Underrated Moments from Star Wars

Who Was the First Person to Find Out Darth Vader Was Actually Anakin Skywalker?


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The Empire had to keep Darth Vader’s identity a secret.

The entire Empire had been built on one giant lie: the Jedi tried to betray the galaxy.

But what would happen if the citizens of the galaxy found out that the Empire’s second most powerful commander, Darth Vader, was actually Jedi General Anakin Skywalker.

It would destroy everything… everything that Darth Sidious had worked so hard to create.


So they had to keep it hidden…. and it was simplest to keep it hidden if nobody was alive to speak of it.

If, and when, someone discovered Vader’s true identity, he already knew what he would have to do…. he would quickly silence them with a red lightsaber blade through their heart.

And he would have to start doing that very soon…

It was only a few months after first donning his life-support armor that someone was wise enough to connect the dots, and realize Vader was in fact Anakin.

This is that story...

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Underrated Moments from Star WarsBy Michael