. Upon returning to the locus, he used the Force to unleash a devastating attack, wiping out the rest of the Mustafarians. Vader was then met in combat by Momin, who mocked Vader for thinking he could control the dark side. As he chastised the Dark Lord for his ignorance about the Force, Vader used the Force to ram Momin with a rock, crushing his new body and killing him. With Momin dead, Vader finally opened the door and stepped inside.<ref name="Darth Vader 24">[[Darth Vader (2017) 24|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 24]]</ref>

[[File:LetThePastDie-2017DarthVader25.png|thumb|right|250px|The spirit of Darth Vader in a realm beyond the physical body.]]
Abandoning his physical body, Vader entered a realm in which he experienced visions of his past, present, and future. He saw himself as a child haunted by the very form of what he would become. Becoming a child once again, he gradually grew up along with the memories of his upbringing. After experiencing a vision of him dueling his former apprentice Ahsoka Tano, Vader entered another vision of the Jedi Temple and fought against the specters of various Jedi. After disposing of them, Vader journeyed further into the Temple until coming upon the forms of Sheev Palpatine and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who both claimed to be his father. After killing Kenobi, the vision of Palpatine motioned at Vader to stand down, to which Vader responded with a barrage of Force lightning that destroyed the specter.<ref name="Darth Vader 25" />

Finally, Vader found himself on a balcony with a vision of Amidala standing before him. Vader, now in the form of Anakin Skywalker, told Amidala to come with him. However, Amidala simply told him that Anakin Skywalker was dead before leaping from the balcony. Vader screamed in agony as the specter of Amidala was destroyed by a bolt of lightning. He then saw a beacon of blue light in the distance. Within the beacon was a figure who activated a blue lightsaber, pushing Vader back and returning him to his body. After awakening in the castle and retrieving his lightsaber, Vader destroyed the dark side locus, sealing off the door,<ref name="Darth Vader 25" /> because he was unable to restore his wife.<ref name="Encyclopedia Maul">{{EncyclopediaCite|Darth Maul and Other Followers of the Dark Side}}</ref>

Sometime later, Vader contacted his master and informed him that he was still alive. The Emperor asked Vader if he would return to Coruscant, to which Vader said he soon would. The Emperor then asked Vader if the truth he learned of on Mustafar was what he needed. Vader then hung up and, while standing in front of the finally completed [[Fortress Vader]], answered "Yes".<ref name="Darth Vader 25" /> Vader went on to return Momin's mask to Sidious, who placed it in his personal [[yacht]], the ''[[Imperialis]]'', under the watch of two Royal Guards.<ref name="Encyclopedia Maul" />

===Hunting Kenobi===
====Duel on Mapuzo====
{{Quote|What have you become?''"<br />"''I am what you made me.|Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader|<ref name="Part III">{{Kenobi|Part III}}</ref>}}
In [[9 BBY]],<ref name="9 BBY Timeline">{{KenobiDate|III|the skirmish on Mapuzo}}</ref> Vader at last had a chance for his [[Battle on Mapuzo|long-awaited rematch]] with Kenobi<ref name="Part III" /> after an [[Inquisitor]] known as the Third Sister&mdash;who was obsessed with finding Kenobi<ref name="Part II">{{Kenobi|Part II}}</ref> because she was in fact the youngling Reva, who wanted to use Kenobi as bait to get close to Vader and enact revenge for his slaughter at the Jedi Temple years before<ref name="Part V" />&mdash;arranged for the [[Ambush on Alderaan|kidnapping of Leia Organa]] to [[Search for Princess Leia|draw]] Kenobi to the planet [[Daiyu]]. Although he escaped with Organa, the Third Sister told Kenobi that Skywalker had survived his injuries. As Kenobi grabbled with the information, Vader awoke in his bacta tank<ref name="Part II" /> in Fortress Vader on Mustafar. Assembling his suit, Vader moved to his [[Vader's throne room|throne room]] and spoke to the Third Sister via hologram, demanding to know where Kenobi was. Dismissing the apparent death of the Grand Inquisitor, whom Reva had stabbed in her desire to claim credit for Kenobi's capture herself, Vader ordered her to prove herself capable, with the position of Grand Inquisitor as her reward should she succeed.<ref name="Part III" /> In truth, he knew the Third Sister was the youngling Reva and that she intended to betray him, but Vader kept her alive so long as she was useful.<ref name="Part V" />

[[File:Your-pain-has-just-begun.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader declares to Obi-Wan Kenobi that he will suffer as he burns his former mentor.]]
Vader also warned the Third Sister that if she failed, she would not live to regret it. Later, Vader was informed that Obi-Wan was on [[Mapuzo]]. Vader arrived with his three Inquisitors and a squad of stormtroopers and walked through the streets of the settlement, terrorizing and killing random civilians in order to draw Obi-Wan out. Vader pursued the Jedi Master into the quarry. Horrified at what had become of his former apprentice, Obi-Wan tried to flee, but Vader ambushed him. Vader taunted Obi-Wan with regards to his lost strength, and Obi-Wan attempted to flee again. Once again, Vader caught up to Obi-Wan, this time lifting him with the Force, as he ignited flammable rocks with his lightsaber. Promising to make Obi-Wan suffer, Vader lowered Obi-Wan to the ground and dragged him through the flames, scorching him. Vader extinguished the flames as a squad of stormtroopers arrived. Vader ordered Obi-Wan brought to him, but before the stormtroopers could comply, a hidden [[Tala Durith]] opened fire, killing several stormtroopers and reigniting the flammable rocks. This gave [[NED-B]] the opportunity to retrieve Obi-Wan and for Tala to escape with the injured Jedi.<ref name="Part III" />

Following the successful rescue of Leia from Fortress Inquisitorius, Vader angrily made to kill the Third Sister, lifting her into the air with the Force and choking her while reminding her that she was warned what would happen if she failed. Vader allowed her to speak, which enabled her to reveal that she had planted a tracker on Leia's droid, [[L0-LA59|Lola]], which would reveal the location of the [[Hidden Path]] network. Vader acknowledged that he had underestimated the Third Sister, and spared her, though he warned her that he would not tolerate any further mistakes.<ref name="Part IV" />

====Attacking Jabiim====
{{Quote|He was wise to use you against me.|Darth Vader to Third Sister|<ref name="Part III" />}}
Aboard the ''Devastator'', Vader reflected on a long ago training duel against Kenobi in the Jedi Temple as the Jedi's Padawan before his [[Unidentified Devastator captain|captain]] alerted him to the Third Sister's arrival. Ordering the pleasantries dispensed with, Vader demanded to know Obi-Wan's location. The Third Sister reported that he had been tracked to [[Jabiim]]. Satisfied, Vader demanded that the Third Sister kneeled before him, and he promoted her to the rank of Grand Inquisitor. He then ordered the bridge captain to set a course for Jabiim.<ref name="Part V" />

[[File:RevaStrikesOut-OWKpV.png|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader effortlessly holds back the Third Sister's strike.]]
En route to Jabiim, Vader ordered the Path's base locked down. The Third Sister warned Vader that if they trapped them, their opponents could hold out for several days. Vader responded that he did not intend to break their enemies. After the Third Sister and her forces secured the Path's hangar, Vader arrived on the surface. The Third Sister told him that Kenobi was inside, but Vader stated that he wished to bring him in himself. Vader forced his way into the hangar and found a transport attempting to leave. He used the Force to ground it and rip it apart, only to find that it was a decoy and the real transport with the Path&mdash;and Kenobi&mdash;aboard took off successfully. The Jedi Master had remembered the old training duel where his Padawan had shown shortsightedness because of his anger, which inspired him to exploit Vader's ruthlessness and single-minded focus.<ref name="Part V" />

The Third Sister attempted to use that moment as a distraction to stab Vader, but Vader used the Force to stop her blade, stating that Kenobi was wise to use her against him. Vader hurled her aside, but she charged at him again, and he used the Force to deflect her blade and throw her. The Third Sister activated her lightsaber's twin blade spinning mode, but Vader used the Force to stall the blades rotation, and then ripped her saber from her grip. Vader detached her lightsaber into two singular hilts, and tossed one on the ground at the Third Sister's feet, taunting her. She retrieved the weapon and continued to attack Vader, but the Sith Lord quickly disarmed her again, before stabbing her in the abdomen. As she collapsed, the Grand Inquisitor arrived, revealing he had survived, and Vader stated that he had known her intent for some time, but had decided to allow it because it was useful in the hunt for Kenobi. Vader declared that the Third Sister was no longer useful, and he and the Grand Inquisitor left her to die.<ref name="Part V" />

====The second rematch====
{{Quote|Anakin&hellip;''"<br />"''Anakin is gone. I am what remains.''"<br />"''I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Anakin. For all of it.''"<br />"''I am not your failure, Obi-Wan. You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. ''I'' did. The same way, I will ''destroy'' you.''"<br />"''Then my friend is truly dead. Goodbye, Darth.|Obi-Wan Kenobi says goodbye to Darth Vader|<ref name="Part VI">{{Kenobi|Part VI}}</ref>}}
[[File:KenobiVaderCrossBlades-OWKpVI.png|thumb|left|300px|Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi dueled once more.]]
Vader returned to the ''Devastator'' as it pursued the Path's freighter. Kenobi left the Path's freighter on a drop ship with Lola. Against the advice of the Grand Inquisitor, who stated that he should continue the pursuit of the Path's ship, Vader ordered the ''Devastator'' after Kenobi to a rocky moon. Vader departed the ''Devastator'' alone aboard a shuttle<ref name="Part VI" /> and chased Kenobi above the moon's [[Unidentified barren moon's dry lands|moon's dry lands]]<ref name="Sideshow Vader Iron">{{IronStudiosCite|set=Art Scale Battle Diorama Series|packtype=1:10 Scale Statue|pack=Darth Vader|link=collectibles/star-wars-darth-vader-iron-studios-912315}}</ref> before landing in<ref name="Part VI" /> those dry lands,<ref name="Sideshow Vader Iron" /> where he confronted Kenobi and asked if his former master was there to destroy him. Kenobi replied that he will do as he must before igniting his lightsaber. Vader vowed that Kenobi would die and the two engaged in a lightsaber duel, with Vader utilizing a combination of one-handed and two-handed combat, that passed from the dry lands into<ref name="Part VI" /> a [[labyrinth of rock pinnacles]].<ref name="Sideshow Vader Iron" /> During the duel, Kenobi attempted to collapse a pinnacle on Vader, who stopped it with the Force. Remarking that Kenobi's strength had returned since their last duel but that his weakness remained, Vader hurled the pinnacle at Kenobi before resuming their duel.<ref name="Part VI" />

Vader collapsed the ground beneath Kenobi and hurled rocks to keep him down there. Before leaving, Vader taunted Kenobi for thinking that he could win against his former apprentice. However, Kenobi, drawing on his desire to protect Anakin's children, managed to break free and charged at Vader again. On the offensive, Kenobi used his superior use of Soresu and the more aggressive Ataru utilized by his late master, Qui-Gon Jinn to overwhelm the Sith Lord before using the Force to hurl Vader against a rock. With Vader stunned, Kenobi pummeled him with a maelstrom of rocks then reengaged the duel, critically damaging Vader's chest plate with multiple strikes from his lightsaber's pommel and slashing him across the back before pushing him back with the Force again. Finally, Kenobi leapt at Vader, striking the left side of his helmet with his lightsaber and revealing the scarred face of Anakin beneath. Kenobi addressed him as Anakin Skywalker, prompting Vader to respond that Anakin was gone and that he was what remained.<ref name="Part VI" />

[[File:EvilAniVaderFace-OWKpVI.png|thumb|right|300px|Vader addresses Kenobi from beneath his damaged helmet.]]
Kenobi was visibly distraught and apologized to Anakin. Vader replied that he was not Kenobi's failure and that Kenobi did not kill Anakin: instead, Vader replied that he killed Anakin and vowed to destroy Kenobi as well. With that, Kenobi was left to believe his friend was truly dead before bidding Vader, whom he simply called "Darth," farewell. As Kenobi left, Vader called out to him while trying to rise to his feet, unable to catch Kenobi before he slipped through his grasp once more.<ref name="Part VI" /> Vader was left with the belief that he had been but a learner in their latest duel, convincing him to increase his strength to cement his power over Kenobi for whenever their next encounter came.<ref name="Episode IV" /> Vader's suit was repaired and he returned to Fortress Vader, where he conferred with the Emperor via hologram, stating that he had dispatched probes along all possible routes and that Kenobi would not escape him again. The Emperor noticed Vader's agitation and suggested that Vader could not move beyond his past. Vader, seeing the threat hidden in Palpatine's reply, affirmed that Kenobi meant nothing to him and that he only served the Emperor.<ref name="Part VI" />

===Attack on the Archive===
{{Quote|It’s been a while. I was hoping you drowned on Nur when we blew a hole in your underwater base.''"<br />"''It is delusional to think your actions have had any consequence. The Fortress stands. The Inquisitorius continues its work. And I have come for you.|Cere Junda and Darth Vader|<ref name="Survivor">''[[Star Wars Jedi: Survivor]]''</ref>}}
[[File:Survivor-CereVaderduel.png|thumb|left|300px|Darth Vader duels a prepared Cere Junda, who managed to hold back the Sith Lord for a time.]]
After [[Bode Akuna]], secretly a Jedi Purge survivor, tipped off the Empire about the location of [[the Archive]] on the holy moon of [[Jedha]], Vader launched an [[raid on the Archive|assault]], acting long before Akuna's superior, [[Lank Denvik]] of the ISB, intended to attack. During the attack, he breached the burning Archive and came face-to-face with Cere Junda once more, beginning a heated duel between the Sith Lord and the prepared Jedi Master, whose skills had grown considerably since their battle on Nur; having let go of her fear, Junda proved to be a challenge for Vader over the course of their duel, during which Vader also used the various Jedi texts around them as projectiles. As the conflict continued, Vader managed to back Junda into a shelf, but she rolled out of his next strike in time to send the entire shelf crumbling down onto him. After a moment, a damaged Vader rose from the flaming wreckage and re-engaged Junda. The duel would end after Junda managed to Force push Vader against another shelf and rushed to stab him, but Vader managed to strike her through the chest, ending the conflict with injuries but leaving Junda dead. Vader later traveled to the [[II-0810 Satellite Station]], where he killed Denvik for treason.<ref name="Survivor" />

===Chase over Ryarten===
In [[6 BBY]],<ref name="Chio flashback date">''[[Star Wars: Timelines]]'' dates the events of [[Target Vader 4|''Target Vader'' 4]] to [[1 BBY]]. As ''Target Vader'' 4 establishes that [[Chio Fain]]'s flashbacks above Ryarten take place five [[Standard year|years]] before, they must take place in [[6 BBY]].</ref> two starships were trying to escape above [[Ryarten]]. They had sliced into property of the Empire, and thus became a target. Vader pursued them in his TIE fighter, along with a group of other TIEs. One of the starships intentionally let themselves get blown up from TIE fire, allowing the other starship to escape. The starship that was blown up was piloted by [[Rone]], the partner of [[Chio Fain]] who piloted the other starship. Fain would hold a hatred for the Empire due to this, and especially against Darth Vader himself.<ref name="Target Vader 4">[[Target Vader 4|''Target Vader'' 4]]</ref>

===War with the Rebellion===
====Lothal====
{{Quote|We will squeeze Lothal until someone reveals the whereabouts of these traitors.|Darth Vader to Minister Maketh Tua|<ref name="Siege of Lothal" />}}
Vader continued to look for leads on Kenobi's location, albeit in a more patient manner that did not jeopardize his service to the Empire,<ref name="Siege of Lothal" /> as per Sidious's order.<ref name="Part VI" /> In [[5 BBY]],<ref name="Galactic Atlas">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Atlas]]''</ref> the Sith Lord was approached by Sidious, who informed Vader that he had seen a new threat&mdash;the "children of the Force"&mdash;arising against them. Vader then contacted the Grand Inquisitor via hologram to inform him of the Emperor's vision, ordering the Grand Inquisitor to hunt down these children to either press them into Imperial service or be eliminated. The Grand Inquisitor promised Vader that the mission would be done.<ref name="Spark of Rebellion" /> In time, the Grand Inquisitor's focus would be centered on the [[Spectres]] rebel cell that mainly operated around the world of [[Lothal]], as two Jedi worked as part of the cell:<ref name="Call to Action">{{Rebels|Call to Action}}</ref> Order 66 survivor [[Kanan Jarrus]],<ref name="Resolve">{{Rebels|Rebel Resolve}}</ref> who had gone by the name Caleb Dume during the Clone Wars,<ref name="Kanan 7" /> and his Padawan [[Ezra Bridger]]. The failure of the Grand Inquisitor and other Imperial leaders to defeat the Spectres led to Tarkin being deployed to resolve the issue<ref name="Call to Action" /> in [[4 BBY]].<ref name="Timelines" />

After Imperial forces under Tarkin captured Jarrus during the Spectres' [[Raid on the communications tower|raid against]] the [[Imperial Communications Center|Lothal Communications Center]],<ref name="Call to Action" /> he was scheduled to be taken aboard Tarkin's Star Destroyer ''[[Sovereign]]'' to Mustafar,<ref name="Resolve">{{Rebels|Rebel Resolve}}</ref> where he would be taken to Fortress Vader.<ref name="Ghosts of Geonosis Recon">{{RebelsRecon|NM7pTSxJKyY|#3.11: Inside "Ghosts of Geonosis" &#124; Star Wars Rebels|sw_url=video/rebels-recon-inside-ghosts-of-geonosis}}</ref> By that point, Jarrus had indeed heard rumors that Mustafar was where Jedi went "to die," which he told to his fellow rebel [[Hera Syndulla]].<ref name="Resolve" /> However, over Mustafar, the union of multiple rebel cells into a growing rebel alliance was [[Action at Mustafar|revealed]] when the Spectres were rescued by the [[Phoenix Squadron]], with the Grand Inquisitor also being killed aboard Tarkin's crippled Star Destroyer. As rumors of what had happened over Mustafar became known, riots and uprisings began to occur on several worlds, including Lothal. The Emperor, concerned at the rise in rebel activity, sent Vader to Lothal with Tarkin to end the growing rebellion.<ref name="Fire Across the Galaxy">{{Rebels|Fire Across the Galaxy}}</ref> Vader also made sure the Grand Inquisitor's service was not yet finished: Vader prevented the Inquisitor's spirit from passing into the [[Netherworld of the Force]] and forced him to stand guard over a [[Jedi outpost (Tempes)|Jedi outpost]] on [[Tempes]] as a trap for any would-be Jedi searching for artifacts. With that, the Inquisitor's spirit eternally suffered from the flames<ref name="Star Wars (2020) 6">[[Star Wars (2020) 6|''Star Wars'' (2020) 6]]</ref> of the ''Sovereign''<ref name="Fire Across the Galaxy" /> yet was not allowed to die.<ref name="Star Wars (2020) 6" />

[[File:Kanan_and_Ezra_face_Darth_Vader.png|thumb|right|293px|During his mission to end the rebels in Lothal, Vader faced the Jedi Kanan Jarrus and his Padawan Ezra Bridger.]]
Arriving on Lothal, Vader stepped off a [[Sentinel-class landing craft|''Sentinel''-class landing craft]] with Tarkin and passed<ref name="Fire Across the Galaxy" /> high-ranking ISB [[Agent]] [[Alexsandr Kallus]]. Shortly thereafter, Kallus was assigned to report directly to the Sith Lord.<ref name="Deadly Battles">''[[Ultimate Sticker Collection: Star Wars Rebels: Deadly Battles]]''</ref> In an effort to track down the root of the rebel problem, Vader concocted an elaborate trap in which he intended to track the Spectres back to their primary base of operations. Sometime into the siege, Vader met with Kallus and Minister [[Maketh Tua]] to discuss his plans with dealing with the Spectres. During this meeting, he informed Tua that Tarkin intended to hold her accountable for her failure to stop the rebels. Fearing for her life, Tua contacted the Spectres, promising them information in exchange for smuggling her off of Lothal before her meeting with Tarkin. The rebels agreed and returned to Lothal. However, Vader had intended for Tua to contact the rebels in order to lure them back to Lothal and saw to it that a bomb was placed on Tua's shuttle. Once the rebels arrived, they attempted to escape the planet with Tua in her shuttle, only for the bomb to go off as Tua boarded the ship, killing the Minister.<ref name="Siege of Lothal" />

Immediately after the incident, Vader had it broadcast all over the planet that the rebels had assassinated Tua in order to discredit them. Vader then ordered Kallus to [[Siege of Lothal|lock down the planet's spaceport]] and publicly announce that any ship attempting to reach orbit would be destroyed. Vader knew that the lockdown, combined with the populace's mistrust of the rebels, would essentially guarantee that they would need to steal a ship in order to escape. As such, he provided a tempting target at the local Imperial garrison; a shuttle capable of hyperspace travel. When the rebels attempted to steal it, Vader confronted them with a small group of stormtroopers. Vader engaged the rebels' Jedi members, Jarrus and Bridger, while his troops engaged in a small scale firefight with the other rebels. As his intent was for the rebels to escape, Vader lazily toyed with the two Jedi while their cohorts attempted to launch the shuttle.<ref name="Siege of Lothal" />

The confrontation came to an end when two of the rebels threw [[thermal detonator]]s at a number of walkers on the landing pad, damaging their legs and scattering the stormtroopers underneath them. When Vader glanced up at the collapsing walkers, Ezra and Kanan combined their power to telekinetically push him into the path of the falling war machines. Believing him to be dead, the two rebels were instead astounded to see Vader, completely unharmed, use the Force to lift both of the walkers off of himself and drop them behind him. Recognizing that they were hopelessly outmatched, Kanan ordered Ezra to run with him to the commandeered shuttle. Hoping to prevent Vader from pursuing them, [[Sabine Wren]] fired a number of blaster bolts at Vader. He reflected two of them back into her chest and helmet but made no attempt to board the shuttle or otherwise stop it. After the shuttle successfully launched, one of the stormtroopers who had been present for the confrontation assured Vader that he would scramble fighters immediately to intercept it.<ref name="Siege of Lothal" />

[[File:Vader_attacks_the_Phoenix_fleet.png|thumb|left|277px|Vader engages Phoenix Squadron]]
However, Vader informed him that doing so would not be necessary, as he believed that the rebels would not attempt to leave the planet for some time. Vader later ordered Kallus to destroy [[Lothal re-settlement camp 43|Tarkintown]] in order to draw out the rebels or, failing that, to demoralize them. Shortly thereafter, the rebels used the stolen shuttle to escape the planet and rendezvous with the rebel fleet. However, Vader had placed a tracking device on board the shuttle, and mere minutes after the rebels had reached the fleet, [[Darth Vader's TIE Advanced|Vader's]] [[TIE Advanced x1]] fighter dropped out of hyperspace and [[Attack on Phoenix Squadron (4 BBY)|attacked Phoenix Squadron]]. The rebel CO deployed the [[RZ-1 A-wing interceptor|A-wing interceptors]] of [[Phoenix Squadron]], but they were unexpectedly decimated by Vader's lone assault. Weaving through the defensive screen of fighters, Vader attacked the rebel [[command ship]], ''[[Phoenix Home]]'', disabling it in short order.<ref name="Siege of Lothal" />

====The apprentice lives====
{{Quote|The apprentice lives.|Darth Vader senses Ahsoka Tano|<ref name="Siege of Lothal" />}}
The Spectres quickly boarded their ship, the ''[[Ghost]]'', and fought back against the Dark Lord. However, neither the ''Ghost'' nor the remainder of Phoenix Squadron could land so much as a hit on Vader's craft, and he continued to bombard the now-crippled ''Phoenix Home'' while picking off interfering fighters at his leisure. With its fighter escort all but destroyed and its weapons, shields, and engines disabled, the rebel command ship appeared to be doomed as Vader prepared for a final assault. However, on board the ''Ghost'', Ahsoka Tano decided to combine her powers with Kanan's in order to probe Vader's mind with the Force. The probe enabled Ahsoka to see deeply enough into Vader's mind for her to recognize him as her former master, and for Vader to recognize the one probing him as his former apprentice. Ahsoka promptly lost consciousness as a result of the psychic backlash of the probe but Vader was unaffected.<ref name="Siege of Lothal" />

Upon discovering Ahsoka's presence aboard the rebel craft, Vader's priorities immediately changed. In an unexpected turn of good fortune for the rebels, Vader broke off what would have been a killing run at ''Phoenix Home'' in favor of engaging the [[VCX-100 light freighter]]. As Vader peppered the ''Ghost'' with blaster fire, Kanan and [[Hera Syndulla]] managed to convince [[Jun Sato]] to evacuate ''Phoenix Home'' as Admiral [[Kassius Konstantine]] entered the system with three Star Destroyers. The Admiral contacted Vader in order to receive instructions, and Vader ordered Konstantine to block the ''Ghost''{{'s}} escape, but not to fire at it, as he wanted the rebels aboard it alive. Meanwhile, the crew of ''Phoenix Home'' abandoned the crippled command ship and fled the system with the tattered remains of the rebel fleet. As Vader closed in on the ''Ghost'', it jumped to hyperspace just as the Destroyers activated their [[tractor beam]]s, catching Vader instead of the ''Ghost''.<ref name="Siege of Lothal" />

[[File:The_Siege_of_Lothal_Vader_kneels_before_the_Emperor.png|thumb|right|270px|Darth Vader contacts the Emperor to inform his Sith Master of the survival of Ahsoka Tano.]]
Following his victory, Vader boarded Konstantine's Destroyer and contacted the Emperor. He informed his master that he had "broken" the rebels, but the elder Sith Lord sensed disquiet in his apprentice's emotions. Vader then revealed to the Emperor that he had discovered that Tano was alive, and told his master that he believed that she was in league with the rebels. Pleased by this news, the Emperor declared that she could lead the two Sith Lords to other Jedi who survived Order 66. Vader immediately postulated that Kenobi might be amongst them, to which the Emperor concurred; if Kenobi was still alive. The Emperor urged Vader to be patient, and instructed him to send another Inquisitor to hunt the rebels down.<ref name="Siege of Lothal" />

As per his master's orders, Vader assigned the Fifth Brother the task,<ref name="Relics of the Old Republic">{{Rebels|Relics of the Old Republic}}</ref> with the [[Seventh Sister]] also joining the hunt<ref name="Always Two There Are">{{Rebels|Always Two There Are}}</ref> on Vader's order. He made it clear to both they were not to fail.<ref name="Deadly Battles" /> After several unsuccessful attempts to capture the rebel Jedi, the Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister pursued Jarrus, Bridger, and Tano to a still-standing [[Lothal Jedi Temple|Jedi Temple on Lothal]]<ref name="Shroud of Darkness" /> in [[3 BBY]].<ref name="Timelines" /> Though the rebels managed to flee, the Inquisitors informed Vader of their discovery. Vader came to inspect the site, informing them that the Emperor would be most pleased by their discovery. The Inquisitors warned Vader that the Jedi were becoming more powerful, but he retorted it would be their undoing.<ref name="Shroud of Darkness" />

====Duel on Malachor====
{{Quote|Ahsoka...! Ahsoka...''"<br />"''Anakin... I won't leave you. Not this time.''"<br />"''...Then you will ''die''.|Darth Vader and Ahsoka Tano|<ref name="Twilight of the Apprentice">{{Rebels|Twilight of the Apprentice}}</ref>}}
Afterwards, Vader [[Mission to Malachor|dispatched]] the Fifth Brother, the Seventh Sister, and the [[Eighth Brother]] to hunt down Maul, who had been stranded on [[Malachor]] and had been studying its [[Sith temple]] for years; he himself arrived after Bridger had activated the [[Malachor superweapon|superweapon]] with the [[Sith holocron]]. With his Inquisitors having all been killed by Maul, Vader chose to personally retrieve the holocron and take possession of the superweapon. Perched on the roof of his TIE Advanced x1, he leaped from the fighter and landed in front of Bridger. After a brief verbal exchange, Vader quickly disarmed the young Jedi by destroying [[Ezra Bridger's lightsaber|his lightsaber]] and prepared to execute him, but before he could do so, he was interrupted by Ahsoka Tano.<ref name="Twilight of the Apprentice" />

[[File:Master_versus_the_apprentice.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Vader duels with his former apprentice, Ahsoka Tano.]]
Vader offered his former apprentice clemency in exchange for the location of any surviving Jedi, but Tano claimed that there were no more Jedi; that Vader and his [[Inquisitor]]s had [[Jedi hunter|killed]] them all. Skeptical of her claim, Vader obliquely threatened to torture the information out of Bridger instead. This prompted Tano to proclaim in disgust that while she had begun to suspect that Vader and her former master were one and the same, she could no longer believe that due to Vader's cruelty. Vader replied that Skywalker had been weak and that he himself had destroyed her former master. Tano then swore to avenge Skywalker, but Vader reminded her that revenge was not the Jedi way. But Tano no longer considered herself to be a Jedi, and after informing Vader of this, she attacked him. However, she proved ultimately to be no match for her former master who, after several minutes of intense swordplay, used the Force to [[Force push|blast]] Tano off a ledge. Believing her to have been neutralized, Vader went to retrieve the holocron.<ref name="Twilight of the Apprentice" />

Vader managed to catch up to Jarrus and Bridger before they could board their ship, and used the Force to begin pulling both the holocron and the two Jedi towards him. But before he could seize it, Tano ambushed Vader and managed to slice off the upper right portion of his mask with [[Ahsoka Tano's white lightsabers|her lightsabers]]. With his mask damaged, Vader's voice filter began to malfunction, causing him to wheeze, and when he next spoke, calling out to his former apprentice, it was in a distorted mixture of his real voice and the mechanical baritone imposed by the filter. This and his partially exposed face confirmed to Tano that Vader was indeed her former master. As the Temple locked down, Tano proclaimed she would not abandon him as she had before. Vader paused at this and stared wordlessly at Tano, seemingly conflicted on how he should respond to his old Padawan. However, he quickly regained his composure and snarled that she would die for her choice. The two engaged in combat once more, while Jarrus and Bridger escaped from the chamber enclosing Vader and Tano.<ref name="Twilight of the Apprentice" />

[[File:Then_you_will_die.png|thumb|right|272px|Vader's face beneath his damaged mask]]
After a few moments of battle, locked his blade with Tano's and began to push through her guard. As he prepared to kill her, the energy discharges from the overloading holocron stand suddenly intensified, and Vader glanced up. As he did, a massive blast of power struck the ceiling of the chamber, and Tano used the distraction to push Vader back a step with the Force. She then drove both of her lightsabers into the ground at her feet, causing the floor of the chamber to begin crumbling. Vader quickly recovered from his distraction and aimed a killing stroke at Tano. Unbeknownst to the two combatants, however,<ref name="A World Between Worlds">{{Rebels|A World Between Worlds}}</ref> two years later,<ref name="Timelines" /> Ezra Bridger entered the temple on Lothal and found himself in the [[World Between Worlds]] realm, where he was guided to a portal, which exited at the Sith temple<ref name="A World Between Worlds" /> in 3 BBY,<ref name="Timelines" /> by the convor Morai,<ref name="A World Between Worlds" /> the very same bird Vader had seen on the snowy moon outside Tano's crashed Venator.<ref name="Victory and Death" /> Bridger witnessed the conclusion of Vader's battle with Tano even as his younger self was locked out of the holocron chamber. As Vader swung his lightsaber at Tano, Bridger reached through the portal and yanked her backward into the temple. As a result, Vader's strike missed and the temple floor crumbled, sending Vader plummeting into a pool of light.<ref name="A World Between Worlds" />

From Vader's perspective,<ref name="A World Between Worlds" /> a hand had reached from a portal from nowhere<ref name="Alter Fate">{{Destiny|set=Spark of Hope|cardname=Alter Fate|link=https://swdestinydb.com/card/11112}}</ref> to save Tano. Vader survived the fall and managed to make his way back to the surface, where he was watched by Morai.<ref name="Twilight of the Apprentice" /> After Morai guided Tano<ref name="Artist series 3">{{SWCT|set=Artist Series - Dave Filoni|cardname=3 (Ahsoka Tano)}}</ref>&mdash;who escaped back to her place in time after Sidious reached into the World Between Worlds<ref name="A World Between Worlds" />&mdash;through the depths of the temple<ref name="Artist series 3" /><ref name="Artist series 7">{{SWCT|set=Artist Series - Dave Filoni|cardname=7 (Ahsoka Tano)}}</ref> to reach another portal to the World Between Worlds,<ref name="Artist series 10">{{SWCT|set=Artist Series - Dave Filoni|cardname=10 (Ahsoka Tano)}}</ref> the convor exited the temple and flew out, with Vader watching the bird from the surface.<ref name="Artist series 9">{{SWCT|set=Artist Series - Dave Filoni|cardname=9 (Ahsoka Tano)}}</ref> Believing Tano dead, Vader departed Malachor and returned to his duties in the Empire. Tano's supposed demise marked the end of the Great Jedi Purge.<ref name="Odyssey">''[[The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem]]''</ref>

====Continued rebellion====
In [[2 BBY]]<ref name="Timelines" /> and shortly after the Empire's [[Batonn insurgency|victory]] over the [[Batonn sector insurgency]], Vader arrived at the Imperial Palace on Coruscant and was introduced to the newly promoted [[Grand Admiral]] Thrawn, the very same Chiss officer he had met during the Clone Wars, by the Emperor. When Thrawn stated he was pleased to finally meet the Dark Lord, Vader claimed to feel the same.<ref name="Thrawn novel">[[Thrawn (novel)|''Thrawn'']]</ref> A short time later in 2 BBY,<ref name="Timelines" /> amid Thrawn's [[Lothal campaign|ongoing campaign]]<ref name="Secret Cargo">{{Rebels|Secret Cargo}}</ref> to root out and destroy the growing rebel threat,<ref name="Steps Into Shadow">''[[Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow]]''</ref> the rebellious senator of [[Chandrila]], Mon Mothma, formally rallied numerous rebel cells together under a single banner, the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic]].<ref name="Secret Cargo" /> Fulfilling the fears of Imperials like Tarkin<ref name="Call to Action" /> and Thrawn,<ref name="Steps Into Shadow" /> once disconnected rebel cells began to act as a unified force,<ref name="Secret Cargo" /> marking an official beginning point to the [[Galactic Civil War]],<ref name="POV 203">{{InsiderCite|203|A Certain Point of View}}</ref> although true open warfare would not break out for sometime still.<ref name="In the Name">{{Rebels|In the Name of the Rebellion}}</ref>

During the Galactic Civil War era, stormtrooper lieutenant [[TK-289]] served with Vader.<ref name="FDMSP Asmodee">{{Asmodee|url=products/star-wars-shatterpoint-fear-and-dead-men-squad-pack|text=Star Wars: Shatterpoint - Fear and Dead Men Squad Pack}}</ref> During or after 2 BBY,<ref name="Hard Shutdown Date">"[[Hard Shutdown]]" mentions the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic]], which founded in [[2 BBY]] per ''[[Star Wars: Timelines]]'', and features [[Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader]], who died in [[4 ABY]] per ''Timelines''.</ref> at some point after the Alliance was formed, Darth Vader was lured to HS-197, an abandoned ore-mining moon in the Horox system, by Cyn, the son of Sig Sendvall, a cyberneticist who had worked on Vader’s suit.<ref name="Hard Shutdown">{{StoryCite|story=Hard Shutdown|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 1}}</ref> At another point in that time frame,<ref name="Power Date">"[[Power]]" features the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic]], which founded in [[2 BBY]] per ''[[Star Wars: Timelines]]'', and [[Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader]], who died in [[4 ABY]] per ''Timelines''.</ref> on an unidentified astronomical object, Vader accompanied stormtroopers in their search for a Rebel fugitive. As the troopers destroyed a village to frighten its inhabitants, the Sith Lord interrogated Noegaud, a local bully. A youngling named Niko, whom Noegaud often harassed, witnessed this interaction, leading him to conclude that Noegaud was correct in his belief that the only thing that mattered was power.<ref name="Power">{{StoryCite|story=Power|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 2}}</ref>

Vader once destroyed Blue Squadron, a diaspora of X-wings and A-wings, in his TIE Advanced x1. The Sith Lord then landed, engaging DF.9 turret emplacements and Rebel infantry before bringing down the ''Vellus'', the GR-75 medium transport that the starfighter escort had been protecting. Only one Rebel was left standing, who Vader promptly killed.<ref name="Annihilated">{{StoryCite|story=Annihilated|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 3}}</ref>

====Investigating a disturbance====
{{Quote|Anakin Skywalker is dead.''"<br />"''I know.|Darth Vader and Grand Admiral Thrawn|<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />}}
[[File:Thrawn_Alliances_cover_art.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader was teamed with Grand Admiral Thrawn to look into a disturbance felt around where the two had first met decades prior.]]
Vader and Thrawn crossed paths on Coruscant once more after Thrawn suffered a strategic [[Battle of Atollon|defeat]] on [[Atollon]].<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" /> Although the battle had been a tactical victory, a number of rebels had escaped the Grand Admiral after the [[Bendu]] appeared.<ref name="Zero Hour">{{Rebels|Zero Hour}}</ref> As a result of allowing the rebels to slip through his grip, Vader now held a disdain for the Grand Admiral. Though during this meeting, the two were ordered by the Emperor to the planet Batuu to locate a disturbance in the Force that the Emperor had sensed. While Thrawn brought his own forces on board his Star Destroyer, the ''[[Chimaera]]'', Vader brought a contingent of his personal stormtroopers from the 501st Legion, the [[1st Legion]] with him to assist in tracking down this disturbance at the edge of known space.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />

During their mission, they [[Imperial–Grysk conflict|combated]] the [[Grysk]] species and learned the disturbance was caused by a group of young Chiss Force-sensitives known as, to the surprise of Vader, the "[[Sky-walker]]s." Afterward, Vader came to doubt Thrawn's loyalty to the Empire because of the threats growing against the Chiss in the Unknown Regions. While Thrawn managed to deduce that Skywalker and Vader were one in the same, the Grand Admiral came to think of Vader as being a separate person mentally and that his old ally Skywalker was dead. After telling Thrawn to ensure he kept his promise to the Emperor by ordering him to stay in Imperial space instead of leaving to save his people, Vader came to respect Thrawn's [[TIE/d "Defender" Multi-Role Starfighter]] project, stating he would speak on its behalf to Palpatine and suggesting upgrades for the craft.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" /> On Batuu, Vader's presence near Black Spire was spoken of by locals, with rumors of the legendary Imperial enforcer's visit to Batuu being spoken of for years to come.<ref name="TGTB">''[[Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu]]''</ref>

====Submission to Ahr====
{{Quote|You ''hate'' it. Every time you ''kneel''. Even before ''me''. ''Good''. But this bureaucrat ''knows'' his sector, Lord Vader. With his ''knowledge'', we will ''subdue'' it. So in ''my'' service&hellip;you will obey the governor's ''every order''&hellip;to the ''letter''&hellip;until you have ''learned'' your ''lesson''.|Darth Sidious, to Darth Vader|<ref name="Age of Rebellion" />}}
During the Empire's efforts to [[Pacification of the Esuain sector|subdue]] anti-Imperial forces in a [[Esuain sector|Mid Rim sector]] under Imperial Governor [[Ahr]], Vader participated in an [[Attack on Namzor|attack]] on the planet [[Namzor]], where he eliminated a group of [[Namzor insurgents|insurgents]]. In the process, he destroyed the rebels' stores of [[coaxium]], violating the command of Ahr, who was charged with securing the hyperfuel. The governor brought his frustrations to the Emperor. Sensing Vader's anger, the Emperor commanded his apprentice to follow any and all orders from the governor until Vader had learned his lesson.<ref name="Age of Rebellion" />

[[File:VaderOnPhelzepham-AORDarthVader1.jpg|thumb|right|300x330px|Darth Vader single-handily defeats a Rebel fortress.]]
Ahr took great pleasure in his newfound power, sending Vader on increasingly dangerous missions throughout his [[Esuain sector|sector]]. He sent Vader to [[Attack on Ahn Krantarium|fight]] alone against the renegade droids of [[Ahn Krantarium]], and later retracted his forces on [[Phelzepham]], leaving Vader to [[Attack on Phelzepham|battle]] the moon's [[Phelzepham insurgents|insurgents]] by himself. Though he wished to kill the governor, Vader continued to obey Ahr's commands.<ref name="Age of Rebellion" />

Governor Ahr brought his [[Ahr's Venator-class Star Destroyer|ship]] to the [[Kankalo Belt Containment Zone]], an [[asteroid field]] in which a [[Unidentified creature (Kankalo Belt Containment Zone)|great creature]] resided. He commanded Vader to eliminate "the greatest threat" he could find. Seeing an opportunity, Vader confronted Ahr, recognizing him as his true threat. Before Vader could strike, Ahr ordered the Dark Lord to kneel before him. Vader obeyed, but the creature attacked the vessel, pulling the governor out into the void of space and freeing Vader from his submission.<ref name="Age of Rebellion" />

====Cianap====
{{Quote|Vader to command. Minor system malfunction. I can't fly it back through the battle. Landing on the planet for repairs. End this swiftly or suffer the consequences.|Darth Vader radios in from his TIE fighter|<ref name="Dark visions 1">[[Vader - Dark Visions 1|''Vader - Dark Visions'' 1]]</ref>}}
[[File:VaderHorse-VaderDarkVisions1.png|thumb|left|250px|Vader rode the Cianap riding creature to fight the Ender.]]
Vader led Imperial forces at [[Cianap]] in a [[Battle above Cianap|battle]] against the rebels. During the battle, Vader was targeted by several X-wings but was able to take them out. However, his TIE was damaged when one purposely crashed into him and was forced to crash land on Cianap. Vader then exited his TIE and awoke an [[Ender]] from its [[Slumber]]. The Ender then tried to kill Vader; however, he stabbed one of the Ender's eyes out and tried to cut its back open, only for the Ender to grab him. Vader started to slice the Ender's fingers, but the Ender pushed him into a building and dropped him. The Ender then started to go after a [[Unidentified Cianap native|native]], but Vader rode a [[Unidentified Cianap riding creature|creature]] and saved the native from the Ender. Vader then decapitated the Ender, finally killing it. The native thanked Vader, who then returned to his TIE and was taken aboard a Star Destroyer via tractor beam.<ref name="Dark visions 1" />

====An unwelcome romance====
{{Quote|Darth Vader to the bridge. Come get this garbage out of my quarters.|Darth Vader, upon killing the nurse|<ref name="Dark Visions 3">[[Vader - Dark Visions 3|''Vader - Dark Visions'' 3]]</ref>}}
At some point, Vader had arrived at the Death Star, and made his way to his personal medical bay. As he made way, he barged through a medical cart being tended to by a [[Unidentified Imperial nurse|nurse]], who was flustered due to her infatuation with Vader. Vader underwent treatment from a [[Unidentified Imperial doctor|doctor]] while in the medical bay, but became angered when the nurse from the prior encounter entered the medical bay as Vader was putting his helmet back on. In his anger, Vader force pushed the doctor into the wall, demanding that he control the medical bay or be replaced. The nurse, however, saw Vader's anger as reciprocation of her feelings for him, misconstruing his actions as protection of her. After his bout of rage, Vader exited the medical bay, admonishing the doctor as he attempted to excuse why the appointment had taken so long. The nurse, upon being told to clean up the medical bay, instead stole pieces of Vader's armor as a keepsake, storing it among other discarded pieces of Vader's armor, as well as a vial of his blood.<ref name="Dark Visions 3" />

[[File:VaderDarkVisions3-CoverArt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An obsessive nurse imagined herself in a romance with Darth Vader.]]
A proceeding incident resulted in Vader crash landing on the Death Star in his TIE Advanced x1. Vader made his way to the medical bay once more, demanding the nurse to call in the doctor. The nurse briefly aided Vader, perceiving the moment as intimate, before the doctor himself returned, ordering the nurse to leave as he tended to Vader instead. Vader, impatient, cut his appointment short, leaving to rejoin his prior battle. However, Vader had left his cape behind, which the nurse proceeded to steal and take to her quarters. After the doctor discovered her, he dumped the bits of Vader's armor into the trash compactor. Driven mad, the nurse walked into Vader's quarters, which he had left unlocked out of a belief that no one would enter. Upon seeing the nurse enter his chambers, a helmetless Vader simply stared at her as she confessed her infatuation with him. Momentarily after, Vader stabbed the nurse with his lightsaber, killing her. Vader then put his helmet back on and exited his quarters, contacting the bridge and ordering them to remove her corpse.<ref name="Dark Visions 3" />

====Hunting the Hidden Hand====
On the orders of the Emperor, Vader attacked and killed three lower-level clans working for the [[Hidden Hand]], a crime syndicate known to sell weapons to the Rebellion. He then attacked the [[Lower Bay Docks]] on [[Fikari]], killing most there, questioning the Weequay [[Holaq]] about the whereabouts of the Hidden Hand. Holaq told Vader that none of them would know where the Hidden Hand was. Detailing the way they maintained secrecy, he pled with Vader to believe him. Vader replied that he did and blew up the docks, killing him. He then reported the failure to Palpatine over hologram, who reiterated the importance of taking down the Hidden Hand. The [[Tarsunt]] [[Gwi]], who worked for the crime syndicate, overheard this conversation, and hired a [[Beilert Valance's crew|team]] to [[Hunt for Vader|hunt down and kill Darth Vader]]. At some point, Vader learned of this plot and traveled to the [[Dark Quarter]] on [[Yuw]] to kill bounty hunters and find answers.<ref name="Target Vader 1">[[Target Vader 1|''Target Vader'' 1]]</ref> Later, the captain of the bounty hunter team, Beilert Valance, amplified a signal near [[Arvina]], disguising it as a Hidden Hand signal. Vader arrived on a Star Destroyer in response and it fired on the city below. He then got into his TIE fighter and chased after Valance's team. Their sniper, the Rebel agent [[Gita]], currently disguised as the Tusken Raider "Urrr'k", managed to shoot down two of Vader's support TIEs. This gave the team enough time to escape, leaving Vader to investigate the damage in the city below. Valance had planned to leave data banks behind that would reveal the Hidden Hand's secret outposts, allowing him to get the jump on Vader. However, an informant of Vader's within the crew revealed the bounty hunters' next destination.<ref name="Target Vader 2">[[Target Vader 2|''Target Vader'' 2]]</ref> 

[[File:KillDarthVader-TargetVader3.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader was subject to an assassination attempt by Beilert Valance and his crew during his hunt for the Hidden Hand.]]
Vader followed them to a [[Heva Hidden Hand outpost|Hidden Hand outpost]] on [[Heva]] aboard the ''[[Formidable]]''. Upon arriving, an [[Unidentified Imperial general (Formidable)|Imperial general]] informed Vader that Valance's ship, the ''[[Broken Wing]]'', had been located, and that their informant had gone silent. Vader abruptly told the general to scramble all fighters, much to the general's confusion. Valance's crew had begun remotely piloting a fleet of [[bot-drone]]s towards the ''Formidable''. Vader got into his TIE fighter and pursued the drones as well as the ''Broken Wing''. He shredded the drone fleet, but the drones started to pull away. Vader told his pilots to stay on the leader, as he took out its laser cannons. The drones then formed a large cannon that fired, destroying the ''Formidable''. Despite this Vader stayed locked on the ''Broken Wing'', taking out its engines and causing it to crash-land. Vader landed his TIE fighter and entered the ship, lightsaber drawn. After finding the ship empty, he stood on the roof. [[Dengar]] and [[Honnah]], both members of Valance's crew, fired on the TIE fighters near Vader's ship and destroys them. Vader looks in their direction as the bounty hunters takes aim.<ref name="Target Vader 3" /> However, Valance had a plan that involved an [[electro-pulse]], an [[Electromagnetic pulse|E.M.P.]] device that only worked on contact, so they withheld their fire. Vader used the force to kick up dust around him so that the bunty hunters didn't have a straight shot. One of the bounty hunters, Chio Fain, charges and shoots at him. Vader blocks his fire as well as fire from the other bounty hunters. Fain continued to fight Vader, intent on avenging his partner Rone. As the [[Ardennian]] taunted him, Vader chopped his arms off. Fain then asked Vader how good he was against a [[Gamorrean war ax|Gamorrean battle-ax]], to which Honnah started to attack. Dodging the [[Gamorrean]]'s swings, Vader took a hit from Fain, using his last remaining arm to fire at him. Vader then used the force to push Fain into Honnah's battle-ax, killing him. After taking a shot from Gita, Vader incapacitated her and killed Honnah. Valance took the opportunity and tried to stick the electro-pulse to Vader but was unable to. He was then shocked by Dengar, who had in actuality been working for the Empire and had been Vader's informant.<ref name="Target Vader 4" />

[[File:ValanceChorinReturn-TargetVader5.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader let Valance go so that he would lead him to the Hidden Path's outpost.]]
Vader brought Valance on his Star Destroyer ''[[Vengeance]]'' along with Dengar. He gave the bounty hunter his reward and asked abut the Hidden Hand. Dengar said that he had told Vader everything he knew, and that Valance would not tell him anything more. Vader dismissed him and told him that he knew where to find him, if the Empire ever required his services again. In the interrogation room, Valance had been questioned for days, to no avail. Vader arrived, dismissed interrogation staff and started torturing Valance for answers until he passed out. Once awake, Valance escaped his constraints and killed two guards. Exiting out using their armor and weapons, he was greeted by his ship and Vader. Vader took him to [[Chorin]] and Valance told him how both he and the Empire failed to protect Chorin, creating the Hidden Hand. Vader told him that what remained of his people would be safe. Knowing his history as an Imperial cadet, Vader welcomed him back to the Empire.<ref name="Target Vader 5">[[Target Vader 5|''Target Vader'' 5]]</ref>

Valance was able to locate the [[Hidden Hand asteroid base|Hidden Hand's hideout]] and lead Vader and his troops there. Vader fought through the Hidden Hand's forces until reaching its leader. Gwi, the Tarsunt that initially hired Valance to kill Vader, was now held at gunpoint by him. Vader used the force to lift Gwi to safety, he was ordered to bring the Emperor's prize to him alive. As stormtroopers dragged Gwi away, Vader detailed to the Tarsunt how he and each member of his cabal would be hunted and killed. He then asked a stormtrooper to bring him Valance. When the trooper told him that Valance was missing, Vader force choked him and sent troops to Chorin to raze [[Unidentified village (Chorin)|Valance's settlement]] and kill everyone in it. When troops arrived, all the inhabitants had been evacuated. Valance had successfully escaped Vader and saved his people.<ref name="Target Vader 6">[[Target Vader 6|''Target Vader'' 6]]</ref>

====Another attempt to resurrect Padmé====
{{Quote|She was almost within reach. Now she is lost to me again&mdash;because of you!|Darth Vader, to the Corvax descendent|<ref name="Vader VR 3">{{VaderImmortal|III}}</ref>}}
Despite his previous failure to restore his wife, Vader was eventually tempted to try again when he discovered the [[Aeon Engine]] and with it the tale of Lady [[Corvax]], who had attempted to restore her husband to life when he fell in battle using the most sacred artifact in Mustafar, [[Bright Star]], to power the Engine. Although the process was a failure, Vader, believing Corvax failed due to her lack of power, was confident that if he could get the Bright Star, he could successfully use the Bright Star and the Aeon Engine, and thus made efforts to find the Bright Star, but discovered Lady Corvax had protected her devices so only those with her blood could access it.

[[File:VaderBlackBishop-VaderImmortal.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader talked with the Black Bishop about the Bright Star and how it could give him the ability to resurrect Padmé.]]
Undeterred, Vader searched for any survivors in Lady Corvax's bloodline, which he eventually discovered with the help of Imperial Admiral [[Gable Karius]] use an Interdictor vessel to pull a starship named [[Windfall]] out of hyperspace above Mustafar and capture the smuggler who was [[Corvax descendant|the descendant]] he had been looking for. Vader proceeded to demand the smuggler to open a configuration box to confirm their relation to Lady Corvax, and once they succeeded, Vader left with a reminder that he would need their services later. He communicated with the [[Dorwin Corvax|Black Bishop]], who had been his ally in his search for the Aeon Engine, where they discussed about how the Bright Star would give Vader the incredible powers needed to even resurrect the dead and that with Corvax's descendant in his grasp, the final component needed to achieve his goals was now Vader's. Dismissing the Bishop once he sensed Padmé's soul echo through the Aeon Engine, Vader let out a wail of fury and sorrow once she quickly disappeared after announcing her pregnancy. Catching up to the smuggler and the [[ZO-E3]] in their attempts to escape, Vader tossed aside the droid before getting the smuggler to open the lock to the sanctum beneath his fortress. Successful in activating the lift to access the lower levels of Fortress Vader where his ultimate prize lay, his Stormtroopers were killed by a number of [[Corvax Sentinel|ancient droids]], but Vader and the smuggler swiftly cut down the droids before he confiscated the smuggler of their lightsaber and telling them that they had handled their own well. Seeing that the smuggler needed training in the ways of the Force, Vader decided to provide instruction to the smuggler.<ref name="Vader VR 1" />

Reaching the inner sanctum of [[Corvax Fortress]], Vader demonstrated the power of the Force on a nearby broken statue while proclaiming the Force as powerful beyond their imagination, as it "discloses the enigmas that will cause the fragile and broken to turn away in horror and agitation", and could grant them access to the secrets of both life and death, and that the smuggler had power, but would need to learn more about the Force to overcome the challenges ahead. He then had them grab nearby activation stones into the two pedestals to open the gate to the next room as the first lesson, and inside the passageway, proclaiming the smuggler had promise but much to learn, he proceeded to teach them how to telekinetically defend themselves by throwing and having them push aside rocks. Seeing the smuggler had glimpsed the power of the Force, Vader decided to resume their training later and viewed a message left behind by Lady Corvax for one of her descendants, dismissing Lady Corvax's plea to fix her mistake as her never understanding the true extent of that which she had created. Treading down the pathway, the third test for the smuggler came when they came across a large room populated by nests of [[Lava nymph]]s, Vader demanding them to tap into the [[Dark side of the Force|dark side]] and exterminate the vermin. Unimpressed by their difficulties in doing so, Vader stated their abilities were hardly acceptable and lacking in much regards. but before he could work on the Smuggler more, activating the pedestal with a key caused a large portion of the floor begins to break apart, and despite Vader's efforts to keep the Smuggler under his watch, lifting up the floor, a [[darkghast]] attacked him, forcing him to let go of the Smuggler to fight the creature. Despite the separation, Vader caught up to the Smuggler just as they had retrieved the Bright Star with a tipoff from the Mole. Seeing that the Smuggler had intended to backstab him, Vader beat them to the punch, retrieved the Bright Star, and left them and their friends stranded on the cave after coldly making it clear their betrayal meant nothing as they had outlived their usefulness.<ref name="Vader VR 2">{{VaderImmortal|II}}</ref> 

Placing the Bright Star on the Aeon Engine, Vader began the ritual to resurrect Padmé, determined to save his wife at the cost of everyone else, willing to even sacrifice other planets if necessary. Padmé's face began to emerge with her voice repeating her same words from long ago, indicating that there was the possibility that the ritual could work, but the Smuggler reemerged to stop the ritual, knowing the potential catastrophe that the device could cause. Although surprised by the smuggler's survival, Vader believed it didn't matter, and engaged his brief apprentice in a duel as he vowed that he would succeed where Lady Corvax had failed. As the smuggler managed to resist Vader's attacks, the Bright Star's energies coalesced, finally causing a bluish projection of Amidala in full-bodied form to appear, as she began to utter some of the last words that Vader had heard her tell him long ago. Vader then paused the duel in its tracks, holding the smuggler in a choke hold, as he realized that their presence was affecting the Aeon Engine. However, it was too late as her projection faded. Realizing the ritual had failed, Vader became furious, blaming his failure on the smuggler, and proceeded to easily overpower him. However, before he could kill his opponent, the Black Bishop intervened, stopping Vader temporarily and giving the smuggler the opening needed to destroy the Aeon Engine. By the time Vader was free, he could only beheld the Engine's destruction in horror, and before he could strike down the smuggler, the Engine exploded, sending the two far away from one another.<ref name="Vader VR 3" />

====Downed by Red Four====
During a [[Unidentified battle (Darth Vader)|battle]], Vader's ship was downed when an X-wing intentionally crashed into it. Using the callsign [[Red Four]], [[Micha]]'s sacrifice is momentarily thought to have killed the Dark Lord, that is until Vader emerges from the wreckage alive. He activated his lightsaber, facing the Rebel troops.<ref name="Red Four">{{StoryCite|story=Red Four (comic story)|book=Marvel Comics 1000}}</ref>

====Visit on Mustafar====
{{Quote|Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, Director.|Darth Vader to Orson Callan Krennic|audio=Vader-BeCareful.flac|<ref name="Rogue1">''[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]''</ref>}}
[[File:Vader_Force_choking_Krennic.png|thumb|right|311px|Vader Force-choking Orson Krennic]]
When Ezra Bridger managed to enter the [[World Between Worlds]], he heard Anakin Skywalker's voice when he was on Christophsis. Vader's voice was then heard telling an individual to not underestimate the power of the dark side.<ref name="A World Between Worlds" /> As had been suggested by Grand Admiral Thrawn<ref name="Thrawn: Treason">''[[Thrawn: Treason]]''</ref> shortly before his, the ''Chimaera''{{'s}}, and Bridger's disappearance in the [[Liberation of Lothal]],<ref name="Family&Farewell" /> Vader served as part of the Death Star project despite his dislike of the battle station,<ref name="Episode IV" /> as Thrawn had noted he was the one individual in the Empire who could recognize and deal with all threats to the station. Thrawn had also used this appointment to force [[Assistant Director]] [[Brierly Ronan]] to join the Chiss Ascendancy, as this Imperial official would not have been able to hide his contempt for the Emperor from the Sith Lord.<ref name="Thrawn: Treason" />

Shortly after the [[Destruction of Jedha City|destruction]] of [[Jedha City]], while floating in the tank, Vader was approached by his servant [[Vaneé]]. He informed Vader that [[Director]] Krennic, the Imperial in charge of the construction of the Death Star, had arrived as summoned to explain a number of recent problems involving the battle station. The most pressing of these problems was the discovery that Galen Erso, an engineer who had played a pivotal role in the creation of the Death Star's superlaser, had been a traitor and that there was a distinct possibility that he had leaked information about the weapon to the Rebellion.<ref name="Rogue1" />

[[File:Vanee-RogueOne4.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Vaneé approaching Vader's bacta tank]]
Krennic had been recently informed by Governor Tarkin that he was no longer in command of the Death Star project, and was keen to impress upon Vader his need for an audience with the Emperor, ostensibly to discuss the weapon's destructive capabilities. Vader instead chastised Krennic for the destruction of [[Jedha]] City, the city where the Empire had been mining the kyber crystals needed for the Death Star's primary weapons systems to function. Krennic attempted to shift the blame for the city's destruction to Tarkin, but Vader was unmoved. He informed Krennic that the [[Imperial Senate]] had been told that Jedha had been destroyed in a mining disaster and that the Death Star did not exist. He then impressed upon the director in no uncertain terms that he was to make certain that Galen Erso had not compromised the Death Star in any way. Taking this as confirmation from Vader that he was still in command of the project, Krennic began to ask Vader if he would speak to the Emperor on his behalf. But before he could finish his question, Vader cut him off by telekinetically closing his throat, with a sardonic warning to not "choke" on his aspirations.<ref name="Rogue1" />

====Stolen plans====
{{Quote|The rebel flagship is disabled, my Lord. But it has received transmissions from the surface.''"<br />"''Prepare a boarding party.|[[Shaef Corssin]] and Darth Vader|<ref name="Rogue1" />}}
[[File:VaderProfundity.png|thumb|right|303px|Darth Vader on the ''Profundity'']]
Shortly afterwards, [[Rogue One|Rebel spies]] [[Battle of Scarif|attacked]] the [[Imperial Center of Military Research|Imperial security complex]] on the planet Scarif, stole the [[Death Star plans|technical readouts]] of the Death Star, and transmitted a copy to the Rebel flagship ''[[Profundity]]''. As the Rebels began to flee to hyperspace, Vader arrived at the scene of the battle in the [[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer|Star Destroyer]] ''[[Devastator]]'' and quickly crippled the already damaged Rebel flagship. He and a small group of stormtroopers then boarded the vessel and began searching for the plans. As the Rebel crew began to evacuate the ''Profundity'', a small group of [[Rebel trooper]]s copied the Death Star schematics onto a data disk and attempted to board the [[CR90 corvette|Corellian corvette]] ''[[Tantive IV]]'' and escape. Mere meters away from one of the corvette's airlocks, the ''Profundity'' experienced a power loss, jamming an automatic door in the path of the Rebel soldiers.<ref name="Rogue1" />

Unable to get the door to open more than a few centimeters, the Rebels were intercepted by Vader,<ref name="Rogue1" /> who unleashed his fury<ref name="221 Launchpad">{{InsiderCite|221|Launchpad}}</ref> in the enclosed space to slaughter the helpless Rebels. As Vader reached the trooper with the plans, the Rebel managed to pass the data disk to a [[Toshma Jefkin|compatriot]] of his behind the door before Vader impaled him and telekinetically wrenched the door open. While Vader finished eliminating the remaining soldiers, the trooper to whom the plans had been passed dove through the open airlock to the ''Tantive IV'', and the Rebels managed to launch the ship mere moments before Vader was able to board it. Once the ship was away, the plans were given to Vader's estranged daughter, Princess Leia Organa, who had been tasked by her adoptive father to find Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine.<ref name="Rogue1" />

