Hot Toys MMS279 - Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope : Darth Vader.

When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.
- Ursula K. Le Guin.

I find your lack of faith in the Force disturbing.
- Darth Vader.

No, I am your father.
- Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker.

The blackest brother in the galaxy.
- Hooper X, Chasing Amy.

A (mis) interpretation:

Name: Anakin Skywalker.

Alias: Darth Vader.

Age: 46 years old.

Affiliation: Padawan Apprentice (former), Jedi Knight (former), Jedi Master (former) - The Jedi Order; General - 3rd Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, Galactic Republic (former); Sith Apprentice (former); Sith Lord (current); Lord Commander - 501st Legion "Vader's Fist", Galactic Empire (current).

Standard armaments: Lightsaber x 1; Armour of Despair x 1; The Despoiler Helm x 1; The Death Mask x 1; cybernetic enhanced physiology.

Abilities: Master force wielder; master lightsaber combatant; master military strategist and tactician; leadership; near superhuman physiology; genius level mechanic and engineering skills; multi-lingual. 

Darth Vader is a very much feared Sith Lord of the Galactic Empire. He is believed to one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, Force wielder ever in existence. Vader's power of the Force is considerably stronger than even the Jedi Grandmaster Yoda and the Sith Overlord Darth Sidious or Emperor Palpatine combined. Physically imposing at nearly seven feet tall with cybernetic enhanced body, Darth Vader possesses a aura of fear and death to those in his presence. As a master Force wielder, Vader could bend steel or destroy an entire company strength Resistance force single handedly without lifting a finger. At one point he had been observed of bringing down a Resistance battlecruiser with his thought alone and tears it apart like paper. Several blaster shots could be stopped in mid air by him simultaneously and even deflect a particle cannon blast from a battlecruiser with his palm. Vader could read the mind of any sentient beings as well as control such individual thought and action. This ability extends to his capability of technopathy, of which Vader could control machineries, its functions or retrieve data stacks and softwares completely. He also possesses precognitive ability to foresee the path of a near future. Vader carried a master crafted custom lightsaber which he forged personally with blood red light. His martial art skills and swordsmanship are incomparable. Vader could kill or subdue an opponent within single move. He could control his lightsaber via the Force, throwing it at his enemy and guiding it with deadly precision. With his cybernetic enhanced physiology, Vader has a near superhuman physical strength, endurance, speed and agility in addition to his already impressive Force induced abilities. The armour and suit which he wears are essentially a customised non-removable life support system called Armour of Despair. It is composed of ceramic reinforced plasteel alloy over nano carbon weaved uniform and cape. He wears a master crafted helmet known as The Despoiler which are made from the same material as his armour over a mask, The Death Mask. The mask is incorporated with breathing apparatus, auspex and signum systems. He could even survive in the vacuum of space for an unspecified period and protection from harmful cosmic rays or extremely adverse environments. Vader is a skilled fighter pilot at a very young age, capable of executing extraordinary moves and maneuvering paths within his custom TIE Fighter. He holds the highest kill records as a pilot in the entire Empire. As a young child, Vader also demonstrates a genius level aptitude for mechanics and engineering. 

Within the Galactic Empire hierarchy, Darth Vader is one of the highest ranking and senior military officers, directly answerable only to Emperor Palpatine or the Sith Overlord Darth Sidous, who also serves as his master. He is the Lord Commander of the 501st Legion, infamously known as "Vader's Fist". The Legion itself has a terrible reputation for effectively carrying out mass genocide on planetary scale against nations which do not comply with the rules of the Empire. Unlike other lmperial Legions which recruits orphans, the 501st comprises entirely of clone Stormtroopers, whom in themselves are incredibly effective and efficient with absolute loyalty to Darth Vader. Within the Legion there is the Inquisitorius, a secret paramilitary wing tasks with hunting down and executing rebels with extreme prejudice. The Legion is one of the most well equipped army group within the Empire, with its own navy fleet, which include the elite Death's Head Squadron and military ground divisions. Vader's military strategy and insightful tactical knowledges are impressive, leading the 501st to spearhead important military campaigns across the galaxy on behalf of the Empire to bring rogue nations into compliance with success. He is a natural leader, usually leads from the front line, inspiring to his troops but dreaded by his enemies. Otherwise he would coordinates the 501st Legion from his capital ship, The Emperor's Will, from within his command room. The Emperor's Will is a massive ship. It has seven hangars to dock Star Destroyer class ships, bays for TIE Fighters, troop drop pods and carriers for giant war machines such as the AT-AT. It is also equipped with a mega lance cannon, which is capable of destroying a planetoid size object with a single shot and powerful void shield as defence.

