Star Wars: The Rise of Darth Vader (film)

Star Wars: The Rise of Darth Vader is a 2005 animated epic space opera film directed by with a screenplay by Nancy Tso and Nora Kaasik, which was based on the  by. Dark Lord takes place in the immediate aftermath of the events in , and focuses on and his rise to power in the newly inaugurated.

Released by on November 25, 2005, the film received largely positive reviews among the Star Wars fan communities, and was described as a successful narration of Vader's emotions and perspectives.

Plot
Jedi Masters Roan Shryne, Bol Chatak and Padawan Olee Starstone land on Murkhana with a contingency of clone troopers. Using information from a captured mercenary, Shryne leads a surgical strike on Murkhana City much to the dismay of Commander Salvo who preferred a strike from aboard the Star Destroyer Gallant. Joined by clone commando Climber and his Ion Team, Shryne leads the attack on the Separatist's shield generator, successfully completing their mission.

During preparations to rendezvous with the other Republic forces, Climber is contacted by Salvo with the order to exterminate the Jedi. Conflicted by this command and his loyalty to his comrades, Climber instructs Ion Team to disrupt the planned ambush on the Jedi. A quick standoff ends with Climber allowing Shryne, Chatak and Starstone a head start before starting the hunt. Salvo loses most of his trust in Climber and his team and keeps his eye on them. Shryne and the others decide to abandon their Jedi garb and gear in an attempt to escape the planet, but are captured by the troopers.

Olee and Shryne part ways: Shryne stays with his mother, Olee goes in search of other Jedi survivors with the other Jedi. Meanwhile, Skeck, Archyr, Jula and Shryne—having parted ways with Fili to help Olee track Jedi—go to Alderaan to rescue Sern Prime's Senator Fang Zar. Darth Vader, having been sent by Palpatine to retrieve the dissident senator, confronts Shryne as they are about to escape. Zar and Jula are struck by Vader's lightsaber and Zar is killed. Luckily, Jula is rescued despite her wounds.

On Kashyyyk, Shryne and Starstone, along with the native Wookiees, fight the stormtroopers of the Empire as an attack on the planet begins. Two of the Jedi are killed while Darth Vader fights Starstone. Shryne intervenes and fights Vader, telling Starstone to flee. Chewbacca flies the remaining Jedi to the Drunk Dancer as Vader reveals himself to Shryne and kills him by fatally wounding him via the dark side of the Force. Kashyyyk then falls to the Empire.

The epilogue depicts Obi-Wan Kenobi, now under the guise of Ben Kenobi living as a hermit on Tatooine to watch over the infant Luke Skywalker from a distance. Kenobi is shocked at the news to hear that Darth Vader, whom he believed he killed in his duel against him on Mustafar, is alive. He is then contacted by the spirit of his late Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, who assures him that Luke will grow to confront his father when the time is right and that Vader will never step foot on Tatooine ever again, for fear of his memories coming back to haunt him.

Voice cast

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 * Warren Owens as Fang Zar
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