Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader Grand Moff Tarkin are also shown. Luceno devotes much of "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader" to the internal conflict that Darth Vader undergoes as he tries to shed his former identity of Anakin Skywalker and relearn to master the Force. Palpatine intends for these early missions that he sends Vader on to be as much about learning what it means to be a Sith as they are about consolidating the rule of the nascent Empire. The final chapters of "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader" depict the beginning of the Imperial enslavement of the Wookiees of Kashyyyk,
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