Anakin's ENTIRE First Year As Darth Vader

Some fans act like he's not Darth Vader until the suit, but he became Darth Vader right after Mace Windu went out the window

Darth Vader is such a unique Sith. Most others had a connection tot he dark side based on hate for other people or systems. Darth Vader hated himself for what he had done. In a lot of ways that is the most powerful kind of hate because you can’t simply take revenge or remove yourself from what you hate. Everything you do reminds you of your failure and the simple act of acknowledging your own existence is enough to send you into a spiral of depression and self loathing.

Still wish Vader had upgraded the suit and got the drop on palpetine

I really want a limited, 10 episode series about Vaders first year, getting his red lightsaber and hunting survivors, showing his pain between missions and so on

The fact that Emperor Palpatine himself told Vader to stop hunting Jedi just shows that Palpatine wasn’t entirely power hungry. He had power. He won. He doesn’t need to gloat about it, and so he tells THE Jedi killer to stop killing Jedi. Ik it’s a small detail but I find it so fascinating. Sidious was a true mastermind.

The scene when he was coming and we could hear his steps and breath in Fallen Order was really terrifying it shows how powerfull he is

Vader built C-3PO as a child with scraps. Vader has so much resource and is still a genius. It’s reasonable to expect him to perfect his suit and abilities

Anakin’s entire first year looks like he’s auditioning for The Joker in The Dark Knight

It's crazy hearing about Vader's physical description because I'm 6'8" and born deaf in my right ear. Got a bone anchored hearing aid implanted a few years ago and it causes the same issues that Vader had with his. I feel like I'm bonding with a fictional character lol. Maybe I need to build a Vader suit and evolve into my final form 🤪

Vader’s all about struggle and perseverance. That’s what makes him such a formidable presence.

This is where the fun begins.

You are mistaken, yes his suit was like a living hell but he chose this to embrace his pain. He wanted to have pain to remind and at the same time distract him from what he had done, from what he once was. Darth Vader was Anakin in denial, a child unwilling to face what he had done but at the same time wanted to use this pain to feel his dark side to escape his feelings. He truly was lost. He had at least 3 opportunities to upgrade to a suite that would bare no pain but give him superhuman strength and speed but he chose the hard path. Showing that Anakin was always there; suffering... Screaming to be freed. Thank the force for his son luke. 🙏🖤

Anakin Skywalker could've been healed properly but Palpatine being the cruel sadist he was wanted to suffer constantly as a reminder of his failures. According a recent revelation in an interview George Lucas said that Darth Vader could survive without his suit but that it would leave as a pile of nothing.

Loved this, I feel like his first year was exactly what I expected. Training while coping with depression

I can’t believe it Palpatine didn’t have recorders and cameras and transmitters etc put in the suit so he knew 100% everything Vader was doing saying and hearing

Force Suffering

Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, by James Luceno, has always been one of my top 5 'Legacy' novels. This posting did a Wonderful job of explaining and visualizing the pain and torment that Vader was forced to exist in, mentally as well as physically. Great job!

How Anakin's first year as Darth Vader was like: Suffering and depression. He lost Padme and all of his close friends: Ahsoka, Rex, Obi Wan. It's also sad for us that the fun Clone War era ended.

Vader spent equal time in the light and dark. This, is true balance to the force.

And remember that Yoda told him that Fear leads to anger, Anger leads to hate and Hate lead to suffering, He feared that he would lose his mother and Padme which ended up happening which lead to his anger towards the Jedi for not letting him help them, then to the duel on Mustafar when Obi Wan cut off all his real limbs minus the robotic one he felt betrayed by the very man he looked up to as more then just a friend but a brother in which he shouted out "I hate you" meaning all he had was nothing but hatred towàrds Obi-Wan and now as he put in the suit by Palpatine all he could do was suffer through the pain that the limitations had on his suit