====Pursuing the plans====
{{Quote|I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan.''"<br />"''You are part of the Rebel Alliance, and a traitor! Take her away!|Darth Vader and Leia Organa|<ref name="Episode IV" />}}
[[File:TributetoStarWars-Vader-boards.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader boards the ''Tantive IV'' over Tatooine.]]
Despite their daring escape, the Rebels aboard the ''Tantive IV'' did not get far. After failing to capture the plans aboard the ''Profundity'', Vader had immediately re-boarded the ''Devastator'' and pursued the Rebel corvette. The ''Devastator'' intercepted the ''Tantive IV'' in orbit above Tatooine, and quickly disabled and captured it. Vader and his troops boarded the ship, killing many Rebel troopers and gaining complete control of the blockade runner. Vader interrogated its captain, [[Raymus Antilles]], before killing him for not revealing the location of the plans. Vader's troops captured the princess, but not before she placed the plans inside R2-D2 and sent him in an escape pod to the planet's surface. Although the Princess tried to use her diplomatic immunity as a member of the Imperial Senate, Vader had her arrested as a rebel and a traitor.<ref name="Episode IV" />

As she was escorted to the ''Devastator'',<ref name="TPtSatFB">''[[A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy]]''</ref> Vader was informed that an escape pod had been jettisoned during the fighting but that no life forms were aboard. Believing that the Princess had hidden the plans there, Vader sent a battalion to Tatooine to recover the plans while he took the Princess to the Death Star for interrogation.<ref name="Episode IV" /> In hyperspace, Vader would catch Organa when she had escaped her guards and made her way to one of the ''Devastator''{{'s}} shuttles, and announced that the Emperor was disbanding the Senate as they spoke, leaving her defenseless. Vader then had her follow him to the ship's bridge shortly before arriving at the Death Star, where he had her sent to her [[Cell 2187|cell]] in [[Detention Block AA-23]].<ref name="TPtSatFB" />

Meanwhile, Vader accompanied Tarkin to attend a meeting with the [[Joint Chiefs of the Imperial Military|Joint Chiefs]], including General [[Cassio Tagge]] and Admiral [[Conan Antonio Motti]], who mocked Vader's reliance on an "ancient religion," only to have Vader Force-choke him. Before he could kill him, Tarkin intervened and instructed Vader to find the location of the Rebel base from Organa. Subsequently, Vader went to torture her with a [[mind probe]]-equipped [[Interrogation droid|interrogator droid]], but as she resisted, he and Tarkin turned to coercion—by bringing the Death Star to the [[Alderaan system]], they threatened to destroy her homeworld if she refused to disclose the location of the Rebel base. Eventually, she told him that the Rebels were on Dantooine, yet Tarkin ordered Alderaan to be destroyed anyway, to make an effective demonstration of the Death Star's power. Vader restrained the Princess as the Death Star's [[superlaser]] [[Destruction of Alderaan|destroyed]] her planet.<ref name="Episode IV" /> Vader then took Organa back to her cell to await her execution.<ref name="TPtSatFB" />

===Enter Luke Skywalker===
====Duel on the Death Star====
{{Quote|I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but a learner. Now ''I'' am the Master.''"<br />"''Only a master of evil, ''Darth''.|Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, before their fourth and final duel|<ref name="Episode IV" />}}
After the [[scout]] ships sent to Dantooine found the base abandoned, Tarkin ordered Vader to kill her immediately, but the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' was captured in the ruins of Alderaan by the Death Star's tractor beam. Identified as a suspicious ship from [[Mos Eisley]], Vader concluded that they were trying to return the stolen plans to the Princess and went to inspect the freighter himself. Told that the crew had apparently abandoned ship after take-off, Vader gave orders for the ship to be scanned to be sure. At the same time, Vader sensed the presence of his old master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. When news reached him that the Princess had been [[Rescue of Princess Leia|released]] from her cell, Vader decided to confront Kenobi alone.<ref name="Episode IV" />

[[File:Vaderstrike.png|thumb|right|248px|Vader strikes down his former master and friend, Kenobi.]]
Vader found Kenobi after he had deactivated a tractor beam terminal to allow the ''Falcon'' escape the battle station, and the two engaged in one final duel. During the fight, Vader noted that Kenobi's age had made him weak. However, Kenobi told his former apprentice that he would not win because he would become more powerful than Vader could ever imagine, even if he managed to kill him. As they fought, the two reached Bay 327 just as Kenobi's companions and the Princess reunited to board the ''Falcon'', only for Kenobi to see his latest apprentice, Luke Skywalker, Vader's son.<ref name="Episode IV" />

As his former master gave him a mysteriously knowing smile, Vader struck him down when Kenobi raised his blade in surrender. Much to Vader's surprise, Kenobi's body disappeared, for his spirit had become one with the Force, and Vader tried to find remains in his robes but found none.<ref name="Episode IV" /> As he did so, General [[Moradmin Bast]] asked who he was, and Vader answered "An old man who thought he could help gifted children. He was mistaken."<ref name="DV1">[[Darth Vader (2015) 1|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 1]]</ref> Vader then tried to stop the Rebels from escaping but was prevented from doing so by the closing of the hangar doors by Luke's shot. After the ''Falcon''{{'s}} escape, Vader met with Tarkin and confirmed that a [[homing beacon]] had been placed upon the ship and that they could follow the ship to the Rebel base.<ref name="Episode IV" />

Kenobi's warning to Vader came true;<ref name="Episode IV" /> his consciousness survived his death, and he became a [[Force spirit]]. Meanwhile, still remaining hidden on [[Dagobah]], Yoda felt Kenobi and Vader's duel through the Force, especially noticing, for the first time, the loneliness in the man who had once been Anakin Skywalker. Yoda noticed that Vader's loneliness only grew after he struck down his former mentor, which nearly made Yoda pity the former Jedi and wish he could counsel him. As he continued his journey, Yoda reflected on his past, blaming himself for not noticing Skywalker's path to the dark side.<ref name="There is Another">{{StoryCite|story=There is Another|book=From a Certain Point of View}}</ref>

====Yavin 4====
{{Quote|The Force is strong with this one.|Darth Vader, about Luke Skywalker during the Battle of Yavin|<ref name="Episode IV" />}}
Vader's plan worked and the Death Star followed the ''Falcon'' to the hidden Rebel base on [[Yavin 4]]. In the [[Death Star conference room|Death Star's conference room]], Vader awoke Tarkin from a vision about [[Wilhuff Tarkin's father|his father]] just as the battle station approached [[Yavin Prime]], with an officer informing them that Yavin 4 was located on the far-side of the planet.<ref name="THoGMT">{{StoryCite|story=The Haunting of Grand Moff Tarkin|book=Tales from the Death Star}}</ref> As the Death Star prepared to destroy the moon, Rebel [[T-65B X-wing starfighter|X-wings]] and [[BTL-A4 Y-wing assault starfighter/bomber|Y-wings starfighters]] [[Battle of Yavin|attacked]] the Death Star, having identified a weakness: a [[thermal exhaust port]] which led to the reactor systems; a direct hit on the port would cause a chain reaction and the destruction of the station. Although Tarkin remained convinced in the station's invulnerability, Vader was informed<ref name="Episode IV" /> by Lieutenant [[Tanbris]]<ref name="Spacecraft Origami">''[[Star Wars Origami: 11 Amazing Paper Folding Projects from a Galaxy Far, Far Away.... Spacecraft]]''</ref> that the thirty attacking Rebel starfighters were small enough to avoid the turbolaser defenses. As such, Vader ordered fighters to launch. When [[Gold Squadron (Rebel Alliance)|Gold Squadron]] broke off from the main group and begun a trench run towards the exhaust port, Vader boarded his TIE Advanced and, flanked by two TIE fighters, managed to terminate three of the last four Gold Squadron pilots. He continued to destroy most ships of [[Red Squadron (Rebel Alliance)|Red Squadron]], killing [[Red Leader]] [[Garven Dreis]].<ref name="Episode IV" />

[[File:Death_star_trench.png|thumb|left|279px|Vader in his TIE Advanced x1 during the Battle of Yavin]]
As the last members of Red Squadron engaged in a trench run while the Death Star was preparing the destroy the moon, Vader damaged [[Wedge Antilles]]'s X-wing, forcing him to break off formation, and killed [[Biggs Darklighter]], leaving only the leader of the group, Luke. Vader quickly realized that the Force was powerful in the young pilot, but nevertheless proceeded to get him into range. When he finally succeeded, he was just about to destroy the young pilot when the newly arrived ''Millennium Falcon'' intervened and destroyed one of Vader's escorts. Before the ''Falcon'' could destroy Vader, his other escort accidentally bumped into Vader's craft, destroying the other escort and causing Vader's craft to veer off course and send him plunging into space. This prevented him from stopping the Death Star's destruction, which killed Tarkin and was a major defeat for the Empire.<ref name="Episode IV" />

[[File:VaderAboardGozanti.png|thumb|right|204px|Vader is picked up by Ciena Ree and Berisse Sai.]]
Shortly after the battle, Vader sent a distress signal to the ''Devastator'' to send a ship to pick him up and bring him back from the [[Yavin system]] to the Star Destroyer. Sometime later, he would fly just beyond the ever-expanding debris field that once was the Death Star, when Imperial pilots [[Ciena Ree]] and [[Berisse Sai]] arrived in a [[Gozanti-class cruiser|''Gozanti''-class cruiser]]. Docking his TIE Advanced x1 with the freighter, Vader passed through the airlock door and met Ree. Then, he ordered Ree and Sai to remain in the hold for the remainder of the voyage while he took command of the freighter until they returned to the ''Devastator''.<ref name="LS">''[[Lost Stars]]''</ref> As the rebels quickly [[Evacuation of Yavin 4|abandoned their base]] in the wake of the battle,<ref name="Princess Leia 1">[[Princess Leia 1|''Princess Leia'' 1]]</ref> Vader joined the Imperial retaliatory attack, but the rebels were largely able to escape.<ref name="Legends Alliance">''[[Legends of the Alliance]]''</ref> Vader ordered for a [[blockade of the Yavin system]] to begin at one point.<ref name="Republic, Rebel, and Resistance Encyclopedia">{{EncyclopediaCite|Republic, Rebel, and Resistance Starfighters}}</ref>

====Post-Yavin ventures====
Sometime later, an Imperial officer managed to obtain one of two [[Darth Atrius' lightsabers|lightsabers]] formerly owned by the Sith [[Darth Atrius]]. Vader arrived on [[Hradreek]], where the officer welcomed him, supported by a contingent of stormtroopers. Vader looked at the lightsaber and asked where the other one was. The officer was confused by his question, and Vader Force-choked him. As he gagged, he claimed that he bought the lightsaber from a smuggler and that she must have tricked him. Vader told a stormtrooper to divert all divisions to finding the smuggler and the other lightsaber. Vader then killed the officer as the stormtroopers scattered to begin the search.<ref name="SW annual 4">[[Star Wars Annual (2015) 4|''Star Wars Annual'' (2015) 4]]</ref>

A squad of stormtroopers found the smuggler, [[Sana Starros]], and they chased her down the streets. Starros paid a gang of [[Aqualish]] to stall them, and they got in the way of the stormtroopers. However, Vader appeared and cut them down using his lightsaber and Darth Atrius'. Vader then followed Starros' path to a cargo bay, and he used the Force to move the crates and block her from a clear exit. Starros then shot at Vader, and he used the Force to disperse the plasma bolts. Starros rigged one of the crates and then waited for Vader to follow before detonating it, throwing Vader to the side and burying him. Vader soon freed himself and made his way to the nearby podracing track. Vader entered the seating area, and the audience scattered at his presence. Vader noticed one of the podracers, who was grabbing the attention of the commentary. The human, despite being biologically unequipped for a race like this, was winning the race, and Vader used the Force to cause one of the engines to malfunction, crashing the podracer. The pilot of the racer was none other than Luke Skywalker, who had obtained the other of Atrius' lightsabers. Luke decided to destroy the lightsaber, as it overwhelmed him with anger whenever he needed it. Vader watched him escape in his X-wing, and he decided to crush Atrius' other lightsaber.<ref name="SW annual 4" />

According to a tale later told by Vaneé, at another point after the Battle of Yavin, Vader's Star Destroyer was contacted by [[Cranwell]], the assistant to [[Tarkin Initiative]] scientist [[Restin]], to warn them that Doctor Restin had betrayed the Empire. Restin, who wanted a weapon to use against Vader as revenge for the destruction of Alderaan, had created a [[Gamorrean Serum|genetic serum]] that would turn those injected with it into rampaging Gamorreans, who could then spread the infection by touch. Vader decided to deal with Restin himself, so he arrived at Restin's base of operations with two stormtroopers and pretended to not know he was a traitor. After witnessing the doctor turn Cranwell into a Gamorrean with the serum, Vader suggested the serum could be used against the Rebellion. When Restin turned the infected Gamorrean against the Sith Lord, he effortlessly lifted it and his infected stormtroopers into the air with the Force. He did the same with Restin, forcing the scientist to confess his treachery before revealing he had already known he was a traitor. Intending to be a firsthand witness to his destruction, Vader forced the three Gamorreans and Restin to touch, transforming the doctor into one of his creations. Leaving the infected scientist to the mercy of the Gamorreans, Vader left aboard his ''Lambda''-class shuttle. He had never feared Restin's experiments, as Vader already viewed himself as a different kind of monster.<ref name="Shadow of Vader's Castle" />

====Cymoon 1====
{{Quote|He's here. The Rebel pilot who destroyed the Death Star. I can feel his presence. He will not escape me again.|Darth Vader|<ref name="SW1">[[Star Wars (2015) 1|''Star Wars'' (2015) 1]]</ref>}}
Several weeks after the Battle of Yavin, Darth Vader was called to [[Weapons Factory Alpha]] on [[Cymoon 1]]. He was to [[Assault on Cymoon|negotiate]], or rather force an arrangement with an envoy of Jabba the Hutt about supplying raw materials through [[Hutt Space|Hutt-controlled space]] to the factory. Vader arrived shortly after the envoy (secretly the ''Millennium Falcon''{{'s}} captain, [[Han Solo]]) and landed on a platform. As he was about to enter the facility, Vader was shot at by a sniper, [[Chewbacca]], but he deflected the blaster bolt and used two stormtroopers as human shields as the Wookiee rained down dozens of shots upon him. Unscathed, Vader located Chewbacca's position and used to the Force to collapse his vantage point, but the Wookiee survived.<ref name="SW1" />

[[File:VaderBestsLuke-2015StarWars2.png|thumb|left|302px|Vader easily bests Luke Skywalker in combat.]]
Vader then ordered the arriving stormtrooper reinforcements to hunt him down. One of them informed the Dark Lord that [[Overseer]] [[Aggadeen]] was out of contact and the factory's main reactor was on meltdown. As he surmised these occurrences were the work of Rebels, Vader put the entire moon on alert but also felt the presence of the pilot who had destroyed the Death Star, Luke Skywalker. Although unaware of the boy's identity, Vader made his way into the factory at once and came face-to-face with the Jedi apprentice.<ref name="SW1" /> Vader soon realized that the boy had been cursorily trained by Kenobi, and after the briefest of duels, snatched Luke's lightsaber. As he prepared to execute Luke for his refusal to disclose information about the Rebellion, he realized that the boy's lightsaber had once been his own. Before he could question Luke further, the foot of a Rebel-hijacked [[All Terrain Armored Transport|AT-AT walker]] came hurtling down into the middle of their standoff, knocking the two apart.<ref name="SW2">[[Star Wars (2015) 2|''Star Wars'' (2015) 2]]</ref>

In the ensuing chaos, Vader sought to prevent the Rebels' escape, and mowed down the factory's runaway slaves, commanding his stormtroopers to execute all the escapees. Once Luke got away on a stolen [[74-Z speeder bike]] and attacked Vader's troops (leading the Dark Lord to reconsider his initial dismissal of the boy and wonder exactly what Kenobi had been up to before his death), Vader personally saw to the walker's defeat. Solo and Organa, commanding the AT-AT, tried to step on him, but Vader used the Force to hold the walker's descending foot several meters above his head, and almost tore it apart.<ref name="SW2" />

[[File:VaderDestroysWalker-2015StarWars3.jpg|thumb|right|247px|Vader brings the AT-AT to its knees.]]
He was foiled, however, when Solo and Organa unleashed a barrage of the AT-AT's laser fire upon him, causing him to lose his old lightsaber (which the current owner retrieved), and his mask and helmet. As he emerged from under a pile of rubble, a [[Unidentified stormtrooper (Cymoon 1)|stormtrooper]] approached; upon seeing Vader's scarred face, they tried to apologize. However, Vader killed them by twisting their head around using the Force, right before Aggadeen reached him via comlink and asked for the facility's evacuation. Vader vetoed his request, had him repair the core, and ordered to kill all the Rebel invaders, except for the boy, whom Vader would deal with personally.<ref name="SW2" /> As Aggadeen informed him that they had successfully defused the reactor, Vader personally felled the Rebel walker by slashing its legs with his lightsaber.<ref name="SW3">[[Star Wars (2015) 3|''Star Wars'' (2015) 3]]</ref>

As reinforcements arrived, Vader sent them after the Rebels on the trash fields, while he pursued the lone Rebel who was returning to the factory, Luke. Aboard a [[Imperial combat speeder|combat speeder]], Vader chased Luke into the facility, but the Rebel managed to destroy the power core with the speeder bike, leaving Vader as the only survivor among the factory's rubble following its explosion. The Sith Lord then saw Luke's abandoned speeder and the fleeing ''Millennium Falcon''; as the ''[[Adjudicator]]''{{'s}} captain, [[Kronn]], informed him that they had been unable to catch the freighter, Vader Force-choked the captain. Then, as if he were talking to Kenobi, Vader vowed to find the boy's identity and to turn him to the dark side, so that the boy became his weapon, and not Kenobi's.<ref name="SW3" />

====Yavin's aftermath====
{{Quote|But you are the only one living to suffer my anger. You, an isolated survivor of the greatest military disaster in all my Empire's history? Oh, you are truly the Chosen One, Lord Vader. Chosen to be the one responsible.''"<br />"''I will make it right. I will crush the Rebels.''"<br />"''No. I think not.|Sidious and Vader discuss Vader's failings|<ref name="DV1" />}}
Thereupon, Vader returned to the Imperial Palace on Coruscant to report to the Emperor, bringing Aggadeen with him. The Emperor bid Vader to explain the events of Weapons Factory Alpha, which along with the Death Star's destruction, had put the Empire very near disaster. Although Vader considered Aggadeen to be responsible for the failure on Cymoon 1 (and the Overseer was tortured accordingly), the Emperor claimed much of the responsibility lay in Vader's head, as he reminded him that he was the sole survivor of the greatest disaster in the Empire's history—one partially caused by his idea to tag the ''Falcon'' with a homing beacon and let it escape with the Death Star plans. He then informed Vader that Cassio Tagge, now [[Grand General]] of the [[Imperial Army]], would be his commanding officer for some time.<ref name="DV1" />

[[File:PalpatineVaderCylo-2015DarthVader1.jpg|thumb|left|287px|Vader angrily leaves his master and the agent, Cylo-IV.]]
The Emperor then ordered Vader to continue the unfinished Cymoon 1 negotiations with Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine, right before going to Tagge. As they returned to his office, Sidious greeted one of his agents, Cylo, and Vader asked for his identity, but the Emperor denied him the knowledge. Instead, he asked Vader if there was anything else to report, but Vader chose not to tell him about Kenobi's mysterious disappearance, nor the Force-sensitive Rebel pilot who had destroyed the Death Star and left the office and palace altogether. He boarded an Imperial Star Destroyer and immediately left for Tatooine, sending the Imperial vessel back to collect the trade goods for the meeting.<ref name="DV1" />

====Tatooine negotiations====
{{Quote|Hmmm. I see you know enough to tread carefully. But tell me... are you brave or foolish.''»<br />"''That is not the question, Hutt. The question is: Are you?''"<br />«''Oh, Jedi... always making everything so difficult.|translated=1|Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader|<ref name="DV1" />}}
Vader soon arrived at Jabba's Palace where, during the meeting, he had the Hutt dismiss his court. However, Jabba would rather claim the bounty on Vader's head and had his people shoot at him, but Vader killed them and forced Jabba to reconsider his position. After being Force choked, the Hutt admitted he found it hard not to respect him. The two then came to an agreement: Jabba would provide Vader with two of his best bounty hunters. Vader left the Hutt's palace and sought out a [[Unidentified Tusken Raider village|Tusken Raider camp]], wherein he mercilessly slaughtered its inhabitants. He was then approached by Jabba's envoys: Boba Fett and [[Krrsantan]]. While he sent Fett to find and capture the [[Rebel pilot]] from Yavin alive, Vader assigned the Wookiee to bring Palpatine's agent to him. Both [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] agreed, and Vader departed Tatooine for his Star Destroyer.<ref name="DV1" />

[[File:VaderAndJabbaOnKhetanna-2015StarWars4.jpg|thumb|right|226px|Vader and Jabba on the latter's sail barge]]
The following day, Vader returned in his official capacity as the Emperor's envoy to negotiate as if nothing had happened the day before. Jabba welcomed Vader and claimed that his resources belonged to the Empire as long as he was paid. Vader then turned to leave, leaving his stormtroopers to tell Jabba what was required, but the Hutt invited him to a feast and entertainment in his honor, for he liked to seal his business ventures by watching someone die. Aboard the [[sail barge]] ''[[Khetanna]]'', Vader and Jabba watched as the latter's guards killed wild [[bantha]]s for the sport until Jabba's court [[jester]], [[Salacious B. Crumb]], let out a loud cackle. Vader warned the Hutt to not let the [[Kowakian monkey-lizard]] do that again in his presence if he valued Crumb's life; Jabba merely laughed and told Vader he now regarded him as a "good friend." The Hutt then inquired whether his bounty hunters were adequately serving his needs; though Vader berated him for bringing up the private matter, he also told the Hutt that their missions were simple enough: to capture an Imperial agent and a boy. Jabba argued that the "boy" had destroyed the Death Star, and had possibly been trained by Kenobi. The name prompted Vader to request that Jabba tell him all he knew of Kenobi's exile on Tatooine.<ref name="SW4">[[Star Wars (2015) 4|''Star Wars'' (2015) 4]]</ref>

Jabba first required someone screaming, though, so he ordered his guards to pilot the ''Khetanna'' to the [[Great Pit of Carkoon]]. He expected Vader to be impressed by the [[sarlacc]], which he believed was one of the few treasures that Tatooine had to offer, and said he found it hard to believe that anyone of note (like the Yavin pilot) could have ever been born on Tatooine. In silence, Vader watched his homeworld's sunset.<ref name="SW4" />

====Servitude unto Tagge====
{{Quote|You should think of yourself as your lightsaber. A singular weapon from an older time&mdash;and one that is dangerous to everyone around them without a skilled hand to wield it. In time you will understand that I am the skilled hand you've been waiting for.|Cassio Tagge to Darth Vader|<ref name="DV2">[[Darth Vader (2015) 2|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 2]]</ref>}}
[[File:TaggeLooksOnVader-2015DarthVader2.jpg|thumb|left|228px|Vader, under Cassio Tagge's administration]]
After leaving Tatooine, Vader met with Tagge aboard his [[Executor-class Star Dreadnought|''Executor''-class Star Dreadnought]], [[Liberty's Misrule|''Annihilator'']]. During a time of many raids against ships carrying Jabba's weapons and equipment supplies, Vader was sent to protect an Imperial shuttle, ''[[CZ-246]]'', from a pirate [[Skirmish over an unidentified green planet|attack]]. With his TIE Advanced, Vader went to their aid, alongside [[Black Two]] and [[Black Three]], and successfully disabled the automated CR90 corvette attacking the shuttle. Upon returning to the ''Annihilator'', Vader reported to Tagge that the pirate vessel had been captured and that he suspected a security breach.<ref name="DV2" />

As he said so, Tagge disagreed, believing the raids to be predictable piracy, and admitted to seeing the Death Star as "Tarkin's folly." Vader noted that Tarkin at least had a vision, prompting Tagge to admit his plans were not as grand as Tarkin's or Vader's, but they still were effective; he believed that the Empire could not be based around a single asset, like the Death Star or Vader himself. Tagge then informed Vader that he intended to repair the corvette and use it to [[Attack on an unidentified pirate base|attack]] its [[Unidentified pirate space station|base of origin]], sending Vader to head the attack, although with an [[adjutant]], Lieutenant [[Oon-ai]].<ref name="DV2" />

Vader left to prepare for the mission and oversee the repairs on the corvette. Oon-ai followed, asking permission to look into Vader's personal communications to provide information to Tagge. Although it annoyed Vader, as it was the Emperor's command that he serve under Tagge, he allowed it and left. He then planted treasonable evidence into a [[Unidentified black astromech droid|black astromech]] so as to incriminate Oon-ai during the mission. Soon thereafter, Vader, Oon-ai, and six stormtroopers boarded the corvette and found the pirate base, docking with the station. Greeted by a [[Unidentified Twi'lek pirate|Twi'lek pirate]], whom he killed, Vader ordered the troopers to secure the core, while his astromech made his way to the command center to plant the false evidence.<ref name="DV2" />

[[File:VaderTurnsInOonAi-2015DarthVader2.jpg|thumb|right|214px|Vader turns Oon-ai in.]]
They found themselves under the attack of two customized droidekas who brandished missile launchers, prompting Vader to use the Force to throw the incoming missiles back at the attackers, destroying the droids and fatally injuring the pirates. A [[Unidentified Mon Calamari pirate|Mon Calamari pirate]] survived long enough to activate the self-destruct, and Vader ordered the surviving troopers to return to the corvette and prepare to launch as soon as he returned. Followed by Oon-ai, Vader went deeper into the station to retrieve the false evidence. They returned to the corvette just before the station exploded.<ref name="DV2" />

Back on the ''Annihilator'', Vader reported to Tagge, telling him that he was impressed with the results of his plan (the intelligence he had gathered confirmed the raiders were being backed by the Crymorah Syndicate), but also claimed Oon-ai was the leak, noting that Tagge should be more careful of those who were close to him. Shortly after, Vader isolated the black astromech under the pretenses of a private discussion; the Dark Lord ensured the droid had deleted all records of its data uploads on the station, before venting the droid through an airlock and into space, where it exploded.<ref name="DV2" />

Following a [[Rescue of Luke Skywalker|Imperial-Rebel confrontation]], Vader went to the [[Palace of Grakkus the Hutt|Palace]] of [[Grakkus Jahibakti Tingi|Grakkus the Hutt]] to meet with Sergeant Kreel. A covert operative of his battalion "Vader's Fist," Kreel informed him that his mission to end Grakkus' operations was a success, but that the Yavin Rebel pilot had escaped them yet again. Vader inquired if he had mentioned his name (which he did not), and asked him to tell him everything he had learned of the boy.<ref name="SW12" />

====A droid army====
{{Quote|There was a time I had armies at my beck and call. That time has passed. I need resources of my own. Private resources.|Darth Vader to Dr. Aphra, on why he needed her services|<ref name="DV3" />}}
From the information he gathered from the pirate base, Vader learned that a Doctor [[Chelli Lona Aphra]] had supplied the pirates with the customized droidekas. As he wanted similarly effective units in the [[Darth Vader's secret forces|personal army]] he sought to build, Vader set out to find Aphra, conducting a manhunt for her in many locations, gathering information and killing the witnesses, until he finally learned of her [[Theft of the Triple-Zero protocol personality matrix|presence]] on [[Quarantine World III]] in [[Kallidahin Space]]. He landed there just as Aphra was arrested by [[Utani Xane]] and a squad of B2 super battle droids; although Xane warned him that he was violating treaties, Vader began destroying her droids and saved Aphra as she tumbled over a ledge. Vader stabbed Xane through the back with his saber before telling the doctor he needed her services. He helped her up and she agreed.<ref name="DV3" />

[[File:VaderAndAphraStare-2015DarthVader3.jpg|thumb|left|273px|Aphra discovers Vader is what she has unknowingly been searching for.]]
Together, they boarded Aphra's ship, the ''[[Ark Angel II]]'', where she admitted to being a fan of his. The rogue archaeologist also introduced Vader to the [[Triple-Zero protocol personality matrix]] and estimated it would take hours to unlock the matrix's codes that were restricting it. It took Vader a few seconds to unlock it, which let Aphra install the [[personality matrix]] into a protocol droid's body right away. As the droid introduced himself as [[0-0-0]], she imprinted herself and Vader as his masters, and used him to wake up [[BT-1]], a [[BT-1 assassin droid|blastomech prototype]]. But as it was hostile towards his new masters, 0-0-0 shut it down before he could do any harm.<ref name="DV3" />

Vader then let her know the reason he had sought her out was to secure his own private resources, ones only she could help him procure. Aphra (who had originally acquired the two droids for the [[Droid Gotra|Gotra]]) instead gave them to Vader after realizing Vader was probably going to be her employer for the foreseeable future. She asked what else he needed, and he answered that he wanted troops of unquestionable loyalty: battle droids. Aphra then suggested that they [[Secret mission to Geonosis|acquire]] an [[Karina's lair|unusual droid foundry]] on Geonosis,<ref name="DV3" /> one in possession of Queen [[Karina]], who had survived the Clone Wars and the [[Sterilization of Geonosis|planet's sterilization]]. As they landed the ''Ark Angel'', and she sent 0-0-0 and BT-1 to map the cave route to the queen so that she and Vader could follow, Aphra asked Vader if he had ever been to Geonosis before. Her questioning brought up the memory of his first kiss with Amidala,<ref name="DV4">[[Darth Vader (2015) 4|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 4]]</ref> shortly before the First Battle of Geonosis.<ref name="Episode II" />

[[File:VaderSlicesQueen-2015DarthVader4.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Vader cuts the Queen from her womb factory.]]
Vader ordered Aphra to cease her probing, and entered the catacombs; she followed him. They reunited with BT-1 and 0-0-0 and encountered the queen. Vader immediately amputated her from the [[womb]] droid factory. The queen, injured but alive, ordered her [[Droid worker|"children"]] to stop the intruders; at Vader's command, BT-1 opened fire on the droids, and he and Vader began to overwhelm her forces. Meanwhile, Aphra set a beacon on the ceiling with Vader's help and ordered her ''Ark Angel'' to barrage the locator to make a hole in the roof. Vader protected himself and Aphra by creating a [[Force barrier]]. His J-Type 327 Nubian then lowered a crane-platform, which Aphra attached to the factory while Vader fought off the advancing droids, and the ship carried them and the factory to the skies.<ref name="DV4" />

They would later board the ''Ark Angel'', where Aphra successfully activated the factory and told him he would have his private droid army. She then asked Vader if he would kill her then or later, and said that if he did, she wanted a lightsaber right through the neck, with no warning. Vader finally told her she had proved resourceful and would be safe as long as he had use for her, unless she tried to blackmail him. It was then that 0-0-0 interrupted them to inform Vader that he had a signal from Black Krrsantan: he was bringing the Emperor's agent to him.<ref name="DV4" />

====Cylo's enforcers====
{{Quote|The Force is obsolete. These are its successors.''"<br />"''This is... blasphemous!''"<br />"''This has nothing to do with the Force. Much like you, Lord Vader. I look at you, more machine than man, and I see a bridge between the old world and mine. In many ways, these are your children.''"<br />"''Enough.|Cylo introduces Darth Vader to his enforcers|<ref name="DV5">[[Darth Vader (2015) 5|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 5]]</ref>}}
[[File:VadersDroidSoldiers-2015DarthVader5.png|thumb|left|270px|Vader leads his droid army through Cylo's base]]
As Krrsantan arrived, Vader confronted the Emperor's agent, Cylo-IV. Vader demanded that he tell him his name, his commission from the Emperor and the location of his [[Cylo's base|headquarters]]. As he refused, Vader assigned 0-0-0 to retrieve all relevant information from him. After an interrogation that resulted in the agent's death, 0-0-0 reported to Vader that he was Dr. Cylo-IV, that his research base was located in an Outer Rim [[nebula]], and that his commission was to create replacements for Vader. After learning this, they immediately departed for the base,<ref name="DV4" /> aboard his [[J-type 327 Nubian royal starship|J-type 327 Nubian]]. While Aphra remained on the ship, Vader and two platoons of droid commandos [[Skirmish in Cylo's research base|infiltrated]] it. Vader sent a platoon to "the dojo" and had the other one follow him to the [[barracks]]. As they killed the soldiers in there, Aphra reported that they had lost the other platoon, prompting Vader to go to the dojo, where he met the twins [[Morit Astarte|Morit]] and [[Aiolin Astarte]].<ref name="DV5" />

They soon engaged in combat, but before any of the parties could harm each other, Cylo-V appeared and told the twins to stand down. He explained to Vader why he was still alive after his last body was killed, and that he was not making apprentices for the Emperor but enforcers, as he believed the Force to be obsolete. Believing him to be blasphemous, Vader attempted to strike Cylo down when the scientist claimed they were, in many ways, Vader's children and successors. The Emperor then revealed his presence to Vader and stopped him, claiming he wanted to see Cylo's demonstration without delay.<ref name="DV5" />

Vader was immediately made to fight the Astarte twins, [[Tulon Voidgazer]], the Mon Calamari [[Karbin]], and a Trandoshan. As neither party was injured, the Emperor ordered the fight to be one to the death. As such, Vader fought the [[Trandoshan]], but its ferocity threw him off balance, prompting Morit to intervene and kill his fellow enforcer. The Emperor then ordered the fighting to cease; Vader warned Morit that his trespass would not be forgotten, as the Trandoshan's life was his to take. The Emperor then told the enforcers and Vader that their mission was to strike down all who opposed the Empire and that they were not to slay each other. As per his master's orders, Vader followed him.<ref name="DV6" />

[[File:VaderKylosEnforcers-2015DarthVader6.jpg|thumb|right|247px|Vader stares down Cylo's enforcers as he follows his master.]]
In private, the Emperor, discovering the remains of some of Vader's commando droids, admitted to being impressed that he had some independence left in him after so long and that perhaps he could triumph against the enforcers. Vader criticized his dealings with Cylo, as he saw his enforcers as a heresy to the Force, but the Emperor berated him for his lack of respect—for it was Vader who had disappointed him on Mustafar and had forced him to contact Cylo. As he left, he observed that perhaps, Vader would prove himself worthy of the name he had given him back then.<ref name="DV6" />

====Parenthood====
{{Quote|Did you bring me anything of value, bounty hunter?''"<br />"''Not much. Just his name. Skywalker.|Darth Vader and Boba Fett|<ref name="DV6" />}}
[[File:Dark_Scheme_SWDLegacies.png|thumb|left|232px|Vader, realizing he has a son, cracks the viewport in anger.]]
Troubled, Vader returned to his ship. Aboard the Nubian, Aphra told him that Fett wanted to report in during Vader's absence. Subsequently, Vader traveled to a Star Destroyer to meet with the bounty hunter and hear his story. The Dark Lord was disappointed to hear that Fett had [[Duel in Ben Kenobi's home|lost]] the boy, but before leaving, Fett told him his name: Luke Skywalker. In his solitude, Vader remembered Amidala telling him about her pregnancy, and Palpatine's half-truth, and cracked the [[viewport]] in his anger. Thereupon, he used his meditation chamber's holoprojector to contact his master, but chose to say nothing about his son; rather, Vader assured him that he would not fail and ended the transmission. Nevertheless, he accepted Luke as his son and vowed that the boy would be his.<ref name="DV6" />

Determined to find more about Luke, Vader returned to Tatooine on the ''Ark Angel'', with Aphra, 0-0-0 and BT-1 in his company. They landed at the Lars homestead, which they discovered to be deserted after an attack by Imperial troops, and Vader tried to find traces of Luke's presence. Unable to find anything of importance, Vader left the [[moisture farm]] and went to [[Ben Kenobi's home|Kenobi's home]] where he indeed felt the remnants of Luke's usage of the Force during his duel against Fett, but nothing else. As they left, Aphra activated a [[molecular purge bomb]] to remove all remnants of their presence, and Vader dismissed Aphra, for he was to return to his duties for the time being.<ref name="DV7">[[Darth Vader (2015) 7|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 7]]</ref>

====Anthan Prime====
{{Quote|I'm trying to ascertain if you are... dangerous.''"<br />"''Oh, I am, Lord Vader... But only to the enemies of the Empire.|Darth Vader and Inspector Thanoth|<ref name="DV7" />}}
As part of Tagge's crackdown on Outer Rim criminal interests who had gone unchecked in the past, Vader took part in a mission to terminate a criminal organization known as [[Son-tuul Pride]]. He and his troops destroyed the Pride's base and seized its stockpile of credits, to be transported on an Imperial light cruiser, but he also secretly sent Aphra all the information needed to steal the credits cargo.<ref name="DV7" /> Following the [[Son-tuul Pride robbery|theft]], Vader reunited with her on [[Anthan 13]], where he sent her to confirm some information about [[Commodex Tahn]].<ref name="DV8">[[Darth Vader (2015) 8|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 8]]</ref>

[[File:DoowanInterrogated-2015DarthVader9.png|thumb|right|288px|Vader, working alongside Inspector Thanoth]]
Vader then attended a meeting between Tagge and Cylo's enforcers, wherein the Astarte twins were assigned to deal with the [[Plasma Devils]], and wherein Vader let Tagge know he wanted the mission of finding the Yavin Rebel pilot (which was Karbin's mission). Tagge felt he was too personally invested, and sent Vader to punish whoever was responsible for the theft of the Son-tuul Pride's fortune in the [[Anthan system]]; he also informed Vader that Inspector [[Thanoth]] was his replacement adjutant.<ref name="DV8" /> While Thanoth went to the [[Anthan Prime Orbital Dockyard]] to [[Mission to the Anthan system|investigate]] the theft's circumstances, Vader returned to Anthan 13 and killed the entirety of a small Rebel cell to cover his tracks. He later reunited with Thanoth on [[Anthan Prime]], where they sought [[Doowan]], an employee of "[[the Dragon]]"—an arms dealer who was likely to have sold the explosives needed for the theft—and interrogated him. The [[Nautolan]] promptly revealed the location of the Dragon in [[The Dragon's mansion|his mansion]], before the twins killed him in a show of force.<ref name="DV9">[[Darth Vader (2015) 9|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 9]]</ref>

Thanoth then noticed Vader's passivity, but Vader dismissed it, saying he was merely trying to ascertain if Thanoth was dangerous or a traitor.<ref name="DV9" /> The two then went to the Dragon's mansion, which Vader entered on his own, killing the people inside until he reached the Dragon himself. Although he tried to tell Vader everything to save himself, Vader killed the [[Ortolan]], and claimed he would have detonated the building once Thanoth reached the office. The inspector then opened the Dragon's vault to access his records and asked Vader to ready a strike force for when he located the suspects.<ref name="DV10">[[Darth Vader (2015) 10|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 10]]</ref>

Vader then used the opportunity to meet with Aphra, who had just come back from a [[Assault on Commodex Tahn's villa|raid]] on Commodex Tahn's villa on Naboo. She confirmed his sources: Amidala had indeed died but had given birth to a healthy boy, who was taken away by the Jedi. Vader then tasked Aphra with finding Luke before Karbin could; subsequently, she resorted to [[The Ante]].<ref name="DV10" /> Vader then returned to the Star Destroyer, where Thanoth they would travel to the [[Anthan Spire|Spire]] to find The Ante. When they found him, he told them the location of the Plasma Devils to show cooperation and pointed at the one responsible for the theft, Aphra. Before the [[Givin]] could identify her by name, Vader telekinetically forced an unlucky stray shot and killed him. Vader then went to find Aphra before anyone else.<ref name="DV11">[[Darth Vader (2015) 11|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 11]]</ref>

[[File:VaderChokingAphra-2015DarthVader11.png|thumb|left|284px|Vader, choking Aphra to silence her]]
As they encountered each other, Vader ordered her not to struggle and Force choked her, but Aphra claimed she knew of Luke's location. Vader released her and ordered Aphra to tell him, but she refused, claiming she would tell him later. He then let her go, using the Force to drop debris above him as she escaped on the ''Ark Angel''. He got out of the rubble as Thanoth and the stormtroopers arrived and claimed he had fallen into her trap. To follow her,<ref name="DV11" /> Vader and Thanoth boarded their ''Arquitens''-class light cruiser. As they waited for their [[TIE/sa tactical bomber|TIE/sa bombers]] to catch Aphra, Vader and Thanoth agreed to use their ready strike force to kill the Plasma Devils before they could escape.<ref name="DV12">[[Darth Vader (2015) 12|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 12]]</ref>

The two had their [[light cruiser]] go to the [[Thanteen Substrata]] on [[Anthan 1]], where the Rebel cell was located. As per their plan, their light cruiser bombarded the westernmost tunnels and sealed them, whereas Vader went to the east route and felled incoming Rebel ships by throwing his lightsaber until the cell was annihilated. He then took three of the Plasma Devils' [[flight helmet]]s and, alongside Thanoth, presented them to Tagge, who agreed with their course of action given the tight situation. As Karbin reported that the Yavin Rebel pilot was free, Vader and Thanoth left, and the Inspector let him know it had been an honor to serve alongside him.<ref name="DV12" />

====Shu-Torun====
{{Quote|As a princess, you served your father. As a queen, you serve your people. This is a small reminder of what happens to worlds who resist the Emperor. This is what remains of Alderaan.|Darth Vader to Queen Trios|<ref name="DV Annual 1">[[Darth Vader Annual 1|''Darth Vader Annual'' 1]]</ref>}}
[[File:VaderAlderaanRemainsBox-2015DarthVaderAnnual.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Vader delivers the Emperor's message to Queen Trios.]]
Vader traveled to [[Shu-Torun]] with a message to reinforce their cooperation and force its government to fulfill the quotas, while 0-0-0 and BT-1 killed the king and his closest servants. Expecting to meet the [[Unidentified King of Shu-Torun|King of Shu-Torun]], he instead met Princess [[Trios]] upon landing, who was to show him to the ball, a little celebration to showcase their culture. Soon after their arrival, however, Shu-Torun assassins that wished death to the Empire and the king, but Vader successfully fended them off and demanded to see the king immediately. Trios complied and guided him through the tunnels as the main elevators were being watched by the traitorous dukes, according to her. Vader recognized Trios as admirable for her willingness to sacrifice herself for the greater good, as lava poured into the tunnels.<ref name="DV Annual 1" />

However, he used his lightsaber to make a round platform to float above the lava and reach one of the exits above. Taking an unconscious Trios with him, Vader made it to one of the corridors where he killed the guards. Trios awoke, only to point a blaster at Vader. He, however, cut her hand off and entered the king's chambers to find the monarch, his other children and guards killed by Vader's assassin droids. With Trios as the new Queen of Shu-Torun, he delivered the Emperor's message; a piece of Alderaan, as a reminder of what happened to worlds that resisted his rule. Vader then told her that he would pacify Shu-Torun, but that she was to not forget whom she served.<ref name="DV Annual 1" />

====Vrogas Vas====
{{Quote|Darth Vader! Lay down your weapons! You are surrounded!"<br />"All I am surrounded by is fear. And dead men.|Darth Vader responds to a Rebel commando company ordering his surrender|<ref name="SW:VD">[[Vader Down 1|''Vader Down'' 1]]</ref>}}
Vader met with Aphra and the droids, and demanded that he tell her Luke's location: [[Vrogas Vas]]. She continued by saying she did want to work for him and show that she was trustworthy. After a moment, he conceded that his work alongside Thanoth had given him an appreciation of talent, and told her not to make him regret his decision. He left, saying it was a task for him alone. Unbeknownst to him, a probe droid from Karbin followed him.<ref name="DV12" /> In his TIE Advanced, he went to the planet's system where, upon coming out of hyperspace, he found three [[Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps|Alliance starfighter squadrons]] orbiting the planet. As he sensed Luke's presence, he remained and charged against the starfighters, who dismissed his TIE as a mere Imperial scout.<ref name="SW:VD" />

[[File:Fear_and_Dead_Men_AtG.png|thumb|left|202px|Vader engaging Alliance forces on Vrogas Vas]]
During the [[Battle of Vrogas Vas|battle]], Vader engaged the [[X-wing starfighter]]s, and managed to take out both [[Blue Squadron (Rebel Alliance)|Blue Squadron]] and [[Yellow Squadron (Rebel Alliance)|Yellow Squadron]], as he lost contact with Aphra. Vader was then confronted by Luke, who was flying as [[Red Five]], and flew his X-wing into Vader's starfighter, hoping to kill him. During the collision, their [[stabilizer]]s were damaged prompting their craft to crash on the planet's surface. There, Vader was hunted down by the Alliance forces, starting with [[Gray Squadron (Rebel Alliance)|Gray Squadron]], but he promptly destroyed them by use of the Force.<ref name="SW:VD" /> Afterward, a [[company]] of Rebel [[commando]]s moved in to attack him, but he activated some of their thermal detonators before they could throw them, taking out a tank by deflecting its shot against it and continued to reduce the Rebel forces.<ref name="DV13">[[Darth Vader (2015) 13|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 13]]</ref>

Vader also took the blaster array of his fallen TIE Advanced x1 and used it to take down further ships, this time from [[Cyan Squadron]]. Not too long afterward, another platoon was deployed to attack him, although this time Organa was leading them herself. Vader, choking her two companions, confronted her<ref name="SW13">[[Star Wars (2015) 13|''Star Wars'' (2015) 13]]</ref> but felt an incoming ambush. When he let her go so that she contacted Luke, Organa used the opportunity to arrange an airstrike on her and Vader's location. Instead, Commander Karbin arrived<ref name="DV14">[[Darth Vader (2015) 14|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 14]]</ref> with a task force, and tried to take his victory—both his son and the princess' execution—from Vader. Subsequently, Vader engaged the enforcer in a duel, during which Organa escaped, and during which they entered the [[Jedi Temple (Vrogas Vas)|Jedi Temple]] in ruins.<ref name="SW14">[[Star Wars (2015) 14|''Star Wars'' (2015) 14]]</ref>

Inside the temple, he was momentarily distracted by ghosts of his past (Jinn's, Kenobi's, and Yoda's voices),<ref name="SW14" /> but continued the duel. Aphra then contacted him from aboard the ''Ark Angel'' and informed him that Luke had been captured by Karbin's guards. So Vader had her crash her ship against Karbin and confronted the mortally wounded Karbin, who realized there was more to the Yavin pilot and Vader's relationship than met the eye. Vader then finished him and contacted Aphra to tell her that her "pardon" depended on Luke's capture. With the Force, he brought down the shuttle transporting Luke, and Aphra tried to capture Luke only to be captured herself by the Rebels, leaving Vader to watch as his son on the ''Millennium Falcon'' fled from Vrogas Vas.<ref name="DV15">[[Darth Vader (2015) 15|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 15]]</ref>

====Shu-Torun War====
{{Quote|The queen of Shu-Torun. Did you choose well?''"<br />"''There was no other choice.|Queen Trios and Darth Vader|<ref name="DV19">[[Darth Vader (2015) 19|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 19]]</ref>}}
[[File:BattleOfShuTorun-2015DarthVader16.jpg|thumb|right|254px|Vader led the war on Shu-Torun against Duke Rubix.]]
Vader then returned to the Imperial Palace and brought Karbin's body to the Emperor, demanding that his master give him a fight worthy of his time. The Emperor then told Vader to return to Shu-Torun as the [[Ore-duke|ore-barons]] were [[Shu-Torun War|rebelling]] and he required a full military intervention, and that Cylo (per Tagge's request) was to join him in the task. As a result, Vader returned to Shu-Torun, alongside Cylo, the Astarte twins and Voidgazer. Accompanied by Queen Trios, Vader led an attack against a rebellious [[Unidentified delving citadel|delving citadel]], and destroyed it as a demonstration of force. He also accorded to treat Trios with the illusion of respect and tasked, in secret, a group of bounty hunters to find Aphra and return her to him, either dead or alive.<ref name="DV16">[[Darth Vader (2015) 16|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 16]]</ref>

After sending a broadcast to the barons, Vader, Trios, and Cylo and his enforcers went, per the queen's suggestion, to the ancestral retreat of the Shu-Torun royalty. There, they were soon attacked by [[Baron]] [[Rubix]]'s ''[[Lava Leviathan]]'', and Vader used Trios' escape vessel to reach the Leviathan and dared the twins to follow him. With their lightsabers, they boarded it, and from the inside, the three cut large holes that allowed the ship to flood with magma and be destroyed. Upon returning, Trios suggested that they attack Rubix next (as she had identified the ship's owner) and so, Vader told Cylo to prepare his enforcers. In the meantime, he killed [[Beebox]] for trying to deceive him with a stranger's disintegrated body, and refused Aiolin's request to train her.<ref name="DV17">[[Darth Vader (2015) 17|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 17]]</ref>

Soon enough, they carried out the siege to [[Rubix's delving citadel]], using the [[Shu-Torun Loyalist/Imperial Delving Fleet]]'s [[combat drill]]s, with Vader heading the first wave alongside the Astarte. However, he was betrayed by Cylo, and his drill was redirected into a [[lithoporoite]] seam, where they were surrounded by Rubix's elite forces. With their outbound communications jammed, Vader left his troops as well as droid platoons to protect the drill and had the Astarte twins follow him as to use the enemy's lines to tell the rest of the assault fleet to resume the attack. On the way there, the twins attacked him,<ref name="DV18">[[Darth Vader (2015) 18|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 18]]</ref> but Aiolin saw they could not win against Vader and destroyed the pathway between them. She was then betrayed by her brother who pushed her into the lava and fled back to Cylo; Vader then took the dying Aiolin out of the lava and had her reveal Cylo's deceit before finishing her off.<ref name="DV19" />

Vader then returned to his forces, who had secured the enemy lines thanks to 0-0-0's stratagem, and was surprised to find that Trios' assault to the [[delving citadel]] was already underway. With no opposition, Vader's combat drill resumed his way to citadel, and Vader himself cut off Rubix's escape way. Trios soon went to their encounter and Rubix formally surrendered; she then had the baron executed, and appointed [[Bixene|his daughter]] as his successor, thus ending the rebellion. Vader then left the planet and informed the Emperor of Cylo's treachery, and the Emperor simply summoned him. He also received a message from Inspector Thanoth saying that he had located Aphra and that they needed to talk.<ref name="DV19" />

====Hunt for Cylo====
{{Quote|I often wondered whether what rose from our operating table was a machine or a man... Good to have an answer.|Cylo, to Darth Vader|<ref name="DV23" />}}
At the shipyards of [[Kuat]], Vader met with Sidious aboard an unfinished ''Executor''-class Star Dreadnought, the ''[[Executor]]''. The Emperor explained that in order to save Vader after Mustafar, he had to resort to scientists who were similar in philosophy to the Sith, among them Cylo. Cylo eventually grew too powerful within the Tarkin Initiative and so Sidious was forced to make him overplay his hand. With the man a mere traitor, he could be purged. After the meeting, Vader met with Thanoth on Anthan 13; the Inspector, aware of Vader's real identity, revealed that he would support Vader's treason against the Emperor and that he would reveal Aphra's location on the [[Cosmatanic Steppes]]. However, Thanoth understood that Vader would not rest until he silenced a possible loose end, so he had elected to tell the Sith Lord in person so Vader would not waste time looking for him. When Thanoth revealed Aphra's location and thanked "Anakin" for their work together, Vader killed him with his lightsaber.<ref name="DV20" />

Outside and ignoring the droids' request to dispose of Thanoth's corpse, Vader ordered 0-0-0 and BT-1, who were joined by Krrsantan and his commando droids, to return Aphra to the ''Executor'' or kill her as their priority orders.<ref name="DV20" /> Vader also made it clear to wipe out anyone else they found at the Cosmatanic Steppes to eliminate all witnesses present, ensuring that, if Aphra had told anyone about her work with Vader, they were silenced.<ref name="DV21">[[Darth Vader (2015) 21|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 21]]</ref> Vader then departed aboard his TIE Advanced x1, with 0-0-0 realizing he would not be taking Cylo back alive,<ref name="DV20" /> and returned to the ''Executor''. Aboard, he confronted [[Professor]] [[Thlu-Ry]], a colleague of Cylo's, whom he threatened to learn the traitor's location in the [[Crushank Nebulae]]. Vader took the ''Devastator'' to the nebulae, where his crew confirmed Cylo's whale fleet was present. After ordering that Thlu-Ry be thanked and then, for fraternizing with a traitor, executed, Vader led the assault on Cylo's fleet from his TIE Advanced. After Cylo's flagship fired an ion pulse to disable the ''Devastator'' and moved to escape, Vader fired into the whale ship and crashed into the opening he'd made, boarding the enemy ship just before it jumped to hyperspace<ref name="DV21" />

[[File:CyborgRancor-2015DarthVader21.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Darth Vader faces down a cyberanimate rancor during his hunt to kill Doctor Cylo.]]
Moving past the personnel he'd left to be sucked into hyperspace and entering the labs, Vader was confronted by Voidgazer, who pitted him against a cyberanimate [[rancor]] as a test of her technology<ref name="DV21" /> just as Cylo's fleet arrived at Kuat. Although the creature gave him some difficulty, Vader killed it by throwing his lightsaber through its skull, severing the neural link, and turned one of Voidgazer's defense droids against her, fatally wounding her. As she lay dying, Voidgazer revealed that she had tampered with the ''Executor''{{'s}} systems to incapacitate the crew; Vader finished her off and went to the empty bridge, which had been abandoned by Cylo and Morit as they had fled in the escape pods, to find that Cylo's flagship was to collide with the ''Executor''.<ref name="DV22">[[Darth Vader (2015) 22|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 22]]</ref> Before it did, he ejected and landed on the ''Executor''{{'s}} outer hull, where he soon encountered Morit. He easily killed him and then made his way to the ''Executor''{{'s}} bridge, where he confronted Cylo. The scientist simply disabled Vader's cybernetics with a device he had kept for twenty years, forcing Vader to kneel and drop his lightsaber.<ref name="DV23" />

While Vader was incapacitated, he received visions of his duel with his former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. This time, however, Kenobi threw him into the lava. Vader then rose out of the river in his life suit and struck down his old master. However, like their duel on the Death Star, Kenobi's body disappeared. Vader then encountered a vision of his younger self. The two versions of Skywalker fought until Vader came out victorious, throwing his counterpart in the lava. After his counterpart yelled that he hated him, the Dark Lord met a vision of his deceased wife, Padmé Amidala. Vader then found himself chained to the same table where he first received his suit. The vision of Padmé pleaded with him, asking him to stay with her. Vader, however, choked the illusion while at the same time regained control of his body. After he told the vision that her husband was dead, Vader used his lightsaber to impale Cylo, who was astounded that Vader was moving while his suit was deactivated. Thus, Vader had regained the ship from his control. The Dark Lord then informed his master of his success. The Emperor then ordered Vader to finish his mission then return to him, stating there was much to discuss.<ref name="DV24">[[Darth Vader (2015) 24|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 24]]</ref>

Vader took control of his TIE Advanced, flying into Cylo's command ship. After cutting his way through Cylo's forces, the Dark Lord found his way to the doctor's cloning room. After destroying Cylo's spare bodies, Vader made it to the command bridge. Vader then confronted the doctor one last time. He mind-tricked the [[whale-ship]] into flying into a nearby star, destroying Cylo once and for all. After returning to the ''Executor'', Vader met with his master, whom had been awaiting a full report, only to reveal it was no longer needed because Aphra was present:<ref name="DV25">[[Darth Vader (2015) 25|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 25]]</ref> while 0-0-0 and BT-1 had successfully brought Aphra to the ''Executor'' and were planning on giving Vader suggestions on how to kill the doctor, should they have found his planned execution too boring for their tastes, Aphra realized Vader's priority order only mandated the droids bring her to the ''Executor''. As she realized as such and was dragged away by two stormtroopers to await Vader's wrath, she gave a new priority order: help her escape.<ref name="DV21" /> Reaching Palpatine's chamber, Aphra told Palpatine all of Vader's secret missions and plans, although she did chose to leave out the details surrounding Luke Skywalker.<ref name="DV25" />

[[File:VaderKillsTagge-2015DarthVader25.jpg|thumb|right|281px|Vader executes Tagge]]
Instead of being angry with Vader, however, the Emperor was pleased with his apprentice's ability to operate in the shadows, stating he was everything he could have hoped for. The Emperor then left his apprentice to deal with Aphra as he pleased. Vader then ordered Aphra to follow him. Despite her pleas for a quick death, he forced her out the airlock, although she secretly survived; having deduced Vader would never honor her wish to avoid execution via airlock, she was rescued in time by Krrsantan, 0-0-0, and BT-1. Making his way to the bridge, the Emperor informed him that Grand General Tagge was to be demoted and that command of the ''Executor'' and the fleet would be transferred to Vader,<ref name="DV25" /> who Palpatine named [[supreme commander of the Imperial fleet]].<ref name="Rise and Fall">''[[Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire]]''</ref> The Emperor then left his apprentice to "educate" his subordinates of this new era. Vader then executed Tagge and ordered Admiral [[Kendal Ozzel]] to have the ship ready in two weeks. Vader then thought of his son, content that he would soon have him.<ref name="DV25" />

====Slaying the unworthy====
After the rebellion began [[Mid Rim Retreat|encroaching]] in the Mid Rim, The Emperor let Vader loose, deciding that incompetence at the highest level was to blame for the the Death Star's destruction, allowing him to kill Imperial officials including Moff [[Coovern]] and Minister [[Khemt]].<ref name="TC">''[[Battlefront: Twilight Company]]''</ref>

At some point after the ''Executor'' became his flagship, Vader summoned Lieutenant [[Sulaco]] to the bridge and ordered her to follow him to a hangar bay, where he ordered that she pilot his Lambda-class shuttle on a diplomatic mission to [[Sarjenn 3]], the third moon in the Sarjenn system and Sulaco's homeworld. The two Imperials landed at the moon's only port and proceeded to a nearby Rebel outpost as Sulaco questioned their mission, claiming that Sarjenn 3 had no diplomats. Vader was quickly ambushed by a sniper, whom he dispatched, before approaching the stronghold’s outermost wall, telekinetically relieving the Rebels of their weapons, and slaughtering them. Proceeding inside, Vader deflected a shot from a missile launcher, whose gunner he strangled and brought down a massive building with the Force. Now at Sulaco’s house, Vader identified the officer as a Rebel spy. Coercing her into becoming a double agent, Vader ordered her to say what she had to before departing, indicating that they had work ahead.<ref name="Diplomatic Impunity">{{StoryCite|story=Diplomatic Impunity|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 3}}</ref>

====Skirmish on the Scorca Retreat====
{{Quote|I am the alpha and the omega of the Ordu Aspectu! I am the eternal Rur, Jedi Knight''"<br />"''I am Darth Vader, Sith Lord. I killed the Jedi&hellip;and none shall escape me|The eternal Rur confronts Vader|<ref name="Aphra 12">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 12|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 12]]</ref>}}
Sometime later, Aphra began an [[Auction of Rur|auction]] of a large kyber crystal, which contained a [[Eternal Rur|copied conscience]] from an ancient Jedi named [[Rur]], on the [[Sorca Retreat]]. However, Vader was contacted about the criminal gathering and the artifact by 0-0-0,<ref name="Aphra 10">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 10|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 10]]</ref> who specifically left out the fact that Aphra had organized it as blackmail for the doctor: if she refused to remove the programming that bent him and BT-1 to her will, they would inform Vader of her survival.<ref name="Aphra 12" /> By the time Vader arrived aboard an ''Imperial''-class Star Destroyer, the auction had turned into a [[Skirmish aboard the Sorca Retreat|massacre]] orchestrated by 0-0-0, who had allowed a [[Unidentified blue Cyban Front droid|droid]] from the [[Cyban Front]] to be taken over by the conscious kyber crystal, making it hunt down the factions on the space station.<ref name="Aphra 11">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 11|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 11]]</ref> As Vader roamed the hallways, he found another [[Unidentified red Cyban Front droid|Cyban Front droid]], who had noticed him and his stormtroopers moving about. The droid attempted to run, but Vader used the Force to smash it to pieces. Vader ordered his troopers to kill all of the individuals they found in the space station.<ref name="Aphra 12" />

After the freed 0-0-0 and BT-1 made their escape, and as some of the stormtroopers crossed paths with the droid being controlled by Rur, Vader cut down a [[Ezaraa|member]] of the [[Dominion of the Ezaraa]]. Some of his stormtroopers approached him, reporting resistance in the top dome and the droid. Vader walked down the halls and found the droid standing over a pile of dead stormtroopers. The droid had two blue-bladed lightsabers, generated from the kyber crystal inside it, erected from its arms. The two declared themselves to each other and clashed.<ref name="Aphra 12" /> As they fought, Vader deduced that Rur was not a Sith. Rur claimed to be the last of the Ordu Aspectu and a Jedi. As they deduced more about each other, Vader Force-pushed Rur into a stone slab. Rur got up again, but Vader charged at him, and as they clashed, he cut the droid's right hand off.<ref name="Aphra 13">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 13|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 13]]</ref>

Vader Force-pushed him again into a wall, but the droid began laughing and declared that he was a boundless god of machines. Rur quickly took control of the defensive guns in the ceiling and used them on Vader. Rur then tried to take control of Vader's suit and stalled his defensive moves. Vader told him that he was not the first to attempt that and used the Force to repeatedly smash Rur against the walls. The three collisions with the walls demolished the droid and Vader took the crystal. After the duel, a stormtrooper reported to Vader that some small ships had slipped his blockade. Vader sensed Aphra's presence, which was an annoying presence to him, but elected to hold the blockade. Vader took the crystal back to Sidious on Coruscant and then archived it with the rest of his master's collection.<ref name="Aphra 13" />

====Tureen VII====
[[File:VaderAtTureenVII-2015StarWars25.png|thumb|left|300px|Darth Vader arrives at the siege on Tureen VII to capture Luke Skywalker.]]
After the death of Cylo, Vader ordered Sergeant Kreel and his [[Task Force 99|SCAR Squadron]] to hunt down Luke Skywalker. They eventually found him and his allies [[Hijacking of the Harbinger|hijacking]] the [[Imperial-class Star Destroyer|''Imperial''-class Star Destroyer]] [[Harbinger (Imperial I-class)|''Harbinger'']]. The vessel made its way to the blockaded planet [[Tureen VII]] in an attempt to aid the people there. Vader and his TIE forces engaged the attacking rebel X-wings.<ref name="SW24">[[Star Wars (2015) 24|''Star Wars'' (2015) 24]]</ref> While fighting the rebel fighters, Vader questioned Kreel if he had located Luke. At that moment, Kreel was engaging the rebel in a lightsaber duel. The Dark Lord then warned the stormtrooper not to injure his "prize." However, Luke used the Force to incapacitate Kreel, much to Vader's anger. The rebels eventually were able to break the siege and give relief to the people of Tureen VII. SCAR Squadron, however, was not left empty-handed, capturing the protocol droid C-3PO.<ref name="SW25">[[Star Wars (2015) 25|''Star Wars'' (2015) 25]]</ref>

