Star Wars: Inside Darth Vader!

A deep dive into Darth Vader's mechanized body and helmet and fully realize in 3D! Enjoy!

Darth Vader’s suit followed an ancient Sith tradition where the warriors of the Dark Side of the Force would clad in heavy armors, and because of this, it also incorporated many aspects of Sith alchemy to help with Vader’s weakened physical strength and vitality, after his near-fatal duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi.

The helmet is the most important part of his suit. The obvious purpose it serves is to help Vader breathe, but it’s far more complex than that.

The helmet is made up of three parts; a protective neck gaiter, the primary mask, and the outer shell.
Designed to be intimidating and to strike fear into the opponent, Darth Vader’s helmet is a combination of both Sith tradition and technology, custom-fitted to Darth Vader’s head, and designed to be removed as needed to show his face.

The gaiter helps support Vader’s neck, has a nutrient feeding tube, and this is also where his iconic and booming voice is processed and projected. The mask is the most intricate part of the helmet.

Part 2 to Inside Darth Vader.

Here is a list of books and tools I have used to recreate these animations. (affiliate links)

Star Wars Complete Vehicles New Edition Hardcover

Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia

Zoom H5 Mic Handy Recorder Kit

Logitech MX Master 3 Advanced Wireless Mouse

SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 500GB - M.2 NVMe

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core

0:00 Introduction
1:00 Vader's Helmet
2:43 Suit and Body
4:19 Vader's Internal Organs
6:27 Conclusion

[mysteriumxarxes]

and yet his suit was a shit, darth vader was a burdening coffin, limited mobility, and he was in constant pain every time. His life support system was literally exposed in his chest, and was designed to be succeptible to electricity (palpatine's power). He tried to cure himself through meditation and force healing, but then palpatine constantly exercised an oppressive dark force influence to prevent his healing. Also, vader was resorting to the dark side of the force to cure himself, not a very smart move since it was too difficult to make it cure and needed extreme concentration, something that he didn't have. He also wanted a better arnor, but it wouldnt be any reason for palpatine to purposedly choose a poor tech armor and poor tech medic droids for vader from the start if he would let him improve or change his armor in the future. Palpatine WANTED vader to be weak and in constant pain and struggle, so he didn't let vader switch to a better one, which would be wonderful for vader and, if he still decided to help his son in the final confrontation and turn back to the light side of the force, he could have survived and became a powerful jedi master once again, maybe even preventing the new order to exist.

[groundsgrounds]

make one called "inside Padme" and I'll consider watching

[Nogdog]

It also has been stated that the armor was purposely made very cumbersome and uncomfortable by Palpatine as punishment as were his prosthetic limbs. But the pain caused by the suit’s uncomfortableness fuels the dark side for him. And having to reinvent his style of combat to work around the limitations but also maximize the abilities of his suit he literally became one of the greatest duelist.

[imstupid]

Fun fact: Vader's suit does absolutely nothing about his pain, and in fact amplifies it. Palpatine wanted him in constant agony as to better use the dark side of the force.

[AdvancedLiving]

The input “HDMI 1” made him compatible with today’s entertainment devices.

[DonSoprano]

Darth Vader really is the CHOSEN ONE to survive in that suit

[GroundGame.]

"I sense more Machine than man here"

[michas.]

I have been an orthopedic technician and Star Wars fan since 1996. I am impressed with how many functions that were explained and still work today. The legs limbs similar to prostheses from a German company owned by Otto Bock. May the legs be with us, always

[fredlandry]

“He’s more machine now than man, twisted and evil”.

[virtualplanepilot]

I'm sure George Lucas never cared about how Vader's suit worked in detail and how it interacted with his body. But nice to see how the community's imagination works ... :-)

[markanderson]

Outstanding and "Impressive ". I was there to watch the original in theaters 1977. Still to this day the Best movie I have ever seen.
Thank you so much for finally showing Vader's suit. This fan appreciates it.

[jedidrummerjake]

No wonder he was always so pissed off.

[photonicus]

Anakin was athletic looking, tall and formidable but somewhat lanky and thin. I think in addition to the suit and prosthetics, the Emperor had growth hormones pumped into Anakin to make him even more menacing.

[mewtwo.]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[kylekasper]

Holy shit you went deep there at the end buddy.
Well done overall!

[deloceanophoto]

Something I never thought about until now... why did Vader need Durasteel shin guards over his boots, if his prosthetic shins were durasteel anyway?

[jeffd]

Personally, I've always seen Vader as a tale of how 1. the darkness will always try to sneak up on you 2. No one is too far gone to be saved. and 3. How one's emotions should always be tempered by rationality. Anakin had fear because of his dreams which were vague, Palpatine used that fear to push him, and if Anakin had stopped and thought about it he would realize that Yoda was right when he said that the future was always changing and that the dream could have been only one possibility of what could come to pass.

[Craxin]

He could heal himself slightly if he was able to hold onto hate and anger, but it was always fleeting and never lasted.

[romanpodmanicky]

Obi-Wan: "You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. Bring balance to the force, not leave it in darkness."
Darth Vader: "Tis but a scratch"

[lknanml]

Excellent video.
3:12 I was always under the impression his suit was NOT extremely sophisticated. Palpatine purposely had lower grade systems installed so he would be dependent on the Empire for "tech support" and in a constant state of pain to amplify the his Dark Side powers.