Nevertheless, Darth Vader is not always who he is currently. Only three individuals in the entire galaxy knows of his true origin and rise to power. The rest are dead or killed during The Great Purge, a coup which dissolved the Republic and destroyed The Order of the Jedi Knights, mortal enemy of the Siths, leading to the establishment of the Empire.

Before he is Darth Vader, he was known as Anakin Skywalker, born to Shmi Skywalker on the desert planet Tattooine located at the remote Outer Rim Territories. His tale is one of tragedy, ambition and betrayal. According to the late Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi informed him that Anakin was of virgin birth. As a slave, she didn't have any physical intimacy with anyone but discovered her pregnancy unexpectedly. Initially Shmi feared she was suffering from some form of disease as her stomach grew bigger, only to realise she was carrying a baby when her owner forced Shmi to take a scan because she couldn't work in the scrapyard at Mos Espa. This was the time when the Separatist Force comprising the Trade Federation and Secessionist Movement were about to openly wage war against the Republic. Through a series of incidences, Qui-Gon and his Padawan apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi, together with a young aristocrat, Queen Padme Amidala, were forced to land on the planet to replace the hyperdrive of a royal spacecraft after being attacked by a Sith Apprentice. The Siths were thought to have been extinct for ages. At the scrap dealer yard, Qui-Gon senses the strong presence of the Force within Anakin, then a nine year old boy. Measuring his midichlorians, the readings went off-scale. Qui-Gon immediately informed the Jedi High Council and spoke to Grandmaster Yoda and Jedi Master Mace Windu about his discovery. Grandmaster Yoda concluded that Anakin was a being comprised of midichlorians, born out of the Force. Qui-Gon believed Anakin could be the Chosen One as prophesied in the Jedi ancient texts and scrolls despite Yoda and Windu reservations upon meeting the young boy. The Chosen One's role is to restore balance to the Force, between light and dark. Upon the death of Qui-Gon at the hands of Darth Maul, the Sith Apprentice, whom in turn was killed by Obi-Wan, Anakin was recruited into the Order at Coruscant, the capital of the Republic. He became the Padawan Apprentice of Obi-Wan, who ascended to a Jedi Knight. It was later become more evident that Anakin possessed exceptional learning skill. His mastery of the Force and ways of the Jedi were exponential beyond anyone before. At the age of fourteen, Anakin had built his own first lightsaber said to be master crafted quality. He achieved Form V or Djem So lightsaber martial art technique at this stage as well as Jar' Kai, a method of utilising two lightsabers at once. These abilities and skills made Anakin overconfident, reckless, impatient and willful which later turned into ambition to seek greater power, despite Obi-Wan's efforts to train him as best as he could.