Soon after, Vader was contacted by Kreel and informed that C-3PO had told them everything they needed to know and that they could not get him to stop talking. Vader then told him that the droid was a piece of worthless junk and to dispose of him.<ref name="SW26">[[Star Wars (2015) 26|''Star Wars'' (2015) 26]]</ref> Shortly after, R2-D2 managed to infiltrate the Star Destroyer where C-3PO was held and broke the droid out. Vader was notified of this and intercepted their X-wing in his TIE advanced. R2-D2 knew they could not escape alone and sent out a distress call to their friends. To Vader's frustration, R2-D2 gained the support of Luke, the ''Millennium Falcon'' and the ''[[Volt Cobra]]'', who gave enough covering fire to help them all escape.<ref name="SW 36">[[Star Wars (2015) 36|''Star Wars'' (2015) 36]]</ref>

====Confronting Kreel====
Sometime later, Vader approached Kreel, who was training with half a dozen [[training droid]]s. Vader told him he could try all he wanted but he would never become a Sith. Kreel said he was not asking to be, saying that it was not a Sith who saved him from the pits of [[Chagar IX]], but the 501st Legion. Claimed to be a stormtrooper to the core and that he was just appreciating the value of a lightsaber. Vader then took his lightsaber and threatened to get rid of him and his squad for failing him aboard the ''Harbinger''. Kreel told Vader that if he failed him again, he would kneel down to Vader and bury that lightsaber in his chest himself, after killing his men with it. Vader gave Kreel a mission to destroy a possible rebel outpost on [[Horox III]], bringing back Luke if he was present. Vader then handed back Kreel's lightsaber and told him to be worthy of it. Sidious then entered the room and summoned Vader. Kreel knelt down and in honor of Sidious's presence and he thanked him. Sidious then brought Vader out of the room. Kreel then [[Mission to Horox III|traveled]] to the [[Horox system]] and destroyed the [[Horox III rebel outpost|rebel outpost]] there, killing all rebels present.<ref name="SW 37">[[Star Wars (2015) 37|''Star Wars'' (2015) 37]]</ref>

====Sculpting a trap====
[[File:OzzelVeersMeetingWithVader-ShuTorunLives.png|thumb|right|241px|Vader talks with Kendal Ozzel and Maximillian Veers.]]
Sometime later, Vader was at his castle with Admiral Kendal Ozzel and General [[Maximilian Veers]]. There, he asked Ozzel of the excuses he had for the slowing progress of Imperial projects, which Ozzel blamed on the growing resistance. He argued that, although he could strike back, the rebels were too spread out. Ozzel suggested that scrounging more worlds with constant bombardments via Vader's new Death Squadron, but Veers intervened and came up with a theory; Veers claimed that the rebellion was like weeds, while the Empire was like a storm; when a storm passed, weeds would bend and come out unharmed, whereas a tree could not withstand the onslaught. Until the rebellion was a solid singular unit, Veers argued, it would slip through their fingers. This triggered a memory in Vader of when Leia Organa told Tarkin: "The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." Vader told his subordinates that Veers made an interesting point and set out<ref name="Shu-Torun Lives">{{StoryCite|story=Shu-Torun Lives|book=Star Wars (2015) 50}}</ref> with a new strategy: give the Alliance time to gather its forces and assemble its might in one location, where they could be crushed.<ref name="Battles that Changed the Galaxy" />

Vader traveled to Shu-Torun and approached Queen Trios in her meeting room. She was surprised at his arrival and assumed it was not on good terms. She pleaded that she had done nothing against him and that she had been a loyal servant. She then told her guards to lower their weapons. Trios asked Vader how she could help him. Vader revealed his plan for her specialists to mine the ruins of Jedha. After she was to supply information to the rebels that would be sufficient to entirely sabotage the mining efforts. Finally, she had to infiltrate the rebellion, which was trying to build a fleet, and do everything she could to help them. Vader said to her that when they had built their armada, and before they hid it, he would show them how weak they truly were. Vader then threatened her that he'd make Alderaan look like a dream to Shu-Torun if she tried anything. A Shu-Torun guard stepped forward and told Vader that he could not threaten Trios like that. Trios shot him as Vader was their honored guest. She then allowed Vader to kill the rest of the people in the room.<ref name="Shu-Torun Lives" />

====Vader's master stroke====
[[File:HopeDiesVader-2015StarWars50.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Vader oversees the attack on the Mako-Ta spacedocks]]
To Vader's pleasure, Trios was successful in her mission, being able to earn Leia Organa's trust at Jedha and helping them prompt a [[Mutiny on Mon Cala|mass mutiny]] of Mon Calamari merchant ships. As the rebels armed their new cruisers at the [[Mako-Ta Space Docks]], she gave Vader the go-ahead to attack, telling him that they expected nothing.<ref name="MoM6">[[Star Wars (2015) 49|''Star Wars'' (2015) 49]]</ref> As the rebels prepared to scatter their new fleet, their hyperdrives failed to work, rendering the cruisers immobile from the system. Vader arrived soon after with Death Squadron and Ozzel asked Vader if they should begin a bombardment. Vader told him to wait, saying he sensed their fear and that it was insufficient. He told Ozzel to give them time to understand. As the rebel fighters prepared to deploy, they realized that not only were the hanger doors not opening, but neither were the defense turrets able to fire or were their engines able to activate. This was because Organa had ensured that the cruisers were outfitted with Shu-Torun technology, meaning Trios could sabotage them. The cruisers were useless against Vader's fleet, and Vader ordered the nearest cruiser be destroyed. The fleet subsequently fired on General [[Vanden Huyck Willard|Vanden Willard's]] flagship ''[[Yavin's Hope]]'' and destroyed it with ease, killing Willard. Ozzel then asked Vader of their next target, and Vader said hope.<ref name="SW 50">[[Star Wars (2015) 50|''Star Wars'' (2015) 50]]</ref>

The Star Destroyers began engaging the other Mon Calamari cruisers, and Trios attempted to get off the spacedocks on her ship. However, rebel forces boarded the vessel, and she was forced to escape in an escape pod. The rebels discovered they could get the cruiser's hangar doors to open by flying a ship towards it. [[Bandwin Cor]] volunteered to do so and flew a shuttle towards the cruisers. The shuttle was reported to Vader, but the TIE fighters dealt with it before Vader could make any decisions. Vader's fleet soon destroyed another cruiser, sending it into a fireball. The ''Millennium Falcon'' then arrived at the system, and Han Solo was told to attempt the same thing by Organa. Vader was notified of the ''Falcon''{{'s}} arrival and quickly went to his TIE advanced. Solo flew the ''Falcon'' through the fleet and took on TIEs before flying towards General [[Jan Dodonna]]'s [[Republic (MC80A Home One Type Heavy Star Cruiser)|''Republic'']]. Vader then engaged the ''Falcon'' and hit the ship's stabilizer, sending it spiraling. Solo set it to manual, and Vader prepared to fire on the ''Falcon'' when it got back on course.<ref name="SW 51">[[Star Wars (2015) 51|''Star Wars'' (2015) 51]]</ref>

Vader fired missiles at the ''Falcon'' as Solo attempted to land on Commander [[Lajaie]]'s [[Lajaie's cruiser|cruiser]]. Vader was to force Lajaie's crew to abandon ship and ordered the ''Executor'' to destroy the escape pods. He continued to pursue the ''Falcon'' until his TIE was disabled temporarily in a nearby asteroid field.<ref name="Star Wars 52">[[Star Wars (2015) 52|''Star Wars'' (2015) 52]]</ref> Vader was able to resume his attack on the rebel fleet's starfighters. Vader then ordered the Imperial fleet to close in on the Rebel fleet. After being informed that Trios was returning to the ''Executor'', Vader returned to the ship where he intended to meet her. However, he learned that rebels had boarded the ''Executor'' by using Trios' shuttle.<ref name="Star Wars 53">[[Star Wars (2015) 53|''Star Wars'' (2015) 53]]</ref>

[[File:VaderReports-2015StarWars55.png|thumb|right|300px|Darth Vader declares that his assault was a victory for the Empire.]]
He pursued the rebels until he found several led by General [[Davits Draven]] and killed all of them. However, their mission was just to slow Vader down and Vader Force choked Draven. Vader caught up with Organa but was unable to stop her from escaping the ''Executor'' via a TIE fighter. As one rebel cruiser left, Vader ordered the Imperial fleet to destroy the remaining rebel vessels.<ref name="Star Wars 54">[[Star Wars (2015) 54|''Star Wars'' (2015) 54]]</ref> Vader continued to oversee the destruction of the remaining rebel ships. Despite the return of a rebel cruiser, Vader pushed the attack. The rebels capital ships were eventually able to retreat and disperse in order to reorganize. Vader informed the Emperor of the rebels' defeat and assured him that the Rebels could never win.<ref name="Star Wars 55">[[Star Wars (2015) 55|''Star Wars'' (2015) 55]]</ref>

===Revealing the truth===
====Project Swarm====
=====Keeping an eye on loose ends=====
Three years after the Battle of Yavin, Vader was still in command of the ''Executor'', under the admiralty of Ozzel, and Death Squadron.<ref name="Episode V" /> At Vader's request, [[Lieutenant Commander]] Ciena Ree was transferred from the ''Devastator'' to the ''Executor''; Ree believed, however, that Vader's request had been more threat than reward, as she remained forever vulnerable to him for seeing him during Yavin's immediate aftermath.<ref name="LS" /> Obsessed with finding Luke, Vader dispatched thousands of [[Viper probe droid]]s<ref name="Episode V" /> as [[Project Swarm]]<ref name="Doctor Aphra 37">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 37|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 37]]</ref> into the far reaches of space in order to find the rebel base and, by extension, his son.<ref name="Episode V" /> Amongst the project on the ''Executor'' were a number of archaeological consultants, who were brought in due to the rebellion's prior history of hiding in historical sites. The archaeological supervisor, Professor [[Rupo Ud]], secretly only saw the operation as a way to study historical sites and disliked the Sith Lord, but he knew to stay quiet, having seen Vader execute gifted individuals on little pretext.<ref name="Doctor Aphra 37" /> Imperial forces also found 0-0-0 and BT-1 on the [[Ring of Kafrene]] and installed [[restraining bolt]]s on both, suppressing their memories and returning them to Vader's service. Both were stationed on the ''Executor'' as interrogation specialists.<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 38|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 38]]</ref>

[[File:AriseDoctorAphra-2016DoctorAphra36.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader executes the rogue minister Pitina Mar-Mas Voor and recruits Doctor Aphra into Project Swarm.]]
When Doctor Aphra exposed [[propaganda]] Minister [[Pitina Mar-Mas Voor]]'s [[plot to assassinate Emperor Palpatine]] in an effort to secure a pardon for herself, which she hoped would also keep those she loved safe by stopping the Imperial hunt for her, Vader traveled to Coruscant's moon [[Centax-3]] to execute Voor for her treason. Breaching Voor's room with two stormtroopers, Vader decapitated the rogue minister, with his appearance scaring Aphra, who believed Vader would kill her despite her role in saving Palpatine. Vader, however, simply demanded she stand<ref name="Aphra 36">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 36|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 36]]</ref> and recruited her into Project Swarm as one of its archaeological consultants. Aphra and her ward [[Vulaada Klam]] were assigned a quarters on the ''Executor'', where Klam was assigned a cleaning job and Aphra experienced regular nightmares of the ways Vader could hurt her, the worst of which being thrown from an airlock and losing an air mask thanks to his Force powers. It was also Aphra's belief that,<ref name="Doctor Aphra 37" /> while she was somewhat protected by her actions against Voor,<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" /> Vader was waiting for any<ref name="Doctor Aphra 37" /> good excuse<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" /> to kill her, thereby finally silencing an old loose end. Eventually, the progress on Project Swarm became too slow for Vader's liking, so he executed project supervisor [[Yaltza]].<ref name="Doctor Aphra 37" />

After General Veers was assigned oversight and introduced himself to the project's archaeological consultants, Aphra caught sight of Vader walking past and followed him past a mouse droid before speaking, pleading for her life but being thrown into a wall when she mentioned Skywalker's name. Vader left her on the floor as he departed, leaving Aphra to devote herself to finding the rebel base to secure further Imperial favor, thereby saving her from Vader's wrath. After Ud found a possible lead on the rebel base after a probe droid was shot down on [[Ash Moon 1]], Aphra joined the ground mission to stay out of Vader's sights, further using the opportunity to kill Ud, thereby taking the position of supervisor for herself, and abandon Klam<ref name="Doctor Aphra 37" /> to keep her out of her dangerous life.<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" /> While there was no sign of rebel activity at the site, Imperial forces did pick up a masked figure, who claimed to know Jedi mind tricks and carried rebel rations, they took prisoner. On Veers's orders, Aphra was sent to inform Vader of the prisoner, with Aphra noting the individual could be Skywalker; not realizing the Sith Lord was passing her to exit the room, Aphra fell to her knees as Vader approached and promised she had not revealed any of Vader's secrets.<ref name="Doctor Aphra 37" />

Joined by Aphra when he demanded she accompany him, Vader Force choked and then physically choked the masked individual in an interrogation cell for the location of the rebel base, promising to kill him slowly if he refused, but was met by a Jedi apothegm about the power of the light side. Vader quickly ordered Veers seal the room and bring in 0-0-0 before removing the individual's mask, revealing Aphra's father [[Korin Aphra|Korin]].<ref name="Doctor Aphra 37" /> Vader ignored Aphra's pleas to spare her father from torture, citing his knowledge of the Jedi, and left the arriving 0-0-0 and BT-1 to extract everything Korin knew, with the protocol droid specifically hoping Vader would let him use the new tooth wrenches in his torture. Due to his bias against the Rebellion for its exploitation of ancient temples, Korin, however, would quickly reveal everything he knew, which was relayed to Vader by Veers and Aphra after they departed the cell. Now pointed in the direction of a rebel cell using<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" /> a [[Helix temple|temple]]<ref name="Aphra 39">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 39|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 39]]</ref> on [[Asteroid Helix 13-v]], Vader personally ventured to the asteroid with an Imperial force, BT-1, and the two Aphras, intending to see which of the two was more useful to him.<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" />

=====Old memories on Helix 13-v=====
{{Quote|&hellip; M&hellip;Mind tricks&hellip; these &hellip; these ''ghosts'' might once have ''troubled'' that lost ''boy''&hellip; but I am not ''him'' anymore.|Darth Vader reacts to the visions of his past on Helix 13-v|<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" />}}
[[File:VaderMemories-2016DoctorAphra38.png|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader is attacked by memories of his past]]
After arriving on Asteroid Helix 13-v, Vader felt a presence in the Force he believed to be from a person and left his compliment of stormtroopers outside, much to Chelli Aphra's horror: she believed Vader was personally engineering a situation where there were no witnesses in the room with him and his old loose end, aside from BT-1. Much to her confusion, however, Vader was far more interested in the presence he felt than dealing with her and left to investigate once he gave BT-1 orders to maim either Aphra for disobedience.<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" /> In secret, the rebels had left behind several cameras in the atrium, which gave the ''[[Unnamed]]'' under Chelli's former lover [[Magna Tolvan]] several glimpses of Vader.<ref name="Aphra 39" /> As Vader ventured deeper into the shrine, unknowingly followed by Aphra when she had news on rebel traces left behind that pointed to a cold destination, Vader ignited his lightsaber and demanded the presence reveal itself, only to be attacked by visions and mind tricks about his past. Declaring that he was no longer the "lost boy" who would be troubled by such visions, Vader destroyed the source of the presence, an altar drenched in the wills of those who had once prayed to it, and departed, unaware that Aphra had overhead his comment.<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" />

Intending to review the survey reports on the ''Executor'', Vader ordered a confused stormtrooper sergeant to immediately shut down the shrine despite the little work that had been done to explore it, further ordering BT-1 to signal Death Squadron to dispatch TIE/sa bombers, since it was clear the rebels had left. When Korin protested destroying a historical site and chased after Vader while the Sith Lord was on his way back to a ''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle, Vader thew Korin to the side with the Force before telling BT-1 to kill whichever one of the Aphras was unnecessary, giving them only the trip back to the ''Executor'' to decide who would die. Before they could reach the Super Star Destroyer, however, the Aphras' Lambda was attacked by [[Strike Team Misericorde]] under Tolvan,<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" /> whom Chelli would trick to uncover the location of the new rebel base:<ref name="Aphra 39" /> the frozen planet Hoth in the Outer Rim.<ref name="Ultimate SW" /> After sending her unconscious father away in the Lambda on a course to Ash Moon I, where he would unite with Klam, with Tolvan on its trail,<ref name="Aphra 39" /> thereby ensuring her loved ones would meet each other and become a group of their own,<ref name="Aphra 40">[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 40|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 40]]</ref> Aphra had BT-1 contact 0-0-0 aboard the ''Executor'' on the promise she would remove their restraining bolts<ref name="Aphra 39" /> as part of a plan to herself escape from Vader and disrupt his search for the rebel base,<ref name="Aphra 40" /> where her loved ones would be based as part of the Alliance.<ref name="Epilogue">{{StoryCite|story=Epilogue|book=Empire Ascendant 1}}</ref>

Aboard the ''Executor'', Vader had retired to his meditation chamber when he was interrupted by 0-0-0, who began to test the Sith Lord's patience with remarks about Vader's injured appearance, with a private message. Beginning to crush the protocol droid with the Force and hold him in the air, Vader demanded the message and learned it was from Chelli Aphra, who claimed to know the location of the rebel base at a cold location.<ref name="Aphra 39" /> Instead of bringing him to Hoth, however, Aphra led Vader and a detachment of Imperial forces to the [[Meridional Ice Cap]] of the<ref name="Aphra 40" /> ancient Jedi planet<ref name="Nexus of Power">''[[Nexus of Power]]''</ref> [[Tython]], where she knew the [[Martyrium of Frozen Tears]],<ref name="Aphra 40" /> which she had learned from her father supposedly contained a confessional made of solid kyberite,<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" /> was located;<ref name="Aphra 40" /> having seen Vader briefly succumb to his past regrets at the Helix temple,<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" /> she intended to weigh him down with his past regrets on Tython as well. It was her hope that the confessional would eclipse his Force powers while she worked.<ref name="Aphra 40" />

=====Aphra's escape=====
{{Quote|Hey&mdash;''boss''&mdash;listen! F-for what it's worth, I wish it hadn't ''come'' to this! But&mdash;you oughta know&hellip; ''regrets'' are kinda my ''thing''. &hellip; So, ''listen''&hellip; I don't know what ''broke'' you. If I had to ''guess'', I'd shoot for the whole ''love'', ''betrayal'', ''loss'' thing. Lotta that goin' 'round. What ''matters'' is you've tamped it all down. Right? Cold ''apathy'' and even ''colder'' anger. But I ''saw you'' on the comet Helix. And I see you ''now''. This much pain&mdash;when you try to ''bury'' it? Just makes it twice as strong when it finds a way ''out''. I know a guilty freakin' ''disaster'' when I see one, sir.|Doctor Aphra, to an injured Darth Vader|<ref name="Aphra 40" />}}
Vader traveled to the Meridional Ice Cap aboard his personal TIE Advanced, while a group of cold weather assault stormtroopers, at least one officer, and 0-0-0 under Colonel [[Bryce (colonel)|Bryce]] arrived on two [[TIE/rp Reaper attack lander]]s. Outside the Martyrium of Frozen Tears, Vader and his troops were met by Aphra, who promised Vader the rebels were still preparing a base hidden deep underground and discretely implied Skywalker could be present. Inside, Vader ordered his forces scan for the supposed rebel presence and revealed 0-0-0 was present, which Aphra pretended to be surprised by. However, Vader felt through the Force that Aphra was planning something and promising to kill her if she had been lying; sure enough, the colonel reported there was no sign of activity in the temple, which Vader immediately responded to by ordering 0-0-0 to kill Aphra. However, BT-1 managed to separate 0-0-0 and Aphra from the Imperials in time; Aphra honored her deal to remove their restraining bolts and convinced them to keep her alive as Vader began to pursue because she knew the temple's secrets.<ref name="Aphra 40" />

Vader burst through a wall into Aphra and the droids' hiding place with several snowtroopers, including members of [[First squad (Tython)|First squad]], whom he ordered to move eastward but to leave Aphra for him. However, Aphra activated a trap that unleashed a flame, which Vader defended himself against but engulfed several surrounding troops. Contacting Bryce and ordering him to withdraw their forces, only for 0-0-0 to kill Bryce before the colonel could issue a retreat, Vader embarked on his hunt alone despite a few snowtroopers remaining close. He tracked Aphra to the other side of another wall, which he began to cut through until BT-1 tripped another trap, separating Vader from his troops, all of whom were soon massacred by the droid. Vader, however, quickly freed himself from the trap and came face-to-face with Aphra, whom he demanded kneel as he prepared to cut her down. When 0-0-0 suddenly attacked, Vader cut the droid down into several parts but was distracted for long enough that several explosive darts could hit his armor and knock him back. With Vader trapped under<ref name="Aphra 40" /> the kyberite confessional,<ref name="DV 2020 35">[[Darth Vader (2020) 35|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 35]]</ref> Aphra activated it and trapped Vader within. Under the weight of the many sinners who had confessed their own regrets in the temple over the course of centuries, Vader was forced to endure visions of his own past regrets,<ref name="Aphra 40" /> much like his less severe reaction to the altar at the Helix temple.<ref name="Doctor Aphra 38" />

[[File:VaderAphraTython-2020DoctorAphra13.png|thumb|left|250px|Doctor Aphra escapes Vader's grasp on Tython.]]
After a moment of silence as he found himself trapped under his guilt, Vader reacted in anger and threw his lightsaber at Aphra, who dodged the blade and ordered BT-1 to fire on Vader's legs to knock him back down. Much of Vader's already damaged armor was ripped apart under the droid's barrage, including his legs, but the crawling Sith Lord ripped BT-1 apart with the Force, proving to Aphra the shrine would not keep his powers as suppressed as she had hoped. Having failed to escape the confessional and suddenly with failing cybernetics, however, Vader fell back to the ground as Aphra spoke to him about regrets, only for Vader to turn to Aphra and promise she would never succeed in killing him. Aphra, however, had no such plans and knew to stay outside of the confessional, thereby avoiding Vader's currently limited range. Attacked with a wave of regret when Aphra called him the "lost boy," Vader was hit by a cord fired by Aphra, who used it to hack into Vader's suit and contact<ref name="Aphra 40" /> a [[Unidentified comms jockey|comms jockey]]<ref name="Epilogue" /> on the ''Executor''. Using Vader's voice, she scared the officer and ordered him to alter and delete numerous probe droid records, which she hoped would hold back Vader's search for [[Echo Base]] by several weeks.<ref name="Aphra 40" />

While Aphra knew Vader would one day find the rebels, she was certain she had done something good and bid goodbye to Vader, who promised he would find her again one day.<ref name="Aphra 40" /> While she was still terrified of him<ref name="Aphra (2020) 13">[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 13|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 13]]</ref> and knew he would never stop his hunt for her, Aphra left Vader with the hope he, too, would one day "do something good" and declared he had, from a certain point of view, been the best thing that had ever happened to her. Aphra soon escaped Tython aboard one of the TIE/rp Reaper attack landers with the remains of 0-0-0 and BT-1,<ref name="Aphra 40" /> both of whom would be rebuilt and dropped off by Aphra on the planet [[Birukay]] outside of Imperial notice.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 25">[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 25|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 25]]</ref> As Aphra made her escape, Vader broke out of the confessional by destroying it in a burst of rage.<ref name="Aphra 40" /> The Empire put out an arrest warrant for Aphra and tried to keep the damage she caused their search a secret, but the mess she left behind was set to keep Vader from his son and the rebels for long enough that<ref name="Epilogue" /> the rebels&mdash;Tolvan, Korin, and Klam among them&mdash;could finalize their defenses and set up an escape plan.<ref name="Aphra 40" />

====Hoth====
{{Quote|Lord Vader, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed and we are preparing to—''"<br />"''You have failed me for the last time, Admiral.|Admiral Kendal Ozzel and Darth Vader|audio=YouHaveFailedMeForTheLastTimeAdmiral.flac|<ref name="Episode V" />}}
[[File:Vader-on-Hoth.jpg|thumb|right|243px|Vader arrives at Echo Base on Hoth.]]
Later, while the ''Executor'' and the rest of Death Squadron were stationed in the [[Juris sector]],<ref name="Odyssey" /> the flagship received a fragmented report from probe droid [[XJ9-CS14]], which had been sent to the [[Hoth system]]. Although Admiral Ozzel dismissed the news as a false lead, both Vader and Captain [[Firmus Piett]] agreed that they had found the Rebel base. Vader then gave orders for the fleet to depart for the system. As the fleet came out of hyperspace near [[Hoth]], Vader was informed by General Veers that orbital bombardment was impossible as an energy shield defended [[Echo Base]]. Vader guessed from this information that the Alliance knew of their presence because Ozzel had made the fleet exit hyperspace too close to the system. After ordering Veers to prepare his troops for a ground assault, Vader executed Ozzel for his incompetence and promoted Captain Piett to replace him as Admiral, and had him deploy the fleet so that no Rebel ship escaped the system.<ref name="Episode V" />

As the Imperial ground forces led by Veers [[Battle of Hoth|engaged]] the Alliance,Vader led an assault troop into the Rebel base and broke their lines, but they found it mostly deserted, for General [[Carlist Rieekan]] had ordered its evacuation pre-emotively.<ref name="Episode V" /> Vader entered the base and soon ran into a group of Rebels carrying their unconscious captain towards a hangar. They open fire, and Vader deflected their shots before leaping and cutting down a Rebel trooper named [[Beak (individual)|Beak]]. Another trooper, named [[Roja]], threw a grenade at Vader, who used the Force to deflect it. It knocked out their sergeant, [[Hazram Namir]], and Roja was killed soon after. The last Rebel was the former Imperial governor of [[Haidoral Prime]], [[Everi Chalis]]. She had been pursued by Imperial forces in the weeks following her defection and assumed Vader was there for her. Vader only asked her where Luke was, and when a trooper told him that they had located the ''Millennium Falcon'', he pushed her aside and marched in the direction of his target.<ref name="TC" />

Only the ''Millennium Falcon'' remained at the base's hangar, but the [[light freighter]] was able to escape before Vader could capture it. With the Alliance's forces on Hoth in complete retreat and the various transports scattered throughout the galaxy, Vader and his troops had secured a great victory for the Empire.<ref name="Episode V" /> Rather than pursuing the Rebel transports which had gotten away,<ref name="LS" /> Vader redirected his Death Squadron's efforts to capturing the ''Millennium Falcon'', which had evaded Imperial forces in the [[Hoth asteroid field|Hoth asteroid belt]] due to its faulty hyperdrive. Despite Piett's reservations, Vader ordered the fleet to pursue the ship into the asteroid field,<ref name="Episode V" /> and told the ''Executor''{{'s}} crew that he wanted the freighter towed aboard and its passengers taken alive.<ref name="LS" /> Even though the asteroids heavily damaged the Star Destroyers, Vader instructed every ship to sweep the field until the ''Falcon'' was found.<ref name="Episode V" />

[[File:Threatofskywalker.png|thumb|left|277px|Vader and the Emperor discuss Luke Skywalker's growing power.]]
Piett then informed him that the Emperor commanded him to make contact, and Vader had the ''Executor'' move out of the field to have a clear transmission. Vader contacted his master; the Emperor told him that he had sensed a new threat in the Force: Luke Skywalker, who he feared could destroy them if he ever became a Jedi, and that he was Anakin's son. Feigning shock at the Emperor's revelation, Vader believed Luke could be turned to the dark side and prove a powerful ally. Although the Emperor was doubtful, Vader assured him that Luke would join them or die.<ref name="Episode V" />

Determined to find his son before the Emperor, Vader summoned several bounty hunters—[[4-LOM]], Bossk, [[Zuckuss]], Dengar, [[IG-88B|IG-88]], and Boba Fett—to the ''Executor'', and promised a substantial [[Bounty|reward]] for the one who found the ''Falcon''{{'s}} crew alive. As he was briefing the [[Hunting|hunters]], Piett informed Vader that the ''[[Avenger]]'' was tracking the ''Falcon''. Vader requested an update from the ship's commander, Captain [[Lorth Needa]], who reported that he had lost the ''Falcon'' and assumed full responsibility for this. Vader accepted his apology with a fatal Force choke, and then ordered Piett to alert all commands of the ''Falcon''{{'s}} disappearance.<ref name="Episode V" />

====Cloud City====
{{Quote|Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.''"<br />"''He told me enough! He told me you killed him!''"<br />"''No. ''I'' am your father.|audio=IAmYourFather-Full.flac|Darth Vader's revelation to Luke Skywalker|<ref name="Episode V" />}}
As the ''Falcon'' traveled through realspace to try and repair its hyperdrive on [[Bespin]], Fett tracked and predicted Solo's movements, but also contacted Vader, whose ''Executor'' reached Bespin before the freighter.<ref name="Episode V" /> Along with a strike team comprising only a few individuals, Vader left the ''Executor'' for [[Cloud City]], leaving its crew to do nothing but wait hidden.<ref name="LS" /> At the city, Vader contacted its [[Baron Administrator]] [[Landonis Balthazar Calrissian|Lando Calrissian]], who happened to be Solo's friend, to make a deal. Calrissian, whose [[tibanna]] [[mining]] operation was keen to evade Imperial attention, agreed to help him capture the ship in exchange for them leaving his people and his interests alone.<ref name="Episode V" />

[[File:DarthVader2020-10-Sprouse-textless.png|thumb|right|230px|Vader duels his son, Luke.]]
When the ''Falcon'' arrived, Luke was not among them, but Vader knew he could use his friends to lure his son to Bespin. Escorted by Fett, Vader waited for Solo, Organa, Chewbacca, and Calrissian.<ref name="Episode V" /> Whilst waiting in the [[Rinetta dining room]], he was barged in upon by the [[Lepi]] smuggler [[Jaxxon T. Tumperakki]], who quickly left after the Dark Lord and the smuggler stared at each other. A team of stormtroopers was then dispatched to arrest Tumperakki.<ref name="Fake It Till You Make It" /> When the Rebels arrived, Vader had them surrounded by stormtroopers, imprisoned—and, in the case of Captain Solo, tortured. Much to Calrissian's displeasure, Vader altered their deal, agreeing to let Fett take Solo and collect Jabba's bounty on him. Afterward, he inspected one of the city's [[carbon-freezing chamber]]s, and deemed it adequate if crude, to freeze Luke for his journey to the Emperor, but at the danger of it being fatal, he had the facility tested on Captain Solo.<ref name="Episode V" />

On his orders, Solo was frozen in [[carbonite]]; as he survived, Vader handed Solo over to Fett and ordered Organa, Chewbacca, and C-3PO taken to his ship, while he awaited Luke at the facility. Once his son was separated from R2-D2 and made his way to the carbon-freezing chamber, Vader appeared before him, and the two [[Duel on Cloud City|dueled]]. Luke held his own for much of the duel, but he was ultimately no match for Vader:<ref name="Episode V" /> as they moved to a reactor shaft and a catwalk,<ref name="SYWtBaJ?">''[[The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?]]''</ref> Luke managed to cut Vader's shoulder, only for Vader to slice off his right hand, which along with his old lightsaber fell through the shaft.<ref name="Episode V" />

[[File:VadersRevelation-TESB.png|thumb|left|250px|Vader telling Luke that he is his father]]
Vader beckoned Luke to join him in the dark side, but Luke vehemently refused. Vader then told Luke that Kenobi had hidden from him the truth about his father, Anakin Skywalker, before revealing that he was, in fact, his father. Luke refused to believe the truth, but Vader continued to tempt his weakened son, offering Luke the chance to destroy the Emperor and "bring order to the galaxy,"<ref name="Episode V" /> just as he tried to do with Padmé on Mustafar.<ref name="Episode III" /> He even pleaded with his son to come with him.<ref name="Episode V" /> In Vader's ideal world, his son would have taken his hand, accepting him as his father.<ref name="DV 2020 32">[[Darth Vader (2020) 32|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 32]]</ref> However, Skywalker instead chose to throw himself into the shaft, possibly facing death to avoid joining Vader.<ref name="Episode V" />

While Luke was rescued by his friends on the ''Millennium Falcon'', Vader returned to the ''Executor''. As the freighter was unable to [[Escape from Cloud City|escape]] due to its deactivated hyperdrive, Vader and Piett waited for the ''Falcon'' to enter tractor-beam range. During the pursuit, Vader reached out to Luke through the Force, telling him it was his [[destiny]] to come with him, calling him "son." Yet, the ''Falcon'' made the jump into hyperspace, thanks to R2-D2 reactivating the hyperdrive. Although Piett feared Vader would kill him for his failure, Vader merely turned away from the viewport,<ref name="Episode V" /> not in anger, but in sadness.<ref name="SYWtBaJ?" />

Upon learning that Vader had allowed Fett to take the carbon frozen Solo back to Jabba, ISB agent [[Andressa Divo]] was frustrated that the smuggler would not be brought to Imperial imprisonment, although she also decided she had no position to question Vader's orders.<ref name="Scum and Villainy Case Files">''[[Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious]]''</ref>

====Search for answers====
{{Quote|You served Padmé. You want revenge as well. But you ''fear'' me. Good. Let that fear ''guide'' you. I will ''always'' triumph. And if you serve me, so will you. Together, we can ''find'' them.|Darth Vader, to Sabé|<ref name="DV 2020 2">[[Darth Vader (2020) 2|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 2]]</ref>}}
[[File:VaderAndZED67OnTatooine-2020DarthVader1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader returned to Tatooine to search for answers about his son's life.]]
Following the ''Falcon''{{'s}} escape, Vader took a shuttle with several [[death trooper]]s and a forensics droid named [[ZED-6-7]] with him on a mission to learn who had hidden his son from him. After modifying ZED's motivator, he took the shuttle to Tatooine. There, he met with Lieutenant [[Ardo Banch]] and his stormtroopers. Vader went on to the Lars Moisture Farm to search for clues about Skywalker's early life. Vader also reminisced about the attempted rescue of his mother and her funeral. Vader was informed by Lieutenant Banch of several transmissions, but came under attack by gangsters who wanted his shuttle. Vader and his death troopers killed the gangsters before he took his shuttle to Coruscant and returned to Amidala's apartment. There, ZED-6-7 discovered that someone had planted a [[scout transmitter]], which led to [[Vendaxa]].<ref name="DV 2020 1">[[Darth Vader (2020) 1|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 1]]</ref>

At some point, Vader also returned to the Imperial Palace and met with Palpatine, who ordered him to hunt down the remnants of the Rebel fleet while it was scattered, believing he may be the only officer in the Empire who could lead such a hunt despite it interrupting his quest to find his son. Unwilling to abandon that search, Vader instead proposed they give the mission to Tarkin's protégé, [[Ellian Zahra]]. Contacting her via hologram, Vader granted her permission to return to active duty to try and redeem herself for a past failure under Tarkin, making it clear she had no room to fail him and the Emperor.<ref name="Star Wars (2020) 8">[[Star Wars (2020) 8|''Star Wars'' (2020) 8]]</ref> Shortly after the ''Falcon''{{'s}} escape and its vital role in the [[Battle at Rendezvous Point Delta-Three]], Vader chastised Zahra for attempting to destroy the vessel during the engagement, stating that while Leia Organa would be an acceptable casualty, another passenger was of value to him. Vader further threatened consequence to Zahra should she report further of "partial success" before dismissing her.<ref name="SW2020 1">[[Star Wars (2020) 1|''Star Wars'' (2020) 1]]</ref>

Before journeying to Vendaxa, the Sith Lord traveled to a [[cantina]] and confronted a [[Unidentified Luke Skywalker impostor|man]] who claimed to be his son Luke Skywalker. Vader quickly found that the man was a liar, telling him that it did not matter who the man was. Because by tomorrow, no one would remember that he ever lived. Vader then killed the impostor and told the people who were about to hire him that he would let them live. That way, they would be witnesses for what the man had done. The Sith then stated that whoever claimed the name of Luke Skywalker would also claim the crimes he had committed against the Empire. After leaving the cantina, Vader admonished the Imperial officer who had given him the information on the alleged Luke Skywalker, telling him his information was worthless and that he had simply wasted his time.<ref name="Star Wars (2020) 5">[[Star Wars (2020) 5|''Star Wars'' (2020) 5]]</ref>

[[File:VaderAndGrandInquisitor-2020StarWars6.png|thumb|left|300px|Darth Vader travels to Tempes to speak to the spirit of the Grand Inquisitor, who remained forced to serve the Sith, even in death.]]
When Luke Skywalker met [[Verla]] on [[Serelia]], she told him about Order 66 and the Imperial Inquisitors, describing Vader as pure, true evil. Shortly thereafter, she discovered through the force that Vader was Luke's father,<ref name="Star Wars (2020) 5" /> but Skywalker proved to her he was not like his forebear. Before Vader continued his personal mission, he felt through the Force, during a conversation with Zahra, that the trap he had placed within a Jedi outpost on Tempes had been activated. He ordered his pilot to set course for Tempes, but when he arrived there, he found nothing but the spirit of the Grand Inquisitor, who had recently been defeated by Luke Skywalker. When asked by the Grand Inquisitor if he would ever be freed from Vader's service, the Sith Lord refused to do so, saying that the Inquisitor was merely a tool for him. Vader then abandoned his cursed servant, who was slowly engulfed by the ghostly flames around his body.<ref name="Star Wars (2020) 6" />

Upon arriving on Vendaxa, Vader was confronted by "[[Sabé|Padmé Amidala]]."<ref name="DV 2020 1" /> Amidala, revealed to be former [[Naboo Royal Handmaidens|Naboo Royal Handmaiden]] Sabé, was briefly choked by Vader before they came under attack by several [[Vendaxan land squid]]s. Together, they eliminated the squids, allowing Sabé to give her slain soldiers a proper burial. Sabé also revealed her true motives; to investigate the death of her former queen. Vader agreed to assist her in her mission so long as she obeyed him.<ref name="DV 2020 2" />

Following Sabé's guidance, Vader returned to the planet Naboo to retrieve security recordings stolen from Amidala's quarters on Coruscant. Upon entering the Naberri Lake Retreat, they were met by Gregar Typho and [[Tonra]], who agreed to help them retrieve the stolen recordings. Taking a [[submarine]], the four of them left for the recordings' location, while Sabé expressed regret at her inability to save either her queen or Anakin Skywalker's mother. After surviving an attack by a [[colo claw fish]], they reached their destination and found the recordings, which showed Sabé forming the [[Amidalans]] and swearing to find and destroy their queen's murderers. She then accused Vader of murdering Amidala himself, to which Vader said he did before attacking the Amidalans.<ref name="DV 2020 3">[[Darth Vader (2020) 3|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 3]]</ref>

[[File:VaderAndPadmeReunite-2020DarthVader5.png|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader stands over the grave of his wife.]]
However, the fight was quickly interrupted by a [[sando aqua monster]], which attacked Vader and allowed the Amidalans to escape. After slaying the monster along with his death troopers, Vader found the rest of the Amidalans in the jungles of Naboo, where they were led into battle by Ric Olié.<ref name="DV 2020 4">[[Darth Vader (2020) 4|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 4]]</ref> In the [[battle at Padmé's tomb]],<ref name="Marvel Vader 30">{{Marvel|url=comics/issue/103061/star_wars_darth_vader_2020_30|text=Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020) #30}}</ref> Vader and his death troopers eliminated most of the Amidalans and incapacitated Olié before moving onto their next destination: the [[Tomb of Padmé Amidala]]. But before they could enter the tomb, they were surrounded by Sabé and other members of Amidala's surviving handmaidens: [[Eirtaé]], [[Rabé Tonsort]], [[Saché]], and [[Dormé]]. The handmaidens fought bravely, but were easily defeated by Vader, who then opened the door to Amidala's tomb.<ref name="DV 2020 4" /> In truth, the handmaidens had known they would be unable to defeat the Sith Lord, but instead made sure Eirtaé could tap into his armor with her staff. Doing so got Eirtaé an incomplete set of code, which the handmaidens hoped would one day get them the ''Executor''{{'s}} self-destruct codes.<ref name="DV 2020 30">[[Darth Vader (2020) 30|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 30]]</ref>

In the meantime, unaware of Eirtaé's success<ref name="DV 2020 30" /> and ignoring Sabé's protests, Vader proceeded into the tomb and allowed ZED-6-7 to scan Amidala's sarcophagus. The droid then discovered a [[med implant]], which he traced back to the asteroid field [[Polis Massa]]. Upon reaching the asteroid field, they entered the [[Polis Massa Base]] and uncovered data that Amidala had been flown to the base by Obi-Wan Kenobi in an effort to save her life. However, Vader and his forces were then [[Battle on Polis Massa|attacked]] once more by the Amidalans, whom he managed to defeat once and for all. Along with ZED-6-7, Vader entered the base's maternity ward and allowed the droid to access the memory bank of a damaged [[Chroon-Tan B-Machine]]. He then watched a recording of Amidala speaking with Kenobi in her final moments of life. When ZED-6-7 commented that Kenobi must have been important to her, Vader promptly destroyed the droid<ref name="DV 2020 5">[[Darth Vader (2020) 5|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 5]]</ref> in one-thirtieth of a second.<ref name="DV 2020 30" /> The recording then ended with Amidala stating that she knew there was still good in Vader, leaving the Sith to mull over his wife's last words.<ref name="DV 2020 5" />

====Test on Mustafar====
{{Quote|I have turned his pain into fear&hellip;and his fear into anger. But he has learned and forgotten these lessons before. So this time I will send him a reminder. Through Ochi of Bestoon&hellip;assassin of the Sith&hellip;I will turn his anger back to fear&hellip;and his fear back to pain&hellip;as many times as it takes.|Darth Sidious|<ref name="DV 2020 6">[[Darth Vader (2020) 6|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 6]]</ref>}}
[[File:HeBurnsAgain-2020DarthVader6.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader is left to burn on Mustafar by his Sith Master on the same river bank where he lost to Obi-Wan Kenobi.]]
After learning of Vader's personal mission, the Emperor summoned his apprentice to the Imperial Palace, where he sensed his apprentice was filled with mourning instead of hate. Intending to reteach him the dark side, Sidious began to torture him with Force lightning.<ref name="DV 2020 5" /> Vader fought back against his master, but was overwhelmed again by two Royal Guards led by Mas Amedda. While Vader did manage to choke the three of them with the Force, he in turn was then choked by the Emperor, who mocked the Jedi title of "Chosen One" before telling Vader to forget everything from his past and ravaging his body, leaving him with only one of his hands intact. The Emperor then brought his apprentice to Mustafar and left him on the very shore where Kenobi left him at the end of their duel. The Emperor instructed Vader to rebuild himself without using the Force before leaving with Mas Amedda.<ref name="DV 2020 6" />

Remembering how Kenobi had left him on the same shore and how he later cut the Jedi Master down on the Death Star, then picturing Sidious in Kenobi's place in the latter memory,<ref name="DV 2020 6" /> Vader resolved to crawl from the shore towards the facility where he murdered the Separatist leaders years before, remembering the time his master had sent him to the base to wipe out the Separatist leadership. Promising himself that he would bring suffering to the Emperor when he recovered and spotting a figure laughing at him in the distance, he entered the base and, after spotting the corpse of Nute Gunray and remembering his actions against the Separatists and Jedi younglings alike, found a few mouse droids, which he rewired to weld old battle droid limbs to his body. However, he was then confronted by the figure he had seen: [[Ochi|Ochi of Bestoon]], a Sith assassin sent by the Emperor to test his apprentice. With his new limbs, Vader fought the assassin and bested him. He then demanded to know what his master's greater plan was before being interrupted by a distant voice. Vader followed the voice into a cave, which Ochi trapped him inside of after stealing his lightsaber.<ref name="DV 2020 7">[[Darth Vader (2020) 7|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 7]]</ref>

[[File:ShipRepair-2020DarthVader9.png|thumb|256x256px|Vader repairing his old green Eta-2 interceptor.]]
As Vader fought his way through the cave, the voice taunted him with riddles about what he wanted and who he truly was. Eventually, Vader reached the source of the voice; an ancient being known as the [[Eye of Webbish Bog]]. Vader demanded the answers to his questions about his master, to which the Eye granted him a [[Sith wayfinder]]. After leaving the cave, Vader came upon his old Jedi interceptor, where he was then met by Ochi and his [[Droid Crush Pirates of Bestoon|Droid Crush Pirates]].<ref name="DV 2020 8">[[Darth Vader (2020) 8|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 8]]</ref>

While fighting off the pirates, Vader cornered Ochi and knocked him out before reclaiming his lightsaber. He then finished off the pirates and used their parts to repair the damaged interceptor. Once the ship was repaired, Vader used the now captured Ochi to access the wayfinder, which showed the way to a planet called [[Exegol]]. With Ochi trapped in a capsule beneath the ship, Vader flew the interceptor away from Mustafar and used a [[hyperspace transport ring]] to journey toward his next destination.<ref name="DV 2020 9">[[Darth Vader (2020) 9|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 9]]</ref>

====Finding Exegol====
{{Quote|Unlimited power. Beyond ''anything'' you have ever experienced. All in ''my'' hands. You feel it ''burning'' your flesh and mind. Ready to ''incinerate'' you in an instant. And you know you cannot fight it. So how&hellip;''how'' can you ''claim'' it?|Darth Sidious, to Darth Vader|<ref name="DV 2020 11">[[Darth Vader (2020) 11|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 11]]</ref>}}
After exiting hyperspace, Vader and Ochi found themselves in the [[Red Honeycomb Zone]] as the Sith attempted to locate Exegol. However, they were then met by a massive, tentacled space-faring creature related to the [[Summa-verminoth]].<ref name="DV 2020 9">[[Darth Vader (2020) 9|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 9]]</ref> Before Vader could react, he was attacked by a fleet of Star Destroyers led by [[Sly Moore]] and Admiral [[Corleque]]. Vader fought against the fleet's TIE fighters until he had an idea. Changing his course, he flew toward the massive creature and allowed the TIE fighters to follow until they were crushed by the creature's tentacles. As Vader flew past the creature, Moore warned him that it would break his mind. Ignoring the Umbaran's warning, he continued on until he and Ochi were both hit by mental attacks. Vader experienced several traumatic visions from his past, which concluded with a vision of his son killing him in battle and taking his place by the Emperor's side.<ref name="DV 2020 10">[[Darth Vader (2020) 10|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 10]]</ref>

[[File:IAmNoLongerTheLearner-2020DarthVader11.png|thumb|left|250px|Atop the Summa-verminoth, Darth Vader arrives on Exegol and declares himself to be a Sith Master.]]
Upon escaping the Red Nebula, Vader finally reached the planet Exegol, where he and Ochi promptly crashed. Breaking free from the wrecked interceptor, they were both met once again by the creature. But this time, however, Vader did not run away. Disobeying his master's command, he reached out with the dark side and used it to bring the creature down, thus allowing him and Ochi to continue on towards the Emperor's [[Sith Citadel]].<ref name="DV 2020 10" /> Standing atop the creature, Vader commanded his master to show himself. And once he did, Vader rode the creature into battle. In turn, the Emperor summoned two crustaceous monsters to attack the creature, though they were both quickly crushed. When Vader told his master that he was no longer his apprentice, the Emperor merely scoffed and reached out with the Force himself, twisting and contorting the creature until it broke apart. Forced to return to ground level, Vader followed the Emperor into the Citadel, where his greatest secrets lie in wait.<ref name="DV 2020 11" />

Once inside, Vader was greeted by a menagerie of horrors forged by his master. All around him were large vats containing [[Strand-Cast|bioengineered organisms]] strong in the dark side of the Force. Along with these organisms were large Sith statues, dozens of [[Tanker (Exegol)|Tanker guards]], [[Sith cultist]]s, and a jar containing a severed hand. Vader was quickly attacked by the guards and cultists, but he managed to defeat them all before venturing further into the Citadel. Ochi caught up with Vader and attempted to dissuade him, but the Sith carried on until he reached a level beneath the Citadel. This level was lined with hundreds of Star Destroyers, each armed with a [[Axial superlaser|planet-destroying cannon]]. Showing no fear, Vader continued on into a massive chamber, which held a dome filled with red light and piercing screams. As Ochi tried to dissuade him once more, the Sith entered the dome and stepped into the burning light.<ref name="DV 2020 11" />

Within the dome was a subterranean mountain of Kyber crystal, bled red by the Sith cultists who kept it in constant pain. The Emperor explained that he did this in order to power the cannons of his fleet. When the crystal was cut, it screamed in pain again and sent out a wave of power, knocking off Ochi's helmet and burning his unprotected eyes. Vader suffered as well while his master mocked him for attempting to claim his power. The Emperor told his apprentice that if he chose to walk with him, he would never escape his pain. But only by walking with him would he be able to share his power. The Emperor then asked his apprentice if he had chosen, to which Darth Vader replied that Sidious was his master. Even though he experienced a vision, in which Luke Skywalker told him that he would, one day, kill the Emperor,<ref name="DV 2020 11" /> Vader had seen the power Sidious commanded on Exegol, so he fully decided to return to his master's service,<ref name="DV 2020 12">[[Darth Vader (2020) 12|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 12]]</ref> departing Exegol with Sidious, Ochi, Mas Amedda, and Sly Moore.<ref name="DV 2020 11" />

====Hunting Luke Skywalker====
=====A new target=====
{{Quote|You could still be strong, my son. I know there is power in you. But I have seen the true might and purpose of the Sith. And there is no room for another. So ''this'' time&hellip;you will die.|Darth Vader|<ref name="DV 2020 12" />}}
[[File:VaderSelectsOchi-2020DarthVader12.png|thumb|right|250px|Back in the service of the Emperor, Darth Vader recruits Palpatine's assassin Ochi of Bestoon to his quest to hunt down Luke Skywalker.]]
Upon returning to Coruscant, Vader was brought to the very building where he had been transformed to undergo repairs. A medical droid told him to prepare for shutdown, but Vader refused, choosing instead to remain conscious throughout the procedure. Once he was fully repaired, Vader asked the Emperor his will, to which his master told him to decide that for himself. Vader then called over Ochi, who had just been given a [[Cybernetics|cybernetic visor]] so he could continue to see. With Ochi at his side, Vader left Coruscant in a Lambda-class shuttle and decided that he would hunt down and kill his son, believing that there was no place for him as an apprentice after the power he had seen on Exegol.<ref name="DV 2020 12" /> Truthfully, however, Vader still wished Skywalker had joined him on Cloud City.<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> Traveling to a remote outpost somewhere in the Outer Rim, Vader and Ochi met with a Hutt named [[Bokku]]. When Ochi asked for the whereabouts of Han Solo, Bokku reported that he had been stolen and assured the assassin that Jabba would recover him. However, Ochi then told Bokku that he would recover Solo himself in exchange for power. Bokku then asked Ochi if he served the Emperor, to which Ochi replied that they both served Vader now.<ref name="DV 2020 12" />

Vader was then attacked by a group of Gamorrean guards, which the Sith Lord slew with ease. Bokku quickly apologized for not recognizing Vader and reiterated that he did not know where Solo was. From this, Ochi determined that Jabba had likely hired someone to find Solo and asked Bokku for their identity. Bokku expressed fear at the idea of betraying Jabba until Ochi pried into Bokku's willingness to take over the [[Grand Hutt Council]]. Bokku then revealed that he had been tracking the hunters who had taken Jabba's bounty and that one crew of droids had gone in a different direction from the others. Bokku told Vader the droids were deep in the heart of Hutt Space and that it would be better to go in Bokku's barge so as not to scare them away. On their way to the droids' location, Bokku inquired as to his compensation for his assistance, to which Vader assured him that he would be rewarded. Under the piloting of Bokku's [[nav droid]] [[Gak-Sixtoo]], they arrived at [[Zee-Nine City Seven]] while Vader and Ochi boarded their Lambda shuttle. But as they approached the city, their ship's engines were shut down, causing them to crash.<ref name="DV 2020 13">[[Darth Vader (2020) 13|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 13]]</ref>

After escaping the wreckage, Vader and Ochi were confronted by the Droid Crush Pirates, who expressed shock at Ochi's service to Vader. When Ochi claimed he had picked the winning side, the [[Ought-Six|droid captain]] told him he had picked wrong as IG-88 revealed himself and fired upon both Ochi and Vader. As Vader deflected IG-88's attacks, the droid reminded his target that he had sustained damages while IG-88 himself had not. Vader informed the droid that he had information he required and commanded him to lay down his weapons, to which IG-88 replied that Vader would only access his information by downloading it from his severed head. Vader went to attack IG-88, but the droid then took out a remote and used it to slice into Vader's armor, taking control of the Sith Lord. As IG-88 forced Vader to hold his own saber to his head, Vader demanded to know who had given the droid the code to breach his armor.<ref name="DV 2020 13" />

[[File:VaderClaimsRemote-2020DarthVader13.png|thumb|left|300px|Darth Vader claims the remote control device from IG-88, intending to force the droid to destroy himself.]]
IG-88 responded that the terms of his employment prevented him from sharing that information. While the droid was distracted, Vader used the Force to take the device from him, allowing him to use it against his attacker. Vader then forced IG-88 to hold his own blaster to his head and pull the trigger, incapacitating him. Vader then continued his fight against the pirates until Bokku's barge [[Aerial bombardment|fired]] upon him. Vader blocked the blasts with his lightsaber and redirected the energy at the pirates, knocking them back along with Ochi. As the pirates retreated, Vader took IG-88's hand and used it to access a terminal he had been using earlier. Upon activating the terminal, Vader and Ochi discovered various dead ends that the droid had been chasing, as well as the symbol of crime syndicate [[Crimson Dawn]]. After acquiring IG-88's information, Vader returned to Bokku's barge and confronted him over his betrayal. When Vader asked the Hutt what he had learned, Bokku conceded that the Sith Lord could not be defeated.<ref name="DV 2020 13" />

=====Pursuing Crimson Dawn=====
{{Quote|What you see is what you get with Ochi of Bestoon. I'll always obey the most powerful. So as long as that's really ''you''&hellip;''"<br />"''Always.|Ochi and Darth Vader|<ref name="DV 2020 15">[[Darth Vader (2020) 15|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 15]]</ref>}}
Investigating Crimson Dawn's involvement, Vader sent Ochi to [[Arkanis]] to gather information on the syndicate. As Ochi prepared to sneak into a bar, Vader told him to walk in the front door instead. After a brief scuffle, Ochi retrieved an invitation sent out by the syndicate and showed it to Vader. He and Vader then returned to Bokku's lair to interrogate him over the invitation. The Hutt revealed that Crimson Dawn was holding an auction for Solo and that Jabba would repurchase him. However, Vader told Bokku that he would bid against Jabba and lose. This would humiliate him and make Jabba lose all fear of him, allowing Bokku to betray him. Once Bokku agreed, Vader and Ochi returned to the Lambda-class shuttle and began to take off. But before they could leave the planet, Vader grabbed Ochi and dropped him from the ship. Once Ochi hit the ground, Vader ordered him to find out who else Bokku was working for. Later that night, Vader observed as Ochi was offered a place in Crimson Dawn by a group of assassins. However, Ochi rejected their offer and managed to eliminate them.<ref name="DV 2020 15" />

[[File:VaderOchiFight-2020DarthVader15.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader and Ochi battle the hooded warriors of Crimson Dawn.]]
Vader then approached Ochi, who quickly realized that Vader already knew that Bokku was working with Crimson Dawn. He had only wished to test the Ochi's loyalty. As more assassins surrounded them, Ochi reaffirmed he would always obey Vader as long as he remained the most powerful. Vader assured Ochi that he always would be as the two of them set about eliminating the assassins.<ref name="DV 2020 15" /> After discovering that Sly Moore had hired IG-88, Vader and Ochi returned to Coruscant to find her, her [[Umbaran's Court|court]] and the rebuilt droid bounty hunter in [[Administrative Temple Garden 313A]]. As Vader struck down IG-88 once more, Moore and her court fled into a nearby temple. As they attempted to escape into the streets, Vader used the Force to close the door in front of them. However, Moore then took out another remote and used it to freeze Vader in his own armor, allowing her and her court to open fire on the Sith Lord. But this did not last as Vader overcame the Umbaran's control and struck down her entire court. Moore tried once more to take control of Vader, but Ochi revealed that Vader had fixed that vulnerability in his armor. Vader then knocked the remote out of Moore's hand and told her that she could not bend his will.<ref name="DV 2020 14">[[Darth Vader (2020) 14|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 14]]</ref>

Moore responded that she only wanted to see if Vader was still plagued by fear, to which Vader said that the only fear in that place was hers. Moore conceded that he could kill her effortlessly, but also pointed out that doing so would do nothing to save him from Luke Skywalker. When Vader asked the Umbaran what she knew of Skywalker, she stated that the key to finding him, his friend Han Solo was currently being sold by Crimson Dawn. She also pointed out that if she secured Solo for Vader, then the Emperor would not learn of his plans. When Ochi asked Moore why Vader should trust her, the Umbaran answered that she would be delighted to reunite Vader with the only person who could kill him, to which Vader agreed.<ref name="DV 2020 14" />

=====Auction for Han Solo=====
{{Quote|Who trained you? Who was your master?''"<br />"''Someone who knew quite a bit about you, Lord Vader. And ''your'' master as well.|Darth Vader and Lady Qi'ra duel aboard the Vermillion|<ref name="WOTBH 3">[[War of the Bounty Hunters 3|''War of the Bounty Hunters'' 3]]</ref>}}
Shortly after, Ochi and Sly Moore left with a few Imperial officers to attend the [[Auction for Han Solo]]. However, this was merely a ruse to humiliate the Umbaran in the Emperor's eyes. Amidst the bidding, Vader himself arrived at the auction on [[Jekara]] along with a pair of death troopers. After cutting down a few Crimson Dawn guards, Vader infiltrated the [[Vermillion (Crimson Dawn)|''Vermillion'']]<ref name="DV 2020 14">[[Darth Vader (2020) 14|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 14]]</ref> just as Crimson Dawn's leader, [[Lady]] [[Qi'ra]] sold Solo to Jabba the Hutt.<ref name="DA 2020 12">[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 12|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 12]]</ref> Vader then declared that Solo belonged to him.<ref name="WOTBH 2">[[War of the Bounty Hunters 2|''War of the Bounty Hunters'' 2]]</ref> Vader's presence sent Doctor Aphra,<ref name="DA 2020 12" /> who had infiltrated the auction on behalf of the [[Tagge Corporation]]<ref name="Aphra (2020) 11">[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 11|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 11]]</ref> with the smuggler [[Sana Starros]], falling to the ground in a brief panic attack, but she managed to escape the room with Starros before the preoccupied Sith Lord could spot her. After his attention was briefly diverted to the sounds of Aphra's panicked fall, he turned his attention back to his mission at hand.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 13" />

As Vader ordered the death troopers to transport Solo to his flagship, Jabba pointed out that he had already laid claim to the smuggler. Moore attempted to explain the situation, but Vader chastised her for her failure and warned her that the Emperor would hear of it. The Sith Lord then told Jabba that he and everyone else within the Empire belonged to the Emperor, to which Jabba feigned amusement. Vader went on to point out that the Empire could easily replace the Hutts, while also pointing out the fear he could sense in Jabba and the rest of the attending Hutts. When Bokku angrily interrupted, Vader asked Jabba who he was, to which Jabba said that he was no one. Jabba then finally conceded and allowed Solo to be taken with his compliments and regards to the Emperor. As Vader approached Solo, Lady Qi'ra informed him that she would not get in his way, but also still required the one million credits she was promised. When Vader told her she was owed nothing, Qi'ra inquired if the Empire was too poor or cheap to pay its debts. Out of patience, Vader drew out his lightsaber, to which Qi'ra bared her own pair of blades.<ref name="WOTBH 3" />

[[File:QiraDuelsVader-2020StarWars16.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader duels Crimson Dawn leader Qi'ra, taking note of her skill in Teräs Käsi and Sith fighting style.]]
As they [[Duel on the Vermillion|dueled]],<ref name="WOTBH 3" /> Vader recognized that she was no threat to him, yet nonetheless found her level of skill, which included knowledge of the [[Teräs Käsi]] fighting form, notable, and recognized Qi'ra's fighting style as that of his master's.<ref name="CR 5">[[Crimson Reign 5|''Crimson Reign'' 5]]</ref> When Vader asked her who had trained her, Qi'ra only replied that she had been trained by someone who knew quite a bit about both Vader and his master;<ref name="WOTBH 3" /> in truth, she had been trained by Maul as part of his revenge plot against the Sith.<ref name="CR 5" /> Vader then pointed out that she did not have the Force and warned that her skill would not save her. After a brief struggle, Vader pushed Qi'ra back with the Force, knocking her into Solo. Stating she would pay the price for her foolishness, he raised his lightsaber and prepared to strike her down. But he was suddenly distracted the arrival of Luke Skywalker, whose presence he sensed through the Force.<ref name="WOTBH 3" />

While Qi'ra retreated, Vader was informed by General Romodi that Piett had established a secure channel to Skywalker's starfighter. Accessing the channel, Vader told Skywalker he had Solo in his possession. He then warned his son that if he did not come to him, then he would cut his friend in half.<ref name="SW 16">[[Star Wars (2020) 16|''Star Wars'' (2020) 16]]</ref> Skywalker refused however, telling Vader to come to him. Vader conceded to this, ordering Romodi to bring Solo aboard his Star Destroyer and to prepare his fighter.<ref name="WOTBH 4">[[War of the Bounty Hunters 4|''War of the Bounty Hunters'' 4]]</ref>

