00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Beginning of Story
11:55 - Outro
Welcome to Darth Theorist, where we explore the depths of the force, analyze characters, and speculate on what could have been. Whether you’re a Jedi Knight, a Sith Lord, or a curious traveller, prepare to ignite your imagination as we begin this journey.
I think it's safe to say that all Star Wars fans recognize Darth Vader and his iconic black suit. From its creation in Revenge of the Sith to his death in Return of the Jedi, that armor has been a staple of his look, representing his fall to the Dark Side.
But those movies took place over twenty years ago, which raises the question, why didn’t Vader ever try to upgrade this suit? While it was undoubtedly powerful and intimidating enough to give the fiercest Jedi nightmares, there were plenty of opportunities to improve its design.
There are several reasons why this was the case. First of all, Palpatine wouldn’t have approved of any upgrades. After Anakin was defeated on Mustafar, Palpatine commissioned that suit to keep Anakin alive and make him more powerful by turning him into Darth Vader. Yet while he wanted his apprentice to get an upgrade, he didn’t want Vader to become too powerful.
As is the nature of the Sith, one was to wield power and the other was to crave it. If Palpatine allowed Vader to continue improving his armor, he might grow strong enough to threaten him.
Another reason was that Vader preferred this suit to a certain degree. You need to understand that Dark Side users thrive on negative emotions like pain, anger, and hatred. That suit was designed to be uncomfortable and had needles that constantly pricked him to cause him pain.
This was for multiple reasons. The first was for Vader to constantly draw power from the dark side as he could harness that pain to fuel him. He had a lot of pain in him, not physically, but emotionally from all the things he’s done to the people he cared about such as his wife, Padme. The suit gave him an outlet to unleash that pain.
