

He was seen as the Empire’s ultimate weapon of fear until the completion of the Death Star. In the years following the rise of the Empire, Vader hunted down dozens of Jedi who escaped Order 66. However, Vader was critically wounded in a lightsaber duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi which forced him to live out the remainder of his life in a cybernetic suit.ĭespite the fact Vader was unable to use Force lightning due to his cybernetics, he was extremely capable at using his telekinetic abilities and a feared lightsaber duelist. During and long after Order 66, Vader fought with Imperial forces to systematically destroy the Jedi Order. Once the former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader allied with the Sith Lord Darth Sidious during the rise of his Empire.

So, without further ado we present: Darth Vader vs. Luckily, we’re here to do the next best thing in a new column designed to pit two characters against each other in a match up we’d never see otherwise and determine a winner. Separated by more than 4000 years of history, it’s almost impossible these two would ever meet in personal combat. Without the benefit of time travel, for example, we would never be able to see a fight between two classic Dark Lords of the Sith: Darth Vader and Darth Revan. Alas, even in a continuity as vast as Star Wars there are quite a few constraints keeping us from living out our greatest fantasies.
