What's Anakin/Darth Vader's fear? When he was Anakin, he feared losing the people closest to him, whether it was by distance or death. He did end up losing pretty much everyone close to him, namely Qui-Gon, his mother Shmi, then lastly Padme. It was his fear of never ending loss that drove him to become Vader.
Yes, with a fiery passion. Vader utterly despised Palpatine, and did for a very long time. After Padme died and Palpatine blamed Anakin for her death, this ignited a spark of hatred for his master that would stay with him forever, Anakin blamed Palpatine for Padme's death, and probably his injuries too.
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.
1/15 Luke Skywalker
Having faced his father once before, Luke was familiar with his tactics and used the force to gain an upper-hand. In Star Wars Canon, only Luke Skywalker can be acknowledged as the one who truly defeated Darth Vader.
Appealing to the hate and conflict within him, Darth Sidious goaded Luke into attacking. Vader defended the Emperor and he and Luke were locked in mortal combat. Luke lost control of his anger, viciously attacking Vader, finally beating him down and chopping off his hand with his lightsaber.
Vader held respect for Tarkin which is clearly shown and the only case in which Tarkin outranked Vader would be the case in which Vader was in the Death Star or within Tarkin's Oversector which he likely was as Tarkin was Grand Moff of the Outer Rim Oversector, the largest one.
When he was Anakin, he feared losing the people closest to him, whether it was by distance or death. He did end up losing pretty much everyone close to him, namely Qui-Gon, his mother Shmi, then lastly Padme. It was his fear of never ending loss that drove him to become Vader.
Since he was that little boy, Anakin has feared the “death” dragon. The dragon inside of him that reminds him that stars burn out, that people will die, that all things die. This is the kind of fear that lives inside Anakin Skywalker: the dragon of that dead star.
Between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan, it's pretty clear that Vader is far more powerful with the force. After all, he pretty easily used the force to stop a starship from taking off in the previous episode, and manhandled Kenobi throughout the majority of the show.
DARK SIDE FRIDAY - Did you know Palpatine feared Qui-Gon Jinn? Palpatine was immensely powerful and he could see the future which made him very confident about pretty much anyone who stood against him.
What is Darth Vader's greatest fear? 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.
Obi-Wan Could've Beaten Vader in Star Wars: A New Hope - If He Wanted To. While Obi-Wan Kenobi was frail by the time of Star Wars: A New Hope, he was still stronger with the Force than Vader.
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's response was teaching Anakin how to do connect with the force and keep his spirit intact.
Luke confronts his fear in the cave on Dagobah, as he comes to see that which he fears the most: what he might become. But by Return of the Jedi, when he stands before Palpatine and throws his lightsaber away, insisting, “I am a Jedi, like my father before me,” he has faced and confronted this fear.
In The Phantom Menace, Yoda says to young Anakin Skywalker, “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.
89-90). Thus Othellos actions directly lead to his downfall. In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin is also responsible for his own downfall. His pride and anger cause him to kill his superior and betray everything he has sworn to protect.
Darth Sidious
In the end, Vader managed to fulfill the prophecy tied to him. As for Darth Sidious, he's by far the most dangerous enemy Vader has had. Becoming emperor of the galaxy and crushing most of the Jedi was proof enough.
Grand Master Yoda encountered the specter of Darth Bane during the Clone Wars. During the war, Jedi Grand Master Yoda ventured to Moraband on a journey to discover the secrets of immortality. He entered Bane's tomb and encountered a fiery vision of the ancient Dark Lord.
Admiral Ozzel : [appearing onscreen with Captain Piett] Lord Vader, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed and we're preparing to... Darth Vader : You have failed me for the last time, Admiral! Captain Piett?
In the original trilogy, Palpatine is depicted as the Emperor of the Galactic Empire and the master of Darth Vader.
Admiral Ozzel's legacy is that Darth Vader Force-choked him to death before the Battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. As commander of Darth Vader's flagship the Executor, Ozzel was one of the first to learn that an Imperial probe droid had been destroyed on Hoth.