Darth Vader Universe material. Darth Vader first appears in "Star Wars" (later retitled as "A New Hope") as a ruthless villain serving the Galactic Empire. He is tasked, along with Imperial Governor Grand Moff Tarkin, with recovering the secret technical plans for the Death Star, which were stolen by the Rebel Alliance. Vader captures and tortures Princess Leia Organa, who has hidden the plans inside the droid R2-D2 and sent it to find Vader's former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi on the planet Tatooine. During Leia's rescue, Vader kills Obi-Wan in a lightsaber duel. Having placed a tracking device aboard the "Millennium Falcon",
Star Wars (manga) Star Artwork - Toshiki Kudo Volumes - 4 Volume 1: Hoth Battle Volume 2: Meeting Yoda Volume 3: Han, Leia, Chewbacca, C3P-O on Cloud City Volume 4: Han frozen, Luke loses his hand to Vader Artwork - Shin-Ichi Hiromoto Volumes - 4 Volume 1: Everyone captured by Jabba Volume 2: Escape from Jabba, head to Dagobah Volume 3: Ewok village, Luke's capture Volume 4: Death of Vader and Palpatine Artwork - Kia Asamiya Volumes - 2 Volume 1: Finding of Anakin Volume 2: Qui-Gon's death and Darth Maul battle Star Wars (manga) Four "Star Wars" films were adapted to manga