Since the release of Star Wars: A New Hope in , moviegoers have wondered about the villain in the suit and what lies beneath. In the duel, Anakin lost both of his legs, his one remaining organic arm, and suffered possibly up to fourth-degree burns across what was left of his body that were severe enough to damage his internal organs. These injuries would have been fatal had it not been for the medical treatment Anakin received, which transformed him into the mechanized Darth Vader fans first witnessed over 40 years ago.
The helmet is the most important part of his suit. The helmet is made up of three parts; a protective neck gaiter, the primary mask, and the outer shell. New posts. Search forums. Log in. Install the app. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser.
It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Why did darth vader need the robot suit to survive???
Thread starter Spiderman Start date Dec 7, Here is one thing that I don't get, a major plot hole. Last edited: Dec 7, Maybe cause he was burnt to a crisp and lost all his limbs. Joined Aug 18, Messages 6, Reaction score I must obey my master" because his life is now tied to the will of the emperor. Cobalt60 said:. Click to expand GNT Moderator. Krayt said:. GNT said:.
The fact he lost his legs I think is a good enough reason, plus the suit strikes fear into everyone where as looking like a burnt corpse is just creepy. Spiderman said:. There are still a lotta plot holes with this, it definitley has something to do with the Mustafar lava, though, however If your talking about where the suit came from originally, no idea on that one.
Seems like it was created prior to Anakin becoming Darth Vader for it to simply go on. As for the look of the mask - more so to create fear into those he came into contact with.
It was found by the Jedi Rey while she searched for the Wookiee Chewbacca 's belongings, which had been confiscated by First Order stormtroopers. Vader's charred helmet rested upon an obsidian pillar [36] within Ren's suite on board the vessel in orbit of Kijimi , and was disturbed when the pillar was shattered by Rey's lightsaber during her duel with Ren.
It was transported from the Steadfast to Ren's location in Kijimi City due to their bond as a dyad in the Force , revealing Rey's physical location to Ren. Darth Vader's armor was designed by Ralph McQuarrie , who deemed it necessary for Vader to wear a breathing mask after reading the portion of the Star Wars script stating he would cross through space between ships. George Lucas subsequently created the backstory that Vader needed the suit and mask after falling into a volcanic pit during his duel with Kenobi.
Brian Muir sculpted the mask. Mollo was inspired by McQuarrie's artwork, but was also influenced by samurai armor, as well as the World War I—era trench armor and Stahlhelm helmet. For The Empire Strikes Back , the suit was redesigned to be more comfortable, with spares for looser parts of the costumes. The helmet had minor changes to fix the domed top more securely, and the triangular chin vent was made larger so Prowse could breathe and see more easily. A helmet made of tinted acrylic was made for Prowse's stunt double Bob Anderson to see through more than just the eyepieces.
The costume was barely altered for Return of the Jedi , although Fred Hole and Brian Archer designed and built a new helmet for the unmasking scene. Anakin Skywalker's portrayer Hayden Christensen wore the suit for the conclusion of Revenge of the Sith : molds of him were used to create the latest version of the armor by Don Bies and his team. Ryan Church designed the interior of Vader's helmet, which was shown in the film for the first time.
The suit's voice was provided by James Earl Jones , while Ben Burtt provided its infamous breathing sound by recording himself using a scuba-diving apparatus. Burtt also worked to make sure Jones's voice sounded like it was reverberating out of a helmet.
Star Wars Rebels art director Kilian Plunkett said they could not experiment too much with Darth Vader's appearance, and that even the helmet hearkened back to McQuarrie's version. Wookieepedia Explore.
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Vader's armor. Edit source History Talk Do you like this video? Play Sound. It was designed to keep Vader alive after his body sustained irreparable damage. The suit's construction incorporated Sith alchemy to augment Vader's severely diminished physical strength and vitality. The suit provided a suite of life-support system and gave Vader relatively free movement without having to use a hoverchair.
It was damaged or broken several times during its use, necessitating upgrades and repairs. The suit was finally irreparably broken in 4 ABY , when Vader absorbed Emperor Palpatine's powerful Force lightning in his face aboard the second Death Star to save his son, Luke Skywalker , from certain death.
After Vader's death, Luke ceremonially cremated his father along with the armor on the forest moon of Endor. The armor encased Vader completely, creating a seal to protect his charred skin and lungs. It was also uncomfortable to wear. Vader slowly learned to live with the isolation and anonymity that the suit imposed on him. Vader had to change his lightsaber style to compensate for the weight, bulk and inflexibility of his armor.
