Posted 1st January 1970
James Earl Jones is back as Darth
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When Anakin goes bionic!! Whats that all about?
Well Darth Vader was mostly machine. It is rumored that Anakin becomes Darth Vader when he falls into boiling water or lava, something that burns his legs and arm off, and damages most of his internal organs. His head never submerges so his mind is left intact. Because of this event, The Emperor shuttles him to his homeland and is fitted with bionics.
Vader dies at the end of Return of the Jedi because the lighting that the Emporer uses to attempt to kill Luke, shorts out most of his bionics as he picks him up and throws him to his death. Of course, it is also rumored that the Emporer didnt really die at the end of Jedi.