Why Palpatine Chose the Name DARTH VADER For Anakin - Star Wars Explained

Composer: Whitesand (Martynas Lau)
Year: 2017
Title: Eternity Additional Music Terminus by: Scott Buckley
Released under CC-BY 4.0.

[emperorpalpatine]

I bought a book of baby names and let him pick it.

[KlaytonFioriti]

I always thought Vader was short for "Invader" as in an invader among the jedi at the temple

[ericsilva]

The "Dark Father" thing is a convenient lie they tell to make it seem like they didn't just make it up as they went along.
Darth (in)Sideous, insideous meaning evil and malicious.
Darth (in)Vader, invader of course meaning he is a great conqueror

[hatfield]

What if Asoka brought darth Vader to the light side

[bults]

"Henceforth, you shall be called..." Oh shit, I forgot to come up with a name! "Darth..." come on, Sheev, think, dammit, think! Ummmm.... "Vader."

[fonsecacorals]

For your next video, WHY DID YODA HAVE GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE WOOKIES?

[danukil]

I would be named Darth Scitus, from Latin scire "to know" or Darth Sapiens, from the present active participle of sapio, "to discern" and of course, meaning "wise"
Because I would seek to learn everything and become powerful through knowledge and wisdom

[sryan]

Please, please, please, please disney. Make an R rated Darth Vader standalone movie.

[winamita]

this interpretation is so interesting and thanks for uploading this video on YouTube

[abelruiz]

because he was gonna be the "invader"

[mt_baldwin]

Love the thumbnail for this vid, never seen that before, pre-suit Vader next to Palpatine, wish I had a poster of that.

[jimbo_]

the face you make when you're trying to watch a star wars video and a star trek ad plays

[hatfield]

What if lord sidious killed Luke and darth Vader

[luizribeiro]

George Lucas himself once said that Vader came from “Invader”.

[sc_art]

What happened to korkie after the takeover of Mandalore?

[arthurrevan]

My sith transformation.
"Hence forth you shall be known as Darth (looks into them force)....Numbnuts."
"Thank you my master."

[jonmercano]

If the dark father thing is true, I think it would be more likely that it meant he was the father of darkness, like a lord of darkness. It would make more sense considering him being Luke's father came about much later.

[projectcancelled]

Earth Wingrace (a reference to one of my favorite planeswalkers Lord Wingrace.)

[PerovNigma]

_[Sticks hand up in the air energetically]_ I know, I know, I know! He pulled a manacing name out of his Hat of Menacing Potential Sith Names! (other entries included Deadpool, Sauron, Drumpf, and Sand)

[nostalgicarchives]

It also just sounds really badass, sometimes for a villain that is all one needs. Like the Crazy 88 from Kill Bill.