But after Obi-Wan beat Anakin on Mustafar, the Emporer had nothing but disappointment for his apprentice, even designing the Darth Vader suit in a way that would limit his abilities. That meant Palpatine would never get replaced while ensuring Vader would never be allowed to train someone.
Galen Marek, codenamed Starkiller, was the son of a Jedi fugitive killed by Vader during the Great Jedi Purge. After his father's death, he was trained by Vader since childhood to become the Sith Lord's secret apprentice.
The added risk Darth Vader takes in allowing children to live in a situation where he could have killed them proves that he regrets killing Younglings and will avoid harming any more children for the rest of his days, though intense intimidation is a dark strategy to avoid repeating his Youngling massacre.
Why Vader Wanted Luke As An Apprentice Before Knowing His Identity. Darth Vader didn't just want Luke Skywalker because he was his son - he dreamed of turning him to the dark side before he ever knew that!
Palpatine was always obsessed with finding the key to immortality, looking to clutch on to power for as long as possible. By not immediately taking a new apprentice after his defeat in Return of the Jedi, Palpatine was able to extend his life and stay in control for several more decades.
The individual was first mentioned, albeit indirectly, in Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary that Kylo Ren was Snoke's most gifted apprentice, implying he had trained more than one.
A dark side warrior with a mysterious past, Kylo Ren was neither Jedi nor Sith, but a product of both sides' teachings. Once an apprentice of Luke Skywalker's, he killed his fellow students and drove Skywalker into exile, becoming a First Order warlord and servant of Supreme Leader Snoke.
Luke gave in, leading to a duel with Vader that saw him nearly kill his father in anger -- which is what Sidious wanted, so that Luke would take his father's place as his apprentice.
Yes Vader knew Sidious manipulated him. In the Darth Vader (2017) comics he declares that he knows Emperor Palpatine had been lying to him about the Dark Side's ability to cheat death. In fact right from the very start, when he came off the operating table and was told Padme was dead, he realised Sidious had used him.
The short answer is yes, without a doubt, Vader regretted becoming a cybernetic monstrosity. First, there's the constant pain and discomfort from his suit. Worse, however, is the psychological pain.
It's not shown, but it is clearly insinuated that Anakin killed the younglings. This is confirmed later in the movie when Obi-Wan informs Padme that Anakin killed them. Both are torn apart with hurt and confusion, trying to make sense of something so terrible. How could Anakin do such a thing?
As we know, Vader was killing children before he even got his suit on, but those were Jedi younglings and so future potential threats. Vader doesn't kill right and left just to be “evil.” A random kid hugging him would presumably be brushed rather brusquely aside, but that would be all.
“Star Wars” creator George Lucas recalled this week that he had two actors in mind for the voice of Darth Vader when he created the '70s sensation — James Earl Jones and Orson Welles. “I created a villain . . .
Despite Marek's unanticipated redemption and subsequent death, Vader refused to lose an extremely powerful asset and resorted to relying on the cloning technology of Kamino, and thus continued to violate the Rule of Two by creating a clone of Marek to replace his former apprentice.
While Jedi such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda are well-known survivors of Order 66, there are a few more that fans may not be aware made it through, although not all of them were able to stay hidden from Darth Vader and the Jedi hunter Inquisitors.
Yes, when Darth Vader turned back to Anakin Skywalker and sacrifice himself to save his son, he dies and Obi-Wan uses the force to connect with Anakin's spirit. In that time Anakin apologizes to Obi-Wan, desperately asking him to forgive him for everything he has done to him and everybody over the years.
Yes, his entire character since then was a self loathing tragic monster who has little reason to care about anything. Betraying Mace Windu instantly made him regret his act of impulse, Padme's death and rejection of his actions later on made it stick.
He often refers to Vader as a tool that can be discarded when he is no longer of any use, and yet still Vader obeys. Despite wanting Vader to obey, Palpatine still sees his apprentice as pathetic and someone who could never surpass him.
However, the transfer into the suit would have been agonizingly painful. To Vader, there would be little point in doing so, especially considering there remained the possibility he'd not survive the procedure. On top of that, Palpatine designed the suit to be painful to Vader.
Darth Vader beat the Emperor in the end, using one of his own tactics which he witnessed for the first time decades before, with Mace Windu. Darth Sidious was always stronger than Vader, which is why he ruled over him for almost 20 years and turned him into the Sith Lord he was.
Even though Kylo Ren uses a red lightsaber, harnesses the dark side of the Force, and wears a cape, he is not a Sith. Because of that, he can never hold the title of Darth. Instead, he was just a chaotic mess of the dark side (until he eventually found his way back to the light).
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As well as being a gifted bladesman Sidious' connection to the Dark Side is extremely powerful, granting Sidious the ability to conduct force lightning.