Ten years later, Anakin participated in the Battle of Geonosis against the Separatist Force led by a Sith Lord called Darth Tyrannus or Count Dooku where he proved himself to be an exceptional Jedi warrior. After the victorious battle Anakin professed his love for Amidala and later engaged in a secret relationship. Due to his actions in Geonosis, Anakin ascended to the rank of Jedi Knight while Obi-Wan became a Jedi Master. Later Anakin begins to suffer from visions of his mother's death. He travelled to Tatooine only to be informed that Shmi had been abducted by the Sand People. Anakin went to search for his mother only to find her dead body. In anger, he killed every single Sand People in the area, a massacre. The killings were felt by Yoda. The Grandmaster also began to feel a great disturbance in the Force. Due to the Separatist Force increased military incursions, newly appointed Chancellor Sheev Palpatine petitioned in the Senate for the formation of the Galactic Grand Army of the Republic with clone troopers. Shortly after the Clone Wars began, a terrible galaxy wide war. The Grand Army was led by the Jedi Order. Anakin was conferred the rank of a General, the youngest person to do so, commanding the 3rd Legion. He proven himself to be an able commander with charismatic tactical skills, winning many accolades and commendations. The two years war culminated in the Outer Rim Sieges and the Battle of Coruscant, where Anakin personally confronted and killed Darth Tyrannus and later, Supreme Commander General Grievous, leading to the defeat of the Separatist Force. Anakin ascended to the rank of Jedi Master. He received news from Amidala that she was pregnant. Anakin decided to inform the Jedi High Council about their relationship and decision to withdraw from the Order when he began to be plagued by a series of nightmares involving the death of Amidala during birth. Fearing the same thing could happen to Amidala as his late mother, Anakin became anxious with suspected borderline personality disorder. He found solace in Chancellor Palpatine, who advised him on a method of which one could avert even death. Anakin then realised that Palpatine was the real instigator behind the Clone Wars and a Sith Overlord. But Palpatine succeed in manipulating Anakin's ambition in pursuit of power and latent fear, particular Amidala's safety. He slowly corrupted Anakin, whom later fully succumbed to the dark side. As part of Palpatine's plan, Anakin informed the Council the true nature of the Chancellor. When Windu and three Jedi Masters arrived at Palpatine's office to apprehend him, the Sith Overlord killed all but Windu. The Jedi Champion prevailed over Palpatine and about to deliver the killing blow when he was stabbed from behind by Anakin. Palpatine then unleashed the deadly Doombolt upon Windu, throwing him out from the building to his death. Palpatine then initiated Anakin as his Sith Apprentice, for there can only be two. Darth Maul and Darth Tyrannus were his former apprentices respectively and now Anakin would take their position. Palpatine, who calls himself Darth Sidious, named Anakin as Darth Vader. Palpatine ordered Darth Vader and the 501st Legion to the Jedi Temple where they fought and slaughtered every single Jedi there. Simultaneously, Palpatine executed Order 66 of which the clone troopers turned against their Jedi generals and executed them on the spot. The Jedi Order effectively ceased to exist.The only survivors from The Great Purge were Obi-Wan and Yoda. After the massacre, Darth Vader was sent to Mustafar, the volcanic mining planet where the remaining Separatist Force leaders were killed. Palpatine then announced the New Order, declaring the Jedi Knights as traitors to the Republic, dissolved the Senate and installed himself as the Emperor of the newly found Empire. The Grand Army came under his control, effectively ending the Clone Wars. A heavily pregnant Amidala was determined to find out the truth about Anakin's betrayal and traitorous act. She flew to Mustafar and personally confronted Anakin who offered a twisted reason for his action. When Amidala pleaded Anakin to return back, Anakin attempted to choke her to death in his anger but was stopped in time by Obi-Wan. The Jedi Master and his former Padawan then dueled fiercely to a standstill but Anakin was defeated due to his overconfidence. His limbs were cut off in the ensuing battle by Obi-Wan and as he struggled in his anger to reach out to the Jedi Master, Anakin slid too near the lava and was burnt with fire. He screamed in agonising pain while cursing Obi-Wan in anger and hatred. The Jedi Master was devastated and left the planet as a demoralised man with an unconscious Amidala whom later died while giving birth to a pair of twins. Darth Sidious immediately went to Mustafar to retrieve Anakin who clung to life through sheer force of will, despite being reduced to a near unrecognisable heap of charred flesh and missing his limbs. The Apothecaries droids laboured over the remains of Anakin through seven nights and days. His entire scarred body was encased within a life support body suit and armour while his missing limbs were replaced with cybernetic arms and legs. When he regained conscious on eighth day, the first question he asked Palpatine was Amidala's condition, of which the vile Sith Overlord replied that she was killed by Anakin himself in anger. Darth Vader then screamed out in antagonising anguish, his power crushed every objects in the room while Darth Sidious retreats from harm's way, smiling. Bound to the machine, scarred and perpetually in pain, Anakin became a creature of hate. Yoda and Obi-Wan were the sole remaining Jedi left. Both decided to temporarily retreats into exile with Yoda going to the remote reaches of the Dagobah system and Obi-Wan at Tatooine, watching over the son of Anakin, Luke under the care of his uncle, Owen Lars and his wife, Beru. His daughter, Leia, was handed over to royal house of Alderaan, Bail Organa and his wife.

