<P> In The Empire Strikes Back, Vader becomes obsessed with finding Luke and leads the Imperial attack on the Rebel base on Hoth, but the Rebels escape . While conversing with Emperor Palpatine (a.k.a. Darth Sidious) via hologram, Vader convinces him that Luke would be valuable to the Empire if he could be turned to the dark side of the Force . Vader hires a group of bounty hunters (including Boba Fett) to follow Luke's friends, and negotiates with Bespin administrator Lando Calrissian to set a trap for them so that Luke will follow them . After Han, Leia, Chewbacca, and C - 3PO arrive, Vader tortures Han, freezes him in carbonite and gives him to bounty hunter Boba Fett . When Luke arrives, Vader defeats Luke in a lightsaber duel, severing his opponent's hand . Vader then says to Luke the famous Star Wars quote: "I am your father ." He also asks Luke to help him overthrow the Emperor so they can rule the galaxy together . Horrified, Luke escapes through an air shaft . Vader telepathically tells Luke that it is his destiny to join the dark side . </P> <P> In Return of the Jedi, Vader and the Emperor are supervising the second Death Star's construction . Unknown to Vader, the Emperor intends to replace him with Luke as his apprentice . Thinking that there is still good in his father, Luke surrenders to Vader in hopes that he can be redeemed . Vader brings Luke to the Emperor on board the Death Star . While there, Palpatine tempts Luke to join the dark side by appealing to the young Jedi's fear for his friends, which leads to Vader dueling with Luke once again . Realizing that Leia is Luke's twin sister, Vader threatens to turn her to the dark side if Luke will not submit . Furious, Luke overpowers Vader and severs his father's robotic hand . The Emperor orders Luke to kill Vader and take his place . Luke refuses, however, and Sidious tortures him with Force lightning . Moved by Luke's pleas for help, the redeemed Anakin Skywalker throws Palpatine down an air shaft to his death; he is mortally wounded by the Emperor's lightning in the process . After asking Luke to remove his mask, Anakin tells his son that there was good in him after all before he dies . Luke escapes the Death Star with his father's body, and ceremonially burns it in a pyre . Anakin's spirit reunites with those of Obi - Wan and Yoda to watch over Luke and his friends as the Rebels celebrate the Death Star's destruction and the fall of the Empire . </P> <P> Anakin first appears in the prequel trilogy in Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace, which takes place 32 years before the original Star Wars, as a nine - year - old slave living on the planet Tatooine with his mother Shmi . Anakin was conceived without a father and he can foresee the future . Also a gifted pilot and mechanic, Anakin has built his own protocol droid, C - 3PO . Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn meets Anakin after making an emergency landing on Tatooine . Qui - Gon senses Anakin's strong connection to the Force and becomes convinced that the boy is the "Chosen One" of Jedi prophecy who will bring balance to the Force . After winning his freedom in a podrace, Anakin leaves for Coruscant to be trained as a Jedi, but is forced to leave Shmi behind . During the journey, Anakin forms a bond with Padmé Amidala, the young queen of Naboo . Qui - Gon asks the Jedi Council for permission to train Anakin, but they sense fear in the boy and refuse . Eventually, Anakin helps thwart the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo by destroying their command ship . After Qui - Gon is killed in a lightsaber duel with Sith Lord Darth Maul, Obi - Wan promises to train Anakin, with the Council's reluctant approval . Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (the future Emperor) later befriends Anakin and tells him that he will watch the boy's career "with great interest". </P> <P> Anakin is Obi - Wan's Padawan apprentice in Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones, which takes place 10 years after The Phantom Menace . Having rescued Padmé, who is now a senator, from an assassination attempt, Anakin travels with her to Naboo, where they fall in love . Sensing that Shmi is in pain, Anakin travels to Tatooine to rescue her . While there, Anakin learns she was kidnapped by the hostile Tusken Raiders, native to Tatooine . Anakin locates Shmi at the Tusken campsite, where she dies in his arms . Anakin, enraged, massacres the Tuskens and returns to the Lars homestead to bury Shmi . Anakin travels with Padmé to Geonosis to rescue Obi - Wan from Sith Lord Count Dooku, Qui - Gon's old master and leader of the Separatists, a conspiracy of star systems bent on seceding from the Galactic Republic . Dooku captures them, however, and sentences them to death . However, a cadre of Jedi arrives with the Kaminoan clone army to halt their executions . Obi - Wan and Anakin confront Dooku during the ensuing battle, but the Sith Lord beats them both in a lightsaber duel and severs Anakin's arm . Master Yoda intervenes and rescues the Jedi . By the end of the film, Anakin is fitted with a robotic arm and marries Padmé in secret . </P>

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