Darth Vader feared his Master. The Sith lord who held his leash and the power to cause him unimaginable pain on a whim. The man who called him “My Old Friend” as a reminder that they were nothing of the sort. The man who stationed his Red Guards outside Vader's bacta tank as a reminder.
Even after his brutal scorching in the fires of Mustafar, sand remained the only natural phenomenon that Vader feared. To him, sand was a reminder that he'd failed to save his mother or Padme from death.
Darth Vader was so feared because it didn't matter who, or how many, or where he faced anyone. Darth Vader destroyed and murdered his way through every situation that got in his way. Indomitable, inexhaustible, unfeeling and ruthlessly efficient. That's Darth Vader.
For a long time Darth Vader didn't care for anyone anymore. He was a being driven by pure anger and rage from all his tragedies and loss. Then Luke came into his life, and that small little part of fatherly instinct in him started to reawaken his feelings for someone else, rather he wanted this or not.
Grand Moff Tarkin. Although his status in the Empire may rival or even surpass Vader's own, Vader nonetheless respected Tarkin a lot, for many reasons. He thought Tarkin as one of the more competent and dedicated Imperial officers, with a sense of honor and being able to inspire loyalty in his subordinates.
After the destruction of the Death Star, Darth Vader became obsessed with finding Luke Skywalker.
Yet he kept it to himself, as he didn't care about the Sith or the Force. Although Tarkin didn't believe in the Force, he respected Vader a lot, as he was the Emperor's enforcer, and he even grew to admire Vader's way of inducing fear within others.
The short answer is yes, without a doubt, Vader regretted becoming a cybernetic monstrosity. First, there's the constant pain and discomfort from his suit. Worse, however, is the psychological pain. Vader destroyed everything he had ever known for a chance to save Padme.
Yes, he did. He regretted it everyday. But he had no choice.
Yes he did. And the saddest thing is that there was nothing he could do about it. He was broken. The first case is shortly after ROTS when Vader was making his Sith lightsaber.
In many ways, Palpatine enslaved Vader and, over the years, Vader undoubtedly grew to resent his master. Because with any Sith duo, the relationship is always one of master and servant. And due to the history of the Sith, both these Dark Lords were probably constantly paranoid about being betrayed by one another.
Apparently, he had borderline personality disorder. As he came of age, Skywalker showed problems with impulsivity, violent outburst, illusions of invincibility and crises of identity, all of which are in line with borderline personality disorder diagnosis, the researchers concluded.
The added risk Darth Vader takes in allowing children to live in a situation where he could have killed them proves that he regrets killing Younglings and will avoid harming any more children for the rest of his days, though intense intimidation is a dark strategy to avoid repeating his Youngling massacre.
It appeared that Darth Vader was more machine than we thought. His armor could be hacked and controlled by a device. In a turn of events, Darth Vader's right limb holding his dangerous scarlet lightsaber was moving of its own accord toward his neck. This was a dangerous weakness indeed.
Darth Vader Has Claustrophobia
In addition to causing content pain and itchiness, the suit is so constricting that it causes him to suffer from claustrophobia. He can only find relief by meditating in specially-constructed pressurized chambers where he can temporarily take off his suit and survive.
Darth Vader : You have failed me for the last time, Admiral! Captain Piett? Captain Piett : Yes, my lord? Darth Vader : Make ready to land our troops beyond their energy field, and deploy the fleet, so that nothing gets off the system.
18 Galen Marek
Galen Marek is the only one who came close to destroying the Sith Lord, thanks to his vast knowledge of Vader's fighting tactics through the many hours they trained together.
Anakin does not have even the slightest bit of remorse. By the end, he feels nothing but anger. Although he feels regret for killing Padme, he still helps the evil Emperor. The film ends with Anakins standing side by side with the man on whose behalf he has committed all his crimes.
Yes, when Darth Vader turned back to Anakin Skywalker and sacrifice himself to save his son, he dies and Obi-Wan uses the force to connect with Anakin's spirit. In that time Anakin apologizes to Obi-Wan, desperately asking him to forgive him for everything he has done to him and everybody over the years.
Obi-Wan knew it was only a matter of time. So, he made the difficult decision to use his learnings and become one with the force, rather than let Vader decapitate him.
Emperor Palpatine viewed Darth Vader as a disappointment, and yet he let him live. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker seems to hint at the reason why. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hints at Palpatine's real purpose for Darth Vader.
Prowse played the physical form of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. Prowse spoke the dialogue during filming, but George Lucas wanted a "darker voice" than Prowse's relatively jovial West Country accent, and had James Earl Jones provide a more sinister, malevolent voice for the character.
For the first time in all his life, Darth Vader sees a Jedi act the way he was always told Jedis should act, and seeing his son become the ideal of what the Jedi Order claimed to be made Vader not only love his child, but greatly respect him.
Star Wars creator George Lucas has stated that the reason Palpatine couldn't anticipate Vader's betrayal in Return of the Jedi was that he can't truly understand the concept of love.