For the next nineteen years, Darth Vader became the right hand man to the Emperor and primary enforcer. All memories of him as Anakin had all but deeply suppressed and forgotten. Vader gained infamy and reputation as a cold brutal lord commander with zero empathy yet incredibly effective in carrying out any military campaigns on behalf of the Empire. He effectively flushed out many Resistance whom the Empire called Rebels and destroyed them. Millions had died as a result of Vader's genocidal campaign. Together with Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, he overseen the building of the Emperor's Wrath, essentially a planet turned into a weapon of mass destruction. The first victim of the monstrous weapon was Alderaan, which was destroyed in a single blast from the particle cannon which draws its power from a nearby star, in the process killing its entire population of five billion.

Princess Leia Organa, the sole survivor of Alderaan, escaped on a star frigate when she was intercepted by the Imperial Navy in pursuit. The Inquisitorius interrogated her, breaking her mentally and found out that the Resistance had the technical plan which could destroy the Emperor's Wrath, hidden within the droid R2-D2 of which escape pod had crash landed together with another droid, 3-CPO on Tatooine. The 501st Legion was sent to the planet to retrieve the droids. Luke, a young adult by then, obtained the two droids when they are sold to his uncle by the Jawas, He chanced upon a holographic message to Obi-Wan Kenobi, whom he knows as Ben Kenobi the Hermit. When he seeks out Obi-Wan, the latter shared with Luke what happened but withheld the information that Darth Vader is his father, fearing the same fate might fall upon Luke. The 501st Legion located the Jawas, interrogated them before killing them all. At the moisture farm, they killed Owen and Beru before burning down the moisture farm. An anguished Luke cries and screams. Obi-Wan observed that the surrounding sands alleviates. He then trains Luke in the ways of Jedi. During an attempt to rescue Leia by Luke and intergalactic smuggler Hans Solo together with his first mate Chewbacca, Darth Vader confronted Obi-Wan Kenobi once more. His former master held him off to allow the others to escape. Obi-Wan pleaded to Vader to go back to the path of light. Vader laughed sarcastically and engaged Obi-Wan once more but the Sith Lord easily overwhelmed the aging Jedi Master and killed him, thus vindicating his ordeal suffered on Mustafar.

The 501st Legion tracked the Rebels to the planet Yavin 4. Grand Moff Tarkin intended to use the Emperor's Wrath to destroy the planet, vanquishing the Rebel Force once and for all. This resulted in the Battle of Yavin 4 of which the Resistance mounted an all out assault on the Emperor's Wrath with Darth Vader personally led the Death's Head Squadron to defend the superweapon from the Resistance fighters. The Imperial Navy initially prevailed, and the Resistance fighters were unable to fly pass the tight defensive weapons on the surface of the planet when an unknown Resistance pilot succeed in destroying the defence shield. Vader engaged the pilot, whom turned out to be Luke, and was about to shoot him down when a sudden disturbance in the Force distracted him temporarily, allowing Hans Solo to shoot his TIE Fighter, giving Luke a split second moment to shoot the vital core arc-reactor which destroyed the Emperor's Wrath and all its crew, including Tarkin.

The Emperor summoned Vader to his throne room on Coruscant, questioning him on the failure of the campaign. Both agreed that a new threat had emerged, possibly a Jedi or a Force wielder. The Sith Overlord ordered his apprentice to seek out the pilot and kill him at any cost.

When Darth Vader and the Inquisitorius located the Resistance primary base on the ice planet Hoth, he personally sensed the presence of the pilot whom had by then brought down two AT-AT during the assault on the Resistance base by the Imperial Army. Though Luke escaped after the capture of the Resistance base, Vader began to hatch a plan to capture him and his acquaintances at the Cloud City, a Tibanna gas mining colony on the planet Bespin. It was there that he personally confronted Luke. His latent memories begin to emerge but vague. Vader severely injured Luke, whom had not become a full fledge Jedi yet, and cut off his lightsaber holding hand in a one sided combat. The Sith Lord was briefly overwhelmed by disturbance of the Force once more upon seeing the blue sheath lightsaber which once belonged to him when he was still Anakin. Through sheer luck, Luke escaped through an air vent before Vader could strike him down. But when he reflected back on the event, the dark lord could sense that it was him who was hesitant to deliver the killing blow. The Emperor could sense in Darth Vader the emerging conflicting feeling and in a holographic message, reminded him not to show any remorse or mercy for such ways are nothing but weakness. Quietly, Darth Sidious began to feel fear of the coming of the son and daughter of Skywalker.