=====Chase above Jekara=====
{{Quote|I will leave you now, young Skywalker. My goal here is complete. I sense your ''terror'' at the idea of facing me again. Your skill in the Force does not matter. Only your ''fear''. Because of it, you cannot threaten me, and you cannot threaten the Empire. ''You are no Jedi''.''"<br />"''That's true, Vader. But the next time we meet&hellip;I will be.|Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker|<ref name="WOTBH 5">[[War of the Bounty Hunters 5|''War of the Bounty Hunters'' 5]]</ref>}}
[[File:VaderChasingLuke-WOTBH5.png|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader chases his son over Jekara during the return of Crimson Dawn.]]
After boarding his TIE Advanced, Vader took off in pursuit of his son. During the chase, Skywalker used his X-wing to kick up a wave of water, which instantly froze and collided with Vader's fighter. Though Vader crashed, he was able to lift his ship out of the water with the Force and resume his pursuit.<ref name="SW 2020 17">[[Star Wars (2020) 17|''Star Wars'' (2020) 17]]</ref> After freeing his X-wing from a group of pirates, Vader fired at Skywalker, damaging one of his ship's stabilizers and causing him to crash back down onto the planet below. As Vader closed in on Skywalker, he was contacted by Sly Moore. When Vader stated that he did not require her assistance, Moore informed him that she was not helping him. Vader was then attacked by the Droid Crush Pirates, who landed on his ship and began to tear it apart.<ref name="DV 2020 16">[[Darth Vader (2020) 16|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 16]]</ref>

After causing some damage to the Sith's fighter, the pirates fell onto Skywalker's X-wing and quickly repaired it for him, allowing him to take off from the planet. As Vader continued his chase while fending off the pirates, he was informed by Ochi that the Hutts were going after the Imperial shuttle transporting Solo.<ref name="DV 2020 16" /> Vader was then contacted by Admiral Piett, who informed him of the Hutts' attack on the ''Executor''. However, Vader chastised Piett for disturbing him, claiming that the activities of the Hutts were irrelevant to him. He then warned Piett that if Solo was not aboard his flagship by the time he returned, he would require an explanation in person. Later in the fight, Piett contacted Vader again and told him that he had appraised the Emperor of the situation. Since the Emperor considered the Empire's arrangement with the Hutts to be valuable, he wished for it to be preserved by having Vader eliminate the Grand Hutt Council. Vader conceded to the Emperor's wishes and abandoned his pursuit of Skywalker, reminding his son that he was no Jedi, though the boy then claimed that the next time they met, he would be. <ref name="DV 2020 17">[[Darth Vader (2020) 17|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 17]]</ref>

[[File:HuttSlaughter-2020DarthVader17.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Vader personally dealt with the Hutt Council.]]
Vader then boarded the Hutt Council's ship and summarily slaughtered them all, including Bokku. Before his death, Bokku revealed his allegiance to Crimson Dawn and had Gak-Sixtoo blow up their own ship in an attempt to kill Vader, which the Sith survived by using the force to rip apart the ship and use the metal pieces to form a large protective cocoon in which he was protected from the blast and then fell back down to Jekara.<ref name="DV 2020 17" /> With the Hutt Council eliminated, the Hutts ceased their attack on the ''Executor'' while Fett reclaimed Solo from the Empire and delivered him to Jabba on Tatooine.<ref name="WOTBH 5" /> Shortly after, Vader was informed by Lieutenant [[Jyala Haydenn]] that Beilert Valance had infiltrated the ''Executor''. He then found Valance trying to escape on a [[Edgehawk (starship)|ship]] and used the Force to pull him from space, rendering him unconscious and taking him prisoner.<ref name="BH 17">[[Bounty Hunters 17|''Bounty Hunters'' 17]]</ref>

===Killing the Dawn===
====Hunting the new menace====
{{Quote|Crimson Dawn has barely shown its strength. To get this far, it must have agents at every level throughout the Empire. Find these infiltrators, Lord Vader&hellip;and show them who is stronger.|Darth Sidious, to Darth Vader|<ref name="DV 2020 17" />}}
With the Hutts dealt with, Vader returned to the ''Executor'' to confront Sly Moore, who had been captured by Ochi during the battle for trying to help in Skywalker's escape. When Moore revealed that the Emperor had wanted Skywalker alive, Vader revealed that the boy had fled from him, declaring that he was not who the Emperor believed he could be. When Moore pointed out that Skywalker was still free and could still fight, the Sith Lord choked her and stated that his hope would not be enough. Vader was then contacted by Darth Sidious, prompting him to release the Umbaran and kneel before him. After restating his loyalty to his master, Vader was instructed by Sidious to hunt down and eliminate Crimson Dawn's agents within the Empire. Shortly after, Vader was met on the ''Executor'' by Romodi, who presented him with all of the troops he would need to destroy Crimson Dawn. Vader then instructed Ochi to meet with the [[Assassin's Guild]] and inform them that they would be serving him now.<ref name="DV 2020 17">[[Darth Vader (2020) 17|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 17]]</ref>

[[File:ValanceReturnedToEmpire-BountyHunters17.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader stands over the healed Beilert Valance, declaring that the bounty hunter will return to Imperial service.]]
In secret, Ochi swore himself to Qi'ra's service after he arrived at the Assassin's Guild base,<ref name="DV 2020 17" /> although the assassin would later claim he was acting as an Imperial double agent.<ref name="DV 2020 22">[[Darth Vader (2020) 22|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 22]]</ref> Following Ochi's departure, Vader had Valance repaired and waited for him to awaken. Once he did, he was shocked to find himself restored to his former appearance. When Valance asked Vader what he had done to him, Vader explained that he had had Valance fixed since he would now be serving him.<ref name="BH 17">[[Bounty Hunters 17|''Bounty Hunters'' 17]]</ref> Valance then realized that his heart was gone, to which the Sith informed him that it had been removed and replaced with cybernetics, along with further upgrades to his body. Valance attacked Vader, but Vader cut him in half before leaving him and telling a medical droid to put him back together. Once Valance was repaired, Vader, alongside Haydenn, informed him that he would be assassinating Crimson Dawn's agents within the Empire. For if he did not, the Empire would kill those he cared about.<ref name="BH 18">[[Bounty Hunters 18|''Bounty Hunters'' 18]]</ref>

While he meditated aboard the ''Executor'', Vader was informed by Haydenn that Valance had completed his first assignment in killing the alleged Crimson Dawn mole [[Tarl Sokoli]]. Vader then revealed that there was no connection between Sokoli and Crimson Dawn. Sokoli had been publicly dissatisfied with the Empire and Vader had decided that killing someone from Valance's childhood would be a good test for the bounty hunter. The Sith then told Haydenn to alert Ochi that Valance was ready to join them.<ref name="Bounty Hunters 19">[[Bounty Hunters 19|''Bounty Hunters'' 19]]</ref> Vader also came to realize that Ochi had joined with Crimson Dawn but, deciding he could use it to his advantage in the hunt for the syndicate, kept his deduction a secret.<ref name="DV 2020 21">[[Darth Vader (2020) 21|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 21]]</ref>

====Confronting the Knights of Ren====
{{Quote|You&hellip;and your rabble&hellip;you are&hellip;the Knights of Ren? Pathetic.|Darth Vader, to Ren|<ref name="CR 4">[[Crimson Reign 4|''Crimson Reign'' 4]]</ref>}}
[[File:FyodorsDeath-CrimsonReign4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader returned to his fortress on Mustafar to confront the Knights of Ren, killing Knight Fyodor right away.]]
Vader learned that Zahra's campaign against the Rebellion ended in failure<ref name="CR 5" /> during the [[Battle of Panisia]].<ref name="Star Wars (2020) 24">[[Star Wars (2020) 24|''Star Wars'' (2020) 24]]</ref> Sometime after that engagement,<ref name="Crimson Reign 2">[[Crimson Reign 2|''Crimson Reign'' 2]]</ref> Vader investigated the [[assassination of the Emperor's Royal Guard]] on Coruscant,<ref name="CR 4" /> which was secretly carried out in part by Ochi.<ref name="Crimson Reign 2" /> During the investigation however, he was informed by Vaneé that a band of thieves had infiltrated Fortress Vader. The Dark Lord quickly returned to Mustafar and confronted the intruders in his castle; a group of dark side marauders known as the [[Knights of Ren]], who were secretly working with Crimson Dawn. After Vader killed one of them, [[Fyodor]] with a Force choke, their [[Ren (human)|leader]] fought him with a [[Ren (lightsaber)|lightsaber]] while the rest of them retreated. The leader said he had taken the blade from his [[Ren (Ren's predecessor)|predecessor]], from whom he also inherited his name; Ren.<ref name="CR 4" />

Vader expressed pity for how far the Knights of Ren had fallen before Ren leapt from a window with a device known as the [[Screaming Key]]. As Ren gloated below, Vader used the Force to pull the key back up toward his hand, prompting the knights to open fire on him. Ren then pulled the key back down into his own hand before escaping with the knights on speeders. As the knights sped away, Vader stepped outside to study the remains of his slaughtered troops.<ref name="CR 4" />

====Rooting out the Dawn====
{{Quote|Crimson Dawn is just a ''symptom''. I will destroy the ''disease''.|Darth Vader|<ref name="DV 2020 19">[[Darth Vader (2020) 19|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 19]]</ref>}}
While thinking in his mediation chamber, Vader reflected on his promise to his son on Cloud City that they would bring order to the galaxy. Vader concluded that his master had only brought about chaos and decided to set out on a new quest to establish order, whether or not he had his son by his side. Resolving to destroy Crimson Dawn as the first step, Vader left with Ochi to assist the Empire in hunting down Dawn agents on various planets, including [[Vincorba]] and [[Calior]]. While on Vincorba, they fought alongside a group of mercenaries known as the [[Revengers]]. With [[Vader's crew]] established, Ochi commented that they would serve well as expendable assets, to which Vader reminded him that he was expendable as well.<ref name="DV 2020 18">[[Darth Vader (2020) 18|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 18]]</ref> After finishing on Calior, Vader, Ochi, and the Revengers rendezvoused with Valance and a few other assassins on [[Laecor]] to continue their hunt. When Valance asked Vader why he was there instead of leading [[Dark Squadron]], the Sith Lord simply told him to do as he was told. As a squad of stormtroopers attempted to move a group of civilians, the civilians refused to comply, prompting the stormtroopers to fire on them. However, Vader then jumped in to deflect their blaster bolts and slaughter them. When Ochi showed confusion over his master's actions, Vader revealed that the stormtroopers served Crimson Dawn. As the group carried on, Vader came upon a statue, which the locals said was of their village guardian who was killed fighting Crimson Dawn.<ref name="DV 2020 19" />

[[File:VaderValanceOchiList-2020DarthVader19.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader and his servants uncover a list of Crimson Dawn agents.]]
Upon locating more of the Dawn's agents, Ochi opted to use the Revengers as bait to lure them out of their stronghold. Vader then used the Force to grab Ochi and throw him toward the Revengers, using him as bait as well. As the agents surrounded them, Ochi requested that Vader bomb the stronghold. But Vader refused and instead mounted [[G-90|Gee-Ninety]], balancing himself atop the droid as they rolled themselves to the stronghold's front entrance. Vader then stormed the stronghold along with Ochi, who the Sith stopped from killing all of the agents inside. When Ochi expressed more confusion, Vader explained that Crimson Dawn was just a symptom and that he would destroy the disease. He then discovered a layout of every Dawn agent within the Empire, which Ochi and Valance noted went all the way to the top.<ref name="DV 2020 19" /> Following this, Vader and his followers returned to Coruscant. Valance, the assassins, and the Revengers left for the [[Zanchal Estate]] while Vader and Ochi left for the Imperial Palace.<ref name="DV 2020 20">[[Darth Vader (2020) 20|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 20]]</ref>

Upon entering the Palace, they [[Purge of suspected Crimson Dawn collaborators|struck down]] all of the Royal Guards and aides in the Emperor's throne room, except for Sly Moore. Unfazed by this, Sidious pointed out Vader should have kept one of them alive for questioning. When Vader asked him if they were loyal, Sidious said they were loyal to strength, which Vader showed them. However, only one of them was Crimson Dawn, meaning that Vader's list was flawed. When Sidious questioned if his apprentice already knew that, Vader hesitated before assuring his master that he would bring him order. Vader and Ochi then left for the Zanchal Estate to confront [[Baron]] [[Espis Zanchal]] for his loyalty to the Dawn. Upon arriving, Vader was thanked by a pair of hostages who the Revengers had rescued from the Baron. As he returned to his shuttle, Vader informed Ochi that the list was a plant, which Vader himself had deduced when Ochi could only confirm that half of the names on it were Crimson Dawn. Vader told Ochi to find out what connected every other person on the list. That way, they would find out who planted it and why.<ref name="DV 2020 20" />

====Hidden enemy====
{{Quote|Ochi of Bestoon. ''You'' spoke with ''Romodi''&hellip;and then he ''attacked'' my ''soldiers''&hellip;as if he knew they were coming.''"<br />"''Uh&hellip;I did ''tell'' you&hellip;that he&hellip;he&hellip;Million hands, my ass!|Darth Vader reveals Ochi's betrayal|<ref name="DV 2020 21" />}}
[[File:IAmTheDawn-2020DarthVader21.png|thumb|right|250px|Aware of Ochi's service to Crimson Dawn and Sabé's alliance with it, Darth Vader decided that he could use the syndicate to his advantage.]]
Later on the ''Executor'', Vader was informed by Ochi that Romodi and his soldiers were not Crimson Dawn after all. However, Ochi warned him that Romodi did not understand the Sith and would come for Vader someday. Stepping out of his chamber, Vader asked Ochi what connected the false names on the list. Ochi revealed that they had all undertaken a mission for Romodi to execute the Amidalans on Naboo. Following this development, Vader and his team of assassins traveled to [[Tranchar]] to capture and interrogate Lieutenant [[Grapa]] about the mission. After fighting their way through stormtroopers and [[DT-series sentry droid]]s, the assassins discovered civilians being tortured by the Imperials. Gee-Ninety broke from the mission to free the civilians, prompting Vader to destroy the droid as punishment. Vader went on to interrogate Grapa about her mission to kill the Amidalans.<ref name="DV 2020 21" />

As she claimed to Vader that they were all dead, [[Tanka]] blasted her in the head for revenge. Vader then realized that the Imperials had known they were coming. When Vader asked Valance who had sent the droids, Valance confirmed they were from Romodi's command. Vader then remembered that Ochi had spoken with Romodi prior to their departure. When he confronted Ochi with that fact, Ochi tried to stammer out an explanation before giving up and running away while Valance fired at him. After stealing a spare ship, Ochi escaped from Tranchar and eventually arrived on Naboo to meet with Sabé. Vader followed the assassin in his TIE Advanced. As soon as Ochi stepped out of his ship, Vader revealed himself and destroyed it with his TIE. After landing in front of Ochi, Vader revealed he had known of his allegiance to the Dawn and gave the assassin an out by commending him for leading him to Sabé, which Ochi went along with and claimed was his plan all along. As Vader confronted Sabé, he took her Crimson Dawn badge from her and claimed that he was the Dawn.<ref name="DV 2020 21" />

====Recruiting Sabé====
{{Quote|Does nothing scare you, handmaiden?''"<br />"''Why should I be scared of Anakin Skywalker?|Darth Vader and Sabé|<ref name="DV 2020 22" />}}
Following this, Vader took Ochi, Sabé, and ZED-6-7 to the carcass of the sando aqua monster he had slain. He then threw Ochi and Sabé out of the shuttle and watched as they were attacked by a pack of [[Unidentified six-legged horned creature|ravenous creatures]]. Ochi attempted to assure Vader of his loyalty, but Vader silenced him and asked Sabé why she believed in Crimson Dawn. As she defended herself, she said that she had merely infiltrated the syndicate. Ochi fought alongside her and claimed he had done the same for the Empire. When Vader asked Sabé if she also intended to serve the Empire, Sabé said she did not as long as the Empire served chaos. Sabé went on to claim that she and Vader wanted the same thing: order.<ref name="DV 2020 22" />

[[File:SabeVader-2020DarthVader23.png|thumb|left|230px|After another battle against the Dawn, Darth Vader learned that Sabé has deduced his past identity.]]
To this, Vader levitated the creatures with the Force and told Sabé that if she killed one monster, a thousand more would replace it. He then explained that one would have to either make the monsters agree or deal with them all. With that, Vader threw the creatures at a group of [[Unidentified long-necked creature|long-necked beasts]] as they sprouted from the ground. Understanding Vader's plan, Sabé brought him to a Crimson Dawn outpost while Ochi returned to the ''Executor'' to speak with Romodi. Upon arriving at the outpost, Sabé informed the Dawners there that they served Vader now. To this, the Dawners attacked Vader and were easily cut down by the Sith Lord. Vader then had Ochi use Valance and the assassins as bait to draw the remaining Dawners and Romodi's forces to [[Oro Sankeria]]. As the Dawners and Imperials fought one another, they were suddenly wiped out by a pulse bomb, thus eliminating many of Vader's enemies. Vader informed Sabé that Crimson Dawn and Romodi feared him now. When he asked Sabé if she was scared, Sabé asked him why she should be scared of his true self, Anakin Skywalker.<ref name="DV 2020 22" />

Vader responded that Anakin Skywalker was dead. But Sabé revealed that she had deduced Vader's identity from his obsession with order, his investigation into Padmé's death, and Padmé's final words at Polis Massa. When Vader drew his lightsaber and asked Sabé what she wanted, she claimed she wanted to help him achieve order. She went on to explain that when Skywalker never returned to Tatooine to free his mother, she and Tonra secretly worked in her honor to free enslaved people and smuggle them from Tatooine to a [[Gabredor III colony|colony]] on [[Gabredor III]]. Now, the colony was being exploited and neglected by the corrupt Governor [[Tauntaza]], who was in league with Crimson Dawn. Sabé told Vader that if he helped her save the refugees, he would get the chance to destroy another Crimson Dawn cell and prove that Padmé was right about him. To this, Vader withdrew his lightsaber and accepted Sabé's proposal. He then warned her that she alone was responsible for where her path took her before they silently boarded the shuttle and left for Gabredor III.<ref name="DV 2020 23">[[Darth Vader (2020) 23|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 23]]</ref>

====Familiar faces====
{{Quote|Your names?''"<br />"''K-Kitster.''"<br />"''&laquo;Wald.&raquo;|Darth Vader, Kitster Banai, and Wald|<ref name="DV 2020 23" />}}
[[File:Reunion-2020DarthVader23.png|thumb|right|300px|Darth Vader finds himself face-to-face with Kitster Banai and Wald, his childhood friends from Tatooine.]]
As they approached the planet, they were met by [[Tauntaza's flagship]]. When Vader asked ZED-6-7 if the ship's crew had detected them, the droid said they had not yet. Vader then told him to take them to the planet's surface. Sabé suggested summoning the ''Executor'', but Vader said they would first visit the colony to see if she was telling the truth. Once they landed at the colony, they stepped out of the ship as ZED-6-7 introduced Vader to the refugees and asked to see their [[Gabredor III colony's protocol droid|protocol droid]]. Since their protocol droid had long broken down, ZED-6-7 instead spoke with their astromech droid [[Em-Sevenbee]]. The droid and two of the refugees then confirmed Sabé's story. The pair of refugees then showed off a terrestrial vehicle they had built, inspired by their earlier lives on Tatooine. When Vader asked the refugees for their names, they introduced themselves as Kitster and Wald; Skywalker's childhood friends.<ref name="DV 2020 23" />

When Kitster asked Vader if they could do anything for him, Vader told them they could do nothing. He then sensed that the surrounding land was disturbed, to which ZED-6-7 explained that it was currently suffering from drought. When another refugee claimed things would get better once the clouds came back, Vader said they would only get worse as they were attacked by a pack of clawed beasts. While Vader and Sabé fought off the creatures, a few of them surrounded Kitster and Wald. Vader then leapt in and cut them down, saving the refugees. Kitster thanked Vader as the Sith Lord silently walked away. Sabé then asked Vader if he had seen enough and told him it was time to take out Tauntaza. However, Vader told Sabé she was not ready, since the refugees had ignored her order to stay back and put themselves in danger. He then told her that if she wanted them to live, they would have to obey her.<ref name="DV 2020 23" /> Afterwards, Vader had Sabé don a set of Imperial equipment and recruited her into the Imperial Military<ref name="DV 2020 24">[[Darth Vader (2020) 24|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 24]]</ref> under the rank of Lieutenant Commander, granting her authority over all the forces he gathered.<ref name="DV 2020 25">[[Darth Vader (2020) 25|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 25]]</ref>

[[File:VaderSabeVSDroids-2020DarthVader24.png|thumb|left|230px|Darth Vader and Sabé work together to fight through Governor Tauntaza's security.]]
He then ordered an Imperial officer to open a channel to the ''Executor''. When the officer reported that Tauntaza's ship was blocking their communications, Vader ordered for his shuttle to be prepared. He and his team then traveled to the governor's facility and proceeded to fight their way towards the governor. After cutting down a few repurposed battle droids, Vader was confronted by Tauntaza, who briefly subdued the Sith Lord with a life-draining weapon. Vader's team was then attacked by more battle droids and a few Crimson Dawn assassins. Once Vader recovered, he Force-choked Ochi for allowing the governor to escape. Ochi explained that he was assisting Vader, to which Vader asked Ochi if he thought Tauntaza's weapon could destroy him. Sabé then told Vader that it might have, prompting Vader to release Ochi and meet with one of the weapon's designers, Doctor [[Aira]]. Aira explained that the technology had been used to raze the planet [[Karolia]] and expressed remorse over not having known what the technology would be used for. As Sabé reassured the rest of the regretful designers, Vader seized Ochi's speeder and left to find the governor.<ref name="DV 2020 24">[[Darth Vader (2020) 24|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 24]]</ref>

Catching up to Tauntaza and her escorts, Vader blocked a blast from one of her battle droids before reaching her at her escape ship. As the ship took off, Vader used the Force to hold it and destroy its interior controls. However, the ship's powerful engines ultimately allowed the governor to make her escape. Using a pair of Imperials as a diversion, Vader boarded Tauntaza's flagship and fought off more battle droids and Imperials before confronting the one in charge. When Vader asked where Tauntaza was, the Imperial claimed there had been a misunderstanding and recommended that the Sith reconsider his "hostile stance". Vader then had the ship's crew open a channel to his own ship and ordered Piett to lock onto the governor's flagship. After giving Piett the order to destroy the ship unless countermanded, Vader asked the Imperial again for the governor's location. Upon learning the location, Vader returned to his shuttle and flew toward the facility where she was hiding, only to be met by a sandstorm generated by the facility.<ref name="DV 2020 25" />

Despite the pilots' warnings, Vader told them to continue approaching the facility while he held the ship together with the Force. A lightning bolt then struck the ship, causing it to crash into the forest. Once Vader stepped out of the wreckage, he was met by Ochi, who he asked for Sabé's location. Ochi reported that the storm had taken her and a colonist claimed that the storm would kill them all. When Vader asked the colonist if they had any ships, he said the only ship that had not been confiscated or destroyed was Kitster's racer. When the colonist said that only Kitster could drive it, Vader said they would see as he approached the racer.<ref name="DV 2020 25" /> ZED-6-7 told Vader that he could not trace Sabé or the other colonists, to which Vader told the droid he would command his assistance if he required it. Faced with numerous flashbacks to his past, Vader then boarded the racer and sped off into the storm. While deflecting debris with his lightsaber, Vader located Kitster on the ground alongside a large tank. Landing next to him, Vader asked Kitster where Sabé was. Kitster explained that she was trapped beneath the tank and that he had been trying to move it. Once Vader lifted the tank off of Sabé, the three of them were overwhelmed by the surrounding storm. Vader then contacted Piett and ordered him to have the ''Executor'' fire on his location.<ref name="DV 2020 26" />

[[File:VaderHoldsSabe-2020DarthVader26.png|thumb|right|230px|Reaching Sabé and Kitster Banai after facing the storm of his memories, Darth Vader carries the woman who resembles his late wife to safety.]]
When Piett warned that would incinerate everyone and everything within range, Vader choked him with the Force, prompting him to open fire. The resulting bombardment destroyed the tank and dissipated the storm. After cutting himself out from the remains of the tank, Vader took Sabé from Kitster and carried her into the distance.<ref name="DV 2020 26" /> Eventually, the three of them returned to the colonists and Vader ordered Piett to open fire on Tauntaza's facility. However, the blasts were deflected by a shield, which ZED-6-7 explained was drawing energy from the planet. Despite Ochi's doubts, Vader remained certain the fortress possessed a weakness and, when ZED-6-7 revealed that the facility's underside was unshielded, took Em-Sevenbee with him to the facility. While he defeated more monsters on his way there, Vader placed his lightsaber within the astromech's dome. Once they arrived at the facility, he had the droid fire the lightsaber upwards into the unshielded underbelly. Vader then used the Force to guide the lightsaber through the facility, disabling the weapon and carving an entrance for himself. With the shield down, Vader [[Destruction of Tauntaza's fortress|entered]] the facility and struck down Tauntaza's soldiers.<ref name="DV 2020 27">[[Darth Vader (2020) 27|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 27]]</ref>

However, he was then met by Tauntaza herself, wearing a suit of powerful armor. Tauntaza used the suit's arm cannon to fire at Vader. As he blocked the beam with his lightsaber, Vader told the governor she could not contain the power she was wielding. To this, Tauntaza accused Vader of having no control over his own power before he destroyed her arm cannon. Tauntaza then flew away as the facility exploded, leaving Vader severely injured without any power left in his suit. Sabé soon found Vader and begrudgingly restored his suit's power, allowing them to walk back to the colony. Once they returned, they learned from ZED-6-7 that Tauntaza had been receiving her orders from the Emperor himself. When Vader asked Sabé why she was smiling, she said she now knew why she had saved him.<ref name="DV 2020 27" /> Returning to his fortress, Vader healed in his bacta tank, but broke it in anger upon remembering Sabé's words about the good still in him.<ref name="DV 2020 28" />

Later, Vader boarded the ''Executor'' and was met by Valance, Haydenn, and the Revengers. Vader chastised them for being early, to which Valance demanded to know why they were there. Vader then used the Force to fix Valance's collar, saying he expected those who served him to be held to a certain standard. Haydenn claimed that Valance had the team operating at peak efficiency. To this, Vader said they would get a chance to prove their loyalty and advised Valance to channel his energies in a less self-destructive manner. When Valance asked what their mission was, Piett explained that they had been selected to protect a medicine shipment to [[Bestine IV]] from Crimson Dawn. Vader warned the mercenaries not to disappoint him as he would be watching before they left for their mission.<ref name="BH 28">[[Bounty Hunters 28|''Bounty Hunters'' 28]]</ref> Vader then met with Sabé and asked her about Tauntaza's location. When she said Ochi was searching for the governor, Vader asked her what she advised they do. To this, Sabé told Vader he should do what he always did: directly confront the problem.<ref name="DV 2020 28" />

====Return to Skako Minor====
{{Quote|Follow that speeder. Infiltrate their organization. Find Jul Tambor. I will take care of the rest.|Darth Vader, to Sabé|<ref name="DV 2020 28" />}}
[[File:VaderBetrayal-2020DarthVader28.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader pushes Sabé forward to force her to give into combat against the Royal Guard.]]
Following Sabé's counsel, Vader and Sabé arrived at the Imperial Palace on Coruscant aboard a ''Lambda''-class shuttle to confront Sidious. As the two were unexpected, one of Palpatine's advisors tried to stop the Dark Lord, but Vader only reacted by throwing the advisor against a wall before making his way into the Emperor's throne room. Although his two present Royal Guards pointed their [[Force pike]]s at Vader, Sidious reacted by calmly asking Vader what his heart told him. Vader proceeded to hold Sabé in the air with the Force as Sidious laughed and claimed to her that she had only reminded Vader, who was remembering moments of his past at the same time, of his weakness. Dropping her, Vader refused to assist Sabé as the Emperor had his Royal Guards attempt to destroy her. Once she outwitted them in combat, Sidious killed the guards in anger and, seeing her worth as an agent, allowed Sabé to continue working with Vader.<ref name="DV 2020 28" />

As they returned to their shuttle, Vader and Sabé were informed by ZED-6-7 of their next mission. [[Jul Tambor]], the grandson of Wat Tambor, was working to overthrow the pro-Imperial regime on Skako Minor through a [[Uprising on Skako Minor|nationalist uprising]]. According to Imperial intelligence, Tambor had also enlisted pirates to blockade the planet and stockpile technology to be used against the Empire. As such, their mission was to end the Skakoan's uprising and restore Imperial control over Skako Minor.<ref name="DV 2020 28" /> In truth, Tambor had known he would have to face Vader as part of his crusade. Over the course of the last six years, the Skakoan had worked to collect and reassemble droids who had been killed by Vader, thereby allowing him to analyze their [[databank]]s to study Vader's moves. Amongst the droids he reassembled were B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, and Gee-Ninety.<ref name="DV 2020 30" /> Tambor was very confident that he would be able to kill Vader.<ref name="DV 2020 29" />

Upon reaching the planet, Vader and Sabé discovered a crashed commercial transport from [[Corellia]]. ZED-6-7 explained that the ship had been boarded and those inside were killed by the planet's poisonous atmosphere. As they traversed the terrain, Vader killed a pack of [[cliff worm]]s, saving a group of pirates. When he noticed a pile of corpses on the ground, he struck down the pirates, while Sabé hesitated and allowed one of them to escape. When Vader asked her if the pirates deserved mercy, Sabé admitted she didn't know who did anymore. Vader reminded her that she was his shadow now and she said they would need one of the pirates alive in order to locate Tambor. To this, Vader instructed Sabé to follow the surviving pirate and find Tambor while he took care of the rest.<ref name="DV 2020 28" />

====Confronting Valance====
{{Quote|Beilert Valance&hellip;you have proven to be a disappointment. A betrayal that will not be tolerated.|Darth Vader|<ref name="BH 30" />}}
[[File:VaderArrivesOnBestine-BountyHunters30.png|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader arrives on Bestine IV to confront Beilert Valance for his betrayal.]]
Upon learning that Valance had betrayed the Empire, Vader boarded the ''[[Righteous Fist]]'' and had Haydenn accompany him as he approached the surface of [[Bestine IV]] in his shuttle. Once they landed, Vader and Haydenn confronted Valance and the rest of the ''Edgehawk''{{'s}} crew. Drawing his lightsaber, Vader told Valance that his desertion would not be tolerated.<ref name="BH 30">[[Bounty Hunters 30|''Bounty Hunters'' 30]]</ref> Charging into battle, Valance told Vader that he regretted ever serving the Empire. As they fought, Vader took note of Valance's power, which he regarded as proof Valance was a waste of potential. Once he was beaten into submission, Valance said that the planet's people would still be free of the Empire. However, Vader revealed that Valance had doomed them as his forces bombed the locals, as well as his troops.<ref name="BH 31">[[Bounty Hunters 31|''Bounty Hunters'' 31]]</ref>

Ignoring Valance's chastisation of his lack of care for his own, Vader prepared to strike Valance down, but Haydenn insisted on finishing the job herself to make up for her previous failures, which Vader allowed. Valance tried to convince Haydenn to leave the Empire with him, but Haydenn blasted him in the face and sent him falling over the edge of the cliff. Before leaving the planet, Vader contacted Haydenn and ordered her to send in a group of Imperials to hunt Valance down in case he survived. To accomplish this task, Vader personally selected [[Inferno Squad]].<ref name="BH 31" />

====Unmasking the Dawn====
{{Quote|I did not train this woman. But perhaps&hellip;the one who trained her. If you had found this Qi'ra in a royal court, I would think Tyranus had a hand in this. But she wallows in the mud of the criminal syndicates, so the more likely answer is&hellip;''"<br />"''Maul''.|Darth Sidious and Darth Vader|<ref name="CR 5" />}}
As Sabé searched for Jul Tambor,<ref name="DV 2020 33">[[Darth Vader (2020) 33|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 33]]</ref> Vader was called to the Imperial Palace by Sidious. Upon meeting with his master, Vader was informed by Sidious that the Sith had an enemy, claiming that the recent attacks were part of a coordinated campaign of diversion. Sidious then called in ISB Director [[Sliro Barsha]] to report on his current investigation. Barsha reported that his division within the ISB<ref name="CR 5" />&mdash;the undercover criminal syndicate [[Zerek Besh]]<ref name="Outlaws">''[[Star Wars Outlaws]]''</ref>&mdash;had learned of a rumor that the major crime syndicates were vying to obtain the Hutts' long-standing arrangement with the Empire. However, the rumor was coming from a single source: Crimson Dawn. As they walked through the Palace halls, Vader agreed that Crimson Dawn had orchestrated the Syndicate War but pondered how deep its influence went.<ref name="CR 5" />

[[File:VaderPalpatineDiscuss-CrimsonReign5.png|thumb|left|270px|Darth Vader and his Sith Master discuss the secret war Crimson Dawn had waged.]]
Sidious went on to state that they had orchestrated the other attacks as well, saying that Crimson Dawn had targeted the Sith. He then asked Vader about the syndicate's leader, Qi'ra, who Vader fought and failed to acquire Solo from. Vader told Sidious that while Qi'ra had not been a true threat to him, she was trained in Teräs Käsi and possessed a fighting style which reminded Vader of his master's. From this, Sidious and Vader deduced that, since Qi'ra wallowed in the criminal underworld, she must have been trained by Maul. Sidious then concluded that Maul must have trained Qi'ra to use her as an instrument of revenge and went on to ponder what else he had taught her. With the Sith aware of Crimson Dawn's role in recent events, an alert was sent out the rest of the Imperial Military to track down the ''Vermillion'', which made Qi'ra order her assets in the Empire and other major factions to sow chaos across the galaxy to further distract the Sith. With the Screaming Key they had stolen from Vader, the Knights of Ren, meanwhile, traveled to a location known as the [[dark side hellscape]],<ref name="CR 5" /> a location unknown to Vader and Sidious,<ref name="CR 4" /> alongside "[[the Archivist]]" on orders from Qi'ra to retrieve an artifact<ref name="CR 5" /> known as the [[Fermata Cage]].<ref name="HE 1">[[Hidden Empire 1|''Hidden Empire'' 1]]</ref>

====Dealing with Zerek Besh====
After Director Barsha and Zerek Besh failed to bring in a single member of the Rebel Alliance, Vader confronted him on the ISB space station [[Derosha Six]]. There Barsha tried to appeal to Vader by announcing the successes of Zerek Besh, but Vader countered that, because of the criminal syndicate's inability to bring in any rebels, Zerek Besh and Barsha by extension were failures. Barsha continued to boast about the size of the network the ISB had created under Zerek Besh, and insulted Vader about his and the Imperial army's failures on Hoth. In his anger, Vader destroyed a glass display behind him using the force, and surrounded Barsha in the shards. Forced to ground, Barsha pleaded with Vader, saying that he was close. Vader simply replied that he needed to find rebels then.<ref name="Outlaws" />

[[File:Vader_confronts_Sliro.png|thumb|right|270px|Darth Vader asserted his dominance over Sliro Barsha after he insulted Vader.]]
Shortly after his departure, thiefs [[Kay Vess|Kay]] and [[Riko Vess]] were able to [[Infiltration of Derosha Six|steal access codes]] to [[Westhill Palace|Director Barsha's palace]] vault on [[Canto Bight]]. From there, [[Kay Vess' crew]] working under Barsha's brother [[Jaylen Vrax]] were able to [[Heist on Canto Bight|steal a secret codex]] Barsha had that detailed sensitive information about almost all ranking Imperial officers. Vrax contacted Vader and informed him of the database and his intentions to take control of Zerek Besh. They made a deal, in exchange for the codex and the coordinates to a Rebel base on [[Akiva]], Vrax would be given Zerek Besh. Later, Vader ordered Barsha onto the bridge of the ''[[Revelator]]'', where he condemned Barsha for letting such critical Imperial intelligence go. Vader then looked to Vrax and said the Empire had accepted his terms. He ended the call and gave up Barsha to the mercy of Vrax and his associates.<ref name="Outlaws" />

====Finding the Fermata Cage====
Vader was amongst Palpatine's tools in the crusade to root out Dawn agents across the Empire. During his effort to destroy the Dawn, Vader bisected a traitorous stormtrooper in an industrial environment.<ref name="HE 1" /> At one point, Vader nevertheless returned to his castle on Mustafar, where he was called by the Eye of Webbish Bog. Upon entering the Eye's cave, the Eye showed Vader a moment from the Clone Wars, where he, Yoda, and their clones had fought B1 battle droids, and glimpses of the future, including one of him being confronted by Amidala's surviving handmaidens. Vader then realized that he had been lured there as a test before being attacked by Mustafarians. After killing them, Vader claimed that the Eye had wasted his time with puzzles. To this, the Eye explained that the visions were warnings for the end of everything. When Vader asked why he should care, the Eye reminded Vader that he was a part of everything, but, if he refused to accept this, he could not be helped. Just as the Eye had shown him,<ref name="R 1">[[Revelations (2022) 1|''Revelations'' (2022) 1]]</ref> Vader, with his helmet slightly damaged, returned to his fortress and, after sensing a great disturbance<ref name="HE 1" /> in the dark side,<ref name="HE 2">[[Hidden Empire 2|''Hidden Empire'' 2]]</ref> was contacted by Sidious to discuss the disturbance.<ref name="HE 1" />

Informed by Sidious that Qi'ra claimed to possess the Fermata Cage, Vader was ordered to find the artifact and kill anyone who knew of it.<ref name="HE 1" /> Sidious also told Vader about Qi'ra's central claim about the artifact: it contained an ancient [[Unidentified Sith Lord (Fermata Cage)|Sith Lord]]<ref name="HE 2" /> who was so powerful they had needed to be locked away.<ref name="HE 4">[[Hidden Empire 4|''Hidden Empire'' 4]]</ref> In truth, no such Sith Lord existed; Qi'ra simply needed a claim that would draw both Sith to the Cage, allowing her to lock them both into it and free the galaxy from their rule.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 29">[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 29|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 29]]</ref> Her initial effort to open the cage, however, had resulted in the Knights of Ren abandoning Crimson Dawn out anger at being hurt in the attempt<ref name="HE 1" /> and out of fear of the ripple it sent out.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 27">[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 27|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 27]]</ref> Vader made his way to the site of the disturbance, where he only found wreckage from the experiment. Although he was certain it was the origin of the disturbance, he deduced, due to a lack of bodies, that no Sith Lord had been released. Vader then returned to the ''Executor'' and reported his findings to Sidious via its holoprojection chamber.<ref name="HE 2" />

[[File:VaderReport-HiddenEmpire2.png|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader reports that the Fermata Cage was not at the site of the disturbance.]]
Vader asked Sidious if there truly was an ancient Sith within the Cage, which Sidious explained was possible: built by Darth Momin himself, the Cage could imprison people and places outside of time<ref name="HE 2" /> and had never been used lightly.<ref name="HE 5" /> Sidious further warned Vader that, because of the urge within every Sith to dominate others, the mere possibility was the greatest danger to everything they had built together. Amid their conversation, the two suddenly felt the Cage begin to open once more as the Archivist and her assistant, archaeologist [[Kho Phon Farrus]], tried to use [[Ascendant]]-designed [[Kho Phon Farrus' machine|technology]] to focus nearby dark side energy into it. Although Farrus shut off their technology as the Cage began to<ref name="HE 2" /> leach life energy<ref name="HE 4" /> from each of them, the experiment had carried on for long enough that Sidious was able to track the disturbance to<ref name="HE 2" /> the [[Unidentified planet (Fermata Cage)|planet]]<ref name="HE 3" /> they were on. With this, Sidious sent Vader to retrieve the Cage and destroy those present.<ref name="HE 2" />

====The Orphans====
{{Quote|<nowiki></nowiki>''[Darth Vader]'' radiates a particular, dark energy. But he is also other, like whatever drives him is completely removed from motivations experienced by other beings. Do you know the feeling you get when you hear a story about an animal eating its own young? That's what being in Darth Vader's presence felt like to me. The first time I saw Darth Vader was when he came to kill me. He failed. I think that was rare for him. As a general rule, when Darth Vader tried to kill something&hellip;it died.|The Archivist|<ref name="HE 3" />}}
[[File:DarthVader-HiddenEmpire2.png|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader approaches the Orphans.]]
Once the ''Executor'' arrived at<ref name="HE 2" /> the planet,<ref name="HE 3" /> Vader, intending to handle the situation on his own, ordered Piett to prepare his ''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle and landed at the seemingly-deserted site with two stormtroopers.<ref name="HE 2" /> In the vicinity of the artifact, where he could not single out the presence of the supposed ancient Sith, Vader sensed a great deal of dark side power from the Fermata Cage.<ref name="HE 4" /> Vader discovered the Archivist and Kho Phon Farrus trying to hide beneath the remains of their machine.<ref name="HE 2" /> In Vader's presence, the Archivist found that the Sith Lord radiated a dark energy.<ref name="HE 3" /> While Farrus, having been warned of Vader by their rival Doctor Aphra, quickly surrendered, the Archivist refused, to which Vader began to choke the agents with the Force. However, he was interrupted by the arrival of Chanath Cha and her [[Orphans]], consisting of [[Sear]], [[Ladybright]], and [[Imara Vex]]. When Cha asked Vader if he remembered her, Vader simply stated that he would kill her as he bared his lightsaber.<ref name="HE 2" />

Cha went on to introduce herself, explaining that Vader had slaughtered her family and that she had spent every day since then plotting her revenge. Vader quickly forgot her name once more before the Orphans attacked. After being electrocuted by Ladybright and burned by one of Cha's acid bombs, Vader pushed the Orphans back and walked into the ocean to recover. Once he did, he returned to the shore and saw Ladybright, Vex, Pharrus and the Archivist fleeing for the ''Siroto''. When Vader mentioned Qi'ra's death to Cha and Sear, he sensed their confusion and lack of fear, indicating that Qi'ra was still alive. As he fought Cha and Sear, he chastised them for their arrogance and prepared to strike Cha down, only for Vex to snipe off one of his hands, prompting him to tip over the ''Siroto'' with the Force and throw Vex into the forest. With Vex severely injured, Ladybright, Pharrus and the Archivist fled in the ''Siroto'' before returning to assist Cha and Sear. However, the ''Siroto'' then turned back around and left the planet, much to Cha's relief. With Sear and Vex defeated, Vader twisted Cha's introduction of herself by re-introducing himself and stabbed her through the chest.<ref name="HE 3" />

With Cha dead, Vader left the planet to find Qi'ra<ref name="HE 3" /> and reunited with his master. Both traveled a dark, smoky location, where Sidious asked Vader if he actually felt the presence of an ancient Sith Lord in the Cage. With Vader admitting he only felt intense dark side power from it, he engaged Sidious in a sparring duel, the first they had engaged in in some time, at his master's request, allowing Sidious to explain how he would enforce the Rule of Two if another Sith Lord indeed existed. After Sidious pushed back Vader with a final strike and declared the duel over, Vader made one last rush at his master before stopping when his master repeated himself. Feeling they had no choice but to follow the ripple in the Force caused by the next Cage opening, Sidious took the moment to admit Qi'ra would be missed as he and Vader looked across the location.<ref name="HE 4" />

[[File:SithSparring-HiddenEmpire4.png|thumb|left|300px|Prior to the final battle against Crimson Dawn, Darth Vader sparred with his master for the first time in some time.]]
Qi'ra attempted to sure up her chances by reaching out the Knights of Ren, reminding them that they had attacked Vader's fortress and thus would be hunted by the Sith if they did not help her destroy Vader and Palpatine.<ref name="HE 4" /> Around the same time,<ref name="Aphra (2020) 27" /> the [[Spark Eternal]] artificial intelligence, created thousands of years prior for use against the Sith by the Ascendant cult,<ref name="Aphra (2020) 24">[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 24|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 24]]</ref> resolved to hunt down Vader. The AI had taken over Doctor Aphra's body to carry out its mission, further collecting 0-0-0 and BT-1 to help in its quest. When Aphra used a virus she had installed into the two droids to regain control of her body, the Spark introduced, much to Aphra's horror, their Sith hunting mission against Vader.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 27" /> By possessing Aphra, it had access to her memories of Vader and saw how she considered the Sith Lord a monster, but the AI believed itself ready to take on the Sith Lord and his master. Because Aphra had once outmaneuvered Vader, the overconfident Spark thought itself skilled enough to engage him in one-on-one combat.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 30">[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 30|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 30]]</ref> In fact, Qi'ra contacted<ref name="HE 4" /> the Spark to request its help in destroying the Sith.<ref name="HE 5" />

====Destroying the Dawn====
{{Quote|You wish to board the station, Lord Vader. I ''sense your desire''. To possibly meet an ancient Sith, one so dangerous they were locked away in such a powerful prison as the ''Fermata Cage''. To feel their power. To test yourself against it. And then&hellip; to ''destroy'' them. Or even&hellip; to ''be destroyed''. I desire it too, Lord Vader. But it is a ''foolish'' desire. And I am not a fool.|Darth Sidious, to Darth Vader|<ref name="HE 4" />}}
The Archivist moved the Fermata Cage and the equipment needed to finally open it to<ref name="HE 4" /> an ancient [[Amaxine Space Station]] in the Outer Rim,<ref name="Into the Dark">''[[The High Republic: Into the Dark]]''</ref> where the Cage could feed off the plant life and dark side energy left behind by<ref name="HE 4" /> the ancient [[Drengir]] beings.<ref name="Into the Dark" /> Sensing the disturbance in the Force caused<ref name="HE 5" /> by the opening of the Cage, Sidious and Vader, just as Sidious said they would need to in the name of enforcing the Rule of Two,<ref name="HE 4" /> followed the disturbance<ref name="HE 5" /> aboard the ''Executor''<ref name="HE 4" /> with a fleet of Star Destroyers at their back.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 30" /> The Sith Lords and their forces reached the station shortly into the opening process. Overlooking the station from the ''Executor''{{'s}} bridge, Vader found himself with overwhelming desire to board the station and meet the possible Sith, hoping to test himself against that Sith Lord's power no matter if he survived the encounter. Able to sense his apprentice's wish, Sidious felt the same but declared it a foolish desire and ordered the ''Executor'' to destroy the station.<ref name="HE 4" />

Before the ''Executor'' could fire, the warship's crew detected an entire enemy fleet emerging from hyperspace. While Vader initially assumed it was the Rebel Alliance, the force was<ref name="HE 4" /> Qi'ra's secret [[Dawn Fleet]],<ref name="HE 2" /> which targeted the ''Executor''{{'s}} long-range weapons, thereby forcing the ''Executor'' to divert power to its shield batteries and delay the Emperor's order to destroy the station. With his master unwilling to take any chances, Vader boarded a ''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle with Sidious and<ref name="HE 4" /> an escort<ref name="HE 5" /> of death troopers and Emperor's Royal Guards, flying through the space battle under the escort of [[Unidentified crimson TIE/IN interceptor variant|crimson TIE interceptors]]. As their troops engaged with Dawn soldiers who had set up a parameter in the hangar, Sidious and Vader disembarked from their shuttle into the station, which was filled with dark side energy that Sidious could tell was not all related to the Fermata Cage. Unsure of what they would find,<ref name="HE 4" /> the two Sith Lords led the charge<ref name="HE 5" /> with the mission to totally destroy the Dawn.<ref name="HE 4" />

[[File:VaderApproaching-2020DoctorAphra30.png|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader approaches the Spark Eternal, an AI designed centuries prior to destroy the Sith Order, while it possesses the body of Doctor Aphra.]]
Leading from the front, Vader and Sidious fought their way through the station. As the two Sith could deflect blaster bolts with their lightsabers, Dawn [[Squad Two (Crimson Dawn)|Squads Two]] and [[Squad Three (Crimson Dawn)|Three]] attempted to engage Sidious and Vader with electrified melee weapons, but both Sith effortlessly fought through the guards. Still, Vader toyed with one soldier until Sidious ordered him to stop and simply kill them. As they journeyed closer to the Cage, they were confronted by the Spark Eternal-possessed Aphra, who mocked the two Sith. Vader quickly deduced Aphra was under some kind of possession and stayed behind to deal with her while Sidious carried on. Believing she could weaken him, the overconfident Spark engaged Vader with the<ref name="HE 5" /> cortosis alloy-based [[Null Blade]], which would temporarily shut down lightsabers.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 25">[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 25|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 25]]</ref> To the Spark, the battle represented a chance to finally fulfill the dream of its long-dead creator, [[Miril]], by destroying the Sith Order, even if the battle proved too much for Aphra's body.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 30" />

The blades of Vader and the possessed Aphra clashed several times, thereby shorting out the Sith Lord's lightsaber.<ref name="HE 5" /> While the Spark at that moment thought it was ready to destroy Vader and jumped at him,<ref name="Aphra (2020) 30" /> Vader effortlessly excised the Spark from Aphra's body with a Force push<ref name="HE 5" /> as a group of new arrivals watched: Aphra's former lover [[Sana Starros]] had gathered a [[Sana Starros' crew|crew]] of Aphra's friends and loved ones to rescue her from the Spark.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 30" /> Having abandoned the Dawn in fear after their run in with Vader,<ref name="HE 3" /> Farrus was also among the group.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 30" /> Unknown to Vader, who declared the Spark to be a weak enemy, he had effectively<ref name="HE 5" /> ended the dream of the Ascendant cult by defeating its main weapon<ref name="Aphra (2020) 30" /> without much effort. After a terrified Aphra awoke under Vader and escaped as the opening Cage sent out a ripple, Vader elected to return to his master's side rather than hunt down his former ally.<ref name="HE 5" /> With Vader out of sight, the Spark attempted to possess Aphra once more, but the intervention of Farrus, Starros, and another one of Aphra's ex-lovers, Magna Tolvan, saved her.<ref name="Aphra (2020) 30" />

Vader took his place at an eager Sidious's side as the Cage finally opened. However, only a [[Unidentified droid (Fermata Cage)|small disc]] without any connection to the Force fell out: inside, there had been no secret Sith Lord after all, and Sidious believed the disc was nothing important. Unknown to both,<ref name="HE 5" /> the disc was actually a droid locked away<ref name="Dark Droids 1">[[Dark Droids 1|''Dark Droids'' 1]]</ref> by the ancient Sith.<ref name="Dark Droids Target Vader">{{Marvel|url=articles/comics/star-wars-dark-droids-checklist-reading-order-scourge|text=The Scourge Reveals Its Ultimate Goal by Targeting Darth Vader in 'Star Wars: Dark Droids'}}</ref> Watching from afar aboard each of their starships, the Archivist and Qi'ra remotely re-activated the Cage, encasing Vader and Sidious in a [[time-lock]]. Qi'ra intended to recover the Cage with the two Sith trapped inside and throw their prison into a star. However, it was at that moment that cannon shots from beyond the space battle suddenly broke into the station and<ref name="HE 5" /> destroyed the Cage:<ref name="Bounty Hunters 32">[[Bounty Hunters 32|''Bounty Hunters'' 32]]</ref> while it remained physically together, the Cage's time-lock collapsed, freeing the two Sith from its grasp<ref name="HE 5" /> but sending a [[Force Wave]] out across the galaxy.<ref name="Bounty Hunters 32" /> The cannon shots had come from the ''[[Night Buzzard]]'', personal transport of the Knights of Ren: although Ren had watched Vader and Sidious fall victim to Qi'ra's plan from a distance, he believed Sidious would ultimately find his way out of the Cage and thus believed the only way to save his crew was to align themselves with the Sith.<ref name="HE 5" />

[[File:SithAlmostLockedAway-HiddenEmpire5.png|thumb|left|270px|Before the arrival of the Knights of Ren, Darth Vader and his master were nearly defeated once and for all by the Fermata Cage.]]
The wave sent out by the collapse of the Cage wiped out much of the Dawn Fleet, giving the Imperials a chance to wipe out the Dawn forces as the escaping Qi'ra gave a retreat order. As they collected<ref name="HE 5" /> the destroyed<ref name="Bounty Hunters 32" /> but intact Fermata Cage, Sidious and Vader sensed a great rending in the Force sent out by its collapse, with Sidious admitting it made his grasp on the Force tenuous. Sidious and Vader then came face-to-face with the Knights of Ren, who revealed themselves in return for mercy. Sidious, however, responded with a blast of Force lightning to punish the Knights, promising that whatever was left of the group would be put to excellent use. Still, Sidious declared the Knights' future a small matter and ordered Vader to depart with him. In the aftermath of the Crimson Dawn war, the syndicate was shattered while the defeated Qi'ra fled into hiding.<ref name="HE 5" /> The effects of the Force Wave<ref name="DV 2020 33" /> varied at different times: Force-sensitives could find themselves with a limited connection to the Force at one time but could wield great power<ref name="Star Wars (2020) 34">[[Star Wars (2020) 34|''Star Wars'' (2020) 34]]</ref> when the Wave returned. Vader came to fear the great energy provided by the Force Wave because he could not control it.<ref name="DV 2020 33" />

===Fighting the past and the Force===
====Reunion with the Handmaidens====
[[File:VaderAndFailedTroopers-2020DarthVader29.png|thumb|right|270px|Darth Vader threatens the lives of stormtroopers KA-336 and KV-222 as a test to see if the woman before him is really Sabé.]]
As the Force Wave vanished for the time being,<ref name="DV 2020 33" /> Vader returned to the ''Executor'' and meditated, reflecting on Kenobi's words that only a Sith dealt in absolutes and declaring that no one in the galaxy should forget his allegiance. Afterward, Vader had Piett contact the recently-returned Ochi, who had returned to the ''Executor'' with Sabé, to bring Sabé into a room aboard the ship. Within, Vader had also summoned Sabé's recently assigned personal guards, stormtroopers [[KA-336]] and [[KV-222]]; both troopers had broken protocol by openly speaking about her classified assignment, with Vader demanding the woman before him kill them both with a nearby E-11 blaster rifle as punishment. In truth, Vader suspected that the woman was not Sabé, but another of Amidala's surviving handmaidens, and was testing that theory. Vader also created a struggle when he urged the troopers to also run for the blaster. "Sabé" grabbed it first and fired at them, injuring both but leaving them alive. This confirmed Vader's suspicion that this was not Sabé and instead another handmaiden, [[Dormé]]. Lifted into the air via a Force choke, Dormé claimed that Sabé wouldn't have killed them, which Vader declared meant Dormé did not know Sabé at all.<ref name="DV 2020 29" />

Upon realizing that Ochi had helped her get inside as part of a scheme get rid of Sabé, whom Ochi saw as a rival, Vader threw Ochi into a wall and told Dormé that Sabé served him willingly. Dormé denied Vader's claim, saying Sabé was the best of them. To this, Vader brought her to a hangar and told her she should follow Sabé's lead by claiming the same power. When Ochi advised against this, Vader tossed him aside, saying he simply needed her to serve his purpose. Dormé stated once again that neither she nor Sabé would serve Vader. Vader then said they would see before he took her aboard a ''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle and traveled to<ref name="DV 2020 30" /> the planet<ref name="Shadow Fall">''[[Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel]]''</ref> [[Fedalle]].<ref name="DV 2020 30" />

Shortly after, Dormé's fellow handmaidens [[Eirtaé]], [[Saché]], and [[Rabé Tonsort]] arrived on the planet. When Dormé insisted they go after Sabé instead, the handmaidens told her they wouldn't leave her as they engaged Vader in combat. Despite their coordination, the handmaidens were subdued by Vader, who gave them one final chance to join him. However, Saché revealed that Eirtaé had seized codes from Vader's suit during the fight, allowing the handmaidens to complete Dormé's sabotage of the ''Executor''. Before they could destroy Vader's flagship, which would kill thousands in the name of rescuing Sabé and defeating Vader, Vader declared they were just as bloodthirsty as he needed them to be to join him. However, he was contacted by Piett, who showed him a transmission from Tambor.<ref name="DV 2020 30" /> After arriving on<ref name="DV 2020 29" /> the planet<ref name="Vanguard Databank">{{Databank|vanguard-squadron|Vanguard Squadron}}</ref> [[Brentaal IV]], Sabé had confronted Tambor while he was helping out a village of exiled Skakoans, urging him not to go up against Vader and declaring that the Sith Lord had only grown more dangerous since her own failed efforts on Polis Massa. She was certain that Tambor's efforts against Vader would fail and that the Sith Lord would slaughter<ref name="DV 2020 29" /> the hundreds of Skakoans on Brentaal IV<ref name="DV 2020 30" /> in retaliation.<ref name="DV 2020 29" />

[[File:AtVadersService-2020DarthVader30.png|thumb|left|230px|With Sabé's life in the hands of Jul Tambor, Darth Vader found an opening to recruit other handmaidens of his late wife and deal with the Skakoan revolutionary.]]
Unable to convince Tambor to call off his coming attack on the [[Imperial garrison (Skako Minor)|Skako Minor garrison]], Sabé shot him above his heart, keeping him alive but allowing her to take him away to a ship controlled by her and ZED-6-7. Aboard, Tambor listened to her reasoning about the danger Vader posed and declared that it was time to kill the Sith Lord, capturing Sabé after his rebuilt droids reached the starship. After showing Sabé video footage of Vader, Tambor sent his hologram to Vader, in which he revealed her capture and baited him to come after him.<ref name="DV 2020 30" /> While fully aware of the Sith Lord's ruthlessness and not doubting Vader's willingness to slaughter his refugee camp in retaliation,<ref name="DV 2020 31" /> the Skakoan had come to believe that Sabé was Vader's weakness, which would finally give him an advantage over the Dark Lord. On Fedalle, realizing they would need Vader and his forces<ref name="DV 2020 30" /> to stage a daring rescue,<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> the handmaidens reluctantly joined Vader to go after Tambor, much to Ochi's annoyance. The group returned returned to the ''Executor'' aboard his Lambda shuttle<ref name="DV 2020 30" /> and eventually left for Brentaal IV.<ref name="DV 2020 31" />

====Corrupting Sabé====
{{Quote|The other handmaidens ''fled''. But you are ''here''. ''Stronger''. And you will become ''stronger still''.''"<br />"''They only ''left''&hellip; because I kept my ''secret''. ''Your'' secret. If I'd told them what ''really'' happened&hellip; to ''Anakin Skywalker''&hellip; they would never have escaped. I know&hellip; my sisters&hellip; will always think of me with ''grief''&hellip; and they will always ''wonder'' what ''happened'' here&hellip; but they will go back to their ''lives''&hellip; and their ''loves''. This way&hellip; only ''one'' of us has to ''lose'' their ''soul''.|Darth Vader and Sabé after the fall of Jul Tambor|<ref name="DV 2020 32" />}}
[[File:ArriveOnBrentaal-2020DarthVader31.png|thumb|right|300px|Darth Vader, ZED-6-7, and their reluctant allies, the handmaidens of Padmé Amidala, arrive on Brentaal IV]]
Upon reaching Brentaal IV via a ''Lambda''-class shuttle with the handmaidens and ZED-6-7, Vader reflected on his last meeting with Amidala on Mustafar and how he wished it had gone, privately declaring to himself he would finally have his idealized outcome.<ref name="DV 2020 31" /> He also saw it as a way to have his idealized version of the duel on Bespin, privately comparing the situation to him reaching out to Luke Skywalker.<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> Entering a building on-world, Vader and the handmaidens were met by Moore, who explained with Vader how each of the handmaidens could benefit from serving the Empire and the Sith Lord. When none of the four agreed to his demands, he telekinetically threw all four outside through an opening created by Tambor's forces, who had tracked down the Sith Lord and his reluctant allies, and forced them to fight the B1 battle droid horde alone. To Vader, the battle was a chance for the handmaidens to earn their places at his side and show them their own power. Overlooking their victory, Vader remained silent as Moore declared it an example of their skills, which she promised would only grow under Vader's service.<ref name="DV 2020 31" />

Shortly thereafter, Eirtaé discovered from one of the B1's memory banks that Tambor's command ship, in which she learned Sabé was being held, was three klicks to the south of their position. However, Tambor, ignoring Sabé's continued pleas that Vader would wipe out his refugee camp if he continued, sent three platoons of B1s and a Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry to attack a [[Unidentified Brentaal IV village|civilian village]], hoping it would trap his enemies into the village's canyon and let him escape with Sabé. Both Vader and Moore understood the attack was a trap, with Vader declaring it an example of the weakness that the handmaidens would need to overcome. When the handmaidens demanded that Vader assist them in aiding the populace, Vader elected to use them as a distraction,<ref name="DV 2020 31" /> effectively turning them into his pawns so he could get to and corrupt Sabé,<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> and teach them another lesson: as they fought the B1 horde, he could slip past the droids' lines, leaving the handmaidens to seize their true potential against a major enemy. Riding into battle on speeder bikes, Vader cut down the gunship but left the handmaidens to the droids, cutting into Tambor's ship to save Sabé and confront the revolutionary.<ref name="DV 2020 31" />

Inside Tambor's ship, Vader took position in front of Sabé's cage but was met by the rebuilt Gee-Ninety, who fired upon the Dark Lord before releasing magnetic spheres. Having deduced that Vader would attack with brute force, Tambor and the droid had created the spheres specifically to immobilize him via electrocution. However, the handmaidens then arrived and used Eirtaé's own magnetic devices to force down the spheres, although Tambor and Gee-Ninety managed to flee by detaching the room from the rest of the ship while Vader recovered. The Sith Lord maintained that he had not betrayed the handmaidens, instead declaring that he had granted them a chance to claim their true power, before Force choking Eirtaé and Dormé against the wall. Both had just released Sabé from her cage and begged her to leave Vader's service, but Vader offered her a chance at creating order instead of allowing the innocent-attacking Tambor to run free. As he made the offer<ref name="DV 2020 31" /> and the handmaidens begged Sabé to turn back, Vader remembered his lived and idealized versions of the meeting with Amidala on Mustafar and with his son on Bespin.<ref name="DV 2020 32" />

