After his battle with Obi-Wan on Mustafar, Anakin's vocal cords and lungs were scorched by lava. Due to this, Darth Vader had to wear an iron lung with tubes connected to a voice synthesizer inside his mask. Using this technology, Darth Vader could speak with a deep, synthetic voice.
The voice of Darth Vader is one of the most iconic and recognizable voices in popular culture. It's a deep and menacing voice that has become synonymous with the character himself.
James Earl Jones is retiring as the voice of Darth Vader in future "Star Wars" projects, but he's given Lucasfilm permission to use archival sound or recreate his voice using AI. James Earl Jones, who for decades has provided Darth Vader's iconic, menacing voice, will not record new lines for new “Star Wars” projects.
James Earl Jones has given his approval for filmmakers to use previous voice recordings of Darth Vader in upcoming Lucasfilm projects, according to Vanity Fair. The company is using artificial intelligence synthetic speech technology to reproduce the 91-year-old's younger voice from earlier projects.
So here's the thing; the iconic sound of Darth Vader isn't him breathing. It's a pump, circulating the air in his suit. He's basically in the world's most intimidating iron lung. That's why the sound continues even while he talks.
The Force choke is an ability fueled by emotions that flow through the user. Although Darth Vader is best known for this power, other users of the dark side have employed Force hoke - including Savage Opress, Dooku, Kylo Ren, Barris, and Palpatine himself.
Even after his brutal scorching in the fires of Mustafar, sand remained the only natural phenomenon that Vader feared. To him, sand was a reminder that he'd failed to save his mother or Padme from death.
As he turned to the Dark Side and became Darth Vader, Anakin came to hate Obi-Wan, but never stopped respecting him. In the end, it was Vader who would take Obi-Wan's life, but it was Obi-Wan who would set up the path for Anakin to be redeemed.
Darth Vader was the stronger of the two by far, but in most cases with lightsaber duels, the victor is the one with the strongest connection to the Force. Obi-Wan finished his last fight with Vader by hurling a barrage of rocks, and it's unlikely he had lost this level of power by A New Hope.
In order to hide from the Empire, he needed to keep a low profile. This means that he's not in his best fighting form. Couple that with his wavering faith and he isn't really attuned with the Force, further impeding his fighting skills.
The legendary actor James Earl Jones, the voice behind Darth Vader, refused to speak as a child because of his stammer. This Star Wars Day, May 4th (think about it), here are some quotes from the multi-award winner himself explaining how his voice became one of the most recognisable in cinema.
In the original Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi screenplay, Obi-Wan did have a brother, and it was none other than Owen Lars (Joel Edgerton)—Luke Skywalker's step-uncle and Anakin's step-brother.
That infamous asthmatic wheeze was, of course, produced by the Sith lord's armor, but his symptoms are actually characteristic of a real breathing condition, one likely caused by exposure to the volcanic atmosphere on Mustafar after his duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi.
If he were to take his mask off, the Sith Lord would soon suffocate. So it's the most crucial part of his armor. The only time he can breathe without the need for his mask is when he is in one of his meditation chambers seen in A New Hope.
130–150 would be around the range which I would estimate his IQ to be.
The last members of the Order of the Sith Lords founded by Bane, Darth Sidious and his successive apprentices Darth Maul, Darth Tyranus and Darth Vader, were all capable of speaking Sith fluently.
A new comic has revealed that Darth Vader knew he could singlehandedly defeat Palpatine, before Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.
In their primes, Yoda would win handily. Though he took the title/name prior to being cut down by Obi Wan, I'll assume the question implies the 'cyborg' Darth Vader (versus the 'fallen' Anakin Skywalker who attacked the Jedi Temple, though in truth, it wouldn't matter much if we compared either version).
Master Yoda has risen above all others to claim the top spot as the most powerful Jedi of all time and the true chosen one according to IGN's audience. He won pretty handily as well, as he was victorious in 89,756 of his 95,243 battles and had a win percentage of 94.2%.
Apparently, he had borderline personality disorder. As he came of age, Skywalker showed problems with impulsivity, violent outburst, illusions of invincibility and crises of identity, all of which are in line with borderline personality disorder diagnosis, the researchers concluded.
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.
He slays Sidious and returns to Obi-Wan, begging for atonement by execution, only to be met with true forgiveness instead. But just as this fantasy Obi-Wan refuses to strike his former friend down, Vader refuses to turn his back on the dark.
In Star Wars Legends and Canon, Galen Marek (Starkiller) is the only Jedi (other than Obi-Wan Kenobi) to put a beat down on Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker. Galen was secretly trained as a Sith Lord apprentice to Vader, but returned to the light side and the Jedi.
After the destruction of the Death Star, Darth Vader became obsessed with finding Luke Skywalker. He had dispatched probe droids across the galaxy, finally locating the Rebel base on the remote ice planet Hoth. Upon his arrival the Rebels had already escaped, but he pursued Luke's friends with relentless fervor.
Obi-Wan knew it was only a matter of time. So, he made the difficult decision to use his learnings and become one with the force, rather than let Vader decapitate him.