How does darth vader die

Enraged at this denial, the Emperor shot Force lightning into Luke, torturing him. Skip Navigation Disney. Log In. Show More Loading Emily Shkoukani. You Are Not a Jedi Yet. Vader Arrives on the Death Star. Tear This Ship Apart. Darth Vader Biography Gallery. Darth Vader Soundboard. Take her away! The Force. Obi-Wan Kenobi. Admiral Karius. Luke Skywalker. Leia Organa. This site does not work on your browser. If it was just the suit, didn't he have spare life support systems at hand for the case someone hit him in the control panel of his suit?

They were not in any of his personal quarters or in a hospital, so none of that was available. Even if it were, they were aboard the 2nd Death Star, which was well on its way to becoming a Dead Star. There wasn't much time, and there was nowhere to go. Vader would have been in his 40s - that is not old enough to make him frail! These days an average something is probably fitter than the average latte-slurping something Millenial!

Gaius: Of course not! Your average year-old in the Star Wars universe is hale and hearty. Of course, your average year-old hasn't been exposed to 18 years of Dark Side force use, lost multiple limbs, spent hours breathing in toxic fumes, been rebuilt into a cybernetic monstrosity from the ground up, electrocuted, and suffered extreme emotional trauma.

Other than all that, Vader was quite healthy! I hear he does crossfit, even. I suppose it's best to think of Vader as a game of Jenga. Marvel Boy 5, 3 3 gold badges 25 25 silver badges 50 50 bronze badges. I think you are wrong. At episode 5 he said to his son Luke "Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny! Join me, and together, we can rule the galaxy as father and son! Come with me. It is the only way. Which means that he has a plan to kill Palpatine.

But would that not be turning to the dark side? Which would keep him alive? JoethePerson it was an attempt to turn Luke to the Dark Side, Vader himself was of course long since so turned. It was also the traditional way an apprentice Sith Lord gained power, by killing his Master and taking over his place, taking his own apprentice.

Vader was technically always Palpatine's apprentice, until the moment he killed him. Also I would like to point out that Lucas himself said that Vader after being "suited", never got strong enough to kill Palpatine and thus why Palpatine wanted Luke to himself in first place. Also there are some theories that Vader suit was purposefully designed to be crappy to prevent assassination ie: the reason why the suit has so many electronics right in the front, was to allow the emperor force-light and kill Vader if needed — speeder.

Additionally, Palpatine never learned Darth Plagueis' secret of eternal life. Palpatine killed his master who did not intend to give this secret away. The dialogue at the opera thingy was more a con-game to tempt Anakin. Add a comment. Xantec Xantec Maybe not so much that he "stopped wanting to live" as simply "was ready to die". Not entirely the same thing. B — eidylon. Or he could've also become just as driven light-side to help tear down the Empire.

Guess we'll never know; he took it to his pyre! The Spooniest The Spooniest 3, 18 18 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. Note that while the removal of his life support helmet was the proximate cause of death, the novel makes it clear that he was already dying at the point that this occurred: Blow to the head When Luke pushed Vader back to break the clinch, the Dark Lord hit his head on an overhanging beam in the cramped space.

Force-Lightning strikes to the heart Ignoring pain, ignoring his shame and his weaknesses, ignoring the bone-crushing noise in his head, he focused solely and sightlessly on his will - his will to defeat the evil embodied in the Emperor.

The shutdown of his life support apparatus. Vader motioned Luke closer to him. Valorum Valorum k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Nothing else contributed. It was all Palpatine's lightning. Falling from a tall building didn't help Mace much either :P — Adeptus. JediWitness JediWitness 2, 18 18 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. Gordon Davis Gordon Davis 21 1 1 bronze badge.

May the force be with you -Lance. Lance Lance 21 1 1 bronze badge. My theory anyway Mark Mark 21 1 1 bronze badge. Mithical George Reynolds George Reynolds 11 1 1 bronze badge. Daniel onime Daniel onime 1. Short answer - Palpatine forced him to die. Golding M. Golding Valorum k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Joshua Noxchan Joshua Noxchan 7.

Anakin skywalker Anakin skywalker 7 2 2 bronze badges. Upcoming Events. When plans for the Death Star were stolen, Vader set out to attack the empire rebels, among them being Luke Skywalker. He was attacked by the Millennium Falcon, ricocheted from the star and flew deep into space. He was unable to stop Luke, who destroyed the space station. From then, Vader became obsessed with finding Luke. He traced the rebel base to a remote ice planet called Hoth.

He tortured one of them named Han and froze another named Solo in carbonite to lure Luke. Luke, who was at Jedi training at the time, had to cut it short and go to save his friends. A duel between the two began. All this time, Luke still had hope that there was still some good in Vader. Luke was beyond furious therefore he brutally attacked Vader with flying debris and finally severed one of his cybernetic hands with his lightsaber.

In an effort to convince Luke to join the dark side, Vader finally revealed that he was his father. The young Jedi was rattled to the core. Palpatine had other plans though.

He entreated Luke to kill Vader and take over his place in the empire but Luke still refused and threw away his lightsaber. Emperor Palpatine was raged and attacked Luke with force lightning. Vader could not watch his son being tortured so he stepped in to destroy the emperor, throwing him down the reactor shaft where he dies. Unfortunately, when Vader came into contact with the emperor, he was still shooting lightning all over the place.

Vader was fatally electrocuted. Remember the physical state he was in already? Surviving this would have been very difficult. He was already in a vegetative state, breathing only with the help of the black armour given to him by the emperor. Clone Wars Droids Ewoks. Administrators' noticeboard IRC Discord. Tutorials Editing sandbox Things to do Status article nominations Featured article nominations Good article nominations Comprehensive article nominations. Explore Wikis Community Central.

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