Fans may automatically think of Anakin and Vader as the same person. However, there was a time when they were supposed to be different people. If we refer back to the interval between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back, we can determine that they were separate characters.  Anakin and Vader as Different Persons As …

There’s something almost unbelievable about this story. Someone actually thought it was a good idea to invite Darth Vader — the Emperor’s enforcer, fully dressed in a black robotic suit, breathing like a machine — to dance at a party. And yes, they really asked him to join in. What happened next definitely wasn’t a …

There’s a moment in Vader’s story that doesn’t show up in the movies, but it hits harder than almost anything he does on screen. The brief story is about the one thing he swore he’d buried for good: Anakin Skywalker. In one trial, Vader came face to face with the Jedi he used to be, …

Darth Vader wasn’t known for handing out gifts—especially not something as sacred as a lightsaber. But then came Sergeant Kreel, a trooper so loyal and unshakable that Vader decided to test him in a way no one else would ever experience. A Different Kind of Stormtrooper Most stormtroopers were faceless and forgettable, but Sergeant Kreel …

When we think of C-3PO, we usually picture the nervous golden droid always complaining about danger and wishing he was anywhere else. But here’s the thing: he actually has a kill count. It’s not huge, but it’s more than you’d expect from a protocol droid built for etiquette and translation. Let’s go through it step …

When I came across a thread asking how C-3PO was able to speak with the Talz in The Clone Wars episode “Trespass,” the question stuck with me, so I started getting into it. Once I pulled together what’s shown in canon and what’s explained about the droid’s design, the answer turned out to be quite …

In the vast jungle of a forgotten world, a lone soldier still waited for orders that would never come… Before the Discovery Decades before the Galactic Civil War, during the height of the Clone Wars, a clone trooper designated BL-1707 — later known as Able — served under Jedi General Shaak Ti. Like countless others …

You know that quick scene in The Phantom Menace when Darth Maul charges at Qui-Gon and young Anakin right outside their ship on Tatooine? It’s fast and chaotic – Maul shows up, there’s a short duel, and Anakin barely escapes by getting yanked into the ship. It lasts maybe a few seconds. But years later, …

Some may say Yoda and Obi-Wan made a mistake by giving up on Anakin Skywalker, that if they’d just tried a little harder, maybe he could’ve been saved before Luke came along. But if you have gone through the comic Darth Vader: Cry of Shadows, you will start to see why walking away wasn’t the …

You probably noticed it if you’ve been into The High Republic stuff and then jumped back into The Clone Wars: yellow lightsabers were everywhere during the High Republic, but almost completely gone by the time of the Clone Wars. Except for a few Temple Guards, we don’t really see them at all. Meanwhile, in the …