Two years later, a second superweapon was built by the Empire, called the Imperial Death Star. Unlike the Emperor's Wrath, the Death Star was essentially a planetoid sized mobile space station with a self contained particle cannon. The Resistance, emboldened by their victory during the Battle of Yavin 4, began to make preparations to destroy this new superweapon. Meanwhile Luke, under the instruction of Obi-Wan before his death, had seek out Yoda on Dagobah. Under the Jedi Grandmaster tutelage, Luke became a Jedi Knight. Yoda died shortly from natural causes upon Luke completion of training. Luke became the last Jedi in existence. During the Resistance assault on the Death Star, Luke, Leia, Solo and a contingent of troops made their way to the moon of Endor to disable the void shield station defending the Death Star. At the station, Vader confronted Luke and engaged him in a fierce combat but was confused by the same conflicting feeling he experienced at Bespin and Yavin 4. The young Jedi experience the same feeling and opted to surrender. He sensed in Vader the presence of an unexplainable paternal relationship as well as the existence of light within the mass murdering Sith Lord, believing he could be redeemed. Vader captured and brought Luke before the Emperor himself at the Death Star. Emperor Palpatine was disturbed by Luke's presence. He then revealed to Vader the truth on the fate of Amidala and his twin children. The revelation perplexes both Darth Vader as well as Luke. Darth Sidious said that this would be the final stage to become a full fledge Sith, via the killing of Luke, his own son as well as offering Vader to take the throne with Palpatine as advisor. Vader shown a split second of hesitancy before drawing out his blood red lightsaber. Vader declared that he has no offspring and will tear the Jedi limb to limb in his master's honour. He seek permission from his master to release Luke for a lightsaber duel instead, of which the Emperor agreed. Vader revealed to Luke that the Battle of Endor was actually a ruse to lure out the Rebels in order to annihilate them once and for all. He wanted Luke to see with his own eyes the death of his comrades, friends and sister. Luke could feel a slight degree of redemption within the dark lord subconscious and pleaded with Vader to return back to the path of light. Vader became furious and lashed out at Luke with a mighty Force induced power which could easily flay a normal being and obliterate an object but Luke negated with all his strength. His nose however starts bleeding. Vader then engaged Luke in a brutal lightsaber combat and initially prevailed, toying with the inexperienced young Jedi, inflicting several non-mortal injuries on Luke. However he found himself increasingly being pushed to the fullest extent of his power by Luke. Both eventually fought to a standstill with everything near them being cut and slashed apart. They fought at a speed which normal human eyes would see as blurry, with application of both Force induced powers and lightsaber swords play. Anyone near them would be evaporated by the unleashing of the Force powers. At one point, Luke nearly slash apart Vader's chest but the Sith Lord blocked the lightsaber with his palm merely a few millimeters away as Luke pressed on with all his might. Vader easily pushed, bend and deflected the attack with such strength that Luke was hurled several meters away before landing safely. Luke then used his Force power to direct thousands of debris as shrapnels at Vader whom blocked it with Force shield. The shrapnels punched precisely at Vader with such intensity that sparks crackle with white heated light. With a mighty growl, Vader deflected all shrapnels away but Luke maneuver his lightsaber directly at Vader in split seconds. Vader stopped it mid air but Luke pressed on with all his might. The blue lightsaber inched on slowly with intense pressing pressure until it was about to stab Vader in the stomach when the Sith Lord repulsed it away. Luke succeed in grabbing his lightsaber but the shock wave hit him, causing him internal bleeding, coughing out blood.
The Emperor observed a subtle difference in the young Jedi's combat skills and usage of Force. He came to a realisation that Luke had been trained in the way of the Vaapad or Form VII, an extremely rare form of lightsaber martial art which involved the user skirting dangerously in-between light and dark. Also known as "The Ferocious Form", the only other user of this form was the late Mace Windu and Grandmaster Yoda. It involves unconventional methods and unpredictable styles of combat. Meanwhile the paternal instinct of Vader began to emerge uncontrollably. Luke sensed this and tried to reach out to his father once more but Vader continued the combat with greater intensity than before yet began to suffer from exhaustion having stretched his power to the limit. Vader then said that once he killed Luke, he will seek out Leia and turn her to the dark side. Luke, overwhelmed by sudden anger, unleashed a powerful Force blast so strong that the entire level of the mobile station vibrate. Although Vader negated it, the blast went through his body, cracking his armour and caused internal hemorrhage and cybernetic damages. Yet he stands. Both Vader and Luke begins a battle within the mind. In real world it is only mere seconds but in their minds, both engaged each other in a brutal combat, analysing each others weaknesses, if any. Then with a blinding speed, Vader strikes out at Luke who blocked the first lightsaber strike but as Vader raised his lightsaber aiming at Luke's neck, the young Jedi, eyes closed, blocked  it for the second time. He countered attack and cut off Vader's lightsaber holding right hand. He was about to decapitate the Sith Lord but withheld himself under control once more. Luke also could not bring himself to kill his own father. The Emperor laughed sarcastically and lashed out Doombolt upon Luke whom blocked it with his hands but was overwhelmed, writhing out in pain and then subconsciously calling out to his father. Vader, wheezing with injuries suffered, began to be flooded with past memories of his former self as a once promising Jedi whom had embraced the dark side, allowing his own ambition and craving for power to corrupt him. Vader used every last ounce of his remaining strength to reach out at Darth Sidious, wrapping his left hand on the Sith Overlord's throat and lifted him up. The Emperor tried to scream but no sound came out from his mouth as the Doombolt lashed uncontrollably around them. Vader's cybernetic body began to crackle with sparks and burnt. He snapped Palpatine's neck and threw him out from the window of the throne room into the vacuum of space where the body of Darth Sidious shattered into pieces before the emergency blast shield shutdown and stabilised the escaping air and pressure. After destroying the Emperor's Will capital ship, the Corellian YT-1300 light freighter, the Millennium Falcon piloted by Solo, Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian led the remaining Resistance fighters deep into the Death Star's arc reactor core and destroyed it. As the space station superweapon began to disintegrate, Luke struggled to carry Vader to safety. At the escape pod bay, Vader coughed out bloods and asked Luke to put him down, requesting him to take off the helm and mask. Luke initially refused as doing so would kill Vader but finally relented, having felt that the injuries sustained by Vader were too severe for him to survive. In a temporary moment of calm, Vader saw his own son with his eyes, not through the lenses. He also looked into Luke's memory and seen Leia, his daughter. With tears welling and streaming down his eyes, Vader was no more and the persona of Anakin returned. Through his thought, he reached out to Luke and felt a great burden had been lifted as well as griefed with guilt. And with that, Anakin passed on and his spirit merged into the Force. 

