On the lava planet Mustafar, where he had been sent to assassinate Separatist leaders, Vader battled his former Master and friend, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Sidious assumed the mantle of Emperor, and Vader helped the Empire destroy the Jedi Order without mercy, Anakin led a legion of clones into the Jedi Temple, and personally killed both fully trained Jedi and novice younglings alike. Rechristened as Darth Vader, he became an agent of evil. Confused and conflicted, Anakin ultimately succumbed to Sidious’ temptations. At the same time, the Chancellor revealed that he himself was a Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, and would train Anakin. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, a mentor to the young Jedi, claimed that the dark side was a pathway to this ability: he could stop people from dying with Sith power. When he began to suffer visions that Padmé would die in childbirth, Anakin sought a way to prevent this fate. While he was considered one of the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy, Anakin had broken the Order’s code by secretly marrying Senator Padmé Amidala. From these molds, the final fiberglass cast helmets and armor were produced.Before he became a disciple of the dark side, Darth Vader was Anakin Skywalker, a goodhearted Jedi and hero of the Clone Wars. Plaster molds were made of the sculpted clay face, helmet dome and armor. He also sculpted around the “head cast” and produced Darth Vader’s distinctive face, based on Ralph McQuarrie’s design work.
Using clay, artist Brian Muir sculpted the helmet and hard costume pieces. In 1976, production designer John Barry and costume designer John Mollo were responsible for creating a suit for Darth Vader based on the McQuarrie concept. In the earliest concepts of the uber-villain Darth Vader, George Lucas told artist Ralph McQuarrie he wanted him to look like a "dark lord riding on the wind" with black flowing robes, a large helmet like that of the Japanese Samurai, and a silk mask covering his face. In the summer of 1975, artist Ralph McQuarrie and George Lucas worked together to invent some of the key Star Wars™ characters. Perhaps more than any other character, Vader’s iconic costume is synonymous with his identity. Those images helped George Lucas successfully promote his ideas and sell the film to 20th Century Fox executives in 1975. Based on George Lucas's concept of the dark villain, artist and designer Ralph McQuarrie produced the first glimpse of Darth Vader in what are now famous sketches and paintings. Revenge of the Sith Darth Vader, the former Anakin Skywalker, has endured as the villainous focal point for the Star Wars saga from its inception.
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