[[File:VaderSabe-2020DarthVader32.png|thumb|left|250px|Secretly seeing it as a way to finally have his idealized life with Padmé Amidala, Darth Vader guides Sabé down to him after she chooses to stay in the Sith Lord's service.]]
Sabé almost took Vader's hand, but was tackled and pulled out of the room by Dormé while Eirtaé and Saché provided covering fire against Vader. Vader drew his lightsaber and pursued the handmaidens outside, only for the group to take Sabé into the air with Eirtaé's antigravity devices to an overhead Star Commuter 2000 as Vader watched on. The ship was in fact being piloted by Ochi, who had made a deal with the handmaidens that they would convince Sabé to abandon Vader to make sure he would never see any of them again. However, Sabé believed her handmaiden sisters did not have the tools needed to put a stop to Tambor's campaign, deciding the only way to save the civilians Tambor was on the cusp of attacking was to join Vader's violent crusade. She also decided that, by staying with Vader, she could continue to bring about Amidala's declaration that good existed in Anakin Skywalker. Bidding her fellow handmaidens goodbye, Sabé detached her antigrav device to fall back to Vader, who guided her to the ground with the Force. While a force of stormtroopers had arrived via a ''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle and were firing upon the escaping Star Commuter, Vader called their assault off, declaring that the incident was over before walking back to the shuttle with Sabé at his side.<ref name="DV 2020 32" />

The following day, returning to the ''Executor'' and receiving an update on Tambor's gunships, Vader made it clear to Piett that the campaign against Tambor was under Sabé's command. Ordering her own shuttle be prepared for departure, Sabé enginneered the downfall of Tambor without even killing the Skakoan; contacting the revolutionary, she claimed that twelve Skakoan refugees, whom were actually in the same room as her, were imprisoned with Vader and his forces in the abandoned village of [[Kantiema]], which Tambor quickly [[Bombing of Kantiema|bombed]]. Seeing that the man they thought would protect them was willing to throw away their lives and then brag about his coming rule, the people of Skako Minor quickly abandoned<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> and revolted against<ref name="DV 2020 34">[[Darth Vader (2020) 34|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 34]]</ref> Tambor's crusade. With that, the Empire granted all his refugees amnesty and began an armistice process on Skako Minor. After Tambor's droid army was [[Destruction of Jul's droid army|wiped out]], Sabé reported her success to Vader, who meditated and accepted her rational for not killing Tambor, as doing so would have made the Skakoan a martyr and cost hundreds of lives. Still, Vader felt the need to correct her by claiming they were bringing order, not mere peace.<ref name="DV 2020 32" />

He also inquired to her about how she felt about the power at her fingers, telling her she would continue to grow stronger as she remained in his service. However, Sabé remained convinced that her fellow handmaidens, dismissed by Vader as weak, had only left because they did not know he was Anakin Skywalker. Before leaving the room, Sabé declared it meant she was the only one present who had to lose their soul by staying under his command. Feeling a pain<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> and losing control of the Force<ref name="April Solicit">{{SW|url=news/marvel-star-wars-april-2023-covers|text=Inferno Squad Strikes Back in Marvel's April 2023 ''Star Wars'' Comics – Exclusive Preview}}</ref> as the Force Wave returned,<ref name="DV 2020 33" /> Vader declared to himself that Sabé was wrong in thinking she was the only one who had to lose their soul in return for the future they were working towards.<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> Vader was unable to control the Force<ref name="April Solicit" /> as his powers began to tear apart the ''Executor'', thereby presenting another threat to the Empire: himself.<ref name="DV 2020 33" />

====Facing the Force Wave====
{{Quote|<nowiki></nowiki>''Hate''&hellip; leads to ''suffering''&hellip; or ''power''. You must ''choose''. This is your ''last chance'', handmaiden. I am more ''powerful'' than I have ''ever'' been. But I am not&hellip; in ''control''. This is not a ''threat''. It is simply a ''fact''. The next time you ''defy'' me&hellip; I will kill you. Now. ''Choose''. It should not be ''hard''. You already know what you ''desire''. You ''saw'' it in your ''own vision''. All you have to do now&hellip; is ''take'' it.''"<br />"''<nowiki></nowiki>''Hate'' leads to ''suffering''&hellip; or ''power''. But, ''Anakin''&hellip; how can I ''choose''&hellip; if I refuse to ''hate''?|Darth Vader is rebuked by Sabé|<ref name="DV 2020 34" />}}
[[File:VaderLosesControl-2020DarthVader32.png|thumb|right|250px|Crushing the walls of the ''Executor'' around him, Darth Vader loses control of the Force as the Force Wave returns.]]
Vader's fear at his out-of-control abilities could be felt by Sidious all the way away on Coruscant, where the Sith Master was delighting in the uncontrolled powers afforded to him by the Force Wave. Through the Force, Sidious had reached out to Vader to speak of the great power but, noticing the fear, urged Vader to accept his true self. Vader managed to exit<ref name="DV 2020 33" /> his chamber<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> but still failed to control the Force, crumbling parts of the ''Executor'' around him as Sabé, who quickly understood something had gone wrong with Vader's Force powers, marshalled nearby Imperial officers and stormtroopers away from the out-of-control Sith Lord. Vader's powers began to breach the ''Executor''{{'s}} hull in the hallway just as Sabé cleared the room. Despite the objections of one of the officers, Sabé sealed off the hallway from the rest of the ship, leaving Vader liable to be sucked out into the vacuum of space. She attempted to contact Vader that the inconvenience would only last a brief moment, but she was Force choked by Vader as Sidious spoke in his mind: Sidious offered that fear paved the way for anger and hate, but it would be up to Vader whether he chose to turn that hatred into either power or suffering.<ref name="DV 2020 33" />

As Sidious spoke to him, Vader was thrown out into the vacuum of space. Vader reached out towards his flagship but only managed in carving a line of destruction in the ''Executor''{{'s}} hull. However, a motionless Vader was soon found by Sabé aboard a [[Sabé's shuttle|''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle]], from which she deployed two [[Prowler 1000 seeker droid]]s to collect the Sith Lord and bring him aboard. Although Sabé asked him to hold back his destructive power for a single minute longer, Vader was unable to and quickly began to rip apart the Lambda and crush the two droids as Sabé launched them into hyperspace, coming out of lightspeed above an [[Unidentified astronomical object (Sabé)|uninhabited astronomical object]]: taking Vader to the astronomical object had been Sabé's intention as it would give the Sith Lord a place to practice and rediscover control over his powers. As the crippled Lambda crashed towards its surface, Vader was thrown from the ship.<ref name="DV 2020 33" />

He was followed by Sabé, who donned a wing backpack and reached out. Both managed to grip the other's arm before tumbling into the sea, causing Vader to lose his grip on Sabé. Reflecting on Palpatine's declaration of power and suffering as he fell, Vader decided he would continue inland on an island on his own, leaving Sabé unconscious on the shore. Vader left a trail of footprints and destruction in his wake, through which Sabé followed him when she awoke. Vader pushed the Handmaiden back when she approached and demanded he be left alone because of his out-of-control powers. When Sabé&mdash;who called Vader "Anakin"<ref name="DV 2020 33" /> once more<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> in the process&mdash;offered the astronomical object as a chance for Vader to take control of his powers and life as a whole, reasoning that he had never truly controlled his own destiny, another blast of his power ripped apart the land around her and forced her to run. Remembering moments from the past as he again reflected on Sidious's offer, Vader decided the test was no longer for himself, but for Sabé: Vader raised the confused Handmaiden into the air and gave her a choice to turn hatred into power or suffering, making Sabé experience a vision<ref name="DV 2020 33" /> before asking her to choose.<ref name="DV 2020 34" />

[[File:WillYouMarryVader-2020DarthVader34.png|thumb|left|250px|Within their Force vision, Darth Vader asked Sabé to join him in forging a new future, a request which she rejected in the end.]]
Sabé ignored the question and tried to focus their efforts to regaining control of Vader's powers, only for Vader to pull her close as a way of showing that the only safe place was to stand at the center of the storm. Vader then showed Sabé what he claimed to be her own desires, whereas she believed they were his, in a vision where she joined the Empire and brought order to the galaxy by turning suffering into power. As Sabé rejected the possible future and demanded to know what "Anakin" wanted, a vision of one of the Handmaidens&mdash;as Saché, Tonsort, Rabé Dormé and Eirtaé were all present in the vision&mdash;tried to argue Vader and Skywalker were different, which she vehemently denied before chasing after Vader in the vision: within the vision, Vader appeared in the shadows of the forest where they stood, with Skywalker's face visible when he turned back to her. Chasing after Vader brought Sabé into contact with visions of Amidala and Luke Skywalker, which Sabé took as proof that the light did indeed still exist in Vader, before the Sith Lord emerged and cut down both his wife and son, claiming once more the vision was not his own. The visions of the Handmaidens appeared to defend Sabé, but Vader cut all four down as he declared the vision was full of lies.<ref name="DV 2020 34" />

Vader demanded Sabé embrace a future with him, but she threw herself back and exited the vision. As Vader's powers again lost control and threw Sabé back, the Sith Lord gave Sabé a final chance to forge either suffering and power out of hate, warning her that she would die should she reject him, simply because he would not be able to control his abilities. At that moment, Vader believed his abilities in the Force were more powerful than any point prior in his life.<ref name="DV 2020 34" /> Having gone through an introspection into herself<ref name="DV 2020 35" /> through the vision, specifically remembering how Vader had cut down his own wife and son,<ref name="DV 2020 34" /> Sabé decided she could not join Vader after all: she rejected him<ref name="DV 2020 35" /> and the question all together by declaring she would not give into hatred.<ref name="DV 2020 34" /> Using his remaining control of the Force<ref name="DV 2020 35" /> but telling himself it was his lack of control that did so, Vader responded by throwing Sabé<ref name="DV 2020 34" /> far out into the ocean.<ref name="DV 2020 35" />

====Taking back control====
{{Quote|But you&hellip; you're ''weak''. You don't have the ''Force''&hellip;''"<br />"''You ''forget''. No matter ''what''&hellip; ''I am Vader''&hellip; and all I need is ''hate''.|The leader of an attacking group is confronted by Vader|<ref name="DV 2020 34" />}}
Attempting to take control of his powers, Vader then raised their Lambda shuttle from the waters and entered it, crafting<ref name="DV 2020 34" /> an [[Darth Vader's electrostaff|electrostaff]]<ref name="DV 2020 39">[[Darth Vader (2020) 39|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 39]]</ref> to serve as a cane and laser weapon. He also donned an energy shield on his exposed electronic left hand. Sometime later, a [[Unidentified human group|group of human operatives]], having learned from a source that Vader had lost control of his abilities and damaged his own flagship, arrived at the island with the intention of killing Vader while he was unable to control the Force, operating under the belief it was their best chance to destroy the Sith Lord. Vader was currently standing on the beach and leaning on his staff, making the captain underestimate him as a weakened opponent. Vader raised the wreck of the Lambda to block their ship's laser fire. As their ship circled around and fired a blast of fire, Vader protected himself with his energy shield and, as the ship passed over him, destroyed it with his laser staff. Vader approached the crashed ship and informed the leader that, so long as he had hatred, he had power.<ref name="DV 2020 34" />

===The Dark Lord and the droids===
====Reunion with Aphra====
{{Quote|Repair this&hellip;''scrap''. And my preparations will be complete.|Darth Vader, to ZED-6-7|<ref name="DV 2020 35" />}}
[[File:VaderReunitesWithAphra-2020DarthVader35.png|thumb|right|250px|Darth Vader tracks down Doctor Aphra on Sesid]]
Desperate to regain control of his abilities, Vader sent Ochi to locate the only remaining person who could help him; Aphra. Locating Aphra in a cantina on [[Sesid]], Ochi played against her in a game of Sabacc while Imperial forces arrived. Realizing this too late, Aphra attempted to escape, only to be met by Vader himself. Overcome with anxiety, Ochi helped Aphra to relax before she reminded Vader of everything she'd done for him and offered her services once more. However, they were interrupted by bounty hunters sent by the Emperor to test Vader, who the three of them took care of. Upon learning of Vader's current state from Ochi, Aphra inquired Vader about her next assignment. Vader reiterated that she had last left him for dead on Tython, to which Aphra reminded him that he was still unharmed. Allowing Aphra to return to his service, Vader took her along as he and Ochi followed a map provided by her, meditating in private on the way there.<ref name="DV 2020 35" />

Reaching a base on Ringo Vinda, Aphra explained it was the lost [[Istan Zaly's headquarters|headquarters]] of a Separatist scientist and Kyber expert named [[Istan Zaly]]. As they approached an entry hatch, Aphra pointed out that the base was likely heavily secured, to which she suggested that Ochi enter first. Despite Ochi's refusal, Vader threw him down the hatch, after which he was subjected to all of the base's security weaponry. Once he had taken the brunt of the fire, Vader and Aphra followed him inside without resistance. Aphra then took Vader and Ochi to the [[Zaly Shield]], which Aphra explained was made of [[Kyberite]]; a mineral that channels and guides the Force emitted by the Kyber crystals that grow in it. Aphra also said that though the Separatists were unable to use the shield effectively against the Jedi, Vader could use it to harness his unstable Force abilities into concentrated attacks. Vader went on to test the shield on Ochi, whom he blew away with a powerful blast of Force energy. As Aphra assured Vader that she was there to help him, the three of them were suddenly confronted by an army of droids, including ZED-6-7, Ought-Six, Gee-Ninety, 0-0-0 and BT-1.<ref name="DV 2020 35" />

Vader fought alongside Ochi and Aphra against the rebuilt droids. After a lapse in the fighting, the droid Arex came back online and led another strike against Vader by taking control of the knee joint that Vader had once claimed from the droid. But as they did, Vader took control of Arex and made them attack their fellow droids. ZED-6-7 then disabled Gee-Ninety and revealed his loyalty to Vader. Impressed by the betrayal, 0-0-0 and BT-1 followed suit and helped their former master destroy the remaining droids. Once the fighting ended, Aphra left with her droids aboard an extra ship, which Ochi reported to Vader. When Ochi asked if they should hunt them down, Vader said he had what he needed and ordered ZED-6-7 to rebuild all of the destroyed droids and reprogram them to be under his command.<ref name="DV 2020 36" />

====Scourge of the Sith====
Upon assembling his army, Vader returned to Mustafar with several of the droids, including ZED-6-7, Arex, and members of the Crush Pirates. Other droids from his new army were brought to the ''Executor'' for repairs.<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> In his castle, he tested himself against a training droid and requested another when he destroyed it.<ref name="Dark Droids 1" /> He also tested his control over the Force, but one of his attempts resulted in his power exploding out without control as soon as he tried.<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> However, thanks to the Zaly Shield, Vader was slowly but surely regaining control over his powers.<ref name="DV 2020 38">[[Darth Vader (2020) 38|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 38]]</ref> Unknown to all, a new threat was emerging:<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> when Vader and Sidious left the Amaxine Station, they left behind the disc dropped by the Fermata Cage, allowing the Spark Eternal to flee into it.<ref name="HE 5" /> The merging of the Spark and the ancient droid created a new threat: the [[Scourge]]. The Scourge quickly corrupted the droids of ''Imperial I''-class Star Destroyer<ref name="Dark Droids 1" /> [[Scourge 01|''Chelator'']],<ref name="Dark Droids 3">[[Dark Droids 3|''Dark Droids'' 3]]</ref> which had been sent by Palpatine to collect everything from the station,<ref name="Dark Droids 1" /> and then spread across the galaxy by corrupting droids as the "[[Scourge crisis|scourge of the droids]]."<ref name="220 Launchpad">{{InsiderCite|220|Launchpad}}</ref> 

[[File:ScourgeAttacksVader-DarkDroids3.png|thumb|left|300px|A Scourge-infected DT-series droid ambushes Darth Vader while he is within his Fortress Vader bacta tank.]]
The Scourge soon set its sights on assimilating organics<ref name="Dark Droids 2">[[Dark Droids 2|''Dark Droids'' 2]]</ref> and controlling the Force itself. Thus, it targeted Vader, whose cyborg nature left him liable to the corruption,<ref name="Dark Droids Target Vader" /> after Luke Skywalker namedropped Vader as a cyborg who could use the Force to a Scourge-corrupted C-3PO. After taking a moment to sit atop his throne,<ref name="Dark Droids 2" /> Vader removed his armor and rested within his bacta tank, where he was guarded by two Royal Guards. In secret, the Scourge, using information collected from Imperial databanks and from across its minds, [[Scourge attack on Fortress Vader|infiltrated]] Fortress Vader via a mouse droid that contained a [[spider-droid]],<ref name="Dark Droids 3" /> with which the Scourge could spread itself,<ref name="DV 2020 38" /> and infected several [[DT-series sentry droid]]s stationed in the castle. As Vader rested within his bacta tank, two DT-series units ambushed the Sith Lord by murdering the guards and shattering the bacta tank, dragging the out-of-armor Sith Lord across the floor via straps used to suspend him within the tank.<ref name="Dark Droids 3" /> While his control over the Force was still lacking,<ref name="DV 2020 39" /> Vader tried to summon his nearby lightsaber, which was instead caught by one of the DT units despite causing some minor damage to their back.<ref name="Dark Droids 3" />

One of the DT droids then punched Vader before both threw him against the wall. However, the Scourge suddenly had to refocus its conscious on the ''Chelator'', which it had renamed '''Scourge'' 01 and turned into its command ship, upon realizing the vessel was under [[Attack on Scourge 01|attack]] from the<ref name="Dark Droids 3" /> [[warrior-priest droid]]<ref name="Uncover Dark Droids">{{SW|url=news/marvel-star-wars-september-2023-preview|text=Uncover the ''Dark Droids'' Crossover Event in Marvel's September 2023 ''Star Wars'' Comics &ndash; Exclusive Preview}}</ref> [[Ajax Sigma]] and his [[Second Revelation]] followers.<ref name="Dark Droids 3" />

[[File:VaderDefeatsScourgedDroids-DarkDroids3.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Vader lifts himself with the Force and crushes his attackers.]]
With the droids before him distracted as the Scourge debated where to focus itself, an angered Vader began to levitate with the Force and stared down his attackers, crushing both with the Force just as the Scourge totally refocused itself on fighting off Sigma's attack. Afterward, Vader rested against the wall, only to snap to focus when the spider-droid jumped at him: after its victory over Sigma, the Scourge, which learned the secret to controlling organic life was turning its transmission into a heart-beat-like frequency, refocused itself on Vader and attempted to infect him, but Vader crushed the small spider-droid with the Force, leaving him alone in the room with destroyed droids. While the Scourge had found cyborgs in the form of Magna Tolvan, Beilert Valance, and [[Lobot]],<ref name="Dark Droids 3" /> it continued to lust after Vader,<ref name="DV 2020 39" /> whose memories, knowledge, and sensitivity to the Force made him especially valuable.<ref name="Dark Droids 3" />

====Conflict for the ''Executor''====
{{Quote|Lord Vader! Something's happened to the droids! They've been ''possessed''! And if they get close enough, they will compromise ''your'' droids!''"<br />"''Do not presume, Admiral Piett&hellip;that I would repeat ''your'' failures.|Firmus Piett and Darth Vader|<ref name="DV 2020 37" />}}
Back in his armor and outside, where he was joined by his own droid followers, Vader continued testing his control of the Force without holding the Kyberite Zay shield. He managed to suspend Ought-Six in the air for 2.3 seconds before losing control and destroying him, marking some progress in controlling the Force again. Arex suggested meditating like the Jedi to increase his concentration, which Vader decried as weakness. ZED-6-7 then interrupted Vader to inform him of a call from Amedda, who relayed an order from the Emperor to secure the hijacked ''Executor'':<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> in its second attempt<ref name="DV 2020 39" /> to get to Vader, the Scourge had infiltrated the Sith Lord's flagship and corrupted the members Vader's new droid army aboard. The corrupted droids slaughtered the Imperial crew and forced the survivors to flee to the bridge, from which the droids hoped the organics would call Vader once he came aboard. On Mustafar, Vader also revealed to Amedda he had reprogrammed the droid uprising and demonstrated his powers by blasting apart Ought-Six and another crush pirate with the Zaly Shield, promising he had never been stronger. Ordered by Amedda to reach out when they arrived at the ''Executor'' and with ZED-6-7 promising Ought-Six the destroyed units would be rebuild once again, Vader made his way back to his castle before leaving for the ''Executor'' in the droids' ship.<ref name="DV 2020 37" />

As Vader and his droid servants flew towards the ''Executor'', ZED-6-7 discovered that the majority of the flagship's crew had been killed before a group of TIE fighters piloted by Imperial astromech droids attacked their transport, firing upon it as a distraction before crashing into it. Refusing Ought-Six's request to retreat, Vader then rammed their ship into the side of the ''Executor'', boarding the hijacked dreadnaught and getting contact from Piett, who informed him of the droid "possession." Armed with the Zay shield, Vader fired blasts at the corrupted battle droids and led his droid servants in battle towards a command center, where Vader shorted out several B1s, but also the control panel, with his staff. Without the hours needed to repair the command line to shut down all droids aboard, as Piett and the crew had mere minutes by ZED-6-7's count, Arex urged Vader to remember his Jedi training and repair the panels, as he had with himself on the river moon of Al'doleem. Vader gave ZED-6-7 the Zaly Shield and attempted to repair the machinery with the Force, only to fail before Arex again encouraged him to remember his Jedi past. Bombarded by visions of his past, Vader lashed out in anger and crushed Arex after another failed attempt to repair the panels.<ref name="DV 2020 37" />

[[File:VaderShieldBlast-2020DarthVader37.png|thumb|right|300px|Darth Vader leads his forces in a direct attack against the corrupted droids on the ''Executor''.]]
Without the ability to shut off the droids via the command line, Vader decided to lead his droids in a direct attack against the possessed droids. Vader and his minions fought a horde of corrupted B1s and B2s<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> until Vader directed Gee-Ninety and a rebuilt Arex to cover ZED-6-7 and Ought-Six, who together worked on repairing the command line. Although Vader would find himself swarmed by the corrupted battle droids, he kept up his defense until ZED-6-7 brought him a message from Piett; amid the battle, an Imperial fleet of five Star Destroyers had approached the ''Executor''<ref name="DV 2020 38" /> and moved in to destroy Vader's flagship to contain the Scourge on the orders of Amedda,<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> who lacked faith in Vader and argued the ship was lost<ref name="DV 2020 38" /> due to the lack of contact from the Sith Lord or the ship's rapidly dying crew.<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> Above those reasons, however,<ref name="DV 2020 41">[[Darth Vader (2020) 41|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 41]]</ref> Amedda believed he had a chance to kill Vader once and for all<ref name="DV 2020 39" /> with the Scourge as a convenient excuse.<ref name="DV 2020 41" /> Vader, however, ordered Piett to stand his ground before re-engaging the attacking droids. Fortunately for the ''Executor''{{'s}} crew, the outside fleet was under the command of Admiral Corleque,<ref name="DV 2020 38" /> the very same admiral Vader had clashed with during his race to Exegol,<ref name="DV 2020 10" /> who delayed the order to destroy the ''Executor'' to instead rescue Piett and company, intending to fire on the ''Executor'' once his former commanding officer was clear.<ref name="DV 2020 38" />

Corlque's rescue team, however, only succeeded in supplying the Scourge with a supply of KX-series security droids, which the Scourge used to murder the rescuers as Vader picked off the last of the corrupted battle droids. After wiping out the last battle droids with a blast from the Zaly Shield, Vader took a moment to recompose himself before requesting an update from ZED and Ought-Six, who were nearly finished with the failsafe. Suddenly, however, the Scourge used a surviving RA-7 series droid to taught Vader and offer him a chance at assimilation, distracting the Sith Lord while a spider-droid tried to drop on Vader. After ZED destroyed the spider-unit, the Scourge attacked Vader and his droids its KX-series droid bodies until the ZED activated the signal on Vader's order, shutting down all droids aboard the ''Executor'', including themselves. Vader took the moment to survey the battlefield his ship had become. While Piett and his crew contacted Corleque, who expressed surprise at Vader's survival, the Sith Lord departed for Mustafar aboard his TIE Advanced with the heads of ZED, Ought-Six, Arex, and Gee-Ninety, intending to rebuild them once more. Just as Corleque tried to confirm Vader's destination for Amedda, the Scourge attacked his bridge with corrupted B2s, forcing the ''Executor'' and the fleet to destroy Corleque's flagship,<ref name="DV 2020 38" /> the ''[[Unbreakable]]''.<ref name="Rise and Fall" />

====Who to hate====
{{Quote|You finally looked ''deep enough''&hellip; to find ''yourself''&hellip; the person you ''hate'' the ''most''.''"<br />"''Yes, master. And then I looked ''deeper''.''"<br />"''Eh? Ah, then I will see you soon.|Darth Sidious speaks to Darth Vader through the Force|<ref name="DV 2020 39" />}}
Vader returned to Mustafar and handed off the heads of his droid minions to another droid before leaving, much to the confusion of the droid he met upon landing, to meet with the Eye of Webbish Bog for help in securing control. Reminded that he was a Sith by the Eye and should be taking whatever he wanted by force, Vader attacked the Eye with a blast of electricity from his staff to try and regain his control, which the Eye promised would yield no results. Instead, the Eye advised Vader to go after Sidious by reminding him of the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise. Vader agreed with the plan and united with his rebuilt droid minions, minus ZED-6-7, by a ''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle for a journey to Palpatine's Palace on Coruscant,<ref name="DV 2020 38" /> waiting to depart until ZED returned.<ref name="DV 2020 39" /> However, ZED had been overtaken by the Scourge, which in turn used him to find the lost [[Techno Union droid factory]] and corrupt a massive Octuptarra tri-droid.<ref name="DV 2020 38" /> As Vader and his droids tried to contact ZED, Arex raised the possibility to Vader that ZED had been corrupted, which was confirmed when the Scourge [[Attack on Vader|appeared as ZED and the Octuptarra]], which was protected against Vader's electrical staff and Zaly Shield blasts.<ref name="DV 2020 39" />

[[File:VaderAttacked-2020DarthVader39.png|thumb|left|300px|Darth Vader attempts to defend himself against the Scourge's octuptarra body]]
Unable to simply tear the Octuptarra apart with the Force as he still lacked control, Vader tried to defend against the machine's stomps with the shield before being kicked into a wall. Vader re-engaged the Octuptarra, using the Zaly shield to block a blaster shot, as the Scourge taunted him about its plan to infect him. Arex attempted to attack the corrupted ZED but was grabbed by the throat and studied by the Scourge, which learned the Jedi teaching "hate leads to suffering" from Arex's databank. The remark reminded Vader of his belief that hate actually led to power, only for the Sith Lord to be kicked back again. From Vader's remark, however, Arex decided to increase Vader's hate by attacking him with Gee-Ninety, which Ought-Six decided to stay out of. Their attempt failed, with Vader simply responding to them with random Zaly shield blasts, so Arex asked him to consider what he truly hated; as a volley of blasts from the Octuptarra destroyed the ground under him and he tried to defend himself with the kyberite shield, Vader remembered the Jedi Order's failure to free himself and his mother, his own failure to save his mother, and his Force choking of Padmé Amidala.<ref name="DV 2020 39" />

Using his hatred of himself as fuel, Vader regained control of the Force and threw the Octuptarra back on its side, allowing him to slice it apart with his lightsaber. While ZED's form was damaged, the Scourge spoke to Vader as he approached it, assuming that Vader had used a hatred of it to regain his Force powers. In response, Vader silently decapitated ZED as Arex declared the Scourge was nothing. Vader then lifted Arex into the air, where the droid claimed the Force was everything. Vader responded by striking Arex, but not destroying him, with his lightsaber to prove that it was actually himself who was everything. Vader then returned to his castle and entered his bacta tank under the protection of two Royal Guards. As he healed, Vader reached out to Sidious on Coruscant through the Force to reveal he had looked even deeper in himself, which taught him he hated his master more than he hated even himself.<ref name="DV 2020 39" /> Vader made his way to Coruscant aboard his TIE Advanced, with a collection of Scourged disc droids aboard the fighter,<ref name="DV 2020 40">[[Darth Vader (2020) 40|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 40]]</ref> to teach his master a lesson.<ref name="DV 2020 39" />

===The Past's struggles===
[[File:VaderVsWampas-ReturnToHoth.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Vader force chokes a one-armed wampa while fighting off an entire pack.]]
At one point, Vader was contacted by an Imperial General, who informed him that one of the remaining probe droids on Hoth had been destroyed. When the General suggested sending an Imperial detachment to investigate, Vader said he would go himself. The General offered to send backup with him, though Vader insisted that he would be enough. Upon arriving at the ruins of Echo Base, Vader discovered the probe, as well as the wampas that had destroyed it. His suit damaged during the struggle, Vader barely managed to escape the pack of wampas and cut his way inside of an abandoned AT-AT. As the wampas surrounded him, Vader regained his strength and leapt out of the wreckage before slaying the wampas with his lightsaber. He was then retrieved by his forces and repaired aboard the ''Executor''. Following this, the General remarked to Vader that he should have brought backup like he suggested, to which Vader snapped his neck with the Force.<ref name="Return to Hoth">{{StoryCite|story=Return to Hoth (comic story)|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 4}}</ref>

At another stage, Vader, seemingly on a mission to wipe out all knowledge of his deceased wife, made his way back to Naboo, entering and destroying the lake side retreat where Amidala had once lived<ref name="Legacy4">[[Legacy of Vader 4|''Legacy of Vader'' 4]]</ref> and that he had visited with Sabé during their post-Cloud City journey together.<ref name="DV 2020 3" /> In his rampage, he allowed the flood waters to claim the building, which would remain standing but was left in a ruined state. Vader then made his way across Naboo and slaughtered any who dared to invoke Amidala's memory. The people of Naboo would go onto remember Vader as a spirit of death who had descended upon their world, with many choosing to abandon the entire segment of Naboo where the lakeside retreat stood, lest they bring back the "demon," which left the old building totally abandoned. The [[Verunas|Veruna family]] took advantage of the mass exodus and claimed the abandoned territory.<ref name="Legacy4" />

===Redemption===
====Gambit in the Endor system====
{{Quote|Obi-Wan once thought as you do. You don't know the power of the dark side. I ''must'' obey my master.''"<br />"''I will not turn, and you'll be forced to kill me.''"<br />"''If that is your destiny.''"<br />"''Search your feelings, father. You can't do this. I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate!''"<br />"''It is too late for me, son. The Emperor will show you the true nature of the Force. ''He'' is your master now.''"<br />"''Then my father is ''truly'' dead.|Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker|<ref name="Episode VI" />}}
With his designs against his master having failed,<ref name="DV 2020 50">[[Darth Vader (2020) 50|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 50]]</ref> Vader resigned himself to servitude: to Vader, Sidious was simply too powerful for him to overthrow, which the defeated Vader felt left him no choice but to obey his Sith Master. Vader and Sidious also plotted to turn Skywalker to the dark side; as Vader understood the current plan, Skywalker was to be turned to the dark side as a third member of the Sith Order, who was to be trained by Sidious. In truth, however, Sidious hoped to replace Vader as his apprentice with Skywalker.<ref name="Episode VI" /> Vader was eager to search for his son<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> and believed his son had no choice but to serve the Emperor, just as he thought about himself.<ref name="Episode VI" />

Per his master's plan to counter the Alliance operation that sought to destroy the [[DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station]]<ref name="Ultimate SW" /> Vader was sent to the [[Endor system]] to notify Moff [[Tiaan Jerjerrod]] of the Emperor's arrival, and that he was to complete its construction on time, even if he needed more men.<ref name="Episode VI" /> Indeed, the Emperor arrived weeks later and was greeted by Vader, Jerjerrod, hundreds of officers and stormtroopers lined up to honor him. Satisfied with the Death Star's state, the Emperor sensed Vader's wish to continue his search for his son, but told him to have patience, much to Vader's displeasure.<ref name="BtPotDS!" />

[[File:VaderKillingZombies-TalesFromTheDeathStar.png|thumb|right|250px|According to a story told later in galactic history, Vader fought zombies aboard the second Death Star.]]
According to a story told by the [[Espirion (species)|Espirion]] [[Saan]], Vader's demand to complete the Death Star without supplying more men began to be met when an Imperial engineer named [[Aklin]] used a [[Unidentified ring|Sith ring]] stolen from Palpatine's collection to resurrect dead workers as zombies. According to the story, as Vader met with Jerjerrod to mention that the Emperor was pleased, he noticed a strange looking Imperial officer&mdash;in truth one of the zombies&mdash;so ignored Jerjerrod to investigate. Vader entered a room to see a Death Star trooper being attacked by a horde of the zombies. Vader killed many of the zombies with his lightsaber and eventually found Aklin. Vader took the Sith ring Aklin used but let the zombies remain, intending to keep the zombies "alive" until the station was complete. As they attacked Aklin, Vader left to return the ring to Palpatine's collection.<ref name="TftDS">{{StoryCite|story=We Shall Double Our Efforts|book=Tales from the Death Star}}</ref>

Vader complied with Palpatine's orders and remained on the ''Executor'' despite intelligence reports of the [[Rebel Alliance Navy|Alliance Fleet]] massing near [[Sullust]]. During his stay on the Super Star Destroyer, the Rebel shuttle ''[[Tydirium]]'' requested permission to land on the [[Tree|forest]] moon of [[Endor]]; Vader allowed it sensing Luke's presence in it.<ref name="Episode VI" />

[[File:IWillNotTurn-Transformations.png|thumb|left|250px|Luke surrendered himself to attempt to turn his Father to the light.]]
Restless after sensing his son,<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> Vader returned to his master's side and reported the shuttle's arrival and his son's presence with it. The Emperor allowed him to land on Endor at the [[Death Star's shield generator|shield generator base]], where he was to await Luke, who according to the Emperor, would come to him. He complied with his orders and landed on Endor with the [[Lambda-class T-4a shuttle|''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle]] ''[[ST 321]]''; as predicted by Sidious, during the night Luke surrendered himself in an attempt to talk to him and bring him back to the [[Light side of the Force|light side]]. Although Vader complimented his son's skills with the Force and his skills in building a lightsaber, he refused his son's pleas. Rebuffed, Luke said his father's identity as Anakin Skywalker was "truly dead" as Vader sent Luke to the Emperor.<ref name="Episode VI" />

====One last duel====
{{Quote|Your thoughts betray you, Father. I feel the good in you, the conflict.''"<br />"''There is no conflict.''"<br />"''You couldn't bring yourself to kill me before, and I don't believe you'll destroy me now.''"<br />"''You underestimate the power of the dark side. If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny!|Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader|<ref name="Episode VI" />}}
[[File:RotJ-DeathStarDuel.png|thumb|right|287px|Father and son fight as the Emperor watches.]]
Vader escorted his son to the Death Star and into the [[Emperor's Throne Room|Emperor's throne room]]. Shortly afterward, the Alliance Fleet arrived to find that the [[SLD-26 planetary shield generator]]<ref name="Ultimate SW" /> was still operational and protecting the Death Star. As the [[Battle of Endor|battle]] between the Imperial and Rebel fleets raged, and the Endor strike team sought to destroy the Endor base, the Emperor tempted Luke to give in to his anger. In a moment of weakness, Luke lashed out, but Vader stopped his strike and dueled him once again. Throughout the duel, the two seemed to be evenly matched, but Vader was not trying to kill Luke, only to lead him closer to the dark side. This succeeded when Luke used the dark side to overwhelm his father and kick him down several stairs. When the Emperor told him to use his anger again, Luke realized what he had done and took a more defensive position. Eventually, Vader telepathically sensed the existence of his daughter and Luke's twin sister, Leia, and threatened to corrupt her instead. Only then did his son lose control and viciously attack him, cutting Vader's right hand off and knocking him down.<ref name="Episode VI" />

Vader was then betrayed by the Emperor, who demanded Luke to finish Vader and take Vader's place at his side.<ref name="Episode VI" /> Vader waited for Luke to kill him, as it was the way of the Sith to destroy the weak, and believed that Luke would replace him, just like Vader had replaced Dooku decades earlier.<ref name="backstories" /> Luke, realizing that he was becoming what he sought to destroy,<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> threw his [[Luke Skywalker's green lightsaber|lightsaber]] aside and declared himself a Jedi, just as Anakin Skywalker had been before him. Infuriated, the Emperor unleashed continuous streams of Force lightning against Luke, intending to torture him to death. Luke begged Vader to save him.<ref name="Episode VI" /> Vader knew that his son would die, viewing it as the price Luke would pay for his weakness. However, he began to question whether it was really weakness, since Luke had shown him mercy. He also saw how Luke still believed that there was good in him.<ref name="backstories" /> Vader became conflicted over whether to save his son, or continue to serve his master,<ref name="Episode VI" /> similar to when he chose Sidious over Windu 23 years earlier.<ref name="Episode III" />

[[File:DarthVaderEyes-LINEWebtoon.png|thumb|left|287px|Darth Vader has a change of heart when he sees his son being tortured by his master.]]
Hearing his son's plea for help again, Vader returned to the light and chose to save Luke. He grabbed the Emperor with what was left of his arms and lifted his master high in the air, lumbering toward the reactor shaft.<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> Surprised<ref name="Episode VI" /> but angered by his apprentice's betrayal, the Emperor turned a yet more powerful lightning attack on Vader, now Anakin once again; in his hatred, his only thought was to cause his now-former apprentice more pain, even though he could still have used his powers to save himself.<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> At the cost of the Emperor heavily damaging his life-supporting armor, Anakin hurled his former master down into the reactor to his death. The persona of Darth Vader was no more, and Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Knight, was reborn. By killing Darth Sidious and ending the Sith's reign,<ref name="Episode VI" /> the redeemed Jedi brought balance to the Force and thus fulfilled his destiny as the Chosen One, which Qui-Gon Jinn had projected 35 years earlier.<ref name="BtPotDS!" />

====Death====
{{Quote|Now, go, my son. Leave me.''"<br />"''No. You're coming with me. I'll not leave you here. I've got to save you!''"<br />"''You already have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister you were right.|Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker|audio=YouWereRight.flac|<ref name="Episode VI" />}}
[[File:Anakinredeemed.png|thumb|right|291px|Anakin Skywalker in his final moments with his son]]
Just before Calrissian on the ''Falcon'' and Wedge Antilles destroyed the Death Star's main reactor, Skywalker was carried by his son to the Imperial shuttle ''ST 321'',<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> where he asked Luke to remove his mask; for a moment, Anakin looked upon his son's face for the first and only time.<ref name="Episode VI" /> He finally saw him not as a Jedi, or a threat, or a mistake, but as his and Amidala's son, and gave Luke a real smile&mdash;the smile that only his wife ever saw.<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> As Kenobi and Yoda appeared to Anakin behind Luke, smiling down at the redeemed Skywalker,<ref name="Line Webtoon">[[Star Wars (LINE Webtoon)|''Star Wars'' LINE Webtoon]]</ref> Luke insisted that he had to save him, but Skywalker told him he already had and asked him to tell his sister he had been right about him. He smiled at his son.<ref name="Episode VI" />

As he died, Skywalker tried to speak to Amidala, telling her of how their son had saved him before trying to apologize, but he passed on before he could finish the thought,<ref name="Line Webtoon" /> dying in the arms of his son while Imperial forces panicked around them, unconcerned with the fate of their former lord. However, Anakin's soul would survive death;<ref name="Episode VI" /> his heroic sacrifice allowed his spirit to be preserved in the Force by Kenobi and Yoda.<ref name="DB-bio" /> With the death of Anakin Skywalker, Luke took his father's body aboard the shuttle and escaped just before the Death Star's destruction. Back on Endor, Skywalker built a funeral pyre for his redeemed father, and [[Funeral of Anakin Skywalker|cremated him]] in the manner of a [[Jedi funeral|Jedi's funeral]] in solitude,<ref name="Episode VI" /> for the sight of Vader's helmet consumed by fire would be cause for rejoicing to everyone but him.<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> Having fulfilled his destiny and saving his son, Anakin joined Yoda and Obi Wan, once again a hero,<ref name="TSWB" /> though unsung to everyone except in the eyes of Luke.<ref name="BtPotDS!" />

===Post-death===
====Appearing on Endor====
As his son set the pyre ablaze to burn his armor,<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> he was found by C-3PO and R2-D2, who invited him back to an [[Ewok]] [[Bright Tree Village|village]] to celebrate their victory.<ref name="Line Webtoon" /> As Luke rejoined his friends and sister, Leia at an amid the celebrations, Skywalker returned from the [[Netherworld of the Force]] in his pre-fall form alongside Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi.<ref name="Episode VI" /> All three at peace for balance had returned to the Force, they smiled at Luke&mdash;pleased to know that, despite the best efforts of the Emperor, the Jedi had returned. Each thought to warn Luke about the future, as each saw that there was yet much danger ahead for him and more darkness to overcome; instead, they decided not to burden him with this then. Luke, in turn, saw them and felt their approval and their sense of peace.<ref name="BtPotDS!" />

Skywalker then asked his two mentors whether Luke would end up alright. Kenobi responded, noting that it was possible, given that he had been alright thus far.<ref name="Line Webtoon" /> For the next years, Anakin's spirit, alongside Obi-Wan and Yoda, continued to guide Luke.<ref name="Secrets of the Jedi">''[[Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi]]''</ref>

====Ghosts of Vader's castle====
[[File:AnakinGhost-GhostsOfVadersCastle5.png|thumb|left|300x330px|Upon fulfilling his destiny as the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker learned how to retain his individuality after death.]]
Following the Battle of Endor, Vader's castle remained standing on Mustafar, and his former servant, Vaneé, was freed from the captivity the Sith Lord had placed him into when two young Mustafarians, [[Tuttel]] and [[Giggek]], tried to destroy the fortress. Surviving the blast<ref name="Shadow of Vader's Castle" /> but breathing in the unfiltered [[lava fume]]s of Mustafar, Vaneé began to hallucinate that which he feared the most, his master; Vaneé thought he was hearing the voice of Vader and that he could help resurrect his master. After using nightmares to lure [[Lina Graf's crew]] to Fortress Vader, Vaneé began the process to restore Vader, yet Rebel officer [[Lina Graf]], having realized that the servant was only hallucinating, pretended as if she was the reborn Vader to be freed, then turning on Vaneé and freeing her companions.<ref name="Ghosts 5">[[Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle 4|''Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle'' 4]]</ref>

Vaneé was again left imprisoned in Fortress Vader, forced to breath in the lava fumes and hallucinate nightmarish visions of Vader. Meanwhile, Graf tried to use the lightsaber given to her by Vaneé to lead her crew out of the castle, yet the blade failed to activate when she needed it. Instead, the true Force spirit of Anakin Skywalker intervened, appearing in the fumes and making a lightsaber appear in his hands. Unable to see the face of their savior, the crew assumed it was Graf and followed the light of the blade outside to safety. As the crew left Mustafar aboard the ''[[Rabbit's Foot]]'', they were left to speculate whose lightsaber they had seen in the fumes; Skywalker, standing on the surface of Mustafar with the lightsaber he had summoned still drawn, laughed to himself when Graf claimed she knew ghosts did not exist.<ref name="Ghosts 5" />

====Encountering Ahsoka Tano====
=====Final training session=====
{{Quote|Tell me what's going on.''"<br />"''I'm here to finish your training.''"<br />"''It's a little late for that.''"<br />"''One is never too old to learn, Snips.|Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Part Five">{{Ahsoka|Part Five: Shadow Warrior}}</ref>}}
[[File:Anakin_Ahsoka_Training.png|thumb|right|300x300px|Anakin Skywalker completed Ahsoka Tano's training in the World Between Worlds]]
Around [[9 ABY]],<ref name="Ahsoka date">{{AhsokaSeriesDate}}</ref> after Luke Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano had met whilst the former began his Jedi Academy, Tano engaged on a quest to find a compass that would lead to Peridea, the rumored location of Grand Admiral Thrawn, in the hope of preventing the beginning of another war and the return of the Empire. Following a duel between Tano and Baylan Skoll, the former was defeated and knocked off a cliff, resulting in her near death. However, Tano awoke in the World Between Worlds, where Anakin Skywalker awaited her. Skywalker greeted her, though her back was turned causing her to call out in confusion. Skywalker then stated that he was not expecting to see her so soon. Tano finally turned around and saw Skywalker, before saying his name in shock, causing Skywalker to smile.<ref name="Part 4">{{Ahsoka|Part Four: Fallen Jedi}}</ref> Tano once again said his name, before claiming that he looked as she remembered him. Skywalker responded that she had grown old, which Tano chuckled about before stating that it was a part of life.<ref name="Part Five" />

When Tano asked why she had come to the World Between Worlds, Skywalker reminded Tano that she had lost her fight with Baylan Skoll and told her that he was there to finish her training. While Tano stated her belief that it was too late for Skywalker to teach her, he asserted that one was never too old to learn. When Tano asked what her lesson would be, Skywalker ignited his lightsaber and attacked Tano, telling her that it was time to live or die. When Tano told her old master that she would not fight him, Skywalker said that he had [[Luke Skywalker|heard that before]]; as Skywalker continued his assault, Tano ignited her lightsaber and defended herself. As Tano and Skywalker continued their duel in the World Between Worlds, Tano held her own and suggested that perhaps her master didn't have anything left to offer her. Skywalker, smiling, said that he hadn't taught her everything before slicing the platform beneath Tano, sending her falling into the depths below.<ref name="Part Five" />

[[File:Acme-VisionsofthePast.png|thumb|left|300px|Skywalker would present the Clone Wars to Ahsoka, where the two would revisit their past]]
Tano awakened as a younger version of herself in a location obscured by fog. As clone troopers in Phase I armor, many of the 501st legion, ran by her, she was greeted by Skywalker, now wearing armor and appearing as he did when she first met him; he confirmed that they were witnessing a battle from the Clone Wars. Tano didn't understand why they would be experiencing one of her first missions, which Skywalker said was the problem; as her master headed into battle, Tano ignited her original green lightsaber and followed him for answers. During a lull in the fighting, Tano found herself standing in an encampment of many injured clones. Finding a clone on a stretcher with a bandaged head, Tano rested her hand on the trooper, who reached with his own hand.<ref name="Part Five" />

Skywalker found her and warned that more Separatist battle droids were approaching. Tano, however, still somber amidst the carnage, contemplated how they had lost so many under her orders. Skywalker offered masterly insight; he reminded Tano that they were in a war and that it was a Jedi's job to lead, but affirmed that the mistakes and losses weighed heavy on him. Skywalker explained how he had to teach his Padawan to be a soldier despite his upbringing as a keeper of the peace. Tano wondered if fighting was the only thing she would have to teach her own Padawan one day, but Skywalker pushed that fighting was how one survived. As explosions appeared in the distance, Tano mused that she might want to stop fighting, which Skywalker said would mean that she would die. As Skywalker advanced once more into battle, his appearance flashed between his Jedi self and his Sith identity of Darth Vader.<ref name="Part Five" />

[[File:Anakin_and_Ahsoka_at_the_siege_of_Mandalore.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Anakin and Ahsoka revisited the Siege of Mandalore.]]
As Tano continued to relive her past, she battled Mandalorian super commandos at the Siege of Mandalore alongside clone troopers of the 332nd company. Clone Commander Rex spotted Tano, complementing her on her work before charging forward. Tano paused, surveying the battle as Skywalker approached her, saying that he did not recognize the battle currently unfolding. Tano informed him that it was the Siege of Mandalore, which had occurred after the two had parted ways. Skywalker proudly affirmed that Tano did well. Though Skywalker explained that Tano was the culmination of Skywalker's knowledge and the legacy of masters before him, Tano believed that her part of that legacy was one of death and war. Skywalker asserted that both he and Tano were more than that, but Tano recalled how Anakin had been more powerful and dangerous than anyone could have realized. At the mention of his fall, Skywalker said that Tano had learned nothing and reminded her of the choice he had given her: to live or to die. Skywalker ignited his lightsaber again, revealing a red blade and yellow eyes. Tano once again attempted to refuse a fight, but Skywalker pressed on, and the two dueled viciously.<ref name="Part Five" />

Skywalker kicked Tano back into the inky darkness of the World Between Worlds as his form shifted back and forth to his helmeted Sith persona. Enraged by Tano's lack of conviction, Skywalker battered down Tano with strike after strike, claiming that it was time for her to die. Tano outmaneuvered Skywalker and took his lightsaber, holding it to his neck; however, she dropped the lightsaber into the void, saying that she chose to live. Satisfied, Skywalker smiled, bowing his head as his eyes returned to their normal state, and said that there was hope for her yet. As the World Between Worlds rumbled, Skywalker disappeared, and the mysterious plane slowly filled with water, enveloping Tano as she closed her eyes. Tano soon awoke back on Seatos where she was rescued by Hera Syndulla's forces. Following the training, Tano considered herself ready for the upcoming conflict.<ref name="Part Five" />

=====A distant galaxy=====
{{Quote|What is it?''"<br />"''I just felt... Nothing. Just shadows in the starlight.|Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren, as Anakin Skywalker watched over them|<ref name="Part Eight" />}}
[[File:AnakinSkywalkerPeridea-PartEight.png|thumb|left|300px|Anakin Skywalker's spirit appears on Peridea to watch over Ahsoka Tano.]]
A short time later, after Tano followed the [[Pathway to Peridea|pathway]] to [[Peridea|another galaxy]] in pursuit of Grand Admiral Thrawn and to rescue Sabine Wren and Ezra Bridger, Tano found herself stranded with Wren in the far away galaxy. As they settled into their exile and looked toward the stars, Skywalker watched over both. After Wren sensed something through the Force but brushed it off as shadows in the starlight, Tano sensed something as well<ref name="Part Eight">{{Ahsoka|Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord}}</ref> and spotted Skywalker's spirit.<ref name="Part Eight Highlights">{{SW|url=news/ahsoka-part-8-the-jedi-the-witch-and-the-warlord-highlights|text=''Ahsoka'' Analyzed: 7 Highlights from "Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord"}}</ref> With that, Tano walked away in content as Skywalker continued to watch on.<ref name="Part Eight" /> Skywalker's appearance, along with that of the convor Morai, proved to Tano that she was where she needed to be.<ref name="Part Eight Highlights" />

====Coming to his son's aide====
{{Quote|Remember, my son, no matter how dark the night may grow, you are never alone. You will know what to do, my son. Let the Force guide you. Let it flow through you as it flows through me. Use that power, and your instincts, for they are one and the same.|Anakin Skywalker, to Luke Skywalker|<ref name="Shadow of the Sith">''[[Shadow of the Sith]]''</ref>}}
In [[21 ABY]],<ref name="SOTS Date">''[[Star Wars: Timelines]]'' dates the events of ''[[Shadow of the Sith]]'' to [[21 ABY]].</ref> Skywalker's son, Luke began [[Quest for Exegol|searching]] for Exegol and came into conflict with nine paranormal Sith wraiths. When Luke found himself against impossible odds, a ghostly blue figure appeared, whom the Jedi initially mistook for his master Obi-Wan Kenobi. After fighting off the wraiths with his lightsaber, the figure turned, revealing himself as none other than Anakin Skywalker. Skywalker reached out his hand and Luke took it, and then found himself back on Tython as if he had never left.<ref name="Shadow of the Sith" />

At Tython, Skywalker's figure flashed in and out and shifted between him as a young Jedi and him as the old man Luke had seen behind the mask of Darth Vader. Luke noticed that he seemed to be in pain and afraid. Skywalker explained that there was a disturbance in the Force that was a shadow from an ancient time. He also clarified that the seeing stone had sent a part of Luke to Exegol and that it had taken everything in him to bring him back. Anakin reminded Luke that he could divert the path of the Force if he needed to, and that no matter how dark things seemed he was never alone as long as he allowed the Force to be his guide. Skywalker then disappeared.<ref name="Shadow of the Sith" />

===Legacy===
====Remembered by the galaxy====
{{Quote|Forgive me. I feel it again. The pull to the light. Supreme Leader senses it. Show me again, the power of the darkness, and I will let nothing stand in our way. Show me, Grandfather, and I will finish what you started.|audio=ThePullToTheLight.flac|Kylo Ren, to the mask of Darth Vader|<ref name="Episode VII">{{Film|VII}}</ref>}}
[[File:StarWars55.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Darth Vader was remembered as a symbol of fear throughout the galaxy.]]
Following the events of the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker confirmed his father and the Emperor's death over Endor to the Alliance,<ref name="Aftermath">[[Aftermath (novel)|''Aftermath'']]</ref> which in turn, sent word of the battle's outcome in mass communications claiming to be the new power in the galaxy. Furthermore, in wake of the deaths of the Emperor, his top enforcer and many high-ranking officers during the battle, as well as the resulting power vacuum, the Galactic Empire collapsed due to internal power struggles and its fragmentation into several factions.<ref name="LS" /> The Imperial remnant implemented disinformation campaigns, leading to only rumors being spread that both Vader and the Emperor were dead, in some parts of the galaxy.<ref name="Uprising">''[[Star Wars: Uprising]]''</ref> Among those who knew the truth, there were sympathizers who tagged [[graffiti]] stencils of Vader's helmet with the phrase "Vader lives" beneath it, as on Taris<ref name="Aftermath" /> and [[Coronet City]].<ref name="Life Debt">''[[Aftermath: Life Debt]]''</ref>

The [[Acolytes of the Beyond]] was a group of [[Sith cultist]]s and fanatics with an interest in Vader,<ref name="Aftermath" /> whom they considered to be greater than the Empire.<ref name="Life Debt" /> They purchased a lightsaber they believed to be Vader's from a [[Kubaz]] named [[Ooblamon]], intending to destroy it and return it to him in death.<ref name="Aftermath" /> Months after the Battle of Endor, the Acolytes organized a [[Coronet City revolution|revolution]] on Coronet City, Corellia, during which they attacked a [[Peace and Security Headquarters|Peace and Security station]] in order to access a [[Unidentified Coronet City museum|museum's]] basement and steal a red-bladed lightsaber for unknown reasons.<ref name="Life Debt" /> Another [[Sith cult]], the [[Alazmec of Winsit]], established a colony in the [[Corvax Fen]] amidst the ruins of Fortress Vader. There they revered Vader as their Dark Lord and the galaxy's "true father" and ruler.<ref name="TROS JN">''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel]]''</ref>

While Vader had once been a secretive figure kept away from public knowledge, his reputation had grown over the course of the Galactic Civil War and after his death.<ref name="Propaganda">''[[Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy]]''</ref> By the time of his death, Vader had become, in the words of the later Jedi Padawan [[Rey Skywalker|Rey]], the "most hated man in the galaxy."<ref name="Episode VIII">{{Film|VIII}}</ref> Like its stormtroopers and other military forces, Vader was left to become a symbol of the fallen Empire he had helped enforce.<ref name="Mando Manga">''[[Star Wars: The Mandalorian: The Manga]]''</ref> [[Standard decade|Decades]] after his death, Darth Vader remained a despised and controversial figure in the New Republic<ref name="Bloodline">[[Bloodline (novel)|''Bloodline'']]</ref> who had left a shadow that stretched across the entire galaxy.<ref name="Legacy Vol. 1">{{PenguinComics|url=book/?isbn=9781302960940|text=LEGACY OF VADER VOL. 1}}</ref> When it was publicly revealed that Organa was his biological daughter, her reputation was ruined, which eventually led to her resignation from the [[New Republic Senate|Galactic Senate]]. The message, which had been recorded by Bail Organa for Leia and which explicitly revealed that Vader had once been the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, was made public by [[Centrists|Centrist]] Senator [[Ransolm Casterfo]], under the machinations of [[Carise Sindian]], an agent of the [[First Order]].<ref name="Bloodline" />

The cruel actions of her father were also used against Leia by the Quarren general Nossor Ri during diplomatic negotiations between her and the king of Mon Cala, [[Ech-Char]], about potential support for the [[Resistance]] from Mon Cala<ref name="Allegiance 2" /> in [[34 ABY]].<ref name="Allegiance date">''[[Star Wars: Allegiance]]'' takes place between [[Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge|''Star Wars'': Galaxy's Edge]] and [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'']]. ''[[The Star Wars Book]]'' places the [[Battle of Batuu]] from ''Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge'' in the same year as ''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'', which ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Atlas]]'' places in [[34 ABY]]. Therefore, ''Star Wars: Allegiance'' takes place in 34 [['ABY-BBY' dating system|ABY]] as well.</ref> The former Imperial stormtrooper, Terex, having become an agent of the [[First Order Security Bureau]], remained unintimidated by Captain [[Phasma]], feeling she was not as threatening as Vader.<ref name="PD11" />

[[File:BenSolo-SWTLC.png|thumb|left|220px|Ben Solo was the grandson of Anakin Skywalker.]]
Anakin's grandson, [[Ben Solo]], born to his daughter, Leia and her husband, Han Solo, inherited his mother's connection to the Force and was sent to [[Jedi training|study]] under his uncle Luke. Under the influence of the mysterious [[Snoke]], Ben took on the name of Kylo Ren after he became a master of the Knights of Ren and a warlord of the First Order and vowed to finish the work that Vader had started a generation earlier<ref name="Episode VII" />&mdash;and to succeed where Vader and his sentimentality had failed.<ref name="TFA-novel">[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novelization)|''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' novelization]]</ref> Unknown to all, Snoke was a puppet of the surviving Darth Sidious,<ref name="217 End">{{InsiderCite|217|Return of the Jedi: The End of the Beginning|''Return of the Jedi'': The End of the Beginning}}</ref> whose spirit had taken root in a clone body on Exegol when Vader destroyed his original body.<ref name="Episode IX Expanded">''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition]]''</ref> Vader's betrayal was a learning moment for Palpatine, who used Snoke as a puppet instead of an apprentice.<ref name="217 End" />

One of those times, where Ren wanted to surpass Vader, was when he [[Battle against the Benathy (First Order)|fought]] the Benathy&mdash;just like Vader did years before him&mdash;to prevent them from expanding their territory. He took [[Ruthford]], the last survivor from Vader's battle that was still alive, with him and had a short conversation with [[Kristoff]], the successor of the king that Vader had killed many years ago, about how Vader was taller and had seemed more impressive than Ren. Following that, Ren killed him with his lightsaber. He then went on to fight the Benathy and although Ruthford suggested retreating, Ren kept on fighting, talking to Ruthford about how Vader also did not retreat. When the god of the Benathy, a Zillo Beast, appeared, Ruthford warned Ren extensively and stated that he could not prove anything to a dead man. Ignoring that, Ren took a shuttle and let the beast swallow him&mdash;killing it to Ruthford's surprise from the inside and succeeding where Vader had failed. With their king and their god dead, Ren had control over the Benathy and even the rather skeptical Ruthford admitted that Ren had won the competition against his grandfather.<ref name="Age of Resistance Kylo" />

In his crusade, Ren decided to seek Snoke and betray the [[Jedi Order]], and was the cause of Skywalker's subsequent exile in search of the [[first Jedi Temple]] on [[Ahch-To]].<ref name="Episode VII" /> After losing his apprentices in the [[Destruction of the Jedi Temple|destruction of his Jedi Temple]] and Solo falling to the dark side in the same night, Skywalker came to believe that the Jedi Order should end with his death as the last Jedi. By then, he held the Jedi responsible for the training and creation of Darth Vader.<ref name="Episode VIII" /> As a consequence of shutting himself off from the Force, Luke lost the guidance of Anakin's spirit.<ref name="Secrets of the Jedi" />

[[File:Kylo_Ren_Vader_Helmet_Chamber.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The legacy of Darth Vader inspired his grandson, Kylo Ren, to destroy the last remnants of the Jedi Order.]]
Ren was also in possession of Vader's disfigured helmet, which had been scavenged from his funeral pyre on Endor. A silent symbol of both the dark side's power and its weakness, it remained within Ren's private quarters aboard the ''[[Finalizer]]'';<ref name="TVD">''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary]]''</ref> Ren communed with it whenever he felt drawn to the light. Another object that once belonged to him—the lightsaber he built after the First Battle of Geonosis, the one carried by his son until their duel on Bespin&mdash;resurfaced in [[Maz Kanata]]'s possession and called to Rey, a young scavenger from [[Jakku]], who ended up using it to duel Ren during the [[Battle of Starkiller Base]] and win.<ref name="Episode VII" /> When Ren changed [[Kylo's chambers|quarters]] from the ''Finalizer'' to Snoke's flagship the ''[[Supremacy]]'', he left Vader's charred helmet behind him because he was not ready to face Vader's "visage" until he recovered from his failure on [[Starkiller Base]]. Ren's master, Snoke, owned a [[Snoke's ring|ring]] with obsidian taken from Vader's castle.<ref name="TLJ:TVD">''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary]]''</ref> Captured by Gardulla Besadii the Elder on Tatooine and under the influence of hallucinogens, Ren had a vision of Vader cutting down Rebel soldiers. Ren admired Vader as magnificent and asked for his help. Vader turned to Ren and responded that everything he did that made him magnificent, he did alone. Empowered by his idol's words, Ren drew upon the Force and broke free of his restraints to escape the Hutt's torture chamber.<ref name="LoV3">[[Legacy of Vader 3|''Legacy of Vader'' 3]]</ref>

====Balance preserved====
{{Quote|Rey. Bring back the balance, Rey, as I did. The Force surrounds you, Rey. Let it lift you.|Anakin Skywalker, to Rey|<ref name="Episode VIII" />}}
After Skywalker's death, a group of Alazmec cultists established a settlement in the Corvax Fen region of Mustafar near Fortress Vader, and began to worship Vader alongside [[Corvax|Lady Corvax]]. At some point, they acquired an ancient Sith [[Vader's wayfinder|wayfinder]] that once belonged to Vader.<ref name="IX Visual">''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary]]''</ref> In [[35 ABY]],<ref name="TROS Date">''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary]]'' dates the events of [[Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker|''Star Wars'': Episode IX ''The Rise of Skywalker'']] to one [[Standard year|year]] after the events of [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'']]. As ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Atlas]]'' dates the events of ''The Force Awakens'' to [[34 ABY]], the events of ''The Rise of Skywalker'' must occur in [[35 ABY]].</ref> Kylo Ren led a [[Mission to Mustafar (First Order)|massacre]] of the Alazmec cultists and stole Vader's wayfinder from the ruins of the battle. When Ren discovered Exegol using this [[wayfinder]] and confronted the surviving Darth Sidious, Palpatine used the voice of Darth Vader to speak to Ren in his head.<ref name="Episode IX">{{Film|IX}}</ref>