The electronics of the suit were sensitive to electrical discharges, though Vader added a limited amount of insulation to the suit after discovering this. To escape the armor's claustrophobic nature, Vader had several pressurized meditation chambers built where he could remove his mask and suit and still survive.
Vader longed to be less dependent on his armor and tried at times to function without it, but he labored in vain. Despite the weaknesses imparted by the suit, it also provided a number of strengths. These included greatly enhanced durability and stamina, numerous sensory enhancements, and protection from extremely inhospitable environments and biological weaponry. Like traditional Sith armor [6] and patterned after that of ancient Sith droids , [7] Darth Vader's suit was made to be both intimidating and fearsome.
In addition, it was also rumored that the helmet's already strong metallic hull had also been further strengthened via dark side alchemy, with the specific technique not being found in the database of the Rhinnal Medical Academy. The mask itself went halfway around Vader's head. The mask's appearance was given a similar appearance to a skull in order to enhance the fear factor of the Dark Lord of the Sith.
The top of this mask was crowned with a circular interface dotted with an array of square slots around a disc of silver. This disc served as an interface between the mask and the helmet. Made of black durasteel, these components were hermetically sealed and connected with a flat backpack that cycled air to Vader's lungs.
The air pump itself was located inside the top of the mask, which, via a ventilator, supplies a distinctive rasp. An implanted enunciator linked to an electronic voice processor enabled Vader's scorched vocal cords to produce speech. Around the part of the mask covered by the helmet was the external neural sensor array. Also hidden beneath his mask were four red heat dispersion vents, accented by yellow wire. The face of the mask was somewhat exaggerated and angular, with two ridges above his eyes that fit in with those of his helmet.
The optical lenses appeared bulbous. This front part of the mask was of a more highly polished black material than that of the back, being the more flexible of the two.
The ridged bridge of the nose seemed lost in the largeness of the eyes, but jutted out in a manner similar to a bare Human skull. The mask's cheekbones were generally angular, curving slightly to join the nose at its base. The base of the nose was a silver multipurpose detector that acted as the suit's primary environmental sensor, and could measure radiation, temperature, and atmospheric toxicity and displays the information in the HUD, was rounded in shape, [8] with a triangular grill growing out from beneath it that served as an air filter, [9] further contributing to its skull-like appearance.
In addition, the lens also came equipped with a HUD that supplied critical data automatically as an overlay if Vader entered new environments, including information about atmospheric composition, nearby bio-signatures, and others, which could also be selected via the mouth or tongue controls by pursing the lips, or extending the tongue.
The lens, likewise, came equipped with secondary eyeshields that activated within 5 milliseconds, automatically sliding over the optical blisters to prevent blindness when approaching intense light. Components for a disassembled SoroSuub DH comlink were also built into the mask's interior, as a result of it being a cheaper solution compared to custom-designing a new unit. It also was equipped with audio enhancers and sonic dampeners, the latter of which were also capable of reducing noise as a defense against sonic weapons, and they can extend Vader's hearing range to 40 kHz, enough to be higher than a Ronto.
It also came equipped with a voice synthesizer, which, upon picking up the electronic sounds from a built-in vocoder, translated Vader's otherwise weak speech to be audible, and also added a timbre, bass and amplification to produce an impressive amount of vocal quality.
A hermetic [13] collar wrapped around Vader's neck and slanted forwards in the front to meet the mask at the bottom of its triangular grill.
It was added in because the artificial vertebrae alone were of limited value as structural units. The two sides of the front were edged by two tubes that followed the mask's edge until it reached the base of the triangular grill.
At the end of these tubes were two silver studs. On top of the slanted front of this collar were several interfaces, with wires running back from it to the back of the collar. From the sides of the collar came two metal stems capped with a curved fixture. These touched the outer corners of Vader's mouth.
The collar was also equipped with feeding straws that allowed Vader to feed himself from an implanted bladder filled with RepMed vita paste , and could be refilled either during monthly maintenance, or on demand.
Despite this, however, a redundant system to accommodate intravenous feeding was also installed because of the vitapaste's terrible taste. The collar also came equipped with a vocoder in the jaw assembly to aid in Vader's weakened speech, as well as mouth controls that Vader could utilized to his advantage in combat, including visual overlays; optical magnification, comlink-frequency selection; boot magnetization; and targeted audio amplification for surveillance.
The collar locks the mask in place via electromagnetic clamps. Vader's pectoral armor appeared to be one piece that protected his entire upper torso. Around the neck of the full-shoulder pauldron was a black chain, and connected to the upper seam of the armor [9] was Vader's black, flowing, [10] nearly floor-length armorweave cape. A drawback, however, was that its weight made it difficult for Vader to raise his lightsaber to full height, though he could still raise his hands above his head if pressed.