His body was brought to Endor, where under the wish of Luke and Leia, Anakin was burnt on a funeral pyre. Ironically, when years later, Luke read through the scrolls and texts on the Chosen One, he interpreted it as indeed his father was the one whom would bring balance to the Force, but at the cost of countless lives.

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Undoubtedly, one of the most iconic and recognisable villains in cinematic history, this is the Hot Toys version of the Sith Lord whom first appeared in 1977, a long, long time ago, at a period far far away, based on the first movie but chronologically the fourth story or Episode 4 called A New Hype, I mean A New Hope in the epic space opera epic, Star Wars (which the third arc has begun, starting with Episode 7, The Force Awakens which frankly, mirrors the second arc storyline but then again no conclusion until Episode 9, which is still far, far away, long long time to go). The figure itself is great, taller than usual 1/6th scale figures, without any assembly unless of course if I wanted to light up the lightsaber of which I need to remove the right arm and replace it with another arm which can slot the batteries, or to activate the voice of Vader, and finally if I want the Interrogator Droid to be beside Vader. The droid is not necessary in my own personal view but it is a bonus. I ain't a diehard Star Wars fan and really dreaded the prequel first three episodes/movies. But how could one ignore Star Wars when everybody was talking about it, regardless whether they are truecore fan or just riding on the popularity bandwagon, so to speak. Star Wars, like Dune, are to me perplexing because I don't understand what the fuss is all about. Yes, admittedly it was a culturally significant movie in terms of special effects and what not but to me, that's about it. I would prefer Bladerunner over it anytime. Anyhoo, I do like the designs and I just couldn't pass on Vader. The mis (interpretation) is based on Wookiepedia and WH40K.