[[File:The_Skywalkers.jpg|thumb|left|250px|With Ben Solo's death, the bloodline of Anakin Skywalker ended.]]
As Leia Organa Skywalker Solo prepared to release the last of her strength to reach her son, Ben Solo, she allowed the voices and faces of her family to surround her. Among the voices she heard was that of Anakin Skywalker, whose apology she finally accepted, returning his love in a way she had never before.<ref name="TROS JN" /> Skywalker's voice was later heard by Rey among the voices of many Jedi of the past who aided her with destroying Darth Sidious during the [[Battle of Exegol]], telling Rey to restore the balance as he did. He and the many Jedi used their eternal power to help Rey bring Sidious down once and for all and the balance Anakin had created was maintained. Ren, who had assumed the identity of Ben Solo once again, sacrificed himself to save Rey, following in his grandfather, Anakin's path of redemption. While Solo was the last of the Skywalker bloodline, Rey took on the name Skywalker, and Anakin was reunited with his family in the afterlife at long last.<ref name="Episode IX" />

==Personality and traits==
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===Jedi of the Republic===
{{Quote|What would have surprised people was how kind he was. He cared deeply about his friends, and looked out for them until the end.|Ahsoka Tano|<ref name="Shroud of Darkness" />}}
[[File:TheChosenOne-SWE.png|thumb|right|180px|Anakin Skywalker was a gifted yet unorthodox Jedi Knight who rose to prominence during the Clone Wars.]]
As a child, Anakin Skywalker showed kindness and generosity, as exemplified by his willingness to risk his life in a podrace to help Qui-Gon Jinn and Padmé Amidala depart Tatooine at a time of need.<ref name="Episode I" /> He made a number of friends, and his best friend was a fellow slave boy named Kitster Banai.<ref name="HC 4" /> He was not shy to express how he felt and showed a reluctance to leave those he loved behind. Indeed, Skywalker had a deep-seated fear of loss, especially in regards to his mother, which Master Yoda sensed when he was being tested by the Jedi Council.<ref name="Episode I" /> This fear of loss would follow Skywalker throughout his life and eventually led him down the path of the dark side,<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Episode III" /> particularly after the death of his mother, Shmi, carrying sadness, anger, and guilt in his heart for years to come.<ref name="Overlords" />

He also felt that fear towards his friends, noticing when he believed that Obi-Wan was killed by the bounty hunter Rako Hardeen, leading him to the dark side.<ref name="Deception" /> But upon discovering that he was a ruse to prevent Chancellor Palpatine's kidnapping, he felt betrayed for not telling him sooner, and thus began to distrust Obi-Wan and the Jedi.<ref name="Crisis on Naboo" />

After he left his mother, Skywalker&mdash;feeling the brunt of childhood abandonment and losing the only person who had ever cared for him before meeting the Jedi&mdash;clinged onto anyone close to him. First, it had been Qui-Gon Jinn, but he then lost the Jedi Master as well. Afterward, he clinged onto others in his life, like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala, and Ahsoka Tano.<ref name="There is Always Another" /> Similarly, his experiences as a slave would leave him with a deep resentment towards slavers.<ref name="Kidnapped" /> Skywalker would mostly keep these feelings to himself, very rarely talking about them, even with those he trusted,<ref name="Kidnapped" /><ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /> as he struggled to put his past behind him,<ref name="Kidnapped" /> making an effort not to think about it.<ref name="OW&A 3" />

As he grew older, Skywalker became cocky,<ref name="Episode II" /> reckless,<ref name="Jedi Crash" /> impatient,<ref name="R2 Come Home" /><ref name="OW&A 3" /> willful,<ref name="Overlords" /> and cavalier,<ref name="The Big Bang" /> despite Kenobi's efforts to train him as best as he could.<ref name="Overlords" /> Confident and bold, he demonstrated a lack of subtlety, which Plo Koon once noted, was one of the many traits his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, had adopted from him during her younger years.<ref name="Lethal Trackdown" /> Another was his tendency to disobey orders,<ref name="Voices" /> which he did whenever he thought they were not the best way to solve problems,<ref name="The Citadel" /> and his cockiness.<ref name="Padawan Lost" /> Despite his many failings, Skywalker remained selfless,<ref name="Slaves of the Republic" /> willing to lay down his life for others,<ref name="Jedi Crash" /> and showed commitment to things greater than himself—the Jedi, the Republic, his friends,<ref name="Slaves of the Republic" /> and his wife.<ref name="Episode III" />

Similarly, his relentless determination was rivaled by none,<ref name="Shadow Warrior" /><ref name="Slaves of the Republic" /> except perhaps by that of his Padawan. When Tano was missing in action and taken to the moon of Wasskah,<ref name="Padawan Lost" /> Skywalker blamed himself, believing he had failed to protect his student,<ref name="Wookiee Hunt" /> and relentlessly searched for her possible location on star charts, though Plo Koon suggested he trust in her abilities.<ref name="Padawan Lost" /> Indeed, Tano survived and led others to safety, and, upon her return to Coruscant, she told her master there was no need to apologize; she explained he had already done all he needed to, as she had used his lessons to survive. When Skywalker was unsure of how to respond, she thanked him for that guidance, so Skywalker responded with "You're welcome, my Padawan."<ref name="Wookiee Hunt" /> In some aspects, his journey as a mentor to Tano allowed him to mature and become more responsible. Skywalker's emotional balance, however, was disrupted by the High Council's decision to expel Tano, when she was suspected of treachery, and her subsequent decision not to return to the Order when invited back.<ref name="The Wrong Jedi" /> Though he greatly missed her,<ref name="In Search of the Crystal" /> Skywalker respected her wish to stay away from the Order when he sensed her aboard the ''Silver Angel'' by allowing the ship to pass by his ''Venator-class Star Destroyer''<ref name="Deal No Deal" />

[[File:AnakinSkywalkerDedicatedMentor-CM.png|thumb|left|250px|Skywalker was an impulsive but dedicated mentor.]]
His heroic feats during the Clone Wars eventually made him the symbol of the Jedi Order, held by many as the warrior-savior of the Galactic Republic, earning the nickname of the "[[Hero With No Fear]]" as he was fostered and liked by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, applauded by the Galactic Senate and popularized on the [[HoloNet News]].<ref name="SWCVD,NE" /> With a penchant to show off,<ref name="Death Trap" /><ref name="In Search of the Crystal" /><ref name="On the Wings of Keeradaks" /> Skywalker was a something of a maverick, though not in the same way as his late informal Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, known among the Jedi for being passionate and impulsive.<ref name="Overlords" /><ref name="Legacy of Terror" /> Most of his peers trusted him, and his ingenuity, although some Jedi did consider him to have a simplistic approach to logic.<ref name="Weapons Factory" /><ref name="Citadel Rescue" /> The 501st Legion and its captain, Rex, considered his tactics reckless and unorthodox, but appreciated the fact that he would never risk their lives without risking his as well.<ref name="The General">{{TCW|The General (episode)}}</ref> Whenever Skywalker, who believed a true military leader should always lead from the front,<ref name="501 Plus One" /> threw caution to the wind, Rex was always by his side and had full trust in his general's instincts.<ref name="A Distant Echo" /> Skywalker cared about his troops and even befriended Rex.<ref name="501 Plus One" /> Skywalker also showed eagerness and dedication to ending the Clone Wars, which he believed, by their final days, were destroying the principles of the Republic.<ref name="Episode III" />

Though he was committed to the Jedi Order ever since he joined, Skywalker was deeply conflicted about it, wanting to walk away from the Order at several points before<ref name="OW&A 1" /> and during the Clone Wars,<ref name="To Catch a Jedi" /> particularly because of his love and secret marriage to Padmé Amidala,<ref name="Episode II" /> whom he believed he could not live without.<ref name="Episode III" /> Overprotective and prone to jealousy, Skywalker's affection for her was suspected by some of his peers and, at least, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Rush Clovis knew for certain that he was attracted to her.<ref name="The Rise of Clovis" /> Ahsoka Tano also came to realize her master and Amidala had formed a relationship,<ref name="HC 52">{{HelmetCollectionCite|52|Databank A-Z}}</ref> and Rex knew for certain, with Skywalker trusting his captain to look out for passerby's as he spoke with Amidala.<ref name="A Distant Echo" /> Another source of conflict was his dwindling trust and increasing resentment toward the Jedi High Council, which he felt distrusted him and was not treating him with enough respect.<ref name="Crisis on Naboo" /><ref name="Ultimate SW" /> These fears and resentments were further fomented by Palpatine's manipulations, and some of the Council's (and Kenobi's) decisions,<ref name="To Catch a Jedi" /><ref name="Deception" /> as well as his friendship with Chancellor Palpatine, of whom the Council was wary and kept secrets from.<ref name="Dark Disciple" /><ref name="Episode III" /> Kenobi and the Jedi Council not standing with Ahsoka Tano during her trial angered him.<ref name="The Wrong Jedi" />

[[File:Anakin-Rex-Ahsoka.png|thumb|right|300px|Anakin Skywalker was a man who forged deep connections with his friends, looking out for their wellbeing at all times.]]
As the Clone War came to its end, Skywalker was faced with many burdens on his emotional wellbeing; he had lost Tano, only to then lose clone troopers Tup and Fives shortly thereafter, making it seem like his personal life was falling apart. The only constant in his life was his wife,<ref name="FactFile Kenobi 112" /> whom he hoped would never leave him after he lost his Padawan.<ref name="Skywalker: A Family at War" /> Unlike other Jedi, Skywalker struggled to keep his emotions in check,<ref name="Jedi vs Sith" /> especially his anger.<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Kidnapped" /><ref name="The Rise of Clovis" /> He cared deeply about his friends, and, as noted by Ahsoka Tano, "looked out for them until the end."<ref name="Shroud of Darkness" /> Loyal to a fault, Skywalker was willing to do anything to protect those he cared about, often resorting to the dark side of the Force to do so.<ref name="Brain Invaders" /><ref name="Slaves of the Republic" /><ref name="The Wrong Jedi" /><ref name="Episode III" /> Throughout the Clone Wars, as Palpatine had planned, Skywalker's anger would push him ever closer to the dark side, but his fall was ultimately triggered by his fear of loss after experiencing visions of Amidala dying in childbirth<ref name="Episode III" /> and his desire to obtain enough power to save his loved ones.<ref name="Episode II" /> He would justify his immoral and ruthless actions as all being necessary to bring peace, justice, and order to the galaxy.<ref name="Episode III" />

As a teenager, he liked to explore and see new places,<ref name="OW&A 2" /> and fix things.<ref name="OW&A 3" /> Sometimes, when he felt troubled during his time as a Jedi, Skywalker would retire to his highly customized quarters in the Temple, wherein he would tinker with droids to pass the time.<ref name="The Rise of Clovis" /> In a similar fashion, he would keep the ship ''Twilight'' during the Clone Wars,<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /><ref name="The Lawless" /> since the freighter offered Skywalker plenty of opportunities for tinkering with machinery.<ref name="DB-Twilight">{{Databank|twilight|''Twilight''}}</ref> As Vader, he would continue to repair his starfighters himself,<ref name="Tarkin" /> and the act of repairing things would be akin to a form of meditation for him.<ref name="LotS" /> Thinking of Vader's life as a Sith Lord and his life before he had fallen to the dark side, Sabé believed that Anakin Skywalker was someone who had never truly controlled his own life and destiny. As such, she hoped to give him a chance to take control of his own existence: when she said as such to Vader during the Force Wave event, she was unable to finish her sentence upon being forced back by a blast of Vader's out-of-control power.<ref name="DV 2020 33" /> 

[[File:Vader1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|For all the blame that could be pointed at other people, Anakin Skywalker was ultimately the one responsible for the choices he made.]]
Alternatively, Kenobi levied the blame for Skywalker's fall at Skywalker himself,<ref name="Master and Apprentice (short story)">{{StoryCite|story=Master and Apprentice (short story)|book=From a Certain Point of View}}</ref> although Kenobi had endured<ref name="Part VI" /> a long period<ref name="Part I">{{Kenobi|Part I}}</ref> of blaming himself.<ref name="Part VI" /> For ten years after their duel on Mustafar,<ref name="Part I" /> Kenobi blamed himself for Skywalker's fall and apologized to his former disciple after their duel on a barren moon. Vader, however, rebuked Kenobi and took credit for "killing" Anakin Skywalker,<ref name="Part VI" /> trying to believe that the Jedi Knight he had once been was dead.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" /> Finding himself able to move on after Vader's comment,<ref name="Part VI" /> Kenobi noted how Skywalker had all the tools needed to choose the path of the light but made the conscious decision not to. He reminded the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn that, no matter what level of fault each of them held, the final decision had been Skywalker's alone.<ref name="Master and Apprentice (short story)" /> All the same, Kenobi greatly missed his friend.<ref name="There is Always Another" /> Vader himself was filled with rage and despair after his conversion into a cyborg upon realizing that, indeed, the fault was all his own: it was his own choices that had led him to his new reality.<ref name="Insider228" />

===Dark Lord of the Sith===
{{Quote|Darth Vader wasn't afraid of becoming a ''monster'', after all... that had happened a long time ago.|Vaneé|<ref name="Shadow of Vader's Castle" />}}
[[File:VaderAnakin-DV5cover.png|thumb|right|300x330px|Skywalker's desire to save his wife led him to do terrible things and become the Sith Lord, Darth Vader.]]
Upon his conversion to the dark side, Skywalker's arrogant streak became even more prominent, and for a short time, he believed himself to be even more powerful than Palpatine. During his early days as a Sith, Vader believed in justice and would fight to bring it to the Empire at any cost. His impulsiveness and tendency to act in anger were both magnified as well; for instance, when he discovered that Kenobi had stowed away on his wife's ship when she came to Mustafar, he immediately assumed that she was conspiring with his former master and strangled her with the Force. Despite this, Vader did experience a significant level of regret for the decisions that he had made to save Amidala.<ref name="Episode III" />

However, all that changed following his defeat at Kenobi's hands. Having lost all that he had turned to the dark side to preserve, and having no other path, he fully embraced the dark side and became, in Palpatine's words, a "true Sith."<ref name="Tarkin" /> Believing he had become an irredeemable<ref name="Darth Vader 5" /> monster,<ref name="Darth Vader 4" /> Vader devoted himself fully to furthering the development of his relationship to the Force, learning to expand his power<ref name="LotS" /> and using the pain of Amidala's death as a fuel.<ref name="The Chosen One 1" /> All the same, the Jedi training droid Arex believed the early Vader was someone who remembered the teachings of the Jedi despite his new devotion to the Sith.<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> Both due to what Palpatine taught him about the relationship between Sith master and apprentice<ref name="LotS" /> and his own personal tendencies, Vader in his early apprenticeship was completely devoted to the Emperor.<ref name="Tarkin" /> In his first days as a Sith Lord, Vader was confronted by a vision of himself finding redemption to the light by killing Palpatine and apologizing to Kenobi. However, Vader refused the vision, declaring that he had lost everything else in his life and an existence as a Sith was all he could be.<ref name="Darth Vader 5" /> However, as his power grew and particularly after learning of his son's existence, his devotion to Sidious dwindled considerably.<ref name="DV25" /> Instead, he considered that his son and him could rule the galaxy together<ref name="Episode V" /> as the new rulers of the Empire.<ref name="DV20" /> 

[[File:Holding-Hope.png|thumb|left|230px|Darth Vader was the dreaded enforcer of his Sith Master and the galaxy-wide empire they forged.]]
Vader held contempt for those who betrayed the Empire, such as when he accused Leia Organa of being a traitor.<ref name="Episode V" /> According to an Imperial captain who worked with Vader, the Sith Lord was always violent but would "mature" over the years. Vader at first simply murdered those who annoyed him. However, he eventually came to wait for those he wanted to murder to make a mistake: even if it was a minor error, it gave Vader an excuse to carry out the execution.<ref name="Shadow Fall" /> Indeed, over the years since his fall to darkness,<ref name="Episode III" /> Vader developed a new, more hardened and disciplined persona. He became utterly ruthless,<ref name="SW1" /> refused to retreat,<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> and was virtually devoid of mercy.<ref name="Episode IV" /> Even though he once thought to himself that his master's punishment of the most loyal Imperials only hurt their efforts to establish order,<ref name="DV 2020 18" /> Vader was known to occasionally kill his own officers for their failures.<ref name="Episode V" /> The fear felt by members of the Imperial ranks was so great that some chose [[death]] rather than face the wrath of the Sith Lord. [[The Grand Inquisitor]], of the [[Inquisitorius]], and chief supervisor [[Lank Denvik]], of the [[Imperial Security Bureau]], were examples of this, though both were unable to escape.<ref name="Fire Across the Galaxy" /><ref name="Star Wars (2020) 6" /><ref name="Survivor" /> Vader came to view the Galactic Civil War not as a war, but a series of executions, believing that wars were for lesser men than him and his Master. When confronted by Leia Organa on Vrogas Vas, he informed her of this belief and told her that her execution was long overdue, though he was unable to kill the princess due to the arrival of Commander Karbin.<ref name="SW14" /> Vader treated droids as disposable servants.<ref name="Dark Droids 1" />

Eventually, the identity of Vader in the Empire had arisen tales of a dark armored [[humanoid]] who served as the Emperor's most trusted enforcer and was considered to be the most feared individual in the Empire. Rumors circulated that he lived in a castle in a world of lava and that he wielded a red lightsaber, suggesting a connection to the Sith. The few who had interacted with him stated that they were unsure whether the individual behind the armor was a living person, a droid or a clone trooper. Many feared that if Vader were ever defeated, a number of duplicates would be activated in his place.<ref name="Dawn">''[[Dawn of Rebellion]]''</ref> The Sith Lord also had absolutely no qualms about using torture to accomplish his goals.<ref name="Tarkin" />

[[File:Star_Wars_Darth_Vader_2_Cover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Darth Vader earned the ire of Imperial officers and the love of the rank and file.]]
Considered to be the Empire's first terror weapon and noted to employ antiquated diction,<ref name="Tarkin" /> he was tenacious and unstoppable,<ref name="DV20" /> and made most Imperial naval officers uncomfortable.<ref name="LotS" /> Even Admiral Firmus Piett, whose highly skilled abilities as a wartime officer kept him alive in Vader's service,<ref name="Battles that Changed the Galaxy" /> was not above being threatened with death by the Dark Lord.<ref name="Episode V" /> When Piett warned him of the Scourge droid infection, Vader's only response was to critique Piett for thinking he would repeat the admiral's failings.<ref name="DV 2020 37" /> Contrary to the rocky relationships he had with most Imperial officers, his rapport with his stormtroopers mirrored in many ways his former persona's relationship to the Republic's clone troopers.<ref name="Tarkin" /> In fact, his standing with the rank and file was such that it was known as far as Ryloth that the stormtrooper corps "almost worshiped him."<ref name="LotS" /> Additionally, Vader commanded the absolute loyalty of his servant, Vaneé, who remained stationed at his castle on Mustafar and knew Vader viewed himself as a monster.<ref name="Shadow of Vader's Castle" />

Part of his reputation was that he would normally be quiet (and thus his presence made for a good implied threat to others) whereas shows of passivity were not.<ref name="DV9" /> Indeed, it was well known that he usually preferred to oversee operations personally,<ref name="LS" /> using action to block out any intruding feelings.<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> He was frequently at odds with those who lacked faith in the Force, finding it "disturbing"<ref name="Episode IV" /> or even blasphemous.<ref name="DV5" />

[[File:DarthVader-BlackWhiteRed1-virginvariant-Okazaki.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Darth Vader was a man fueled by pain, turning it into a fuel to continue his life as a Sith Lord.]]
His self-hatred led him to think of self-destructive tendencies, such as blaming his former Master Obi-Wan Kenobi for not killing him on Mustafar, and his hatred of Kenobi for what happened on Mustafar led him to have the desire to burn his former mentor's body to the same level he burned his own. Although Vader hated Obi-Wan for being the responsible one for his extensive injuries inflicted in Mustafar,<ref name="Part II" /> Vader did not hold Kenobi completely to blame for his dark fate; as he told his former master in one of their confrontations, he proclaimed that it was not Kenobi who had killed Anakin Skywalker, instead saying that himself had done it.<ref name="Part VI" /> Darth Vader continued to harbor his xenophobic hatred of the Tusken Raiders race for the murder of his mother during the end of the Separatist Crisis, which gave him the motive after a negotiation with the crime lord Jabba the Hutt to attack a Tusken Raider camp located on the same planet where he saw his mother died.<ref name="DV1" />

During his first days as a Sith, he claimed that his actions were justified, stating that the Sith were on the right side while the Jedi to be the real evil, as he told Kenobi during the Duel of Mustafar.<ref name="Episode III" /> As he grew older and lived within his suit, he claimed that he still believed in justice, claiming to be a devout believer in Imperial propaganda to bring order to the galaxy.<ref name="Episode V" /> Indeed, Vader would become known as the Dark Lord of order,<ref name="Solicit March">{{WebCite|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-comics-full-march-2024-solicits-begins-with-ultimate-x-men|text=Marvel Comics' Full March 2024 Solicits Begins With Ultimate X-Men|author=Rich Johnston|date=2023-12-21|work=[[Wikipedia:Bleeding Cool|''Bleeding Cool'']]|quote=But could a REBEL SQUAD of cyborgs bring chaos to the DARK LORD of order?! {{C|official solicitation}}|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/u1ApC}}</ref> although how much he actually believed in the quest to establish order was debatable.<ref name="DV 2020 50" /> During the manhunt for pacifist scientist [[Galen Walton Erso|Galen Erso]], Vader questioned the term peace, seeing violence as the true creator of order and dismissing pacifists as fools who failed to see that.<ref name="Vader annual 2" /> He declared to his son that they would work together to reverse the disorder that existed in the galaxy.<ref name="Episode V" />

During the war with Crimson Dawn, Vader held contempt for his master's failure to establish order, thinking to himself that Palpatine's actions had only created the chaos they found themselves in. Even without Skywalker by his side, Vader set out on a new quest to bring order to the galaxy.<ref name="DV 2020 18" /> During his campaign to root out Crimson Dawn infiltrators in the Empire, Vader saw it as a way to bring about order.<ref name="DV 2020 20" /> Even though he thought the Emperor punishing the most loyal of the Empire as everything else collapsed to be a problem that had made chaos,<ref name="DV 2020 18" /> Vader allowed loyal Imperials to be executed if it meant Dawn agents would also be killed. When asked why by his agent Ochi, Vader declared it as part of his quest to bring order back to the Empire by destroying the chaos of the Dawn.<ref name="DV 2020 20" /> When his agent Sabé declared the end of Jul Tambor's revolution as a path to peace on Skako Minor, Vader was silent for a moment before correcting her, telling her it was more correct to say they were bringing order.<ref name="DV 2020 32" /> However, Sabé would ultimately come to believe Vader was, in all truth, not interested in establishing order, pointing out during the final stages of the Schism Imperial crisis that his current quest for personal power had only brought about chaos.<ref name="DV 2020 50" />

[[File:Conquering-Shadow.png|thumb|right|280px|Darth Vader was a warrior of hatred who carried out a campaign of terror and death.]]
As a Sith Lord, Vader drew power from his anger and pain, raging at the loss of his wife and unborn child, his betrayal by the Jedi, and Kenobi for his injuries.<ref name="backstories" /> He once razed a villa in a Mapuzo town entirely to draw out Kenobi.<ref name="Part III" /> He often used pressurized meditation chambers that allowed him to remain without his helm—the neural connection to his armor—during which he felt the perpetual pain<ref name="LotS" /> that Kenobi had inflicted<ref name="Episode III" /> on his flesh. During such sessions, he would meditate to use this pain to feed his hate, which in turn fed his strength,<ref name="LotS" /> and he never laughed.<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> Claiming not to feel regret, and yet haunted by his past, and the screams of his wife,<ref name="LotS" /> he was determined to never talk about his old life,<ref name="Tarkin" /><ref name="LotS" /> and detested all that reminded him of his past self, whom he deemed to be weak.<ref name="Episode VI" /> He dared not remember such a period of his life, which he hated; indeed, through the use of the dark side, he kept his memories as Anakin Skywalker buried, although it took great effort even after twenty years of practice.<ref name="BtPotDS!" />

Although he retained access to Skywalker's memories and experience, this burial was such that he refused to even think of Skywalker as himself, referring to internally to Skywalker's memories as those of "The Jedi."<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" /> As such, Vader rarely thought of his former name<ref name="LotS" /> and believed no one in the galaxy should mistake him for Anakin Skywalker, wanting none to forget his status as a Sith Lord.<ref name="DV 2020 29" /> Still, his rapport with the stormtroopers who supported him, and the technique he displayed in wielding his crimson lightsaber, made Wilhuff Tarkin suspect the truth.<ref name="Tarkin" /> When the reprogrammed Arex tried to help Vader regain control of his powers during the Force Wave incident by suggesting Jedi meditation, Vader decried the Jedi Order as focusing on weakness instead of power, threatening Arex by reminding the unit of how he killed the unit's master Kirak Infil'a and demanding Arex not speak of the Jedi. After Arex, who admitted they may be presuming too much, repeatedly suggested Jedi teachings to him during the battle for the ''Executor'', Vader destroyed Arex in rage and adopted a direct method of attack to regain control of his flagship.<ref name="DV 2020 37" />

[[File:Scariest-Servant-Vader.png|thumb|left|300px|Darth Vader desperately sought to destroy what remained of his past, regarding himself as a different person from "The Jedi" who had come before.]]
Upon his fateful reunion with Ahsoka Tano, Vader expressed no desire to rekindle the bond he once shared with her, boasting that he had "killed" Anakin Skywalker,<ref name="Twilight of the Apprentice" /> just as he had said to Kenobi.<ref name="Part VI" /> Although he claimed he would spare her and work alongside her once more if she helped the Empire find any hiding Jedi, he cruelly resolved to kill her when she refused his offer, and he spurned her offer of compassion.<ref name="Twilight of the Apprentice" /> During a mission with Grand Admiral Thrawn, who had met and befriended Skywalker during the Clone Wars, Vader repeatedly declared that Skywalker was long since dead, eventually forcing the Chiss officer to admit the man he had befriended during the war was gone. Upon hearing Thrawn admit as such, Vader declared they were never to speak of the man again, although Thrawn stated he would always carry Skywalker's memory with him,<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" /> befitting his philosophy that someone was never truly gone if a friend remembered them.<ref name="Thrawn novel" />

Much like before, Vader remained an impatient man, although he tempered his impulses with the faithful obedience he gave to his Sith master, Sidious.<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> Vader also accepted that Sidious could be even more hateful than even himself.<ref name="Episode VI" /> Vader nevertheless remained a pained man, so he would try to hurt himself and others to relieve himself. As sensed by Yoda, Vader's presence in the Force was hard and strong, fiercely pulsing when he sensed him. However, Vader's presence also carried a great, crushing loneliness, which only increased after he killed Obi-Wan Kenobi.<ref name="There is Another" />

===Redemption of Anakin Skywalker===
{{Quote|I've accepted the truth that you were once Anakin Skywalker, my father.''"<br />"''That name no longer has any meaning for me.''"<br />"''It is the name of your true self. You've only forgotten. I know there is good in you. The Emperor hasn't driven it from you fully.|Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader on Endor|<ref name="Episode VI" />}}
[[File:Vader-ROTJHD.png|thumb|right|250px|The persona of Darth Vader ended when Anakin Skywalker sacrificed himself in order to save his son from the Emperor.]]
Following the discovery of his parenthood, Vader became emotionally conflicted.<ref name="DV6" /> Vader's thoughts of his son, Luke, led to thoughts of his late wife, the woman he loved and destroyed—thoughts he could not allow. Memories would resurface whenever he felt Luke near him, and so, believed in erasing that part of his past. He had become afraid of his compassionate son; not because of his mastery of the Force or skill with a lightsaber, but because Luke could make him question the dark truths that had long ruled him.<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> In the eve of the Battle of Endor, Vader claimed it was too late for him, even as his son stubbornly felt that there was still good left in him.<ref name="Episode VI" /> Vader would close off the questions with the dark side,<ref name="BtPotDS!" /> but he showed concern for his son in the end. Ultimately, it was Luke's cry for help while being tortured by Palpatine that caused Anakin to reawaken and redeem himself, showing that despite all the evil acts he has committed, there was still some good in him.<ref name="Episode VI" />

His love for Luke also challenged his loyalty to the Emperor. Vader began to distrust him, feeling like another pawn in his game. He planned to kill him to take his throne, considering himself best a ruler alongside Luke.<ref name="Episode V" /> His concern over being a pawn of Sidious ended up being validated when Sidious tried to replace him with Luke, much like when he replaced Dooku<ref name="Episode III" /> with Vader. Vader became surprised when he sensed that he was not the father of one child but two when he telepathically sensed his daughter, Leia, through Luke. Before dying, Skywalker told Luke to tell Leia that he was right about him as he wanted his daughter to remember him as a good person in the end. Smiling at his son, Skywalker then died in peace.<ref name="Episode VI" />

===Relationship with Padmé Amidala===
{{Quote|The thought of not being with you&mdash; I can't breathe. ''[&hellip;]'' You are in my very soul, tormenting me. ''[&hellip;] "<br />"''We can't. It's&hellip; just not possible.''"<br />"''Anything is possible, Padmé, listen to me.''"<br />"''No, you listen! We live in the real world. Come back to it. ''[&hellip;]'' If you follow your thoughts through to conclusion, it'll take us to a place we cannot go&mdash;regardless of the way we feel about each other.''"<br />"''You're asking me to be rational. That is something I know I cannot do.|Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala|<ref name="Episode II" />}}
Skywalker had first met Amidala when she posed as a handmaiden and commoner at Watto's shop in Mos Espa. There, Skywalker asked if she was an angel. He was then surprised when Padmé revealed herself to be the Queen.<ref name="Episode I" /> Ten years later, Skywalker met with her at apartment following an assassination attempt on her. As Skywalker continued to protect Amidala from further attempts,<ref name="Episode II" /> he tried to impress her and flirt with her in ways he later cringed at. However, the mistakes he and Amidala made during that time revealed who each truly was to the other,<ref name="Brotherhood" /> and Amidala fell in love with him. They admitted their mutual love to each other on Naboo and, following the Battle of Geonosis, married in secret.<ref name="Episode II" />

[[File:Husband_and_wife.png|thumb|left|250px|Anakin married Padmé following the Battle of Geonosis.]]
During the Clone Wars, Skywalker and Amidala rarely saw each other due to their duties requested of them during the war as well as keeping their marriage secret. Skywalker would rescue and protect Amidala from numerous dangers such as General Grievous,<ref name="Malevolence 3" /> the Zillo Beast,<ref name="Zillo Beast 2" /> and the Blue Shadow Virus.<ref name="Blue Shadow Virus" /> Skywalker also felt jealous towards Amidala's close friend, Senator Rush Clovis of Scipio. Despite Amidala's assurances that it was over between her and Clovis, Skywalker felt uneasy when she accepted the Jedi Council's mission to spy on Clovis. After leaving Cato Neimoidia, Skywalker assured Amidala that he never doubted her. Later, however, Skywalker did not completely trust Clovis with Amidala.<ref name="An Old Friend" /> Skywalker attacked Clovis when he tried to kiss Amidala, but Amidala thought they should not see each other for a while.<ref name="The Rise of Clovis" /> When Clovis appeared to have rejoined the Separatists, Skywalker led his forces and personally attempted to rescue Amidala.<ref name="Crisis at the Heart" />

Later when Amidala revealed that she was pregnant, Skywalker had premonitions about Amidala dying in childbirth. Skywalker's fear eventually led him into the dark side; Palpatine told him of how Darth Plagueis taught his apprentice how to cheat death, but he later stated he needed Skywalker's help to learn the power.<ref name="Episode III" /> Being focused on the possibility that Amidala could be saved, Skywalker did not notice the contradiction.<ref name="Certain POV 193" /> On Mustafar, Skywalker, now Darth Vader, Force-choked her when he believed that she brought Kenobi to kill him. Following his duel with Kenobi, Vader continued to feel Amidala. After his re-birth, however, the Emperor told Vader that in his anger he killed her.<ref name="Episode III" /> Realizing that his own choices alone had been what brought him to this moment,<ref name="Insider228" /> Vader mourned her and gave into<ref name="Episode III" /> his anger and despair,<ref name="Insider228" /> destroying the medical droids surrounding him<ref name="Episode III" /> and then attacking Palpatine, screaming that he had claimed she could be saved.<ref name="The Chosen One 1" />

Vader believed Palpatine's lie that he had killed his wife because he remembered that he had attacked her; thus, the man who once was Anakin Skywalker was cut off from his former allies and family, instead placing the Emperor as his only source for guidance and refuge.<ref name="Certain POV 193" /> As a Sith Lord, Vader tried to find ways to resurrect Amidala, yet he found Momin's portal was unable to do so. Afterward, he decided to dedicate himself fully to the dark side,<ref name="Darth Vader 25" /> but he still longed to restore his wife, only for his attempts to always fail.<ref name="Vader VR 3" /> Even after telling a vision of Amidala that the man she loved was dead, Force choking the vision<ref name="DV24" />&mdash;just as he had choked the real Amidala on Mustafar<ref name="Episode III" />&mdash;to reject her love,<ref name="DV24" /> he, deep down, still loved her.<ref name="DV 2020 5" /> He could never let go of the agony caused by killing his wife.<ref name="BtPotDS!" />

Vader eventually discovered that Amidala had given birth to a son, Luke Skywalker,<ref name="DV10" /> and a daughter, Leia Organa.<ref name="Episode VI" /> He even learned of Amidala's last words, which filled him with sadness.<ref name="DV 2020 5" /> Through Luke's actions of love, Vader later turned back to the light,<ref name="Episode VI" /> fulfilling Amidala's dying words that goodness still remained in Anakin.<ref name="Episode III" />

==Powers and abilities==
===Lightsaber abilities===
{{Quote|If you had spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you do your wit, you would rival Master Yoda as a swordsman.''"<br />"''I thought I already did.''"<br />"''Only in your mind, my very young apprentice.|Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Episode II" />}}
[[File:Darth_Vader_Dark_Lord_of_the_Sith_20_Textless.jpg|thumb|right|237px|Vader was a skilled duelist, having retained his former persona's proficiency in lightsaber combat.]]
Despite being naturally extremely talented, Anakin Skywalker was initially lax with his lightsaber training, though he believed that he could rival the Jedi Masters. Despite his relative laziness, Skywalker was the best duelist in his class, even though he started later than his classmates. In his training he preferred lightsaber combat over Force mastery, and he spent more time on the physical aspects of becoming a Jedi. By the time he was nineteen, Skywalker was so gifted and skilled in dueling that he believed he already rivaled Master [[Yoda]]. When the Clone Wars began, Skywalker was a skilled enough duelist to contend against Count Dooku, who was one of the most skilled swordsmen in the galaxy.<ref name="Episode II" /> During the war, his frequent engagements in duels with individuals such as the informal Sith apprentice Asajj Ventress,<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /><ref name="The Hidden Enemy" /><ref name="ARC Troopers" /> Savage Opress,<ref name="Witches of the Mist" /> Count Dooku,<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /><ref name="Crisis on Naboo" /><ref name="Dark Disciple" /> and fallen Jedi Barriss Offee<ref name="The Wrong Jedi" /> allowed him to greatly improve his capabilities with a lightsaber. By the end of the war, Skywalker had the skill to single-handedly defeat Dooku in combat,<ref name="Episode III" /> despite the fact that the Count was one of very few duelists who could hold his own against Yoda.<ref name="Episode II" />

During his duel with Kenobi after his fall to the dark side, Skywalker proved to be equally matched with his former master, and was only defeated when Kenobi exploited his hubris and blinding rage to dismember him.<ref name="Episode III" /> Skywalker was considered by some amongst the Jedi, such as Kanan Jarrus, to have been the greatest warrior that the Order had during the Clone Wars, with the only possible exceptions being Yoda and Mace Windu. His former Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, once acknowledged Skywalker as someone powerful who rarely lost his battles.<ref name="Shroud of Darkness" />

Skywalker was particularly skilled in [[Form V]]—both the Shien and Djem So variants.<ref name="Destiny Covert">{{Destiny|set=Covert Missions|cardname=Shien Mastery|link=https://swdestinydb.com/card/12114}}</ref> He was able to deflect not only blaster fire with ease,<ref name="Episode II" /> but also shots from freighters.<ref name="LotS" /> He made good use of Djem So's strength-based strikes and counterattacks to overpower or overwhelm his opponent.<ref name="The Wrong Jedi" /> Skywalker also used [[Jar'Kai]] on some occasions: He used Kenobi's lightsaber during his first duel with Count Dooku on Geonosis,<ref name="Episode II" /> he wielded Barriss Offee's own lightsaber against her along with his own,<ref name="The Wrong Jedi" /> and he wielded Dooku's lightsaber in addition to his own to execute him after defeating him on the ''Invisible Hand''.<ref name="Episode III" />

Skywalker was also adept in the use of [[Form IV]], often incorporating its techniques (primarily acrobatics) into his dueling style. He was well aware that the key to deflecting the fire of multiple adversaries was fluidity of motion, which he mastered enough to having adjusted the classic techniques of Form IV to better defend against ranged attackers. He demonstrated this in a holographic recording, later found in [[Kanan Jarrus' holocron]].<ref name="Shroud of Darkness" />

[[File:Battlefront_Vader.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Darth Vader wields his Sith lightsaber.]]
After Darth Vader received his cybernetic enhancements and armor, his dueling style became visually more direct than it had been, presumably due to his armor and cybernetics affecting his physical abilities; however, Vader's style was still similar enough to how he fought as a Jedi that Admiral Tarkin was able to puzzle out Vader's former identity largely by observing him fight.<ref name="Tarkin" /> Vader continued to use Jar'Kai on various occasions. On Mustafar, he [[Telekinesis|Force pulled]] a [[Corvax descendant|smuggler's]] lightsaber and wielded it with his own to finish off the last remaining droid in [[Corvax Fortress|Lady Corvax's sanctum]].<ref name="Vader VR 1" /> Another time, Vader used his weapon with one of Darth Atrius's lightsabers against a group of thugs whom Sana Starros had hired to keep the Imperials off her back.<ref name="SW annual 4" />

A pragmatic combatant both as Skywalker and later as Darth Vader, he had the skill to throw an activated lightsaber to attack, guiding it with the Force,<ref name="Voyage of Temptation" /><ref name="LotS" /><ref name="SW2" /><ref name="Episode VI" /><ref name="DV12" /><ref name="DV21" /> or he would resort to lethally activating unsuspecting opponents' lightsabers. He once impressed Kenobi by telekinetically activating lightsabers (both in the arms dealer Chong's possession) and cutting him apart before pulling the lightsabers to his hands.<ref name="In Search of the Crystal" />

===Force powers===
{{Quote|The Force is unusually strong with him, that much is clear.|Qui-Gon Jinn, on Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
[[File:Vader_Force_Absorb_ALNL.png|thumb|right|250px|Vader absorbing blaster bolt energy with his hand.]]
Blessed with impressive reflexes that were typical of a Jedi, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn saw enormous potential in the 9-year-old Skywalker and believed him to have been conceived by the Force itself. Indeed, when his blood was tested, Skywalker's midi-chlorian count was off the scale—above 20,000, reportedly even greater than Yoda's. When he was nine, Anakin was already skilled in having quick reflexes and precognition. This was something he used to an advantage when he participated in pod racing. He was also able to sense what things were without looking at them.<ref name="Episode I" /> Vader was skilled at absorbing energy with his hands, using this ability to shield himself from [[Han Solo|Han Solo's]] [[blaster]] fire on [[Cloud City]]<ref name="Episode V" /> and, more surprisingly, from a [[Darth Vader's electrostaff|weapon]] loaded with a [[kyber crystal]].<ref name="DV 2020 50">[[Darth Vader (2020) 50|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 50]]</ref>

In his teen years, Skywalker's Force training progressed to the point where he was able to manifest various abilities, and Kenobi thought of him as being "advanced for his age."<ref name="OW&A 2" /> He was very skilled at using the Force to scan his surroundings, such as when he sensed poisonous kouhuns infiltrating Senator Padmé Amidala's bedroom from standing outside.<ref name="Episode II" /> He was also skilled at sensing other people's feelings<ref name="Sabotage" /> and disturbances in the Force.<ref name="Brothers" /> Skywalker also showed aptitude for precognitive dreams, as when he foresaw the deaths of both his mother and his wife in dreams,<ref name="Episode II" /> but also of himself becoming a Jedi, back when he lived with his mother on Tatooine.<ref name="Episode I" /> However, Skywalker struggled in using the Force to control and befriend animals,<ref name="OW&A 2" /> noting that Kenobi was much better at it than he was.<ref name="Crystal Crisis" />

Skywalker was skilled in telekinesis.<ref name="Episode II" /> Even as a late beginner, by his own admission, he was very good at it, better than any of his peers and most of the older Padawans as well.<ref name="OW&A 3" /> He could lift lightsabers in the air and ignite them with ease, as he did once to scare a pair of Padawans who had called him a "slave to his emotions."<ref name="OW&A 1" /> Despite having an exceptionally strong connection to the Force, Skywalker tended not to use it very often during lightsaber duels and focused instead on the physical aspects of combat. This tendency held even when facing opponents who made liberal use of the Force during duels, such as Count Dooku.<ref name="Crisis on Naboo" /> He also could make use of animal control.<ref name="Obi-Wan & Anakin" />

During the Clone Wars, Anakin's power and skill continued to increase. He became capable of utilizing telekinesis to accomplish such esoteric tasks as creating air bubbles around another person's head to enable breathing underwater, as shown when he saved Padmé's life at Mon Cala.<ref name="Prisoners" /> During his mission to Utapau, Anakin was able to feel brain waves on a dead body,<ref name="A Death on Utapau" /> and when he first met Grand Admiral Thrawn, he was able to feel his thoughts by reaching out to him through the Force.<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" /> At one point during the war, Skywalker was able to telekinetically subdue both the Son and the Daughter simultaneously. However, this empowerment was lost when the Dark side grew too powerful and disrupted the balance in the Force.<ref name="Overlords" />

[[File:VaderStopsATAT-2015StarWars2.png|thumb|left|200px|Vader uses the Force to stop an AT-AT from crushing him on Cymoon 1.]]
After his cybernetic reconstruction, Vader's connection to the Force strengthened considerably, to the point where his master Darth Sidious once complimented his powers as being "unparalleled."<ref name="LotS" /><ref name="Tarkin" /> Though his injuries had physically crippled him, Vader believed that the suffering that he had experienced had both perfected his spirit and freed him from the needs of the flesh, allowing him to concentrate solely on his relationship to the Force.<ref name="LotS" /> He demonstrated enough telekinetic power to stop an AT-AT from stepping on him and had been in the process of tearing it apart before he was interrupted in doing so.<ref name="SW2" /> On another occasion he telekinetically lifted two [[All Terrain Defense Pod|AT-DP]] walkers off of himself without any apparent strain.<ref name="Siege of Lothal" /> He also demonstrated the ability to grab hold of an engine-damaged Twi'lek freighter and bring it to the ground,<ref name="LotS" /> and crush a ''Lambda''-class shuttle's engines in midflight to take it down.<ref name="DV15" /> He was able to utilize a Force push in a wave-like manner that was powerful enough to blow apart numerous lyleks simultaneously, despite the fact that the creatures' carapaces were impervious to even heavy blaster fire.<ref name="LotS" />

[[File:Vader-defeats-Cal.png|thumb|right|250px|Although he already used the Force choke as a Jedi, the use of this ability became very common for Vader, both in combat and for punishment.]]
Vader could also project Force barriers to protect himself and others.<ref name="DV4" /> These barriers were powerful enough to protect him while submerged in the lava of Mustafar, though only for a short time. Vader was able to create a barrier strong enough to protect his son, Luke Skywalker, from an attack by [[Sly Moore]], who used two kyber crystal powered [[Zaly Shield|weapons]] at the same time.<ref name="DV 2020 49">[[Darth Vader (2020) 49|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 49]]</ref> On at least one occasion, he demonstrated that he was able to telekinetically manipulate targets without the need to gesture at them as virtually all other Force adepts did. This granted him the ability to throw objects with the Force whilst actively engaged in swordplay.<ref name="Episode V" /> He was also capable of using the Force Stasis ability and was skilled enough in its execution that on one occasion he used it to freeze two Inquisitors simultaneously.<ref name="Darth Vader 20" />

Vader was also capable of using his telekinetic abilities to perform extremely delicate, complex, and precise tasks. On one occasion, he returned his badly damaged cybernetic limbs to perfect working order by dismantling a broken droid and telekinetically repairing himself with its components.<ref name="Darth Vader 4" /> He also demonstrated the ability to crush internal organs with the Force. At one point during an interrogation he used the Force to inflict torturous amounts of pain on several insurgent prisoners, to the point of causing heart failure in one of them.<ref name="Tarkin" />

Skywalker developed a tendency to use Force choke over the course of his time as a Jedi, especially when angered or using it as a means of interrogation when an individual was uncooperative.<ref name="Brain Invaders" /><ref name="Slaves of the Republic" /><ref name="The Wrong Jedi" /> Skywalker would go on to use this power to deadly effect when he assumed the name Vader, generally using the choke to kill those who insulted him or failed to meet his expectations as well to instill fear.<ref name="Episode IV" /><ref name="Episode V" /> He also used the technique to twist, crush, or snap his victim's neck, notably executing Commander Fox this way as well as other clone troopers and later stormtroopers.<ref name="The Chosen One 1" /><ref name="Darth Vader 3" /><ref name="SW2" />

Like most Force adepts, Vader also had the ability to vastly augment both his strength and speed with the Force. He was also very skilled at [[Force jump|using the Force to leap]] great distances.<ref name="LotS" /> During the [[mission to investigate Geonosis]], Captain Rex remarked that Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus had yet to demonstrate Skywalker's skill with Force jumps, despite having just jumped across a chasm more than 40 meters wide.<ref name="GoG1">{{Rebels|Ghosts of Geonosis}}</ref><ref name="logical-conclusion">The ''[[Ghost]]'' is 43.9 meters long, and it was able to fit down this chasm along its length. It follows that the chasm was at least this wide.</ref>

Vader demonstrated on numerous occasions the ability to [[Mind probe (Force power)|probe the thoughts of others]], including those of Force adepts of similar power to himself. Due to his strong connection with his son, Luke, he was able to sense his presence through the Force quite easily—as opposed to his master, who was skeptical about this ability, and quickly became able to mentally communicate with him upon Luke learning he was Vader's son.<ref name="Episode VI" />

===Other skills===
{{Quote|I can fix anything.|Anakin Skywalker|<ref name="Episode I" />}}
Even at a young age, Skywalker demonstrated a great aptitude for piloting, mechanics, and engineering. He rebuilt the protocol droid C-3PO, an advanced droid fluent in over six million forms of communication, as well as a functional podracer.<ref name="Episode I" /> Although during his adulthood, he would rarely use his talent as a mechanic, he kept the skill of repairing technology.<ref name="LotS" /> Vader had displayed great power in hunting and exterminating the Jedi Order, leaving his later efforts against enemies like Crimson Dawn to require far less effort.<ref name="HE 1" /> Once most Jedi had been killed, Tarkin believed that Vader was actively searching for stimulating opponents to challenge himself.<ref name="Darth Vader 18" />

[[File:VadersTIEAdvanced-2015DarthVader2.png|thumb|left|260px|Darth Vader's TIE Advanced]]
As a pilot, Skywalker showed an amazing ability that few were able to surpass, and Kenobi would later describe him to his son Luke as "the best star pilot in the galaxy."<ref name="Episode IV" /> Anakin was able to pilot a pod racer and was the first and only human thus far to compete in a pod race. He was also able to survive the Battle of Naboo, and he went on to improve his skills in flying and aerial combat. Throughout the Clone Wars, Anakin was known for being the best pilot in the Republic and was known for leading the charge in battles and coming out alive. He was very skilled in chasing down targets, shaking off-target locks, and outmaneuvering opponents. His strength in the Force also gave him quick reflexes, an ability that would help in dodging fire and focusing in on enemy targets. He also displayed incredible precognition, as he was capable of predicting his targets' movements during dogfights with pinpoint precision. He once managed to land the ''Invisible Hand'' when it was half-destroyed and breaking up in the atmosphere.<ref name="Episode III" />

After becoming Vader, he remained an exceptionally skilled pilot, as shown when he single-handedly almost destroyed Phoenix Squadron in a lone TIE Advanced x1, easily out-flying their entire fleet and forcing their command to abandon ship.<ref name="Siege of Lothal" /> He also obliterated several Alliance squadrons during the Battle of Vrogas Vas.<ref name="SW:VD" /> Despite this, Skywalker would occasionally be shot down during his combat piloting career,<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /> with Ahsoka Tano once proclaiming they always crashed when he flew, although Skywalker had a habit of blaming whatever ship it was he was flying.<ref name="Bounty Hunters" /> Although he mainly used lightsabers, Skywalker was extremely proficient at the use of [[blaster pistol]]s.<ref name="In Search of the Crystal" /> He also had some training on the use of [[Staff|staves]], a skill he once taught to a Felucian village so that they could defend themselves.<ref name="Bounty Hunters" /> Skywalker spoke [[Galactic Basic Standard]], [[Huttese]],<ref name="Episode I" /> [[Jawa Trade Talk|Jawa Trade Language]], and [[Meese Caulf]],<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" /> and he understood [[binary]]<ref name="Episode I" /> and the [[Bith (language)|Bith language]].<ref name="Friends and Enemies" /> As Vader, he learned the ancient [[Ur-Kittât|Sith tongue]], and he spoke it along with his master, Sidious.<ref name="LotS" />

==Equipment==
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===Clothing===
{{Quote|Your sleeves are cut to allow exaggerated movements of your arms. Likewise, the long tunic, which appears as if it would impede your movement, also allows freedom of motion. Of equal importance is the fact that in combat its swirling motion will distract an opponent's eyes.|Commander Thrawn analyzes Anakin Skywalker's Clone Wars-era uniform|<ref name="Thrawn: Alliances" />}}
[[File:AnakinsPadawanAttire-SW100Objects.png|thumb|left|150px|Skywalker's Padawan attire upon being taken as Obi-Wan Kenobi's Padawan.]]
As a slave on Tatooine, Skywalker wore a tan tunic. Equipped with tools, he was able to rebuild C-3PO and complete his own podracer. During the Battle of Naboo, he piloted a N-1 starfighter and wore a Naboo pilot's helmet. After becoming a part of the Jedi Order, he wore Jedi robes and was given a Padawan braid.<ref name="Episode I" /> He also kept a bit driver on himself, which he lost during the rescue of Yoda, and had his own lightsaber<ref name="Obi-Wan & Anakin" /> that was destroyed on Geonosis. Afterward, he was given a replacement saber that had a green blade for the arena battle<ref name="Episode II" /> before having a new lightsaber for the Clone Wars. During the early days of the war, Skywalker wore pieces of [[Jedi Commander armor|commander armor]] over his Jedi clothing.<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /> Later, he wore different Jedi robes without the armor,<ref name="Episode III" /> although he had donned the armor again when he met Commander Thrawn.<ref name="Thrawn Alliances second cover">''[[Thrawn: Alliances]]'' San Diego Comic-Con 2018 Exclusive Edition cover art</ref> Whilst undercover on the ''Halcyon'', Skywalker wore a brown and grey outfit, which defined his muscular build, that included a cape.<ref name="HL 3" />

[[File:FineArtPrints-Darth-Vader-The-Chosen-One.png|thumb|right|200px|Darth Vader, the man who was once Anakin Skywalker, relied on a suit of life support armor.]]
During the Clone Wars, Skywalker flew his own Delta-7B ''Aethersprite''-class light interceptor until, later in the conflict, he replaced it with the new Eta-2 ''Actis''-class light interceptor.<ref name="Ultimate SW" /> Both starfighters were yellow;<ref name="Downfall of a Droid" /><ref name="Episode III" /> at least in the case of the Eta-2, the color was a tribute to his old podracer.<ref name="Ultimate SW" /> Skywalker also kept the ''Twilight'', the freighter stolen from Teth<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /> that allowed him to go on undercover missions. From the ''Venator''-class Star Destroyer ''Resolute'', the Jedi General commanded a fleet of starships.<ref name="Downfall of a Droid" /> As a Jedi General, he could also he transported to battlefields aboard a Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry gunship.<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /> While trying to reach the Republic Center for Military Operations, Skywalker and Captain Rex flew in a [[Praxis Mk. I turbo speeder]].<ref name="The Jedi Who Knew Too Much" />

During his earliest days as a Sith Lord, Darth Vader continued to wear his Jedi robes and flew a green Eta-2 ''Actis''-class light interceptor. After burning on Mustafar, he was given his black life support armor that was also equipped with a black cape.<ref name="Episode III" /> After killing Kirak Infil'a and stealing his lightsaber, Vader bled the kyber crystal to make his own lightsaber,<ref name="Darth Vader 5" /> which he further modified after a failed assassination attempt. As a Sith, Vader flew a personal starship during the early days of the Empire,<ref name="Darth Vader 12" /> black Eta-2 fighters,<ref name="LotS" /> and the TIE Advanced x1.<ref name="Episode IV" /> Palpatine also gave Vader the old Naboo Royal Starship of Padmé Amidala.<ref name="Darth Vader 20" /> After being tortured by Sidious and left on Mustafar, Vader repaired his armor using parts from the remains of battle droids<ref name="DV 2020 7" /> and restored his green Eta-2. He also obtain an ancient wayfinder.<ref name="DV 2020 9" /> After again saying he would serve his Sith Master, his armor was repaired.<ref name="DV 2020 12" />

===Lightsabers===
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{{Quote|When I finished constructing my lightsaber, Obi-Wan said to me, 'Anakin, this weapon is your life.' This weapon is my life.|Anakin Skywalker, to Padmé Amidala|<ref name="Hostage Crisis" />}}
Anakin Skywalker wielded at least four lightsabers throughout his life. The first was a lightsaber constructed and used by Skywalker as a Padawan learner and Obi-Wan Kenobi's apprentice. When his lightsaber was destroyed on a droid factory assembly line on Geonosis, Skywalker briefly used a fallen Jedi's green-bladed weapon during the Battle of Geonosis and a lightsaber duel with Count Dooku, also the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus.<ref name="Episode II" /> Skywalker soon constructed a second blue-bladed weapon that was similar to his first, which he used throughout the Clone Wars, in which he battled a variety of opponents, from Dooku to his Sith apprentice Asajj Ventress,<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /> to bounty hunters such as Cad Bane.<ref name="Cargo of Doom" /> Even after Anakin Skywalker turned to the dark side and became the Sith Lord Darth Vader, he continued to use his Jedi weapon when he was ordered to attack the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and kill the Separatists on Mustafar. Following a duel with Kenobi on Mustafar, the former Jedi's master took the weapon after the now-Sith Lord's defeat;<ref name="Episode III" /> Kenobi eventually gave the weapon to Anakin's son, Luke.<ref name="Episode IV" /> Vader constructed a new weapon, one that was a black-alloy version of his original weapon with a red blade, that he used throughout the Imperial Era. The Sith Lord used his lightsaber against surviving Jedi, including his former Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano<ref name="Twilight of the Apprentice" /> and several rematches with his old master Kenobi.<ref name="Part IV" /><ref name="Episode IV" /> Although Vader's lightsaber won in battle against Luke's use of Anakin's lightsaber,<ref name="Episode V" /> the Sith's lightsaber would be lost in his final duel with Luke and his death.<ref name="Episode VI" />

==Behind the scenes==
===Development===
{{Quote|What drove me to make these movies is that this is a really interesting story about how people go bad. In this particular case, the premise is: Nobody thinks they're bad. They simply have different points of view. This is about a kid that's really wonderful. He has some flaws&mdash;and those flaws ultimately do him in. The core issue, ultimately, is greed, possessiveness&mdash;the inability to let go. Not only to hold on to material things, which is greed, but to hold on to life, to the people you love&mdash;to not accept the reality of life's passages and changes, which is to say things come, things go. Everything changes. Anakin becomes emotionally attached to things, his mother, his wife. That's why he falls&mdash;because he does not have the ability to let go.|George Lucas|<ref name="Making of Episode III">''[[The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith]]''</ref>}}
[[File:MCQ-deakvader.jpg|thumb|left|268px|Concept art of Darth Vader fighting the character that would become Luke Skywalker]]
Anakin Skywalker, originally introduced as Darth Vader, made his first appearance as one of the primary antagonists in [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']].<ref name="Episode IV" /> As the ''Star Wars'' universe continued to evolve, Skywalker's character would be developed and explored in detail, with [[George Lucas]] eventually making him into a central figure in the six initial ''Star Wars'' films. The character's popularity and focus would make him into a mascot of sorts for the ''Star Wars'' franchise, most commonly depicted in merchandise as the suited Vader.<ref name="Empire of Dreams">''[[Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy]]''</ref> ''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]'' claimed Lucas intended the name "Darth Vader" to suggest "dark father."<ref name="BtM">''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''</ref>

The character of Darth Vader was not originally planned to be a suited cyborg. In the original scripts for ''A New Hope'', the name "Darth Vader" was given to a normal Imperial general. The concept of a cybernetic Vader was created when the concept artist drew the opening scene where ''Tantive IV'' was being boarded. It was initially imagined that Darth Vader would fly through space to enter the ship, necessitating a suit and breathing mask. This suit was later made permanent and incorporated in the story. Vader's usage of an all-black uniform, alongside his devotion to Emperor Palpatine, was also intended to be an analogy to the [[Wikipedia:Schutzstaffel|''Schutzstaffel'' (SS)]] in Nazi Germany.<ref name="SW:TMOM 146">{{BookCite|author=Mary Henderson|title=Star Wars: The Magic of Myth|publisher=Bantam Spectra|date=1997|pages=146}}</ref>

[[File:Anakin_Skywalker_Episode_1_Concept_Art.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Concept art of Anakin Skywalker as a child]]
In order to keep the "big secret" of [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']] under wraps from potential film spies, Lucas actually used a diversion technique: actor [[David Prowse]] was instructed to say, "Obi-Wan killed your father" during filming. Later, [[James Earl Jones]]' voice was dubbed in, revealing the actual truth of Vader's progeny in the famous line, "''I'' am your father." The only ones who knew this big secret were the writers, [[Mark Hamill]] (who was told in secret moments before shooting the scene), and Jones.<ref name="Empire of Dreams" /> There have been claims that George Lucas took the name "Anakin" from his friend and fellow film director Ken Annakin. However, Lucas denied this via his publicist following Annakin's death in 2009.<ref name="kenannakin">{{WebCite|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ken-annakin24-2009apr24,0,3633303.story|text=Ken Annakin dies at 94; British director of 'Swiss Family Robinson' and others|archivedate=20090427111703}}</ref>

In Lucas's draft script for [[Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi|''Star Wars'': Episode VI ''Return of the Jedi'']], Vader would have encountered Yoda and Kenobi once more when the Force spirits of both Jedi Masters appeared aboard the second Death Star, deflecting Darth Sidious's Force lightning when he attacked Luke Skywalker. Another change came at the end of the film: the redeemed Anakin Skywalker, along with Yoda and Kenobi, would have returned to life and received a hug from his son. Writing about this draft script for the ''[[Star Wars Insider]]'' article "[[Rewind of the Jedi]]," [[James Floyd]] joked that Skywalker's survival could have swayed Ben Solo away from the dark side due to his experience on such matters.<ref name="Rewind of the Jedi">{{InsiderCite|218|Rewind of the Jedi}}</ref>

Darth Vader's burned helmet appears in the [[2015]] film [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'']], the first entry within the [[sequel trilogy]]. Having Anakin appear in the film as a Force spirit or in a Force vision was a topic of debate among the filmmakers: concept artist [[Iain McCaig]], while inspired by the phrase "When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow," created a [[2013]] artwork depicting Anakin's ghost morphing back and forth between both of his identities.<ref name="TFA Art">''[[The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''</ref> However, according to [[Phil Szostak]], McCaig pitched the idea but was unprompted by [[J.J. Abrams]] or any member of the film's crew.<ref>{{Twitter|PhilSzostak|status/911703965741473792|[[Phil Szostak]]|archivedate=20181223222058|nobackup=1}}</ref> As far as Szostak recalls, Anakin's Force ghost artwork was not from an early film draft or treatment.<ref>{{Twitter|PhilSzostak|status/911704659663798272|[[Phil Szostak]]|archivedate=20181223222154|nobackup=1}}</ref> Skywalker actor [[Hayden Christensen]] was originally approached to reprise the role, but Anakin's inclusion in the film was ultimately dropped,<ref>{{WebCite|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/28/concept-art-hayden-christensen-star-wars-the-force-awakens|text=Concept art suggests Hayden Christensen once eyed for Star Wars: The Force Awakens|author=Child, Ben|date=2015-12-28|work=The Guardian|archivedate=20170621113544}}</ref> although Christensen has since returned to the role on several occasions,<ref name="Part VI" /><ref name="Part Five" /> including a vocal cameo in the sequel trilogy's [[2019]] finale [[Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker|''Star Wars'': Episode IX ''The Rise of Skywalker'']].<ref name="Episode VIII" />

On both the [[2005]] DVD cover of [[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'']] and the film's poster, the scar on the right side of Skywalker's face is absent.

Anakin, along with certain actions of his, have been represented by numerous musical motifs during the film scores. These include "[[Anakin's Theme]]," "[[Anakin's Betrayal]]," "[[Anakin's Dark Deeds]]," "[[Across the Stars]]" (his love theme with Padmé), and "[[The Imperial March]]" (as Darth Vader).

