* He appears in two [[UCS]] sets, ''[[10212 UCS Imperial Shuttle]]'' and ''[[10221 UCS Super Star Destroyer]]'' with an appearance in the new LEGO Star Wars video game, [[LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars]].
* He appears in two [[UCS]] sets, ''[[10212 UCS Imperial Shuttle]]'' and ''[[10221 UCS Super Star Destroyer]]'' with an appearance in the new LEGO Star Wars video game, [[LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars]].
* Darth Vader's front printing has changed at least three times over the years.
* Darth Vader's front printing has changed at least three times over the years.
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*In the set 7672 Rogue Shadow,Darth Vader is Battle Damaged,with his broken helmet,and some injured parts.
Darth Vader has appeared in a total of seventeen sets, being recognized as one of the most frequently packaged Minifigures, but he is not even close to Luke Skywalker who appears in twenty-eight. He is considered the representation of the LEGO Star Wars line to a certain extent, after the fact that Darth Vader is the most well known Star Wars character. He was released in the set 8017 Darth Vader's TIE Fighter to symbolize the 10th anniversary of LEGO and Star Wars. His helmet was on the box art of the Star Wars Episode III line.
Darth Vader was once a Jedi Knight and expert pilot trained by Obi-Wan Kenobi, but his emotions (mostly for Padme) caused him to give in to his anger and aggression, leading to him being turned to the Dark Side of the Force by Emperor Palpatine. This new path caused him to join the Sith and resulted in a duel with Obi-Wan. Vader lost this duel, which resulted in him having to permanently wear body armor and a life-support system. Vader soon became a feared leader of the Empire. He had a son and a daughter, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia respectively. However, due to complications, he did not know Luke was his son until after the first Death Star blew up, and he did not know Leia was his daughter until the day he died. Darth Vader dramatically told Luke "I am your father" in Cloud City when they dueled at the climax of Episode V. During the same duel, Vader was responsible for cutting off Luke's right hand. Soon the the two met again for a final duel. Luke won the duel but Palpatine fired out Force Lightning at him. Anakin Skywalker (no longer Vader) saved Luke and threw Palpatine into the Reactor Core of the second Death Star, but died shortly after. Anakin was then seen as a Force ghost by his son.
Darth Vader's original variation was his first and most famous variation, which appeared in eleven separate sets, officially representing Darth Vader as a LEGO minifigure, until its redesign in 2008.
The minifigure has black legs, black arms, and black hands. His torso has a special design showcasing a control panel with red and blue buttons on his torso, with grey outlines around it. He has a cape, and a grey scarred Minifigure head, which represents his battle injuries due to his Battle with Kenobi. Under his head he wears a black cape and over his head he wears an exclusive mask that covers all of his head, representing a breathing mask that keeps him alive. He comes with a red lightsaber.
In the 2008 redesign, Darth Vader comes with the same black hands, black arms, black legs, helmet, and cape as his original variation, except his torso has more details, including his belt and even more detail on his chest panel. The head also, in a strange way despite being in traditional LEGO style, has an increased resemblance to Hayden Christensen. This variation was first released in the set 10188 Death Star, and later re-released in the set 8017 Darth Vader's TIE Fighter, marking it as the new official redesign.
Battle Damaged Darth Vader was a unique variation of Darth Vader, released only in the set 7672 Rogue Shadow, released as part of the Expanded Universe line to promote the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game.
He includes a grey headpiece displaying a black eye and scars on the left side of his face and a shattered mask on the right side. He wears a black headpiece that goes around his neck, representing his broken mask. He has a grey legpiece, one black legpiece, and a black belt. He also has a black arm piece and one grey arm piece, and two dark black hands. He also holds a red lightsaber.
The variation represents Darth Vader's appearance after being fought (and severely damaged) by Galen Marek, his secret apprentice, near the end of the storyline of the video game The Force Unleashed.
This variation comes with completely no differences to the Original Variation, except for some pieces cannot be separated, an example being his hand is attached to his lightsaber. The lightsaber has a built in light, which lights up his lightsaber whenever his head is punched down. He has a built in battery.
Chrome
Alongside LEGO® Star Wars' 10th anniversary, LEGO produced Chrome Darth Vader Minifigures to promote the event, and 10,000 polybags of the Chrome Vader were randomly inserted into 2009 LEGO Star Wars sets. The Chrome Vader was the same design as the 2008 version of Vader with the new torso, but shiny paint was used instead of the standard black.
Notes
In some of the 6211 Imperial Star Destroyer sets, Darth Vader was printed with eyebrows.
A red version of Darth Vader's helmet was produced by LEGO for mould testing; however, it was not included in any sets. This colour version is available via BrickLink, giving it the liberty of being considered an official LEGO piece. It is the exact same piece as Darth Vader's helmet, except it is the colour of red.
Darth Vader has been released for five Star Wars subthemes: Episode III, IV, V, VI and the Expanded Universe. His appearance in 10131 TIE Collection from 2004 marked his first appearance in an Expanded Universe set (7672 Rogue Shadow being his second.)
Darth Vader's front printing has changed at least three times over the years.
In the set 7672 Rogue Shadow,Darth Vader is Battle Damaged,with his broken helmet,and some injured parts.
Appearances
Darth Vader has appeared in seventeen sets, and large proportion of those contain Imperial vehicles and technology, the most common being his personal TIE Advanced x1.
Video game appearances
He has appeared in all four LEGO Star Wars Video Games.
Secondary appearances
The LEGO Darth Vader Minifigure has also been released in products besides LEGO sets and video games, mostly accessories, including pens, Key Chains, and t-shirts.