The Star Wars Archives. 1999–2005. 40th Ed. by Paul Duncan HARDBACK

Star Wars burst onto the screen in 1977, audiences have been in equal parts fascinated and appalled by the half-man/half-machine hybridDarth Vader. In 1999, creatorGeorge Lucas began the story of how Anakin Skywalker grew up to train as a Jedi under Obi-Wan Kenobi, found love with the Queen of Naboo, Padmé Amidala, before turning to the dark side of his nature and becoming more machine than man.

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