===Darth Vader as a cultural figure===
[[File:DarthVader-CotF.jpg|thumb|left|213px|Vader's image has joined other mythic and historical figures as a symbol for evil.]]
Due to his central role in the films, Vader has entered the public consciousness as one of the most iconic characters in cinema history<ref name="SpecialEdition">{{SideshowCite|set=Movie Masterpiece Series|packtype=Sixth Scale Figure|pack=Darth Vader (2026, Special Edition)|link=collectibles/star-wars-darth-vader-hot-toys-914499?var=9144991}}</ref> and a quintessential frightening villain; the [[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] list of the greatest movie villains placed him third, after Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates.<ref name="heroesvillains">{{WebCite|url=http://www.afi.com/100years/handv.aspx|text=American Film Institute - 100 Greatest Heroes & Villains|archivedate=20181214040946}}</ref> Further, the character has come to represent power, tragedy, and redemption.<ref name="SpecialEdition" /> Lord Vader's powerful, basso profondo voice coupled with his heavy, eerie breathing is easily recognizable to moviegoers&mdash; it is symbolic of his transformation from a man of the light to an evil cyborg.

Vader has been heavily parodied and imitated by other characters in popular culture.<ref name="TV Tropes">{{WebCite|url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarthVaderClone|text=Darth Vader Clone - TV Tropes|archivedate=20180402040159}}</ref> He has been mocked by such figures as "[[Heinz Darthenshmirtz]]" in ''[[Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars]]'',<ref name="PandFSW">''[[Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars]]''</ref> "Dark Helmet" from [[Wikipedia:Spaceballs|''Spaceballs'']], and countless other parodies from cartoons, such as "Duck Vader" from Tiny Toon Adventures and "Darth Koopa" from the ''Super Mario Bros.'' TV series. Other fictional characters follow Vader's archetype in a more serious manner. One example would be "Death's Hand" from the video game Jade Empire&mdash;who was similarly imprisoned in a suit of armor, including a masked helmet, although using magic rather than cybernetics. Other similar character would be [https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Doppler Dr Doppler], the main antagonist from the videogame [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_X3 Rockman X3] who after similarly being corrupted by a different character, modified his own body and later sacrificed himself to destroy the villain, save the protagonist and redeem himself. Another example is the primary antagonist of [[W:c:finalfantasy:Final Fantasy IV|''Final Fantasy IV'']], [[W:c:finalfantasy:Golbez|Golbez]], who [[W:c:finalfantasy:Takashi Tokita|Takashi Tokita]] stated was based on Darth Vader. Similar to Vader, Golbez had been turned to evil by an outside influence due to traumatic experiences, primarily wore dark armor after his fall, and was a relative of the main protagonist (his brother, in this case).<ref>{{WebCite|url=http://www.1up.com/features/final-fantasy-iv-creator-conversation|text=A Conversation With the Creator of Final Fantasy IV from 1UP.com|archivedate=20160525135954}}</ref> The incarnation of [[W:c:batman:Bane (Tom Hardy)|Bane]] in the [[Wikipedia:Batman|Batman]] film [[W:c:batman:The Dark Knight Rises|''The Dark Knight Rises'']] also takes inspiration from Vader, particularly due to his hulking size and high intellect (retained from other incarnations of the character), along with his unique mask and distinctive breathing.<ref>{{WebCite|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-christopher-nolan-says-tom-hardys-bane-has-a-little-bit-of-darth-vader-120318|text=The Dark Knight Rises: Christopher Nolan Says Tom Hardy's Bane Has 'A Little Bit Of Darth Vader'|archivedate=20181223221354}}</ref> Within ''Star Wars'' canon, the character of Kylo Ren is not only inspired by Vader, but aspires to be like him [[in-universe]] and has a similar appearance and personality to Anakin prior to his injuries.<ref name="Episode VII" />

Vader was also referenced in the 1982 ''Space: 1999'' compilation film ''Cosmic Princess'', as Captain Duro from the Year Two episode "Space Warp" was renamed "Vader, commander of the Whills Interplanetary Starfleet" in reference to the [[Journal of the Whills, Part I|''Journal of the Whills'']], by George Lucas.<ref>{{WebCite|url=http://catacombs.space1999.net/main/epguide/t00cp.html|text=Cosmic Princess Episode Guide - Space: 1999 Catacombs|archivedate=20180311010405}}</ref>

Furthermore, Darth Vader's name has become a synonym for frightening evil. During the later phase of its construction, [[Wikipedia:Washington National Cathedral|Washington National Cathedral]] held a competition for children to design new [[Wikipedia:Grotesque|grotesques]] for the west towers. One winner was [http://www.nationalcathedral.org/about/darthVader.shtml a design featuring Darth Vader] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20181119085153/https://cathedral.org/what-to-see/exterior/vader backup link]).

Lucas once mentioned in an interview that he based Darth Vader on the android villain Hakaider from the 1972&ndash;73 live-action Japanese television series ''Jinzo Ningen Kikaider'', which he watched while visiting Japan in the early 1970s. The book ''[[Star Wars: The Complete Vader]]'' explored the cultural impact of the Vader character in detail.<ref name="The Complete Vader">''[[Star Wars: The Complete Vader]]''</ref>

[[File:Star_Wars_Volkswagen_Commercial.jpg|thumb|right|229px|A boy dressed as Vader in an advertisement for Volkswagen]]
In [[2011]] and [[2012]], the luxury car company Volkswagen aired two Super Bowl commercials featuring the character of Darth Vader. The first ad was entitled "[[The Force (Volkswagen)|The Force]]" and featured a young boy wearing a costume of Darth Vader's armor. The boy attempted to use the Force to pull his parents' car to him but ran away when the car's alarm sounded, his parents watching from the window. The 2012 commercial aired after a different ad for Volkswagen that did not feature Vader. It featured Darth Vader strangling Doctor [[Cornelius Evazan]] because Evazan had commented that the new commercial was more moving than the Vader one from the previous year.<ref name="Super Bowl 2012">{{SWArchive|url=news/volkswagen_cantina_super_bowl_ad.html|text=Volkswagen Returns to the ''Star Wars'' Cantina}}</ref>

===Portrayal===
{{Quote|Finding the right voice for Darth Vader was another challenge. Lucas never intended to use the on-set vocal performance of David Prowse.|Narrator Robert Clotworthy|<ref name="Empire of Dreams" />}}
Darth Vader, as he was initially established, was portrayed on-set by [[David Prowse]] in the [[original trilogy]], while [[James Earl Jones]] provided the iconic voice of the suited Vader,<ref name="Episode V" /> a role that he reprised for ''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'',<ref name="Episode III" /> ''[[Star Tours: The Adventures Continue]]'',<ref name="SW obituary">{{SW|url=news/james-earl-jones|text=James Earl Jones: 1931-2024}}</ref> ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'',<ref name="Spark of Rebellion" /> ''[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]'',<ref name="EWJune">{{WebCite|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/23/darth-vader-rogue-one-star-wars|text=Darth Vader Lives!|author=Breznican, Anthony|date=2016-06-23|work=Entertainment Weekly|archivedate=20180710201541}}</ref> ''Star Wars'': Episode IX ''The Rise of Skywalker'',<ref name="Episode IX" /> and the ''[[Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi]]'' television series.<ref name="Part III" /><ref name="SW obituary" /> [[Sebastian Shaw]] played the dying Anakin, his head freed from his cybernetic armor in ''Star Wars'': Episode VI ''Return of the Jedi''.<ref name="Episode VI" />

[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']] featured Anakin Skywalker as a nine-year-old boy, a role that was landed by then child actor [[Jake Lloyd]]<ref name="Episode I" /> after casting director [[Robin Gurland]] looked at three thousand different actors to play the role.<ref name="TP">[[Star Wars Trivial Pursuit]]</ref> Hayden Christensen played Skywalker in both [[Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones|''Star Wars'': Episode II ''Attack of the Clones'']] and ''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith''.<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Episode III" /> Christensen auditioned for the role of adult Skywalker with no concept that he would get the part.<ref name="Return">''[[Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return]]''</ref> Christensen and [[Ewan McGregor]], the actor who played Kenobi in the [[prequel trilogy]], practiced lightsaber rehearsals, which Christensen said was the most fun he had, and he described it as "playing with your friend every day."<ref name="17 year">{{WebCite|url=https://ew.com/tv/obi-wan-kenobi-ewan-mcgregor-hayden-christensen-cover-story|text=Inside the 17-year journey to reunite Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen for ''Obi-Wan Kenobi''|author=Ross, Dalton|date=2022-03-10|archivedate=20220310151626}}</ref>

Christensen's voice was later heard in a cameo in Episode IX ''The Rise of Skywalker''.<ref name="Episode IX" /> Hayden Christensen reprised the role of Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader in the ''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' television series, alongside Jones.<ref name="Part III" />

In the [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' film]], [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|television series]], ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'', ''[[Star Wars Forces of Destiny]]'', and ''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (television series)|Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi]]'' the character of Anakin Skywalker was voiced by [[Matt Lanter]].<ref name="CloneWarsFilm" /> In ''Rogue One'', Vader is portrayed by both [[Spencer Wilding]] and [[Daniel Naprous]].<ref>{{WebCite|url=http://makingstarwars.net/2016/04/spencer-wilding-to-play-darth-vader-in-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story|text=Spencer Wilding to Play Darth Vader in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story?|author=Ward, Jason|date=2016-11-04|work=MakingStarWars.net|archivedate=20181204061931}}</ref><ref>{{WebCite|url=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/rogue-one-why-it-took-multiple-actors-to-play-darth-vader-exclusive-180501988.html|text=Rogue One: Why it took multiple actors to play Darth Vader (exclusive)|author=Butler, Tom|date=2016-12-14|work=Yahoo Movies|archivedate=20181116195624}}</ref> [[Lucasfilm]] president [[Kathleen Kennedy]] said that Christensen was not considered to play Vader in ''Rogue One'' because the scene of Vader chasing the rebels "was just such a specific action sequence." Christensen was not part of any of the conversations about ''Rogue One'', but he loved what the film did with the character and he thought it was brilliant.<ref name="17 year" />

Prowse was originally intended to talk in Vader's armor, although his West Country accent made Vader seem too silly, so his voice was quickly replaced. Jones decided to do the voice work, as the need for Vader to sound intimidating matched his own voice.<ref name="Empire of Dreams">''[[Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy]]''</ref> Prowse, however, was not aware that his voice was replaced until the film's release. Jones was not credited until Episode VI, as he felt he did not deserve the credit due to only supplying his voice for Vader. For fight scenes in Episodes V and VI, swordsman [[Bob Anderson]] wore the suit. In new footage shot for the [[The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition|Special Edition]] of the original trilogy, actor and former [[Industrial Light & Magic]] visual effects artist [[C. Andrew Nelson]] played the infamous Dark Lord.

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In the original ''Return of the Jedi'', Skywalker's redeemed Force ghost was a robust, middle-aged to elderly man with graying brown hair and a kindly face, but upon release of the Special Edition DVD of ''Return of the Jedi'', Skywalker is in his twenties just before his fall to the dark side. George Lucas stated that redeemed Jedi would revert as a Force ghost to their pre-fall form.

In ''Revenge of the Sith'', Christensen briefly wore the Vader suit, which the costume department specifically designed to fit his body.<ref name="Vader's armor old DB">{{DB|technology|darthvaderssuit|Darth Vader's suit}}</ref> The actor had a difficult time moving around in the suit, and it was extremely rigid. When he told Lucas about this, the director suggested that wearing the suit should feel very mechanical and unnatural.<ref name="Specialist">{{WebCite|url=https://ew.com/tv/hayden-christensen-obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-darth-vader-movement-specialist|text=Hayden Christensen says his ''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' character had a 'Vader movement specialist'|author=Ross, Dalton|date=2022-05-24|archivedate=20220524141658}}</ref> His stand-in double for the UK shoot was [[Christian Simpson|Christian J Simpson]], who also played alongside the young Skywalker in Episode I as [[Bravo Six/Legends|Bravo Six]], Lt. [[Gavyn Sykes/Legends|Gavyn Sykes]]. The few lines of the suited Vader speaking are of Jones, but at one time, there was some debate over this. Some fans believed that he did not participate at all, since his name does not appear in the credits of ''Revenge of the Sith'', and the voice heard in the first trailer for the movie was Christensen's, albeit altered digitally. The matter was settled with the Summer 2005 issue of [[Starlog (magazine)|''Starlog'']], in which producer [[Rick McCallum]] stated they had Jones for a partial day of work on ''Revenge of the Sith''.

In the [[Star Wars Legends|Legends]] [[Star Wars (radio)|radio-drama adaptations]], [[Brock Peters]] performed as Vader, with [[David Birney]] performing as Skywalker on the final episode of the ''Return of the Jedi'' radio drama. Legacy audio of Peters was used for the [[canon]]ical [[2015]] release [[A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD|''Episode IV: A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD'']]. In the [[Star Wars: Clone Wars|''Clone Wars'' cartoon]], Skywalker was voiced by [[Frankie Ryan Manriquez]] as a child and [[Mat Lucas]] as an adult. In ''The Clone Wars'' CGI series and its feature film, the character is voiced by Matt Lanter. For many of the ''Star Wars'' video games, including ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Force Commander]]'', and [[Star Wars: TIE Fighter (video game)|''Star Wars: TIE Fighter'']], Vader was voiced by [[Scott Lawrence]]; in titles, such as ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Empire at War]]'', [[Matthew Sloan]], who provides the voice of Vader in the [[Wikipedia:Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager|''Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'']] shorts, provides Vader's voice.

In the Japanese localizations, [[Wikipedia:Daisuke Namikawa|Daisuke Namikawa]] acts as the voice of Anakin as an adult, while as young Anakin, [[Wikipedia:Akiko Yajima|Akiko Yajima]] provides his voice in the Clone Wars. As Darth Vader, the voice is provided by [[Wikipedia:Tōru Ōhira|Tōru Ōhira]] in most incarnations starting with the DVD release, save for ''Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds'' (where he is voiced by [[Wikipedia:Ryūzaburō Ōtomo|Ryūzaburō Ōtomo]]), and a number of other substitute voices in the original films. Ōhira also by proxy, reprises his role in the Japanese version of ''[[Soulcalibur IV|SoulCalibur IV]]''. After Ōhira's death, the role was taken up by [[Wikipedia:Taiten Kusunoki|Taiten Kusunoki]] for ''Rebels'' onwards.

In the original ending of ''Rogue One'', the final scene for Darth Vader was not him attacking and chasing the Rebels with the Death Star plans. Instead, Vader was going to kill Krennic.<ref name="Krennic fate">{{WebCite|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-darth-vader-killed-krennic|text=Darth Vader Killed This Character In the Original 'Rogue One' Ending|author=Sciretta, Peter|date=2017-03-21|work=Slashfilm|archivedate=20180103130003}}</ref> In the comic series ''[[Star Wars: Bounty Hunters]]'', Vader is drawn in a very kinetic fashion by artist [[Paolo Villanelli]], whose favorite ''Star Wars'' character is none-other-than Vader. In fact, it was Villanelli's love for Vader that convinced writer [[Ethan Sacks]] to push for his inclusion. To ensure he could use the Sith Lord, he spoke with line editor [[Mark Paniccia]] and [[Greg Pak]], writer of the concurrent ''[[Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020)|Star Wars: Darth Vader]]'' comic series. To Sacks, the kinetic way Villanelli draw Vader was proof of his love for the character. In an interview with ''[[Star Wars Insider]]'' where he said as such, he also lauded Pak for the way he was able to get into Vader's character in ''Darth Vader''.<ref name="224 Sacks Interview">{{InsiderCite|224|Sacks Appeal}}</ref>

===''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' and ''Ahsoka''===
{{Quote|Vader is played by three people, we all worked together to create the best Darth Vader in cinematic history. It's me, it's Hayden [Christensen], It's Tom [O'Connell]. We are a symbiosis. We all contributed our strengths to create the best representation of the character.[&hellip;] Hayden and I both act in the Darth Vader scenes, we bring the character and the emotions (and the pain, suffering, anger) I'm 6'7 so when you see a full body shot it looks better having an actor, vs a CGI creation. Tom specializes in the fighting. The fights are Tom. Full body with Helmet On is me, Hayden carries the heaviest burden of all, the pain and betrayal of his best friend and once mentor.|Dmitrious Bistrevsky|<ref name="Dmitrious Instagram">{{Instagram|username=demeet2k|url=p/CeQUuOyOkLa|name=Dmitrious Bistrevsky|quote=The Cats out of the bag. I LIKE CATS 🐈‍⬛ It was dark and heavy playing the character, it tore me up from the inside. But you've already seen my favorite scene of filming "street scene". It was my introduction to set, and my first day of filming and meeting everyone after 5 months of training 10hrs a day for the role (...) On set I was usually in meditation, staying the headspace of the character, so I honestly don't know what was going on around me. (...) Some scenes required switch back and forth between multiple people. It took a village. (...) I learned all my lines like everyone else. But we found out earlier on that when I spoke with anger it shook the helmet. So we had a voice actor on set, my friend Dorian, he would voice act the scene, and I would act to his intensity while adding my own character choices. We danced together to create the performance alongside my movement coach/consultant Olga Sokolova. Her and I have a secret hand language so she would be giving me notes in real time as well. It was a great big dance, it shouldn't have worked, but it worked out beautifully. (...) Yes, There was. It happened once, there was a tremor. (...) Vader is played by three people, we all worked together to create the best Darth Vader in cinematic history. It's me, it's Hayden , It's Tom. We are a symbiosis. We all contributed our strengths to create the best representation of the character. (...) Hayden and I both act in the Darth Vader scenes, we bring the character and the emotions (and the pain, suffering, anger) I'm 6'7 so when you see a full body shot it looks better having an actor, vs a CGI creation. Tom specializes in the fighting. The fights are Tom. Full body with Helmet On is me, Hayden carries the heaviest burden of all, the pain and betrayal of his best friend and once mentor. (...) Hayden wore the suit, I wore the suit, Tom wore the suit. We all worked together to create the best character we possibly can. We are a team.|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/MIwJG}}</ref>}}
In a meeting, writer [[Stuart Beattie]] explained that his two core ideas for an Obi-Wan Kenobi project involved Kenobi leaving Tatooine and coming face-to-face with Darth Vader. He was told that neither of those could happen, so he cited ''Return of the Jedi'' when Vader told Luke Skywalker that Kenobi once believed there was still good in him. Beattie explained that this never happened in ''Revenge of the Sith'', which convinced them that he had a point. He added that people would need to believe that Vader killed Anakin Skywalker. This convinced the team to hire Beattie to write the script for the first of three Kenobi feature films. One of his main purposes in writing the story was to show Kenobi going on a journey to accept the fact that Anakin Skywalker had been killed by Vader.<ref name="Vader originally won battle">{{WebCite|url=https://thedirect.com/article/obi-wan-kenobi-darth-vader-final-battle-exclusive|text=Darth Vader Originally Won Obi-Wan Kenobi's Final Battle (Exclusive)|author=Johnson, Nathan|date=2022-07-06|archivedate=20220706175516}}</ref>

[[File:Obi-WanKenobiVsDarthVaderConceptArt.png|thumb|right|230px|Concept art of a lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader]]
Beattie wrote Vader as being obsessed with Kenobi and revenge. From the beginning of Beattie's story, Emperor Palpatine would tell Vader to forget Kenobi and focus on the present problems. The film would begin with Vader taking on five Jedi and killing them, which Beattie wanted to establish that Vader was "the big Jedi killer." In one scene, Palpatine sent Vader to crush a rebel uprising and he was trying to forget Kenobi. Vader told Palpatine that Kenobi and Yoda were the two biggest threats, causing Palpatine to get angry and remind Vader of his place.<ref name="Vader originally won battle" /> Kenobi told the Inquisitor Reva that Vader was Anakin Skywalker, allowing her realize she had been wrong the whole time. Reva then told Vader that she killed Kenobi, prompting him to kill the Inquisitor. This action saved Kenobi and ended Vader's obsession with the Jedi Master.<ref name="Reva killed in script">{{WebCite|url=https://thedirect.com/article/obi-wan-kenobi-reva-killed-script-exclusive|text='Obi-Wan Kenobi' Killed Off Reva In Original Script (Exclusive)|author=Johnson, Nathan|date=2022-06-28|archivedate=20220628185911}}</ref> Vader and Kenobi would duel on a space station that was falling apart in the atmosphere of a large planet. The whole story would build up to Kenobi taking off or slashing Vader's helmet and giving him a scar. Vader would push Kenobi off and he would not have the chance to find Kenobi. Seeing Skywalker's face would have convinced Kenobi that Vader killed Skywalker. Beattie found it important to separate the two during the duel because he believed Kenobi would kill Vader if he had the chance. At the end of the story, Vader would believe Kenobi was dead, which would explain why Vader stopped hunting Kenobi and justify why he was shocked to learn that his master was alive in ''A New Hope''. Beattie's story was eventually turned into the first season of the ''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' television series.<ref name="Vader originally won battle" />

During production of the series, the creative team began remapping Kenobi's story and they went through an internal debate about whether Vader should return.<ref name="17 year" /> Director [[Deborah Chow]] wanted Vader to return because he was important to Kenobi in his life.<ref name="Return of Vader">{{WebCite|url=https://ew.com/tv/obi-wan-kenobi-director-explains-darth-vader-return|text=''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' director explains the return of Darth Vader|author=Ross, Dalton|date=2022-03-24|archivedate=20220324161912}}</ref> She believed that there is a "love-story dynamic" between Kenobi and Vader, so she felt like it was difficult to not include the person who left Kenobi in a state of anguish. Chow was intrigued by the idea that Kenobi might still care deeply about Vader despite what he had become.<ref name="Rebellion televised">{{WebCite|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/star-wars-cover-the-rebellion-will-be-televised|text=''Star Wars:'' The Rebellion Will Be Televised|author=Breznican, Anthony|date=2022-05-17|work=[[Wikipedia:Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']]|archivedate=20220517110251}}</ref> The debate carried on for a long time and was talked about constantly.<ref name="17 year" /> The crew questioned whether introducing Vader in the story would detract from their duel on the Death Star in ''A New Hope''.<ref name="Rebellion televised" /> The team was aware that they were under a high level of scrutiny from the fans, and they figured a story point such as Vader returning would be highly scrutinized. Eventually, it was decided that Vader would appear in the series and he would be played by Christensen again. Writer [[Joby Harold]] thought it was important to have Christensen be a part of the project because he was a massive part of the character. Harold said that the whole crew made it a priority to handle Vader with as much care as possible "to honor one of the greatest villains and antagonists in the history of entertainment."<ref name="17 year" />

When Harold was writing Vader, he wanted to trump Vader's scene in the ending of ''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story''. At one point, Vader was a lot more extreme, though Harold got pulled back a little bit. For the scenes on Mapuzo, Harold decided that Vader had to express his feelings in action to reveal the character beneath.<ref name="Vader terrifying">{{WebCite|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/06/obi-wan-kenobi-explained|text=''Obi-Wan Kenobi:'' Darth Vader Was Originally Even More Terrifying|author=Breznican, Anthony|date=2022-06-03|work=[[Wikipedia:Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']]|archivedate=20220603154447}}</ref> During the writing process, Harold thought of having Kenobi learn that Anakin Skywalker survived their duel on Mustafar to get the series to a place of intense drama for Kenobi. He first had to ask<ref name="Harold justified">{{WebCite|url=https://www.thewrap.com/why-obi-wan-didnt-know-anakin-was-alive-vader-joby-harold|text=How 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Writer Justified Obi-Wan Not Knowing Anakin Was Alive|author=Chitwood, Adam|date=2022-06-02|work=[[Wikipedia:TheWrap|''The Wrap'']]|archivedate=20220602152919}}</ref> ''Star Wars'' lore advisor<ref name="Part I" /> [[Pablo Hidalgo]] how much Kenobi knows during the show's time period, and Harold was given permission to use the scene.<ref name="Harold justified" /> Harold had Kenobi and Vader duel in the series because he found that there was no line in a ''A New Hope'' that said they could not. Harold said the key to the duel on Mapuzo and Vader is feeling and articulating the range and anger under it all. He also wanted to find ways to feel the rivalry between the characters and to define the opportunities that are present in the fight.<ref name="Leia Secret">{{WebCite|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/obi-wan-kenobi-leia-disney-1235160356|text='Obi-Wan Kenobi' Writer Joby Harold Relieved Leia Was Kept Secret|author=Davids, Brian|date=2022-06-07|work=[[Wikipedia:The Hollywood Reporter|''The Hollywood Reporter'']]|archivedate=20220607180506}}</ref>

[[File:HaydenChristensenTrainsWithRossKohnstam.png|thumb|left|200px|Hayden Christensen training for a lightsaber duel with Ross Kohnstam]]
In the fall of [[2019]],<ref name="Rebellion televised" /> director [[Deborah Chow]] went to Christensen's farm to make her pitch in person. Chow talked about the project and her vision for it.<ref name="17 year" /> She promised that Vader would add a new dimension that could reframe the way fans look at their duel in ''A New Hope''.<ref name="Rebellion televised" /> Christensen thought it sounded wonderful and was excited to return to ''Star Wars''. When Christensen first came on the set, Chow thought it was intense to have an iconic character and that she was able to direct and film new scenes with him.<ref name="17 year" /> When Chow became the showrunner, she championed a rematch between Kenobi and Vader as Lucasfilm contemplated going that route. In [[March]], [[2020]], Vader's return was finalized.<ref name="Rebellion televised" />

To prepare for playing Vader again, Christensen watched all of the ''Star Wars'' films, ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', and ''Star Wars Rebels'',<ref name="Kenobi preparation">{{WebCite|url=https://ew.com/tv/star-wars-obi-wan-kenobi-darth-vader-hayden-christensen-clone-wars-rebels|text=Hayden Christensen binged ''Star Wars'' animated shows to prepare for ''Obi-Wan Kenobi''|author=Ross, Dalton|date=2022-04-19|archivedate=20220419153635}}</ref> and he read some of the comics.<ref name="Kino Plus">{{YouTube|video=xQ7OZxXNgKA|text=Star Wars Spin-Off OBI-WAN KENOBI: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram & Deborah Chow|channel=@KinoPlus|name=Kino Plus}}</ref> He also practiced with a lightsaber with McGregor's stunt double, [[Ross Kohnstam]].<ref name="Rebellion televised" /> Harold said that Vader's shadow was cast over much of production of the show and Vader was written to be there emotionally for Kenobi and possibly beyond.<ref name="Vader photos">{{WebCite|url=https://ew.com/tv/darth-vader-obi-wan-kenobi-hayden-christensen-exclusive-photo|text=Holy Sith! Exclusive first look at Darth Vader in ''Obi-Wan Kenobi''|author=Ross, Dalton|date=2022-03-10|archivedate=20220310150253}}</ref> Vader was meant to not be as fully formed as he was in ''A New Hope''.<ref name="Return of Vader" /> Chow and the crew made sure that Darth Vader was not overused in order to keep the character's mystique.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes TV">{{YouTube|video=K-BiOMIR6NM|text='Obi-Wan Kenobi' Star Ewan McGregor Explains Why He Sounds So 'Alec Guinness-y' &#124; Rotten Tomatoes TV|channel=@RottenTomatoesTV|name=Rotten Tomatoes TV}}</ref>

[[File:VaderStuntDoublesandMovementCoach.png|thumb|right|200px|Darth Vader was played by stunt doubles Tom O'Connell (left) and Dmitrious Bistrevsky (right), and their movement coordinator was Olga Sokolova]]
Vader was played by Christensen, [[Dmitrious Bistrevsky]], and [[Tom O'Connell]].<ref name="Dmitrious Instagram" /> Christensen wore a Vader costume that was very hot and heavy, but there was an under-layer with cooling liquid in it. Between takes, Christensen was plugged into a device that circulated the liquid and helped him cool down. Christensen said that the mechanical element made him feel more like Vader.<ref name="Timeout">{{WebCite|url=https://www.timeout.com/film/hayden-christensen-darth-vader-obi-wan-kenobi-interview|text=Hayden Christensen interview: 'It's great to hide behind a mask'|author=Huddleston, Tom|date=2022-05-16|work=[[Wikipedia:Time Out (magazine)|''Time Out'']]|archivedate=20220516140502}}</ref> The costume also had tinted helmet lenses.<ref name="17 year" /> [[Olga Sokolova]], a choreographer and "Vader movement specialist," made sure that Christensen moved and walked correctly in the suit. This was done because the actor wanted to stay true to how Vader moves and how he is perceived by fans.<ref name="Specialist" /> It took Christensen nine months to gain 25-30 pounds to fit in the suit.<ref name="Fatherly">{{WebCite|url=https://www.fatherly.com/entertainment/hayden-christensen-fatherhood-obi-wan-kenobi-darth-vader-anakin-skywalker|text=Hayden Christensen on Darth Vader, Millennial Star Wars Fans, & Fatherhood|author=Britt, Ryan|date=2022-06-16|work=[[Wikipedia:Fatherly|Fatherly]]|archivedate=20220616170448}}</ref> Bistrevsky wore the suit during full body shots with the helmet on while O'Connell wore the suit during fighting scenes. Bistrevsky spent five months of training for the role and he learned all of his lines. He said that it was dark and heavy in the suit. While on set, he used meditation to stay in Vader's mindset. Some scenes required switching back and forth between multiple actors. Sokolova worked as Bistrevsky's movement coach and consultant, and she gave him notes in real time via a secret hand language. The first scene shot of Bistrevsky was the street scene on Mapuzo. Bistrevsky quickly learned that speaking with anger made the helmet shake, so his friend Dorian voice acted the scene, and Bistrevsky would act to his intensity while adding his own character voices.<ref name="Dmitrious Instagram" />

When Christensen spoke Vader's lines on set, he pulled aspects from James Earl Jones' delivery and intonation.<ref name="Christensen Jones voice">{{WebCite|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hayden-christensen-james-earl-jones-darth-vader-star-wars-obi-wan-kenobi-170656861.html|text=Hayden Christensen talks playing a 'more brutal' Darth Vader in 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' and reveals that he still hasn't met James Earl Jones|author=Alter, Ethan|date=2022-06-13|work=[[Wikipedia:Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)|Yahoo! Entertainment]]|archivedate=20220613171708}}</ref> [[Skywalker Sound]] hired the [[Wikipedia:Ukraine|Ukrainian]] start-up company [[Respeecher]] to artificially create Vader's voice for the series, which uses archival recordings and a proprietary A.I. algorithm to create new dialogue with the voices of performers. Respeecher, which also created the voice of young Luke Skywalker for ''[[Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett]]'', was used because Jones's voice has altered with age and he has stepped back from the role. After ''The Rise of Skywalker'', Jones had mentioned he was looking into winding down Vader. [[Matthew Wood]] presented Jones with Respeecher's work, and the actor signed off on using his archival voice recordings to keep Vader alive and vital even by artificial means.<ref name="Respeecher">{{WebCite|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/darth-vaders-voice-emanated-from-war-torn-ukraine|text=Darth Vader's Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine|author=Breznican, Anthony|date=2022-09-23|work=[[Wikipedia:Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']]|archivedate=20220923151721}}</ref>

Jones is credited for guiding the performance on ''Obi-Wan Kenobi''. Wood described his contribution as "a benevolent godfather." They informed the actor about their plans for Vader and heeded his advice on how to stay on the right course. Respeecher finished work on the series amid the 2022 [[Wikipedia:Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. While he stated the alternatives "wouldn't be as good" as Respeecher's work, Wood confirmed Lucasfilm's main concern was always with their wellbeing and would have pursued other options to prevent putting the Respeecher team in additional danger, but they wanted to persevere with their work despite Russian bombardments. One synthetic-speech artist, Bogdan Belyaev, subsequently volunteered to help fellow Ukrainians displaced by Russia's war.<ref name="Respeecher" />

[[File:DarthVaderCostumeSDCC.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Darth Vader's costume was designed by Suttirat Anne Larlarb]]
Vader's costume was desgined by costume designer [[Suttirat Anne Larlarb]].<ref name="Andor costumes">{{SW|url=news/lucasfilm-pavilion-sdcc-2022|text=SDCC 2022: ''Andor'' Costumes Revealed at the Lucasfilm Pavilion}}</ref> The first scene shot with Christensen was when he played Anakin Skywalker in a vision seen by Kenobi.<ref name="Sweet gesture">{{WebCite|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/obi-wan-kenobis-hayden-christensen-talks-wearing-the-anakin-costume-again-and-ewan-mcgregors-sweet-gesture|text=Obi-Wan Kenobi's Hayden Christensen Talks Wearing The Anakin Costume Again And Ewan McGregor's 'Sweet' Gesture|author=Hurley, Laura|date=2022-06-15|archivedate=20220615135029}}</ref> Christensen also played a helmet-less Vader in a bacta tank in the series. The crew knew the actor would have to hold his breath while submerged in the water, so he worked with a dive instructor who helped him build up his breath holds. Christensen was not allowed to breathe through the regulator.<ref name="Christensen bacta">{{WebCite|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/star-wars-hayden-christensen-on-holding-his-breath-and-performing-as-darth-vader-in-the-obi-wan-kenobi-bacta-tank|text=Star Wars' Hayden Christensen On Holding His Breath And Performing As Darth Vader In The Obi-Wan Kenobi Bacta Tank|author=Hurley, Laura|date=2022-06-21|archivedate=20220621210932}}</ref> A team of make-up artists spent four to five hours applying make-up on Christensen for him to play Vader in those scenes. He worked very closely with executive creative director of Lucasfilm, [[Doug Chiang]], who gave input into the overall look.<ref name="Christensen Hollywood">{{WebCite|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/obi-wan-kenobi-hayden-christensen-darth-vader-anakin-sand-feelings-1235162358|text='Obi-Wan Kenobi' Star Hayden Christensen Explores His Latest Darth Vader Incarnation and Talks Anakin's (Much-Memed) Sand Feelings|author=Parker, Ryan|date=2022-06-13|work=[[Wikipedia:The Hollywood Reporter|''The Hollywood Reporter'']]|archivedate=20220613130155}}</ref> Christensen also played Anakin Skywalker during the Order 66 flashbacks.<ref name="New Kenobi photos">{{WebCite|url=https://thedirect.com/article/obi-wan-kenobi-hayden-christensen-jedi-photo|text=New Obi-Wan Kenobi Photo Shows Hayden Christensen with Other Jedi on Set|author=Sanders, Savannah|date=2022-06-24|archivedate=20220624163146}}</ref> Chow wanted to make Vader's arrival in the [[Mapuzo mining village]] to be similar to a [[Wikipedia:Horror film|horror movie]] where the monster would appear and then disappear. Christensen and McGregor trained with lightsabers for the flashback of Skywalker and Kenobi training<ref name="Return" /> in the [[Part V|fifth episode]].<ref name="Part V" /> They both had dots on their face for the de-aging technology.<ref name="Return" />

After rumors spread of his return, Christensen was confirmed to be returning to the role of Skywalker on [[October 22]], 2021, for<ref name="Instagram">{{Instagram|username=rosariodawson|url=p/CVWTh3nvmsh|name=[[Rosario Dawson]]|quote=Skyguy, &hellip;They know!!! See you soon, Snips|archivefile=File:DawsonInstagram.jpg|nolive=1}}</ref> the [[2023]] Disney+ series<ref name="Force TV Spot">{{SWYouTube|k1tOs9zAstk|Force &#124; Ahsoka &#124; Disney+}}</ref> ''[[Star Wars: Ahsoka]]'' by Ahsoka Tano actress [[Rosario Dawson]] on her Instagram page. However, she then took down the post.<ref name="Instagram" /> Christensen's return as Skywalker was officially confirmed in the "Force" television spot, which featured new dialogue from Christensen as Skywalker, on [[August 13]], 2023.<ref name="Force TV Spot" />

===Non-canon history===
The ''[[Darth Vader and Son]]'' series of books by [[Jeffrey Brown]] depict Darth Vader of the Imperial era as a loving father to Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, buying them [[ice cream]], playing [[tea]] party, and even reading bedtime stories.<ref name="vaderson">''[[Darth Vader and Son]]''</ref>

In the ''[[Angry Birds Star Wars]]'' titles, Anakin is the feared "Lard Vader," the feared porcine military commander who seeks to become Emperor, commanding the Pork Side.<ref name="angrybirds">''[[Angry Birds Star Wars]]''</ref>

Darth Vader and Darth Sidious appear as the main antagonists in the non-canon ''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures]]''. While probing the Jedi Archives, Vader learns about the existence of a powerful lightsaber called the [[Kyber Saber]], which was made from several kyber crystals. However, the Jedi Master who made the Saber had deemed it too powerful and destroyed it before scattering the crystal throughout the galaxy. Darth Sidious sought to collect all the crystals so he could destroy the galaxy. However, the two Sith Lords were opposed by the [[Freemakers/LEGO|Freemakers]], a scavenging family, and the Jedi [[Naare]].<ref name="Announcement Trailer">{{YouTube|video=BQBCddcQTrw|text=Lego Freemaker Adventures &#124; Announcement Trailer &#124; Lego 3D|channel=channel/UCIk8rlHJ0XNZvVy-MrUHPng|name=dreamnailz}}</ref>

In ''[[Are You Scared, Darth Vader?]]'', a number of classic villains, such as a [[wolf]]man and a "[[Ghost (folklore)|ghost]]" attempt to terrorize Vader, only for him to either be confused by them or simply not scared. As the story comes to a close, however, readers discover what really has the power to terrify Lord Vader.<ref name="scared">''[[Are You Scared, Darth Vader?]]''</ref>

On October 29, 2014, for a Halloween-themed update, a costume of Darth Vader was added to ''[[The Sims 4]]'' for playable Sims to wear in-game. The costume is purely cosmetic and offers no gameplay changes.<ref name="Sims 4">{{EA|url=games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/get-spooky|text=GET SPOOKY IN THE SIMS 4 THIS HALLOWEEN|date=2014-10-29}}</ref>

===LEGO===
Skywalker appeared in "[[Kamino Crisis]],"<ref name="CoK">{{LSWCite|101|Kamino Crisis}}</ref> a non-canon comic story written by [[Martin Fisher]] and published on [[October 7]], 2023<ref name="jedi-bibliothek">{{WebCite|url=https://jedi-bibliothek.de/datenbank/ausgabe/lego-star-wars-magazin-101|text=LEGO Star Wars Magazin 101|archivedate=20240303173302}}</ref> in the [[LEGO Star Wars 101|101st issue]] of the magazine [[LEGO Star Wars (magazine)|''LEGO Star Wars'']]. In the comic, Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano and Clone Captain Rex were returning from a successful mission onboard the ''Resolute''. After Rex told them that their missions were too easy, the two Jedi planned to test the Captain by manipulating a training session for new clone troopers that was led by Rex. Tano disguised herself as a clone trooper named Tank, while Skywalker disguised himself as clone trooper Thrower to take part in a course in the [[Tipoca City Training Facility]] on Kamino. While they were fighting B1 battle droids that were repurposed as training droids, a voltage peak caused the droids to become much more aggressive and skilled in combat. The droids managed to break out of the training arena, after which Tano and Skywalker, still disguised as clone troopers, joined forces with Rex and other troopers to stop the rogue group of droids. While they were fighting in the hallways of Tipoca City, the clone trooper [[Glider (clone trooper)|Glider]] went into the [[Control room (Tipoca City)|control room]] and destroyed the controls with his blaster, which caused the battle droids to be powered down. As Rex gathered the troopers to thank them, Tano and Skywalker took of their helmets and revealed themselves. They explained that they wanted to test the Captain and Rex responded that he wouldn't call their missions easy ever again. He then invited them to join his [[Rex's bowling team|bowling team]] if they ever left the Jedi Order.<ref name="CoK" />

===Translations===
*In the Italian original and prequel trilogies, Darth Vader is known as '''Lord Dart Fener'''. In 2004, Lucasfilm announced a "referendum" to Italian fans about the changing of the name into Darth Vader for ''Revenge of the Sith'', but "Dart Fener" won, and the name was reverted to "Darth Vader" for materials from ''The Force Awakens'' onwards.
*In French, Vader is called '''Dark Vador'''. "Dark" is the French word for "Darth" and was applied to later-introduced Sith characters. In French Canada, the name was reverted to "Darth Vader" for materials from ''Revenge of the Sith'' onwards.
*In Icelandic, Vader is called '''Svarthöfði''', which translates to "black head."
*In [[Wikipedia:Chinese language|Chinese]], Darth Vader is directly transliterated into [[Wikipedia:Cantonese|Cantonese]]-[[Wikipedia:Varieties of Chinese|spoken]] [[Wikipedia:Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional Chinese]] as "'''達斯·維達'''" and in [[Wikipedia:Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]-spoken [[Wikipedia:Simplified Chinese|Simplified Chinese]] as "'''达斯·维德'''." The most common translation in Chinese is "'''黑武士'''" (Dark Knight),<ref name="toysrus-hk">{{WebCite|url=https://www.toysrus.com.hk/star-wars星球大戰-black-series-黑武士頭盔-1010139.html|text=Star Wars星球大戰 Black Series 黑武士頭盔|archivedate=20200910195538}}</ref> although Darth Vader is also translated to "'''黑衣勋爵'''" (Lord in Black) or "'''帝国大将'''" (Imperial Grand General) in Simplified Chinese. While Anakin is transliterated as "'''安纳金'''" in [[Wikipedia:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] (a Cantonese-speaking country) and "'''阿纳金'''" in Mandarin, Skywalker is paraphrased as "'''天行者'''" (sky-walker) in Hong Kong or "'''任天行'''" (travel the sky at will) in other countries.
*In Japanese, Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader are transliterated and written in katakana as "'''アナキン・スカイウォーカー'''" and "'''ダース・ヴェイダー'''" respectively.
*In Korean, Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader are transliterated and written as "'''아나킨 스카이워커'''" and "'''다스 베이더'''" respectively.