Around his entire abdominal area, he wore a plastoid girdle that protected his organic and synthetic internal organs, [6] and on his back, hidden by his cloak, he wore a flat black backpack. The chest control box had three slots, relating to neural systems data; respiratory systems data; and circulatory systems data for the top, center, and bottom slots, respectively, and several rectangular buttons adorning the unusually vulnerable piece of machinery.
The blue button activated the suits auto control functions, while the red button, located below the blue button, activated the suit's manual override. The rightmost switch, located at the bottom, acted as a system reset while the rest of the four switches located at the bottom were programming touch plates. There were also two shafts located on the left and right of the control box, acting as the life function sensor arrays.
The data slots accepted RepMed data wafers Ix44a and Ix44ax sizes, which, when inserted, uploads within milliseconds full diagnostics of all suit systems for monthly maintenance. The uploaded diagnostic information, likewise, is required to be stored in a permanent archive.
Although the chest computer and other systems were designed to run for weeks, they also were rechargeable via two access ports in the rear of the chest box.
The fastest method of recharging involved attaching cables to a fusion furnace. The middle one had a silver electromagnetic clasp adorning it that included the release button and audio sensors. The right box were the temperature controls, containing two green buttons that had the same purpose as the green buttons on the respiratory controls; a heat vent below the green buttons; a system active indicator button and manual adjustment knobs. The clasp also contained a compartment containing a spare energy cell in case of emergencies, as well as backup comlink and a tool kit for simple suit repairs.
Vader wore a black ribbed, padded, multi-ply body glove that covered everything below his neck. This flexible, quilted suit was blast-dampening, and was made of a fireproof material that provided some protection against flames and corrosive gasses.
The armor was constructed in ten layers, with each subdivided into three primary layers. The first primary layer was a self-sealing surface similar in function to a standard Emnat suit worn by most Imperial military officers. The outermost layer was a black insulating shell, and the inner layer was an Andwa gel-crystal matrix. The second primary layer dealt with impact protection from physical shock due to the irreversible damage to the torso.
The first layer was Reifflex cellular padding which was also utilized for some Stormtrooper helmets; the second layer was orthofabric; the third layer was mylar laminate; the fourth layer was polychlorophene-2 fiber weave, while the final layer contained a rechargeable energy suit. The third primary layer related to the pressure and temperature regulatory functions of the suit. The first layer contained plastex pressure garments; the second layer related to temperature stasis and the third layer was a compression sheath.
There was also a gasket within a suit that accesses the cartridge containing kouhunin chemicals to lessen Vader's perception of pain. The suit was also lined with sensors plugged to diagnostic systems to monitor Vader's pulmonary, cardiovascular, and neural interfaces and feed the data to the central chest box.
The suit's temperature was likewise regulated via a heating unit installed on the back. The outer cape and the tunic were made out of armorweave, as they provided protection from environmental damage and were light enough for adequate movement.
The cape also acted as a protective cloak designed to block fire and acid jets, thus helping protect the suit's electronics. Similarly, the cape also minimized the possibility of grit and other contaminants from entering and potentially clogging up the filter. On his hands he wore black reinforced gauntlets, [9] the right glove being a Mandalorian crushgaunt fitted around one of Lord Kaan's indestructible Sith amulets , and modified to include grip-augmentation circuitry.
The gloves, as well as the boots, contained magnetic clasps that snapped onto Vader's prosthesis tubing, in order to prevent him from shifting equipment or clothing during combat.
Because of Vader's prostheses being effectively skeletal in nature, the gloves and boots also contained padding to provide definition, with the added benefit of confusing enemies as to which portions of Vader were cybernetic.
Vader's shiny black all-terrain combat boots contained shin armor of durasteel [3] that hinged on the sides of the foot of the boot to allow him to walk. In particular, the shin armor's durasteel also rendered him invulnerable to stabbing strikes or shrapnel spray.
Though the extent of Vader's injuries remained concealed by his foreboding armor , it was known that he required an advanced life-support system to stay alive. Like Stormtrooper armor , the suit was equipped with a sensitive temperature-regulation system, which could be controlled by a function box on his belt.
This unit was powerful enough to allow Vader to walk the surface of icy Hoth without any additional protection. Impulse generators lacing the armor provided electrical impulses to stimulate Vader's muscles, providing him with great mobility and strength despite his severely damaged muscles and nerves.
These were provided by the life-support apparatus in his armor, and were constantly injected into him. Vader's mask was one of the most important pieces of Vader's armor, and was vital to his survival.
Without it, he would die unless in the pressurized, controlled atmosphere of one of his specially-made meditation chambers.
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