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*''[[Star Wars: Starfighter Missions]]''
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*''[[The Power of the Dark Side]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy – A Graphic Novel]]''
*''[[Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace]]''
*''[[Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings]]''
*''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]''
*{{StoryCite|story=Race to the Finish Line|book=5-Minute Star Wars Stories|audiobook=1}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=A Different Path|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Droid Attack!|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Final Fight (The Prequel Trilogy Stories)|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*''[[Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss]]'' {{Ab|Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss (audiobook)}} {{Flash}}
*[[Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1|''Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi'' 1]]
*''[[Padawan's Pride]]''
*[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 1|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 1]]
*[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 2|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 2]]
*[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 3|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 3]]
*[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 4|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 4]]
*[[Obi-Wan and Anakin 5|''Obi-Wan and Anakin'' 5]]
*[[Tales From the Nightlands 1|''Tales From the Nightlands'' 1]]
*''[[Queen's Shadow]]'' {{Ab|Queen's Shadow (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Lesson (Obi-Wan & Anakin)|book=Star Wars (2020) 25|sformatted=The Lesson (Obi-Wan & Anakin)}}
*''[[Choose Your Destiny: An Obi-Wan & Anakin Adventure]]'' {{Ab|Choose Your Destiny: An Obi-Wan & Anakin Adventure (audiobook)}}
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*[[Attack of the Clones (Little Golden Book)|''Attack of the Clones'' Little Golden Book]] {{Ab|Star Wars Classic Stories: Attack of the Clones|audiobook}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Ambushed!|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Anakin's Vow|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*''[[Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade]]'' {{Ab|Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (audiobook)}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Into the Arena|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Adventure in the Arena|book=5-Minute Star Wars Stories Strike Back|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Brink of War|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Yoda and the Count|book=5-Minute Star Wars Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{GOA|Yoda vs Count Dooku &ndash; Size Matters Not}}
*''[[Queen's Hope]]'' {{Ab|Queen's Hope (audiobook)}}
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*[[Star Wars: My First Comic Reader 1|''Star Wars: My First Comic Reader'' 1]]
*[[Brotherhood (novel)|''Brotherhood'']] {{Ab|Brotherhood (audiobook)}}
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*{{InsiderCite|233|Galactic Tales: The Failing of the Light}} {{Imo}}
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*[[Hyperspace Stories 5|''Hyperspace Stories'' 5]]
*{{StoryCite|story=501 Plus One|book=Age of Republic Special 1}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 1|''Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales'' 1]]
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*[[Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 3|''Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales'' 3]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 4|''Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales'' 4]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 5|''Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales'' 5]]
*[[Age of Republic - Anakin Skywalker 1|''Age of Republic - Anakin Skywalker'' 1]]
*{{TCW|Cat and Mouse}}
*{{TCW|The Hidden Enemy}}
*[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' film]]
*{{TCW|Clone Cadets}} {{Flash}}
*{{TOTJ|Practice Makes Perfect (episode)}}
*{{TCW|Rising Malevolence|Rising ''Malevolence''}}
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*{{TCW|Destroy Malevolence|Destroy ''Malevolence''}}
*{{TCW|Rookies (episode)}}
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*{{TCW|Bombad Jedi}} {{Flash}}
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*{{TCW|The Gungan General}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Dooku Captured (short story)|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Choose Your Destiny: A Clone Trooper Mission]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=9|story=Separation Anxiety Part One}} {{Hologram}}
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*{{TCW|Innocents of Ryloth}} {{Flash}}
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*{{TCW|Holocron Heist}}
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*{{TCW|Children of the Force}}
*{{TCW|Bounty Hunters (episode)}}
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*{{TCW|Senate Spy}}
*{{StoryCite|story=A Jedi's Duty|book=Stories of Jedi and Sith|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{TCW|Landing at Point Rain}}
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*{{TCW|The Deserter}} {{Flash}}
*{{TCW|Lightsaber Lost}}
*{{TCW|The Mandalore Plot}}
*{{TCW|Voyage of Temptation}}
*{{TCW|Duchess of Mandalore}}
*''[[Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel]]'' {{Ab|Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*{{TCW|Death Trap}}
*{{TCW|R2 Come Home}}
*{{TCW|Lethal Trackdown}}
*{{TCW|The Academy}}
*{{TCW|Assassin (episode)}}
*{{TCW|ARC Troopers (episode)}}
*[[Hyperspace Stories 10|''Hyperspace Stories'' 10]]
*{{TCW|Sphere of Influence}}
*{{TCW|Evil Plans}}
*{{TCW|Hostage Crisis}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Hostage Crisis (short story)|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark|audiobook=1}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=12|story=Intermission, Part 1}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=13|story=Intermission, Part 2}}
*{{TCW|Hunt for Ziro}} {{Flash}}
*{{FOD|Teach You, I Will}}
*{{FOD|Unexpected Company}}
*{{FOD|The Imposter Inside}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures: Volume 1]]'' {{Ab|Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures: Volumes 1 & 2|audiobook}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Forces of Destiny—Ahsoka & Padmé]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=5|story=The Incident, Part 1}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=6|story=The Incident, Part 2}}
*{{FOD|The Padawan Path}}
*''[[Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures: Volume 2]]'' {{Ab|Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures: Volumes 1 & 2|audiobook}}
*{{TCW|Heroes on Both Sides}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Pursuit of Peace (short story)|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark|audiobook=1}}
*{{TCW|Nightsisters (episode)}}
*{{TCW|Witches of the Mist}}
*{{TCW|Overlords}}
*{{TCW|Altar of Mortis (episode)}}
*{{TCW|Ghosts of Mortis}}
*{{TCW|The Citadel (episode)}}
*{{TCW|Counterattack}}
*{{TCW|Citadel Rescue}}
*{{TCW|Padawan Lost}}
*{{TCW|Wookiee Hunt}}
*{{TCW|Water War}}
*{{TCW|Gungan Attack}}
*{{TCW|Prisoners}}
*{{TCW|Shadow Warrior}}
*{{TCW|Nomad Droids}} {{Mo}}
*{{TCW|Darkness on Umbara}}
*{{TCW|The General (episode)}} {{Flash}}
*{{TCW|Plan of Dissent}} {{Mo}}
*{{TCW|Carnage of Krell}} {{Flash}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Shadow of Umbara|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark|audiobook=1}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=19|story=Roger Roger}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=20|story=Hide and Seek}}
*{{TCW|Kidnapped}}
*{{TCW|Slaves of the Republic}}
*{{TCW|Escape from Kadavo}}
*{{TCW|A Friend in Need}} {{Hologram}}
*{{TCW|Deception}}
*{{TCW|Friends and Enemies}}
*{{TCW|The Box}}
*{{TCW|Crisis on Naboo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Bane's Story|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Lost Nightsister|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{TCW|Brothers (episode)}}
*{{TCW|A War on Two Fronts}}
*{{TCW|Front Runners}}
*{{TCW|The Soft War}} {{Hologram}}
*{{TCW|Tipping Points}}
*{{TCW|The Gathering (episode)}} {{Flash}}
*{{TCW|Bound for Rescue}} {{Imo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Almost a Jedi|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{TCW|Secret Weapons}}
*{{TCW|Point of No Return (The Clone Wars)}}
*{{TCW|Revival (episode)}}
*{{TCW|The Lawless}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Kenobi's Shadow|book=The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark|audiobook=1}}
*{{TCW|Sabotage (episode)}}
*{{TCW|The Jedi Who Knew Too Much}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Sisters|book=Age of Republic Special 1}} {{Mo}}
*{{TCW|To Catch a Jedi}}
*{{TCW|The Wrong Jedi}}
*[[Kanan 7|''Kanan'' 7]]
*''[[Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising]]'' {{Ab|Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (audiobook)}} {{Voice}}
*{{TCW|The Unknown}}
*{{TCW|Conspiracy}} {{Flash}}
*{{TCW|Orders (episode)}}
*{{TCW|An Old Friend}}
*{{TCW|The Rise of Clovis}}
*{{TCW|Crisis at the Heart}}
*{{TCW|The Lost One}}
*{{TCW|Voices}}
*{{TCW|Destiny (The Clone Wars)}} {{Vision|Yoda}}
*{{TCW|Sacrifice (episode)}} {{Vision|Yoda}}
*{{TCW|A Death on Utapau}}
*{{TCW|In Search of the Crystal}}
*{{TCW|Crystal Crisis}}
*{{TCW|The Big Bang}}
*''[[Dark Disciple]]'' {{Ab|Dark Disciple (audiobook)}}
*[[Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir 3|''Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir'' 3]] {{Imo}}
*[[Age of Republic - Padmé Amidala 1|''Age of Republic - Padmé Amidala'' 1]]
*{{TCW|Gone with a Trace}} {{Flash}}
*{{TCW|Deal No Deal}}
*{{TCW|The Bad Batch (episode)}}
*''[[The Clone Wars: Season 7: Volume 1]]''
*{{TCW|A Distant Echo}}
*{{TCW|On the Wings of Keeradaks}}
*{{TCW|Unfinished Business (episode)}}
*{{TCW|Old Friends Not Forgotten}}
*{{Film|III}}
*[[Revenge of the Sith (Little Golden Book)|''Revenge of the Sith'' Little Golden Book]] {{Ab|Star Wars Classic Stories: Revenge of the Sith|audiobook}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Last Adventure|book=5-Minute Star Wars Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Duel with Dooku|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{TCW|The Phantom Apprentice}} {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=Driven to the Dark Side|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Empire Ascendant|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{TBB|Aftermath (episode)}} {{Flash}}
*{{TCW|Victory and Death}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Rule of Two (short story)|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Darth Vader Rises|book=The Prequel Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 1|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 1]]
*{{TOTE|Devoted}}
*{{TOTJ|Resolve (episode)}} {{Imo}}
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 2|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 2]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 3|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 3]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 4|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 4]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 5|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 5]]
*''[[Master of Evil]]''
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 6|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 6]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 7|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 7]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 8|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 8]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 9|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 9]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 10|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 10]]
*{{StoryCite|story=The Lesson (Darth Vader)|book=Star Wars (2020) 25|sformatted=The Lesson (Darth Vader)}}
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 11|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 11]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 12|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 12]]
*''[[Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear]]'' {{Ab|Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel]]'' {{Ab|Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel (audiobook)}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Dark Wraith|book=Myths & Fables|audiobook=1}} {{Flash}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Predecessor|book=Dark Legends}} {{Flash}}
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 13|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 13]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 14|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 14]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 15|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 15]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 16|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 16]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 17|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 17]]
*[[Darth Vader Annual 2|''Darth Vader Annual'' 2]]
*{{StoryCite|story=No Good Deed...|book=Darth Vader (2017) 1}}
*[[Ahsoka (novel)|''Ahsoka'']] {{Ab|Ahsoka (audiobook)}} {{Flash}}
*''[[Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good]]'' {{Ab|Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Adventures in Wild Space: The Escape]]'' {{Ab|Adventures in Wild Space: Books 1&ndash;3|audiobook}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Adventures in Wild Space: The Snare]]'' {{Ab|Adventures in Wild Space: Books 1&ndash;3|audiobook}} {{Hologram}}
*''[[Adventures in Wild Space: The Steal]]'' {{Ab|Adventures in Wild Space: Books 1&ndash;3|audiobook}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Adventures in Wild Space: The Cold]]'' {{Ab|Adventures in Wild Space: Books 4&ndash;6|audiobook}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil]]'' {{Ab|Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|annual=2019|story=So Much More}}
*[[Thrawn (novel)|''Thrawn'']] {{Ab|Thrawn (audiobook)}}
*[[Thrawn 1|''Thrawn'' 1]] {{C|Appears through imagination}}
*[[Thrawn 5|''Thrawn'' 5]] {{Mo}}
*[[Thrawn 6|''Thrawn'' 6]]
*''[[Lords of the Sith]]'' {{Ab|Lords of the Sith (audiobook)}}
*{{InsiderCite|157|Orientation|reprint=1}}
*[[Tarkin (novel)|''Tarkin'']] {{Ab|Tarkin (audiobook)}}
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 18|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 18]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 19|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 19]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 20|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 20]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 21|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 21]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 22|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 22]]
*''[[Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]''
*''[[Jedi: Battle Scars]]'' {{Ab|Jedi: Battle Scars (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 23|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 23]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 24|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 24]]
*[[Darth Vader (2017) 25|''Darth Vader'' (2017) 25]]
*[[Inquisitors 1|''Inquisitors'' 1]]
*[[Inquisitors 2|''Inquisitors'' 2]]
*[[Inquisitors 3|''Inquisitors'' 3]]
*[[Inquisitors 4|''Inquisitors'' 4]]
*{{StoryCite|story=Bottleneck (short story)|book=The Rise of the Empire}} {{Mo}}
*[[A New Dawn (novel)|''A New Dawn'']] {{Ab|A New Dawn (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*{{Kenobi|Part I}} {{Flash}}
*[[Obi-Wan Kenobi 1|''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' 1]] {{Flash}}
*{{Kenobi|Part II}}
*[[Obi-Wan Kenobi 2|''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' 2]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*{{Kenobi|Part III}}
*[[Obi-Wan Kenobi 3|''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' 3]]
*{{Kenobi|Part IV}}
*{{Kenobi|Part V}}
*{{Kenobi|Part VI}}
*''[[Star Wars Jedi: Survivor]]''
*[[Star Wars (2015) 7|''Star Wars'' (2015) 7]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 15|''Star Wars'' (2015) 15]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Choose Your Destiny: A Podracer Mission]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Lost Stars]]'' {{Ab|Lost Stars (audiobook)}}
*[[Lost Stars (webcomic)|''Lost Stars'' webcomic]]
*''[[Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion]]'' {{Hologram}} {{C|Prologue version}}
*[[Star Wars Rebels, Vol. 1|''Star Wars Rebels'', Vol. 1]]
*[[Star Wars Rebels, Vol. 2|''Star Wars Rebels'', Vol. 2]]
*''[[Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions]]''
*{{Rebels|Gathering Forces}} {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars Rebels, Vol. 3|''Star Wars Rebels'', Vol. 3]]
*''[[Battle to the End]]''
*{{Rebels|Fire Across the Galaxy}}
*''[[Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal]]''
*{{Disney|subdomain=games|domain=co.uk|url=star-wars-rebels/star-wars-arcade-team-tactics|text=Star Wars Arcade - Team Tactics|int=Star Wars Rebels: Team Tactics|nobackup=1}}
*{{GOA|Darth Vader vs. the Rebel Fleet - Fearsome Fighter Pilot}}
*{{Rebels|The Lost Commanders}} {{Imo}}
*{{Rebels|Relics of the Old Republic}} {{Mo}}
*{{Rebels|Always Two There Are}} {{Mo}}
*{{RebelsMagCite|14|No Sympathy}} {{Hologram}}
*{{Rebels|The Future of the Force}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Leia, Princess of Alderaan]]'' {{Ab|Leia, Princess of Alderaan (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Leia Organa: Ordeal of the Princess]]'' {{Flash}}
*{{Rebels|Shroud of Darkness}}
*{{Rebels|Twilight of the Apprentice}}
*[[Age of Rebellion - Darth Vader 1|''Age of Rebellion - Darth Vader'' 1]]
*''[[Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Rebels|Ghosts of Geonosis}} {{Mo}}
*{{Rebels|Twin Suns (episode)}} {{Imo}}
*''[[Thrawn: Alliances]]'' {{Ab|Thrawn: Alliances (audiobook)}}
*[[Thrawn: Alliances 1|''Thrawn: Alliances'' 1]]
*[[Vader - Dark Visions 1|''Vader - Dark Visions'' 1]]
*[[Vader - Dark Visions 3|''Vader - Dark Visions'' 3]]
*''[[The Mighty Chewbacca in the Forest of Fear!]]'' {{Ab|The Mighty Chewbacca in the Forest of Fear! (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Target Vader 1|''Target Vader'' 1]]
*[[Target Vader 2|''Target Vader'' 2]]
*[[Target Vader 3|''Target Vader'' 3]]
*[[Target Vader 4|''Target Vader'' 4]]
*[[Target Vader 5|''Target Vader'' 5]]
*[[Target Vader 6|''Target Vader'' 6]]
*''[[Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire]]''
*{{VaderImmortal|I}}
*{{VaderImmortal|II}}
*{{VaderImmortal|III}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Red Four (comic story)|book=Marvel Comics 1000}}
*''[[Thrawn: Treason]]'' {{Ab|Thrawn: Treason (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*{{Rebels|A World Between Worlds}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle 2|''Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle'' 2]] {{Mo}} {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019|''Star Wars Adventures'' Free Comic Book Day 2019]]
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle 4|''Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle'' 4]]
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle 5|''Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle'' 5]]
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 1|''Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle'' 1]] {{Hologram}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 2|''Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle'' 2]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 3|''Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle'' 3]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 4|''Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle'' 4]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 5|''Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle'' 5]]
*[[Vader - Dark Visions 2|''Vader - Dark Visions'' 2]]
*[[Vader - Dark Visions 4|''Vader - Dark Visions'' 4]]
*[[Vader - Dark Visions 5|''Vader - Dark Visions'' 5]]
*{{StoryCite|story=Hard Shutdown|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Inescapable|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 1}} {{C|Appears in dream}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Dissolution of Hope|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Endless Mercy|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 2|sformatted=The ''Endless Mercy''}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Power|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 2}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Annihilated|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 3}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Inhabitant|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 4}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Blood Moon Uprising (short story)|book=Stories of Jedi and Sith|audiobook=1}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=5|story=Tales of Villainy: The Short Goodbye}}
*[[Obi-Wan 1|''Obi-Wan'' 1]] {{Co}}
*[[Obi-Wan 3|''Obi-Wan'' 3]] {{Flash}}
*[[Obi-Wan 4|''Obi-Wan'' 4]] {{Flash}}
*[[Obi-Wan 5|''Obi-Wan'' 5]] {{Vision|Obi-Wan Kenobi}}
*''[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]''
*[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (novelization)|''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' novelization]] {{Ab|Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (audiobook)}}
*''[[Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel]]'' {{Ab|Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel (audiobook)}}
*''[[Star Wars: Rogue One: Secret Mission]]''
*[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Graphic Novel Adaptation|''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' Graphic Novel Adaptation]]
*[[Rogue One Adaptation 2|''Rogue One Adaptation'' 2]] {{Mo}}
*[[Rogue One Adaptation 4|''Rogue One Adaptation'' 4]]
*[[Rogue One Adaptation 5|''Rogue One Adaptation'' 5]] {{Mo}}
*[[Rogue One Adaptation 6|''Rogue One Adaptation'' 6]]
*{{GOA|Darth Vader - Power of the Dark Side}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Raymus|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}}
*''[[Bounty Hunt]]''
*{{StoryCite|story=Of MSE-6 and Men|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*[[Age of Rebellion - Grand Moff Tarkin 1|''Age of Rebellion - Grand Moff Tarkin'' 1]]
*{{Film|IV}} {{1st}} {{1stID|as Darth Vader}}
*''[[A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy]]'' {{Ab|A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (audiobook)}}
*[[Star Wars: A New Hope (paperback novel)|''Star Wars: A New Hope'' junior novelization]]
*[[A New Hope (Little Golden Book)|''A New Hope'' Little Golden Book]] {{Ab|Star Wars Classic Stories: A New Hope|audiobook}}
*[[A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD|''A New Hope'' Read-Along Storybook and CD]]
*''[[The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight]]''
*''[[A Leader Named Leia]]'' {{Ab|A Leader Named Leia (audiobook)}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Original Trilogy – A Graphic Novel]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Heroes Path]]''
*''[[Star Wars Battlefront]]''
*[[Escape from Darth Vader (World of Reading)|''Escape from Darth Vader'']]
*{{StoryCite|story=Escape from Darth Vader (The Original Trilogy Stories)|book=The Original Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Escape from Darth Vader (5-Minute Star Wars Stories)|book=5-Minute Star Wars Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{GOA|R2-D2 - A Loyal Droid}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Bucket|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{GOA|Princess Leia vs. Darth Vader - A Fearless Leader}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Sith of Datawork|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Stories in the Sand|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Hologram}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Hero's Journey Begins|book=The Original Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{GOA|Luke Skywalker - The Journey Begins}} {{Mo}}
*{{GOA|Obi-Wan Kenobi (episode)}} {{Flash}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Fully Operational (short story)|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=An Incident Report|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Master and Apprentice (short story)|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Beru Whitesun Lars (short story)|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Imo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Change of Heart|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Born in the Storm|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Imo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=A Bad Feeling About This|book=The Original Trilogy Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Verge of Greatness|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Added Muscle|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Trapped in the Death Star!]]''
*{{StoryCite|story=There is Another|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=End of Watch|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Voice}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Bump|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Haunting of Grand Moff Tarkin|book=Tales from the Death Star}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Time of Death|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Palpatine (short story)|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{GOA|Han Solo &ndash; Taking Flight for his Friends}}
*{{GOA|Luke vs. the Death Star - X-wing Assault}}
*''[[Battlefront II: Inferno Squad]]'' {{Ab|Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Lando 1|''Lando'' 1]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Lando 5|''Lando'' 5]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Annual (2015) 4|''Star Wars Annual'' (2015) 4]]
*''[[Heir to the Jedi]]'' {{Ab|Heir to the Jedi (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure]]'' {{Ab|The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Luke and the Lost Jedi Temple]]'' {{Ab|Luke and the Lost Jedi Temple (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Weapon of a Jedi, Part 1|book=Star Wars Magazine 19}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Weapon of a Jedi, Part 2|book=Star Wars Magazine 20}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Choose Your Destiny: A Luke & Leia Adventure]]'' {{Ab|Choose Your Destiny: A Luke & Leia Adventure (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Commander]]''
*[[Star Wars (2015) 1|''Star Wars'' (2015) 1]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 2|''Star Wars'' (2015) 2]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 3|''Star Wars'' (2015) 3]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 1|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 1]]
*{{StoryCite|story=Coda|book=Darth Vader (2015) 25}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 4|''Star Wars'' (2015) 4]]
*''[[Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original]]''
*[[Doctor Aphra (script)|''Doctor Aphra'' script]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 2|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 2]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 3|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 3]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 4|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 4]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 5|''Star Wars'' (2015) 5]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 5|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 5]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 6|''Star Wars'' (2015) 6]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 6|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 6]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 8|''Star Wars'' (2015) 8]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 9|''Star Wars'' (2015) 9]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 10|''Star Wars'' (2015) 10]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 12|''Star Wars'' (2015) 12]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 7|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 7]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 8|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 8]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 9|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 9]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 10|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 10]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 11|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 11]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 12|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 12]]
*[[Darth Vader Annual 1|''Darth Vader Annual'' 1]]
*{{StoryCite|story=Rogue's Gambit|book=A New Legacy 1}}
*[[Vader Down 1|''Vader Down'' 1]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 13|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 13]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 13|''Star Wars'' (2015) 13]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 14|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 14]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 14|''Star Wars'' (2015) 14]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 15|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 15]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 16|''Star Wars'' (2015) 16]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 17|''Star Wars'' (2015) 17]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 18|''Star Wars'' (2015) 18]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 19|''Star Wars'' (2015) 19]] {{Mo}}
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 16|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 16]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 17|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 17]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 18|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 18]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 19|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 19]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 20|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 20]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 21|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 21]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 22|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 22]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 23|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 23]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 24|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 24]]
*[[Darth Vader (2015) 25|''Darth Vader'' (2015) 25]]
*{{StoryCite|story=Diplomatic Impunity|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 3}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 21|''Star Wars'' (2015) 21]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 22|''Star Wars'' (2015) 22]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 24|''Star Wars'' (2015) 24]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 25|''Star Wars'' (2015) 25]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 26|''Star Wars'' (2015) 26]] {{Hologram}}
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*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 1|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 1]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 2|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 2]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 3|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 3]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 4|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 4]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 6|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 6]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[The Screaming Citadel 1|''The Screaming Citadel'' 1]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 8|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 8]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 33|''Star Wars'' (2015) 33]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=4|story=The Trouble at Tibrin}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 35|''Star Wars'' (2015) 35]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 36|''Star Wars'' (2015) 36]]
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|annual=2018|story=Mind Your Manners}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Shu-Torun Lives|book=Star Wars (2015) 50}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 37|''Star Wars'' (2015) 37]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 9|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 9]]
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*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 11|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 11]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 12|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 12]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 13|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 13]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 14|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 14]] {{Crawl}}
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*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 17|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 17]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 21|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 21]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 23|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 23]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 24|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 24]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 25|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 25]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 26|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 26]] {{Crawl}}
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 38|''Star Wars'' (2015) 38]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 42|''Star Wars'' (2015) 42]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 43|''Star Wars'' (2015) 43]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 49|''Star Wars'' (2015) 49]] {{Hologram}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 50|''Star Wars'' (2015) 50]]
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 54|''Star Wars'' (2015) 54]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 55|''Star Wars'' (2015) 55]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 56|''Star Wars'' (2015) 56]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 57|''Star Wars'' (2015) 57]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Star Wars (2015) 65|''Star Wars'' (2015) 65]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 67|''Star Wars'' (2015) 67]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 68|''Star Wars'' (2015) 68]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2015) 70|''Star Wars'' (2015) 70]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 71|''Star Wars'' (2015) 71]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 72|''Star Wars'' (2015) 72]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 73|''Star Wars'' (2015) 73]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 74|''Star Wars'' (2015) 74]]
*[[Star Wars (2015) 75|''Star Wars'' (2015) 75]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 33|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 33]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 34|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 34]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 35|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 35]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 36|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 36]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 37|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 37]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 38|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 38]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 39|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 39]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2016) 40|''Doctor Aphra'' (2016) 40]]
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=12|story=Squad Goals, Part 2}} {{Mo}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=22|story=A Matter Of Perception}} {{Mo}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=13|story=Tales of Villainy: A Last Chapter}}
*''[[Battlefront: Twilight Company]]'' {{Ab|Battlefront: Twilight Company (audiobook)}}
*{{StoryCite|story=In Service to the Empire|book=Empire Ascendant 1}}
*''[[Forces of Destiny—Leia]]''
*[[Yoda 7|''Yoda'' 7]] {{Flash}}
*[[Yoda 8|''Yoda'' 8]] {{Flash}}
*[[Yoda 9|''Yoda'' 9]] {{Flash}}
*[[Yoda 10|''Yoda'' 10]] {{Vision|Yoda}}
*{{Film|V}} {{1stID|Anakin Skywalker}}
*''[[The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?]]'' {{Ab|The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (audiobook)}}
*[[Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (paperback novel)|''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'' junior novelization]]
*[[The Empire Strikes Back (Little Golden Book)|''The Empire Strikes Back'' Little Golden Book]] {{Ab|Star Wars Classic Stories: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook}}
*[[The Empire Strikes Back Read-Along Storybook and CD|''The Empire Strikes Back'' Read-Along Storybook and CD]]
*[[AT-AT Attack! (book)|''AT-AT Attack!'']]
*{{StoryCite|story=The Battle of Hoth (short story)|book=5-Minute Star Wars Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Eyes of the Empire|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{GOA|Battle of Hoth (episode)}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Truest Duty|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Kendal|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{C|Appears on screen}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=1|story=Tales of Villainy: Invasion of Echo Base}}
*''[[Use the Force!]]'' {{C|Appears as apparition, in Force vision and final page preview illustration}}
*{{StoryCite|story=A Jedi, You Must Become|book=5-Minute Star Wars Stories|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Final Order|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{GOA|Luke Skywalker Trains with Master Yoda}} {{Vision|Luke Skywalker}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Faith in an Old Friend|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Disturbance|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|sformatted=Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Lord Vader Will See You Now|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Vergence (short story)|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Vision|Yoda}}
*{{StoryCite|story=STET!|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Voice}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Tooth and Claw|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Wait for It|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}}
*{{GOA|Boba Fett - The Bounty Hunter}}
*{{GOA|Rendezvous at Bespin}}
*''[[Captured on Cloud City]]''
*{{StoryCite|story=There Is Always Another|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Fake It Till You Make It|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=But What Does He Eat?|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Due on Batuu|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Witness|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}}
*{{GOA|Clash on Cloud City}}
*{{GOA|Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader &ndash; Join Me}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Man Who Built Cloud City|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Flash}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Bespin Escape|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Imo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Backup Backup Plan|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 1|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 1]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 1|''Star Wars'' (2020) 1]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 2|''Star Wars'' (2020) 2]] {{Flash}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Right-Hand Man|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 3|''Star Wars'' (2020) 3]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 4|''Star Wars'' (2020) 4]] {{Vision|Luke Skywalker}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 5|''Star Wars'' (2020) 5]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 6|''Star Wars'' (2020) 6]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 2|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 2]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 3|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 3]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 4|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 4]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 5|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 5]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 6|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 6]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 7|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 7]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 8|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 8]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 9|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 9]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 10|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 10]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 11|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 11]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 7|''Star Wars'' (2020) 7]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 8|''Star Wars'' (2020) 8]] {{Flash}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 7|''Bounty Hunters'' 7]] {{Mo}} {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 9|''Star Wars'' (2020) 9]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 11|''Star Wars'' (2020) 11]] {{Co}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 12|''Star Wars'' (2020) 12]] {{Flash}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 1|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 1]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 2|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 2]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 5|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 5]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 6|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 6]] {{C|Appears through imagination}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 7|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 7]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 10|''Bounty Hunters'' 10]] {{Mo}}
*[[War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha 1|''War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha'' 1]] {{Imo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 11|''Bounty Hunters'' 11]] {{Mo}}
*[[War of the Bounty Hunters 1|''War of the Bounty Hunters'' 1]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 12|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 12]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 15|''Star Wars'' (2020) 15]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 14|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 14]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 13|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 13]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 15|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 15]]
*[[War of the Bounty Hunters 2|''War of the Bounty Hunters'' 2]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 12|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 12]]
*[[Bounty Hunters 16|''Bounty Hunters'' 16]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 13|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 13]]
*[[War of the Bounty Hunters 3|''War of the Bounty Hunters'' 3]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 16|''Star Wars'' (2020) 16]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 16|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 16]]
*[[War of the Bounty Hunters 4|''War of the Bounty Hunters'' 4]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 17|''Star Wars'' (2020) 17]]
*[[War of the Bounty Hunters 5|''War of the Bounty Hunters'' 5]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 17|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 17]]
*[[Bounty Hunters 17|''Bounty Hunters'' 17]]
*[[War of the Bounty Hunters – IG-88 1|''War of the Bounty Hunters – IG-88'' 1]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 18|''Star Wars'' (2020) 18]] {{Flash}}
*[[Crimson Reign 1|''Crimson Reign'' 1]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 19|''Star Wars'' (2020) 19]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 20|''Star Wars'' (2020) 20]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 16|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 16]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 18|''Bounty Hunters'' 18]]
*[[Bounty Hunters 19|''Bounty Hunters'' 19]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 21|''Star Wars'' (2020) 21]] {{Co}}
*[[Crimson Reign 2|''Crimson Reign'' 2]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 22|''Star Wars'' (2020) 22]] {{Mo}}
*[[Crimson Reign 3|''Crimson Reign'' 3]] {{Flash}}
*[[Crimson Reign 4|''Crimson Reign'' 4]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 18|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 18]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 19|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 19]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 20|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 20]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 21|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 21]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 22|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 22]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 23|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 23]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 24|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 24]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 25|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 25]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 26|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 26]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 27|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 27]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 28|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 28]]
*[[Bounty Hunters 24|''Bounty Hunters'' 24]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 25|''Bounty Hunters'' 25]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 26|''Bounty Hunters'' 26]] {{Crawl}}
*''[[Star Wars Outlaws]]''
*[[Crimson Reign 5|''Crimson Reign'' 5]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 28|''Star Wars'' (2020) 28]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 27|''Bounty Hunters'' 27]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 28|''Bounty Hunters'' 28]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 23|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 23]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 26|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 26]] {{Imo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 27|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 27]] {{Hologram}}
*[[Hidden Empire 1|''Hidden Empire'' 1]]
*[[Revelations (2022) 1|''Revelations'' (2022) 1]]
*[[Hidden Empire 2|''Hidden Empire'' 2]]
*[[Hidden Empire 3|''Hidden Empire'' 3]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 28|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 28]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 29|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 29]] {{Mo}}
*[[Hidden Empire 4|''Hidden Empire'' 4]]
*[[Hidden Empire 5|''Hidden Empire'' 5]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 30|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 30]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 31|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 31]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 29|''Bounty Hunters'' 29]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 30|''Bounty Hunters'' 30]]
*[[Bounty Hunters 31|''Bounty Hunters'' 31]]
*[[Bounty Hunters 32|''Bounty Hunters'' 32]]
*[[Bounty Hunters 33|''Bounty Hunters'' 33]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 34|''Bounty Hunters'' 34]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 32|''Star Wars'' (2020) 32]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 33|''Star Wars'' (2020) 33]] {{Flash}}
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 29|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 29]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 30|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 30]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 31|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 31]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 32|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 32]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 33|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 33]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 34|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 34]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 35|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 35]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 36|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 36]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 32|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 32]] {{Flash}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 33|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 33]] {{Flash}}
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 34|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 34]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 34|''Star Wars'' (2020) 34]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 35|''Star Wars'' (2020) 35]] {{Vision|Luke Skywalker}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 35|''Bounty Hunters'' 35]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bounty Hunters 36|''Bounty Hunters'' 36]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 36|''Star Wars'' (2020) 36]] {{Mo}}
*[[Dark Droids 1|''Dark Droids'' 1]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 37|''Star Wars'' (2020) 37]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Dark Droids 2|''Dark Droids'' 2]]
*[[Bounty Hunters 37|''Bounty Hunters'' 37]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
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*[[Darth Vader (2020) 37|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 37]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 38|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 38]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 39|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 39]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 38|''Star Wars'' (2020) 38]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 39|''Star Wars'' (2020) 39]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Dark Droids 4|''Dark Droids'' 4]] {{C|Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl}}
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 40|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 40]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 38|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 38]]
*[[Bounty Hunters 40|''Bounty Hunters'' 40]]
*[[Star Wars (2020) 40|''Star Wars'' (2020) 40]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 41|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 41]]
*[[Dark Droids 5|''Dark Droids'' 5]]
*[[Doctor Aphra (2020) 40|''Doctor Aphra'' (2020) 40]] {{Co}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 42|''Star Wars'' (2020) 42]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 43|''Star Wars'' (2020) 43]] {{Vision|Luke Skywalker}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 44|''Star Wars'' (2020) 44]] {{Co}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 45|''Star Wars'' (2020) 45]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 48|''Star Wars'' (2020) 48]] {{C|Appears in dream}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Tool of the Empire|book=Revelations (2023) 1}}
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 42|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 42]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 43|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 43]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 44|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 44]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 45|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 45]]
*{{StoryCite|story=The Curse (comic story)|book=Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars 1|bformatted=Free Comic Book Day 2024: ''Star Wars'' 1}}
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 46|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 46]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 47|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 47]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 48|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 48]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 49|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 49]]
*[[Darth Vader (2020) 50|''Darth Vader'' (2020) 50]]
*{{GOA|Darth Vader - Might of the Empire}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Return to Hoth (comic story)|book=Darth Vader &ndash; Black, White & Red 4}}
*{{StoryCite|story=We Shall Double Our Efforts|book=Tales from the Death Star}}
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*[[Tales From the Nightlands 2|''Tales From the Nightlands'' 2]] {{Ghost}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=Dune Sea Songs of Salt and Moonlight|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{Film|VI}}
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (paperback novel)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'' junior novelization]]
*''[[Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!]]'' {{Ab|Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (audiobook)}}
*[[Return of the Jedi (Little Golden Book)|''Return of the Jedi'' Little Golden Book]] {{Ab|Star Wars Classic Stories: Return of the Jedi|audiobook}}
*[[Return of the Jedi Read-Along Storybook and CD|''Return of the Jedi'' Read-Along Storybook and CD]]
*{{StoryCite|story=Any Work Worth Doing|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi|audiobook=1}}
*[[Rescue from Jabba's Palace (World of Reading)|''Rescue from Jabba's Palace'']]
*{{StoryCite|story=Rescue from Jabba's Palace (Star Wars Galactic Adventures)|book=Star Wars Galactic Adventures (2015)|reprint=1}}
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*{{GOA|Leia and Han - The Han Rescue}} {{Flash}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=When Fire Marked the Sky|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
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*''[[Return of the Jedi: The Battle of Endor]]''
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Emperor's Red Guards|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi|audiobook=1}}
*{{GOA|Luke vs. Emperor Palpatine - Rise to Evil}}
*[[Shattered Empire 1|''Shattered Empire'' 1]]
*{{StoryCite|story=To the Last|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Brotherhood (short story)|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi|audiobook=1}}
*{{InsiderCite|220|Galactic Tales: Shockwave}} {{Mo}}
*[[Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising 1|''Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising'' 1]] {{Mo}}
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*{{StoryCite|story=The Steadfast Soldier|book=From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*''[[The Princess and the Scoundrel]]'' {{Ab|The Princess and the Scoundrel (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Return of the Jedi – Max Rebo 1|''Return of the Jedi – Max Rebo'' 1]] {{Co}}
*''[[Star Wars Adventures: Shadow of Vader's Castle]]'' {{Flash}}
*[[Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising 2|''Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising'' 2]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Shattered Empire 3|''Shattered Empire'' 3]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Alphabet Squadron (novel)|''Alphabet Squadron'']] {{Ab|Alphabet Squadron (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Aftermath (novel)|''Aftermath'']] {{Ab|Aftermath (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle 1|''Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle'' 1]] {{Voice}}
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*[[Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle 3|''Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle'' 3]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle 4|''Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle'' 4]] {{C|In dream}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle 5|''Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle'' 5]] {{Ghost}}
*''[[Star Wars: Squadrons]]''
*''[[Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel]]'' {{Ab|Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Aftermath: Life Debt]]'' {{Ab|Aftermath: Life Debt (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege 1|''Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege'' 1]] {{Crawl}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Consolidation|book=Battle of Jakku &mdash; Republic Under Siege 1}} {{Flash}}
*[[Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege 2|''Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege'' 2]] {{Mo}}
*[[Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege 4|''Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege'' 4]] {{Flash}}
*[[Battle of Jakku — Last Stand 1|''Battle of Jakku — Last Stand'' 1]] {{Flash}}
*{{StoryCite|story=False Histories|book=Battle of Jakku &mdash; Last Stand 1}} {{Flash}}
*[[Battle of Jakku — Last Stand 2|''Battle of Jakku — Last Stand'' 2]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel]]'' {{Ab|Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Aftermath: Empire's End]]'' {{Ab|Aftermath: Empire's End (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Battle of Jakku — Last Stand 4|''Battle of Jakku — Last Stand'' 4]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 2|''Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent'' 2]] {{Mo}}
*[[Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 3|''Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent'' 3]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 4|''Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent'' 4]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2025) 1|''Star Wars'' (2025) 1]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2025) 2|''Star Wars'' (2025) 2]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2025) 3|''Star Wars'' (2025) 3]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2025) 4|''Star Wars'' (2025) 4]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2025) 5|''Star Wars'' (2025) 5]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[Star Wars (2025) 6|''Star Wars'' (2025) 6]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (2025) 7|''Star Wars'' (2025) 7]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*[[The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel|''The Mandalorian Season 2'' Junior Novel]] {{Ab|The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel (audiobook)}} {{Imo}}
*{{TheMandalorian|Chapter 13: The Jedi}} {{Imo}}
*{{BOBF|Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger}} {{Mo}}
*{{TheMandalorian|Chapter 22: Guns for Hire}} {{Imo}}
*{{Ahsoka|Part One: Master and Apprentice}} {{Mo}}
*{{Ahsoka|Part Four: Fallen Jedi}} {{Vision|Ahsoka Tano}}
*{{Ahsoka|Part Five: Shadow Warrior}} {{Vision|Ahsoka Tano}}
*{{Ahsoka|Part Six: Far, Far Away}} {{Imo}}
*{{Ahsoka|Part Seven: Dreams and Madness}} {{Hologram}}
*{{Ahsoka|Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord}} {{Ghost}}
*<!-- Unknown -->[[Ahsoka Season 2|''Ahsoka Season'' 2]]
*''[[Shadow of the Sith]]'' {{Ab|Shadow of the Sith (audiobook)}} {{Ghost}}
*[[Star Wars (2020) 50|''Star Wars'' (2020) 50]] {{Flash}}
*[[Bloodline (novel)|''Bloodline'']] {{Ab|Bloodline (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[The Rise of Kylo Ren 1|''The Rise of Kylo Ren'' 1]] {{Co}}
*[[Age of Resistance - Supreme Leader Snoke 1|''Age of Resistance - Supreme Leader Snoke'' 1]] {{Mo}}
*''[[The Legends of Luke Skywalker]]'' {{Ab|The Legends of Luke Skywalker (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*"[[All Creatures Great and Small]]" {{Reprint|All Creatures Great and Small}} {{Imo}}
*"[[The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku]]" {{Reprint|The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku}} {{Mo}}
*[[Han Solo - Hunt for the Falcon 1|''Han Solo - Hunt for the Falcon'' 1]] {{C|Variant cover only}}
*''[[Force Collector]]'' {{Ab|Force Collector (audiobook)}} {{Vision|Karr Nuq Sin}}
*[[Age of Resistance - General Hux 1|''Age of Resistance - General Hux'' 1]] {{Mo}}
*[[Age of Resistance - Kylo Ren 1|''Age of Resistance - Kylo Ren'' 1]] {{Flash}}
*[[Poe Dameron 11|''Poe Dameron'' 11]] {{Mo}}
*{{Film|VII}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novelization)|''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' novelization]] {{Ab|Star Wars: The Force Awakens (audiobook)}} {{Vision|Rey}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel]]'' {{Ab|Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (audiobook)}} {{Vision|Rey}}
*[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens Graphic Novel Adaptation|''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' Graphic Novel Adaptation]] {{Mo}}
*[[The Force Awakens Adaptation 3|''The Force Awakens Adaptation'' 3]] {{Mo}}
*[[The Force Awakens Adaptation 4|''The Force Awakens Adaptation'' 4]] {{Vision|Rey}}
*[[The Force Awakens Adaptation 5|''The Force Awakens Adaptation'' 5]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire]]'' {{Ab|Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Join the Resistance: Attack on Starkiller Base]]'' {{Ab|Join the Resistance: Books 1-3|audiobook}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Adventures Ashcan|''Star Wars Adventures'' Ashcan]] {{Flash}}
*{{Film|VIII}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition]]'' {{Ab|Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel]]'' {{Ab|Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[The Last Jedi Adaptation 1|''The Last Jedi Adaptation'' 1]] {{Mo}}
*[[The Last Jedi Adaptation 3|''The Last Jedi Adaptation'' 3]] {{Mo}}
*[[The Last Jedi Adaptation 4|''The Last Jedi Adaptation'' 4]] {{Imo}}
*[[The Last Jedi Adaptation 5|''The Last Jedi Adaptation'' 5]] {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Legacy of Vaneé|book=Free Comic Book Day 2025: Star Wars 1|bformatted=Free Comic Book Day 2025: ''Star Wars'' 1}} {{Flash}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 1|''Legacy of Vader'' 1]] {{Hologram}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 2|''Legacy of Vader'' 2]] {{Flash}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 3|''Legacy of Vader'' 3]] {{Vision|Kylo Ren}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 4|''Legacy of Vader'' 4]] {{Flash}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 5|''Legacy of Vader'' 5]] {{Mo}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 6|''Legacy of Vader'' 6]] {{Flash}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 7|''Legacy of Vader'' 7]] {{Flash}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 8|''Legacy of Vader'' 8]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 9|''Legacy of Vader'' 9]] {{Crawl}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 10|''Legacy of Vader'' 10]] {{Vision|Kylo Ren}}
*[[Legacy of Vader 11|''Legacy of Vader'' 11]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Resistance Reborn]]'' {{Ab|Resistance Reborn (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Allegiance 2|''Allegiance'' 2]] {{Mo}}
*[[Allegiance 4|''Allegiance'' 4]] {{Flash}}
*''[[Spark of the Resistance]]'' {{Ab|Spark of the Resistance (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Pirate's Price]]'' {{Ab|Pirate's Price (audiobook)}} {{Mo}}
*[[Galaxy's Edge 3|''Galaxy's Edge'' 3]] {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Wanderer (short story)|book=Myths & Fables|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}} {{Flash}}
*{{GEAttr|Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities}} {{C|Statue only}}
*''[[Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge – Last Call]]'' {{Hologram}} {{Flash}}
*[[Halcyon Legacy 1|''Halcyon Legacy'' 1]] {{Flash}}
*[[Halcyon Legacy 3|''Halcyon Legacy'' 3]] {{Flash}}
*[[Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1|''Path of the Lightsaber'', Vol. 1]] {{C|as a statue}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2020|issue=2|story=Tales of Villainy: Follow and Lead}} {{Mo}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=2|story=Tales from Wild Space: The Flat Mountain of Yavin}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=4|story=Tales from Wild Space: Mattis Makes a Stand}} {{Mo}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=6|story=Tales from Wild Space: Podracer's Rescue}} {{Flash}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=22|story=Tales from Wild Space: A Tauntaun Tail}} {{Flash}}
*{{IDWAdventuresCite-2017|issue=32|story=The Lost Stories, Part 3}}
*[[Tales From the Nightlands 3|''Tales From the Nightlands'' 3]] {{Mo}}
*{{Film|IX}} {{Voice}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition]]'' {{Ab|Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (audiobook)}} {{Voice}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel]]'' {{Ab|Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (audiobook)}} {{Voice}}
*{{GOA|Kylo Ren and Darth Vader - A Legacy of Power}} {{Flash}}
*{{StoryCite|story=Whills (short story)|book=From a Certain Point of View|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*{{StoryCite|story=The Whills Strike Back|book=From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back|audiobook=1}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes]]''
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===Non-canon appearances===
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*<!-- 2013-09-18 -->''[[Angry Birds Star Wars II]]''
*<!-- 2014-06-16 -->[[LEGO Star Wars: A New Hope (DK Readers)|''LEGO Star Wars: A New Hope'' DK Reader]]
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->''[[William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return: Star Wars Part the Sixth]]'' {{Ab|William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return: Star Wars Part the Sixth (audiobook)}}
*''[[The Sims 4]]'' {{C|DLC, costume only}}
*<!-- 2014-XX-XX -->{{LEGOWeb|url=en-us/starwars/games/web-games/empire-vs-rebels|text=Empire vs Rebels (2014)|int=LEGO Star Wars: Empire vs Rebels (2014)|nolive=1}}
*<!-- 2015-01-XX -->''[[Star Wars: Battle Pod]]''
*<!-- 2015-04-07 -->''[[William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First]]''
*<!-- 2015-04-14 -->''[[Star Wars Epic Yarns: A New Hope]]''
*<!-- 2015-04-14 -->''[[Star Wars Epic Yarns: The Empire Strikes Back]]''
*<!-- 2015-04-14 -->''[[Star Wars Epic Yarns: Return of the Jedi]]''
*<!-- 2015-05-26 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|zjBVXI7Dh6s|Episode 7 - Battle of Naboo}}
*<!-- 2015-07-06 -->{{DroidTales|Exit from Endor}}
*<!-- 2015-07-07 -->''[[William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh: Star Wars Part the Second]]''
*<!-- 2015-07-19 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|-F4gkfmZBPM|Episode 8 - The Final Duel}}
*<!-- 2015-08-24 -->{{DroidTales|Crisis on Coruscant}} {{Flash}}
*<!-- 2015-08-25 -->[[LEGO Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Scholastic)|''LEGO Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith'' picture book]]
*<!-- 2015-08-30 -->''[[Disney Infinity 3.0]]''
*<!-- 2015-09-04 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|6KQ9QTpSAYo|Introducing Buildable Figures!}}
*<!-- 2015-09-07 -->{{DroidTales|Mission to Mos Eisley (episode)}} {{Flash}}
*<!-- 2015-09-08 -->''[[William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third]]''
*<!-- 2015-10-12 -->{{DroidTales|Flight of the Falcon (episode)}} {{Flash}}
*<!-- 2015-11-02 -->{{DroidTales|Gambit on Geonosis}} {{Flash}}
*<!-- 2016-01-XX? -->''[[LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales Episodes I-III]]'' {{C|Appears as Force spirit and in flashbacks}}
*<!-- 2016-04-29 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|WcmXhQyBTRQ|Brick Fest of Champions}}
*<!-- 2016-06-20 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|A Hero Discovered}}
*<!-- 2016-06-22 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Zander's Joyride}}
*<!-- 2016-06-24 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|The Lost Treasure of Cloud City}} {{Hologram}}
*<!-- 2016-06-27 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Peril on Kashyyyk}} {{Hologram}}
*<!-- 2016-06-28 -->''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''
*<!-- 2016-07-11 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Crossing Paths}}
*<!-- 2016-07-18 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Race on Tatooine}} {{Hologram}}
*<!-- 2016-07-25 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|The Test}} {{Hologram}}
*<!-- 2016-08-01 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|The Kyber Saber Crystal Chase}} {{Voice}}
*<!-- 2016-08-22 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Duel of Destiny}}
*<!-- 2016-08-29 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Return of the Kyber Saber}}
*<!-- 2016-09-19 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|ciWaADXKpZ0|Obstacle Course}}
*<!-- 2016-09-26 -->{{SWYouTube|s7t16oeXbXY|Star Wars Go Rogue &#124; Chapter 4|sw_url=video/star-wars-go-rogue-chapter-4}}
*<!-- 2017-05-04 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|fRsYLDSs7XE|Trench Run}}
*<!-- 2017-05-10 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|LYl7St3V_iY|Star Wars: Rogue One As Told By LEGO}}
*<!-- 2017-05-25 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|Cj_PkOGdnOY|Star Wars 40th Anniversary}}
*<!-- 2017-06-17 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Trouble on Tibalt}}
*<!-- 2017-06-28 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Build Your Story|text=Darth Vader Transformation|video=doWNqUYLfTg}}
*<!-- 2017-07-12 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Should Have Used The Force|text=Darth Vader's Transformation|video=mNe4b_Uitgg}}
*<!-- 2017-07-21 -->''[[Fortnite]]''
*<!-- 2017-07-31 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|The Tower of Alistan Nor}}
*<!-- 2017-08-01 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|The Embersteel Blade}}
*<!-- 2017-08-02 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|The Storms of Taul}}
*<!-- 2017-08-03 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Return to the Wheel}}
*<!-- 2017-08-07 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|The Lost Crystals of Qalydon}} {{Hologram}}
*<!-- 2017-08-08 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|The Pit and the Pinnacle}}
*<!-- 2017-08-09 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Flight of the Arrowhead}}
*<!-- 2017-08-10 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|A Perilous Rescue}}
*<!-- 2017-08-14 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Escape from Coruscant}}
*<!-- 2017-08-15 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Free Fall}}
*<!-- 2017-08-16 -->{{FreemakerAdventures|Return of the Return of the Jedi}}
*<!-- 2017-09-23 -->{{LSWCite|28|Attack of the Microfighters}}
*<!-- 2017-09-26 -->''[[Fortnite Battle Royale]]''
*<!-- 2018-07-03 -->''[[Are You Scared, Darth Vader?]]''
*<!-- 2018-11-24 -->{{All-Stars|Dealing with Lando}} {{Mo}}
*<!-- 2018-11-24 -->{{All-Stars|Han and Chewie Strike Back}} {{Mo}}
*<!-- 2018-12-01 -->{{All-Stars|Scouting for Leia}} {{Mo}}
*<!-- 2018-12-01 -->{{All-Stars|A Mission with Maz}} {{Mo}}
*<!-- 2018-12-08 -->{{All-Stars|Rolling with BB-8}} {{Mo}}
*<!-- 2018-12-08 -->{{All-Stars|Resistance on the Run}} {{Mo}}
*<!-- 2019-03-30 -->{{LSWCite|46|Boba Theft}}
*<!-- 2019-04-16 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Stop-Motion Story|text=Breakfast of Champions|video=sNlPOFAUFN4}}
*<!-- 2019-04-17 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Stop-Motion Story|text=Battle of Naboo|video=XmL3YJFoPLI}}
*<!-- 2019-04-19 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Stop-Motion Story|text=The Hungry Imperials|video=kMilKfO-r4s}}
*<!-- 2019-04-21 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Stop-Motion Story|text=Escape from Scarif|video=tC4GW60zKW0}}
*<!-- 2019-04-23 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Stop-Motion Story|text=Taking out the Trash|video=rFm76OEUgbw}}
*<!-- 2019-04-24 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Stop-Motion Story|text=Han Sol-UhOh|video=om4gOrR6fzU}}
*<!-- 2019-05-30 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=Yoda and Luke in Cloud City|video=P6Qw0qEFNwc}}
*<!-- 2019-06-06 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=Princess Leia's Escape Plan|video=ltKGscfjWHQ}}
*<!-- 2019-06-29 -->{{LSWCite|49|Vader Shows His Skills}}
*<!-- 2019-08-10 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Stop-Motion Story|text=The One With The Giant Space Slug|video=NNzswgjKbuM}}
*<!-- 2019-08-11 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Stop-Motion Story|text=Jabba Jumps Into The Race|video=0gPtxt6hnv8}}
*<!-- 2019-09-28 -->{{LSWCite|52|Droid Flight}}
*<!-- 2019-09-28 -->{{LSWCite|52|The Desert Scouts}}
*<!-- 2019-11-06 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=Let Vader Handle It|video=soZ_teIl4yA}}
*<!-- 2019-11-17 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=Luke Skymopper|video=HswzwvSoTsM}}
*<!-- 2019-11-27 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=Porgs vs Death Star|video=2--irKzIPFs}}
*<!-- 2019-12-08 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=We forgot them|video=Th-8EQh6BYo}} {{Mo}}
*<!-- 2019-12-17 -->''[[Disney Magic Kingdoms]]''
*<!-- 2019-12-18 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=Father Son Time|video=CAlteOT26gw}}
*<!-- 2019-12-23 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=Battle on Mustafar|video=lAiaWFECfAU}}
*<!-- 2020-01-03 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=Shocking plans|video=0V7DKi9jVoY}}
*<!-- 2020-01-05 -->{{LegoMiniMovie|series=Battle Story|text=Pumpkin Pod Race|video=FAiCnbKZqcs}}
*<!-- 2020-02-22 -->{{LSWCite|57|The Racing Winner}}
*<!-- 2020-03-21 -->{{LSWCite|58|Corellian Run (comic story)}}
*<!-- 2020-10-17 -->{{LSWCite|65|Costume Calamity}}
*<!-- 2020-11-05 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|All I Want For Life Day}}
*<!-- 2020-11-17 -->''[[The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special]]''
*<!-- 2021-05-04 -->"[[The Force Awakens From Its Nap]]" {{Ghost}}
*<!-- 2021-09-24 -->''[[LEGO Star Wars Battles]]''
*<!-- 2021-10-01 -->''[[LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales]]'' {{Flash}}
*<!-- 2021-10-05 -->''[[A Vader Family Sithmas]]''
*<!-- 2021-10-23 -->{{LSWCite|77|The Ghost of Good}}
*<!-- 2021-11-27 -->{{LSWCite|78|The Gift of Giving}} {{Mo}}
*<!-- 2022-04-05 -->''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga]]''
*<!-- 2022-05-27 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|Happy Celebration 45th Anniversary A New Hope|Happy Celebration 45th Anniversary ''A New Hope''}}
*<!-- 2022-07-24 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|The Heat Of The Battle}}
*<!-- 2022-08-05 -->''[[LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation]]'' {{Ghost}}
*<!-- 2022-11-17 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|Obi-Wan vs Inquisitors}}
*<!-- 2023-05-04 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|May the Fourth}}
*<!-- 2023-06-17 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|Father's Day}}
*<!-- 2023-06-17 -->{{LSWCite|97|First Order Fighters}}
*<!-- 2023-07-11 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|Vader's Vacation}}
*<!-- 2023-10-07 -->{{LSWCite|101|Kamino Crisis}}
*<!-- 2023-10-10 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|The Sith Witch of Mustafar}}
*<!-- 2023-10-10 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|Mech My Day}}
*<!-- 2023-12-07 -->''[[LEGO Fortnite]]''
*<!-- 2023-12-12 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|Twas the Night Before Life Day}}
*<!-- 2024-04-19 -->{{LSWCite|108|The Temple Ambush}}
*<!-- 2024-04-26 -->{{CelebrateTheSeason|LEGO Star Wars - 25 Years}}
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*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/crisis-on-naboo-episode-guide|text="Crisis on Naboo" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
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*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/a-war-on-two-fronts-episode-guide|text="A War on Two Fronts" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
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*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/point-of-no-return-episode-guide|text="Point of No Return" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/eminence-episode-guide|text="Eminence" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/shades-of-reason-episode-guide|text="Shades of Reason" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
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*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/the-jedi-who-knew-too-much-episode-guide|text="The Jedi Who Knew Too Much" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/to-catch-a-jedi-episode-guide|text="To Catch a Jedi" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/the-wrong-jedi-episode-guide|text="The Wrong Jedi" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/the-unknown-episode-guide|text="The Unknown" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/conspiracy-episode-guide|text="Conspiracy" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/orders-episode-guide|text="Orders" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
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*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/the-rise-of-clovis-episode-guide|text="The Rise of Clovis" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/crisis-at-the-heart-episode-guide|text="Crisis at the Heart" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/the-disappeared-part-i-episode-guide|text="The Disappeared, Part I" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}} {{Po}}
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*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/voices-episode-guide|text="Voices" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/destiny-episode-guide|text="Destiny" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
*<!-- 2014-07-01 -->{{SW|url=series/clone-wars/sacrifice-episode-guide|text="Sacrifice" Episode Guide &#124; The Clone Wars}}
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*<!-- 2014-07-08 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-rebels-and-more-at-san-diego-comic-con-2014|text=''Star Wars Rebels'' and More at San Diego Comic-Con 2014 - UPDATED!}}
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*<!-- 2014-07-21 -->''[[Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide]]''
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*<!-- 2014-07-22 -->{{InsiderCite|151|My Star Wars|My ''Star Wars'': Dermot Crowley}} {{Po}}
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*<!-- 2014-08-28 -->''[[Star Wars Annual 2015]]''
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*<!-- 2014-08-28 -->{{SW|url=news/studying-skywalkers-shared-motifs-in-star-wars-and-shakespeare|text=Studying Skywalkers : Shared Motifs in ''Star Wars'' and Shakespeare}}
*<!-- 2014-08-29 -->{{SW|url=news/from-fandom-to-phantom-making-the-force-that-binds-us|text=From Fandom to ''Phantom'': Making the Force That Binds Us|nolive=1}}
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*<!-- 2014-09-01 -->''[[Star Wars Master Models: Darth Vader]]''
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*<!-- 2014-09-02 -->{{SW|url=news/meet-the-creatures-of-dagobah|text=Meet the Creatures of Dagobah|nolive=1}} {{Po}}
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*<!-- 2014-09-18 -->{{SW|url=news/crush-the-rebellion-or-restore-freedom-in-star-wars-commander|text=UPDATED: Crush the Rebellion or Restore Freedom in ''Star Wars: Commander''}}
*<!-- 2014-09-18 -->{{SW|url=news/interviewing-kershner-a-conversation-with-the-director-of-the-empire-strikes-back|text=Interviewing Kershner: A Conversation with the Director of ''The Empire Strikes Back''}}
*<!-- 2014-09-23 -->{{SW|url=news/we-shall-double-our-efforts-inspecting-501st-legion-garrisons|text=We Shall Double Our Efforts: Inspecting 501st Legion Garrisons|nolive=1}}
*<!-- 2014-09-24 -->{{SW|url=games-apps/star-wars-galactic-defense-screenshots|text=''Star Wars: Galactic Defense'' Screenshots}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2014-09-24 -->{{SW|url=news/studying-skywalkers-the-heros-journey-in-the-middle-school-classroom|text=Studying Skywalkers: The Hero's Journey in the Middle School Classroom}}
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*<!-- 2014-09-25 -->{{SW|url=video/star-wars-the-clone-wars-story-reel-a-death-on-utapau|text=Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Story Reel: A Death on Utapau}}
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*<!-- 2014-09-25 -->{{SW|url=video/star-wars-the-clone-wars-story-reel-in-search-of-the-crystal|text=Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Story Reel: In Search of the Crystal}}
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*<!-- 2014-09-30 -->''[[Star Wars Poster-A-Page: The Skywalker Saga: Episodes I-VI]]''
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*<!-- 2014-09-XX -->''[[Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head]]''
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*<!-- 2014-10-03 -->{{RebelsRecon|jXl7GtvG8t4|#1.01: Inside "Spark of Rebellion" &#124; Star Wars Rebels|sw_url=video/rebels-recon-inside-spark-of-rebellion}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2014-10-03 -->{{SW|url=news/interview-simon-kinberg-star-wars-rebels-executive-producer-part-1|text=Interview: Simon Kinberg, ''Star Wars Rebels'' Executive Producer - Part 1|nolive=1}}
*<!-- 2014-10-03 -->{{SW|url=series/star-wars-rebels/spark-of-rebellion-episode-guide|text="Spark of Rebellion" Part 1 Episode Guide &#124; Star Wars Rebels}}
*<!-- 2014-10-06 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-fantasy-flight-games-preview-october-2014|text=''Star Wars'' Fantasy Flight Games Preview: October 2014}}
*<!-- 2014-10-07 -->{{SW|url=news/the-adventures-of-luke-skywalker-jedi-knight-celebrating-a-master|text=''The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight'': Celebrating a Master|nolive=1}}
*<!-- 2014-10-08 -->{{SW|url=news/interview-simon-kinberg-star-wars-rebels-executive-producer-part-3|text=Interview: Simon Kinberg, ''Star Wars Rebels'' Executive Producer - Part 3}}
*<!-- 2014-10-09 -->{{SW|url=news/abc-to-air-star-wars-rebels-spark-of-rebellion-with-a-new-scene-featuring-darth-vader|text=''Star Wars Rebels: Spark Of Rebellion'' with a New Scene Featuring Darth Vader Coming to ABC}}
*<!-- 2014-10-09 -->{{SW|url=news/fully-operational-fandom-rocking-with-fan-made-star-wars-guitars|text=Fully Operational Fandom: Rocking with Fan-Made ''Star Wars'' Guitars}}
*<!-- 2014-10-14 -->''[[Star Wars Art: Posters]]''
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*<!-- 2014-10-28 -->''[[Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy]]''
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*<!-- 2024-05-07 -->[[Star Wars: Return of The Jedi: The 40th Anniversary Special Edition|''Star Wars: Return of The Jedi'': The 40th Anniversary Special Edition]]
*<!-- 2024-05-29 -->{{SW|url=news/ahmed-best-the-phantom-menace|text=''Phantom'' at 25 &#124; Ahmed Best on the Creation and Legacy of Jar Jar Binks}}
*<!-- 2024-05-29 -->{{SWYouTube|Wb_zdHIQOj8|The Acolyte &#124; Red Saber Green Saber &#124; Streaming June 4 on Disney+}}
*<!-- 2024-06-05 -->{{SW|url=series/the-acolyte/revenge-justice-episode-guide|text="Revenge / Justice" Episode Guide &#124; The Acolyte}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2024-06-25 -->{{InsiderCite|226|Launchpad}}
*<!-- 2024-06-25 -->{{InsiderCite|226|Alexander Freed: From A to Z}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2024-06-27 -->{{SW|url=news/the-acolyte-highlights-night|text=''The Acolyte'' Explained &#124; Highlights from "Night"}}
*<!-- 2024-07-05 -->{{SWYouTube|pI36A12reOU|The Acolyte &#124; Jennifer Bryan - The Stranger &#124; Disney+}}
*<!-- 2024-07-09 -->''[[Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire]]''
*<!-- 2024-07-12 -->{{SW|url=news/dressing-the-acolyte-costumes-feature|text=Dressing ''The Acolyte'': The Stranger and an Assassin Hunt the Jedi of the High Republic &mdash; Updated}}
*<!-- 2024-07-15 -->{{SW|url=news/the-acolyte-stunts-and-fights|text=Fight Like a Jedi: Inside <i>The Acolyte</i>'s Stunt Sequences and Martial Arts Action}}
*<!-- 2024-07-17 -->{{SW|url=news/the-acolyte-jedi-order|text=How ''The Acolyte'' Challenges How We See Some Members of the Jedi}}
*<!-- 2024-07-22 -->{{SW|url=news/sdcc-2024-lucasfilm-reveals|text=SDCC 2024: ''The Acolyte'' Publishing Program and Other Reveals from the Lucasfilm Panel}}
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*<!-- 2024-08-05 -->{{ThisWeek|ObmiJMUfJAE|Dispatch: Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025, Here We Come!}}
*<!-- 2024-08-06 -->{{SWYouTube|8S-5MC_uxVc|The Acolyte &#124; The Stunts of The Acolyte &#124; Disney+}}
*<!-- 2024-08-09 -->{{SW|url=news/d23-2024-lucasfilm-reveals|text=D23 2024: All the Star Wars News from D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event}}
*<!-- 2024-08-10 -->{{SWYouTube|razmnZYn9wE|Star Wars &#124; Tall Couple &#124; D23}}
*<!-- 2024-08-11 -->{{SW|url=news/d23-2024-fan-spotlight-part-2|text=D23 2024: StarWars.com Fan Spotlight Part 2}}
*<!-- 2024-08-12 -->{{ThisWeek|-s_MQBptpoY|D23 Star Wars News Roundup}}
*<!-- 2024-08-27 -->{{InsiderCite|227|Launchpad}}
*<!-- 2024-09-09 -->{{SW|url=news/james-earl-jones|text=James Earl Jones: 1931-2024}}
*<!-- 2024-09-13 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-rebuild-the-galaxy-is-here|text=''LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy'' is here!}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2024-09-18 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-rebuild-the-galaxy-easter-eggs|text=Behind the Bricks: Our Favorite Easter Eggs from ''LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy''}}
*<!-- 2024-09-18 -->{{SWYouTube|LtUwpo2zzPo|LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy &#124; Behind the Clip &#124; Now Available on Disney+}}
*<!-- 2024-09-20 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-rebuild-the-galaxy-cast-interview-part-2|text=Meet the Cast and Creators Mixing Things Up with ''LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy'' - Part 2}}
*<!-- 2024-10-03 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-rebels-turns-10|text=''Star Wars Rebels'' Remembered}}
*<!-- 2024-10-08 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-celebration-japan-badge-art|text=''Star Wars'' Celebration Japan Badge Art - Reveal}}
*<!-- 2024-10-08 -->{{ThisWeek|sNjfVC0lHGQ|Dispatch: Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 Badge Art Reveal}}
*<!-- 2024-10-09 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-halloween-shopping-guide|text=''Star Wars'' Halloween Shopping Guide 2024|oldversion=20241118012036}}
*<!-- 2024-10-17 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-reads-recommendations|text=Our ''Star Wars'' Reads Picks For Every Type of Reader in Your Life}}
*<!-- 2024-10-18 -->{{SW|url=news/nycc-2024-lucasfilm-publishing-reveals|text=NYCC 2024: All the ''Star Wars'' News and Reveals from New York Comic-Con}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2024-10-19 -->{{SW|url=news/nycc-2024-fan-spotlight|text=NYCC 2024: StarWars.com Fan Spotlight}}
*<!-- 2024-10-24 -->{{SW|url=news/marvel-legacy-of-vader|text=Kylo Ren Returns in Marvel's ''Star Wars: Legacy of Vader'' &mdash; Reveal}}
*<!-- 2024-10-29 -->{{InsiderCite|228|Launchpad}}
*<!-- 2024-10-29 -->{{InsiderCite|228|Phantoms of the Space Opera}}
*<!-- 2024-10-29 -->{{InsiderCite|228|Diana Lee Inosanto (article)}}
*<!-- 2024-10-29 -->{{SW|url=news/iain-mccaig-the-phantom-menace|text=''Phantom'' at 25 &#124; Iain McCaig Talks Darth Maul, Queen Amidala, and working with George Lucas}}
*<!-- 2024-10-31 -->{{SWYouTube|36JR2OpPsOU|NASCAR and Columbia Reveal a New Darth Vader-Inspired Paint Scheme &#124; Star Wars}}
*<!-- 2024-10-31 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-nascar-columbia-doug-chiang|text=NASCAR and Columbia Reveal a New Darth Vader-Inspired Paint Scheme}}
*<!-- 2024-11-05 -->''[[Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy]]''
*<!-- 2024-11-14 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-holiday-gift-guide|text=''Star Wars'' Holiday Gift Guide 2024|oldversion=20241226152647}}
*<!-- 2024-11-18 -->{{SW|url=news/skeleton-crew-jude-law-interview|text=<i>Star Wars: Skeleton Crew</i>'s Jude Law Would Like to Introduce You to Jod}}
*<!-- 2024-11-19 -->''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy]]''
*<!-- 2024-11-22 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-black-friday-and-cyber-week-deals|text=''Star Wars'' Black Friday and Cyber Week 2024 Deals|oldversion=20241214054257}}
*<!-- 2024-11-22 -->{{SWYouTube|blr7msYLc48|Skeleton Crew &#124; The Skeleton Crew Talks Star Wars &#124; Streaming December 3 Disney+}}
*<!-- 2024-11-27 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-kids-lego-announce|text=The ''LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special'' Arrives on YouTube}}
*<!-- 2024-12-10 -->{{InsiderCite|229|Launchpad}}
*<!-- 2024-12-20 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-best-of-2024|text=''Star Wars'' Year in Review 2024}}
*<!-- 2025-01-03 -->{{Marvel|url=articles/comics/marvel-2025-free-comic-book-day-first-look-ultimate-universe-fantastic-four|text=Get Your First Look at Marvel's 2025 Free Comic Book Day Titles}}
*<!-- 2025-01-XX -->{{SideshowCite|set=Art Prints|pack=Darth Vader: Dark Lord's Fury|link=collectibles/star-wars-darth-vader-dark-lords-fury-501736U}}
*<!-- 2025-02-21 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-celebration-japan-art-show-reveal|text=''Star Wars'' Celebration Japan 2025 Art Show - Reveal}}
*<!-- 2025-02-25 -->{{SW|url=news/revenge-of-the-sith-20th-anniversary-theatrical-release|text=''Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith'' Returns to Theaters}}
*<!-- 2025-03-13 -->{{SW|url=news/andor-revisited-rewatch-season-1-arc-2|text=''Andor'' Revisited: The Making of a Rebel - Exploring the Second Arc of Season 1}}
*<!-- 2025-03-20 -->{{Marvel|url=articles/comics/star-wars-doctor-aphra-chaos-agent-1-cover-the-new-republic|text=Star Wars' Doctor Aphra Navigates the New Republic in New Ongoing Comic Series}}
*<!-- 2025-03-26 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-celebration-japan-2025-merchandise-exclusives|text=Shop the ''Star Wars'' Celebration Japan Show Floor Exclusives - Reveal}}
*<!-- 2025-04-10 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-celebration-2025-lucasfilm-publishing-panel|text=Phase III of ''The High Republic'' And All The Lucasfilm Publishing News from ''Star Wars'' Celebration Japan 2025 &ndash; UPDATE}}
*<!-- 2025-04-19 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-celebration-2025-roundup|text=''Star Wars'' Celebration Japan 2025: All the News You Need}}
*<!-- 2025-04-24 -->{{SWYouTube|aQ_Fm-i1SAY|Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 20th Anniversary &#124; In theaters April 25.}}
*<!-- 2025-04-29 -->{{InsiderCite|231|Launchpad}}
*<!-- 2025-04-29 -->''[[Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy: Updated and Expanded]]''
*<!-- 2025-05-03 -->[[Free Comic Book Day 2025: Star Wars 1|Free Comic Book Day 2025: ''Star Wars'' 1]]
*<!-- 2025-05-19 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-revenge-of-the-sith-fun-facts-trivia|text=Wookiee Basketball, Kid Han Solo, and a Kenobi Dummy: 20 Fun Facts about ''Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith''}}
*<!-- 2025-06-20 -->{{GermanFanCite|118|Database}}
*<!-- 2025-07-17 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-san-diego-comic-con-exclusives-2025|text=Take Home These Standout ''Star Wars'' Exclusives from San Diego Comic-Con}}
*<!-- 2025-07-24 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-san-diego-comic-con-ahsoka-season-2-first-look|text=Never-Before-Seen Art Celebrates 20 Years of Lucasfilm Animation at San Diego Comic-Con 2025}}
*<!-- 2025-07-25 -->{{SW|url=news/star-wars-san-diego-comic-con-lucasfilm-publishing-panel-2025|text=SDCC 2025: Highlights from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2025-08-14 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-rebuild-the-galaxy-pieces-of-the-past-trailer|text=A Giant Chewbacca Joins the Fight in New ''LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past'' Trailer}}
*<!-- 2025-08-19 -->''[[The Art of Star Wars: Outlaws]]''
*<!-- 2025-09-04 -->{{SWYouTube|BL-4d2OFPjQ|Star Wars Outlaws Is Now Available On Nintendo Switch 2}}
*<!-- 2025-09-04 -->{{UbisoftYouTube|X4pJCxIUm6Q|Star Wars Outlaws: Nintendo Switch™ 2 Launch Trailer}}
*{{SW|url=news/who-is-jaxxon|text=Who is Jaxxon?}} {{Po}}
*{{SW|url=news/quiz-which-star-wars-video-game-should-you-play-right-now|text=Which ''Star Wars'' Video Game Should You Play Right Now? - Updated}} {{Po}}
*{{SW|url=news/new-york-comic-con-2025-hasbro-panel|text=NYCC 2025: Darth Vader at Duel's End Joins Hasbro's ''Star Wars'': The Black Series and More}}
*{{SW|url=news/nycc-2025-lucasfilm-publishing-reveals|text=NYCC 2025: All the News and Reveals from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel}}
*{{SW|url=news/star-wars-holiday-gift-guide|text=''Star Wars'' Holiday Gift Guide 2025|oldversion=20251118054516}}
*{{SW|url=news/star-wars-collectible-card-game|text=All Hands on Deck for a New ''Star Wars'' Collectible Card Game}}
*{{SW|url=news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-behind-the-scenes|text=10 Behind-the-Scenes Facts About ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens''}}
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*{{Databank|aa-9-coruscant-freighter|AA-9 Coruscant freighter}}
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*{{Databank|admiral-piett|Admiral Piett}}
*{{Databank|admiral-trench|Admiral Trench}}
*{{Databank|wullf-yularen|Admiral Wullf Yularen}}
*{{Databank|agen-kolar|Agen Kolar}} {{Imo}}
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*{{Databank|barriss-offee|Barriss Offee}}
*{{Databank|battle-droid|Battle Droid}}
*{{Databank|baylan-skoll|Baylan Skoll}}
*{{Databank|beilert-valance|Beilert Valance}}
*{{Databank|ben-kenobi-s-secret-lightsaber-box|Ben Kenobi's secret lightsaber box}}
*{{Databank|bespin|Bespin}}
*{{Databank|biggs-darklighter|Biggs Darklighter}}
*{{Databank|bossk|Bossk}}
*{{Databank|brezak|Brezak}} {{Po}}
*{{Databank|bultar-swan|Bultar Swan}}
*{{Databank|c-3po|C-3PO (See-Threepio)}}
*{{Databank|cad-bane|Cad Bane}}
*{{Databank|captain-needa|Captain Needa}}
*{{Databank|captain-typho|Captain Typho}}
*{{Databank|carbon-freezing|Carbon-freezing}}
*{{Databank|cave-of-evil|Cave of Evil}}
*{{Databank|clone-captain-rex|Clone Captain Rex}}
*{{Databank|jesse|Clone Trooper Jesse}}
*{{Databank|clone-troopers|Clone Troopers}}
*{{Databank|cloud-city|Cloud City}}
*{{Databank|coruscant|Coruscant}}
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*{{Databank|corvax-fen|Corvax Fen}}
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*{{Databank|darth-vader-s-tie-fighter|Darth Vader's TIE Fighter}}
*{{Databank|deland-tyerell|Deland Tyerell}}
*{{Databank|delta-7-jedi-starfighter|Delta-7 Jedi Starfighter}}
*{{Databank|depa-billaba|Depa Billaba}}
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*{{Databank|doctor-aphra|Doctor Aphra}}
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*{{Databank|eeth-koth|Eeth Koth}}
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*{{Databank|felucia|Felucia}}
*{{Databank|fifth-brother-inquisitor|Fifth Brother Inquisitor}}
*{{Databank|force-push|Force Push}} {{Po}}
*{{Databank|free-ryloth-movement|Free Ryloth Movement}}
*{{Databank|galactic-empire|Galactic Empire}}
*{{Databank|galaxies-opera-house|Galaxies Opera House}}
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*{{Databank|geonosis-droid-factory|Geonosis Droid Factory}}
*{{Databank|gh-7-analysis-droid|GH-7 Analysis Droid}}
*{{Databank|gonky|Gonky}} {{Po}}
*{{Databank|governor-torul-blom|Governor Torul Blom}}
*{{Databank|gundark|Gundark}}
*{{Databank|han-solo|Han Solo}}
*{{Databank|havoc-marauder|''Havoc Marauder''}}
*{{Databank|hondo-ohnaka|Hondo Ohnaka}}
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*{{Databank|imperial-shuttle|Imperial Shuttle}}
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*{{Databank|jar-jar-binks|Jar Jar Binks}}
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*{{Databank|jedi-temple|Jedi Temple}}
*{{Databank|keeradak|keeradak}} {{Po}}
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*{{Databank|yoda-s-fighter|Yoda's Fighter}}
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===Non-canon sources===
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*<!-- 2021-04-13 -->''[[LEGO Star Wars Yoda's Galaxy Atlas]]''
*<!-- 2021-08-03 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-terrifying-tales-announce|text=Prepare Yourself For Haunted Happenings in ''LEGO® Star Wars Terrifying Tales''}}
*<!-- 2021-09-07 -->{{SW|url=news/5-haunting-highlights-in-the-new-lego-star-wars-terrifying-tales-trailer|text=5 Haunting Highlights in the New LEGO ''Star Wars Terrifying Tales'' Trailer}}
*<!-- 2021-09-22 -->{{VisionsFocus|Origins}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2021-09-22 -->{{VisionsFocus|The Duel}}
*<!-- 2021-09-22 -->{{VisionsFocus|The Ninth Jedi}}
*<!-- 2021-09-22 -->{{VisionsFocus|The Elder}}
*<!-- 2021-09-27 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-terrifying-tales-poster|text=Gaze Upon the Petrifying Poster for ''LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales''!}}
*<!-- 2021-10-01 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-terrifying-tales-interview|text=The Creators of ''LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales'' on Crafting a Ghoulactic Halloween Event}}
*<!-- 2021-10-01 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-terrifying-tales-is-here|text=''LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales'' is Here!}}
*<!-- 2021-10-04 -->{{SW|url=news/13-highlights-lego-star-wars-terrifying-tales|text=13 Hilarious and Horrifying Highlights from ''LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales''}}
*<!-- 2021-10-07 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-terrifying-tales-tribute-poster|text=Brick or Treat: ''LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales'' Pays Tribute to Horror Classics with New Poster Series - Updated}}
*<!-- 2021-10-18 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-terrifying-tales-easter-eggs|text=20 Eerie Easter Eggs from ''LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales''}}
*<!-- 2021-XX-XX -->[[LEGO Kids Memory Game]]
*<!-- 2022-05-28 -->{{SW|url=news/swca-2022-lego-star-wars-panel|text=SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Summer of LEGO ''Star Wars'' Panel}}
*<!-- 2022-06-21 -->{{SWYouTube|RZnXjJqJp8g|LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation &#124; Official Trailer &#124; Disney+|sw_url=video/official-trailer-lego-star-wars-summer-vacation}}
*<!-- 2022-06-21 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-summer-vacation-trailer|text=5 Things We Love About the ''LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation'' Trailer}}
*<!-- 2022-08-16 -->{{SW|url=news/lego-star-wars-summer-vacation-easter-eggs|text=20 Easter Eggs from ''LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation''}}
*<!-- 2022-10-05 -->''[[The Art of Star Wars: Visions]]''
*<!-- 2023-07-28 -->{{SW|url=series/star-wars-visions/journey-to-the-dark-head-episode-guide|text="Journey to the Dark Head" Episode Guide &#124; Star Wars Visions Volume 2}}
*<!-- 2023-07-28 -->{{SW|url=series/star-wars-visions/screechers-reach-episode-guide|text="Screecher's Reach" Episode Guide &#124; Star Wars Visions Volume 2}} {{Po}}
*<!-- 2023-08-01 -->{{LEGOCite|num=75368|name=Darth Vader Mech}}
*<!-- 2025-04-01 -->''[[LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia Updated Edition]]''
*<!-- 2025-05-01 -->{{Fortnite|url=news/strap-in-starfighter-star-wars-is-taking-over-in-fortnite-galactic-battle|text=Strap in Starfighter, Star Wars is Taking Over in Fortnite: GALACTIC BATTLE!}}
*{{SW|url=news/lego-rebuild-the-galaxy-pieces-of-the-past-cast-crew-interview|text=The Cast and Creators of ''LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy'' Reunite for ''Pieces of the Past''}}
*{{SW|url=news/lego-rebuild-the-galaxy-pieces-of-the-past-favorite-mashups|text=''LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy''{{'s}} Most Outrageous Character Mashups}}
*{{SW|url=news/lego-rebuild-the-galaxy-pieces-of-the-past-deep-cuts|text=Our Favorite Deep Cuts and Fun Facts from ''LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past'' - Updated}}
*{{SW|url=news/lego-ultimate-collector-series-death-star|text=That's No Moon, It's The LEGO Group's Latest Death Star Set}}
*{{SW|url=news/star-wars-visions-watch-guide|text=''Star Wars: Visions'' Volume 3 Viewing Guide}}
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|title=[[Dark Lord of the Sith]] with [[Darth Sidious]]<ref name="Episode III" />
|years=[[19 BBY]]<ref name="Episode III" />&ndash;[[4 ABY]]<ref name="Episode VI" />
|before=[[Darth Sidious]] with [[Dooku|Darth Tyranus]]<ref name="Episode II" />
|before-years=c. [[32 BBY]]<ref name="AEYNTK" />&ndash;[[19 BBY]]<ref name="Episode III" />
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==Notes and references==
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