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| voice = | occupation = Darth Vader: Sith Lord, Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet Anakin Skywalker: Jedi Knight, General in the Grand Army of the Republic | species = Darth Vader: Human/cyborg Anakin Skywalker: Human | gender = Male | family = Shmi Skywalker (mother) Owen Lars (stepbrother) | spouse = Padmé Amidala | children = Luke Skywalker Princess Leia | lbl21 = Homeworld | data21 = Tatooine | affiliation = Darth Vader: Sith Galactic Empire Anakin Skywalker: Jedi Galactic Republic }} Darth Vader (born Anakin Skywalker) is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' universe.〔Helinski, Keith. "("Revenge" Is Just Too Sweet )", ''moviefreak.com''. Retrieved May 5, 2007.〕〔Winzler, Jonathan W. "(The Making of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Star Wars) )", Powell's Books, April 2005. Retrieved May 5, 2007.〕 He appears in the original trilogy as a pivotal figure, as well as the prequel trilogy as a central figure. The character was created by George Lucas and has been portrayed by numerous actors. His appearances span all six ''Star Wars'' films, and he is an important character in the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe of television series, video games, novels, literature and comic books. Originally a Jedi prophesied to bring balance to the Force, he falls to the dark side of the Force and serves the evil Galactic Empire at the right hand of his Sith master, Palpatine (also known as Darth Sidious).〔Thornton, Mark. "(What is the "Dark Side" and Why Do Some People Choose It? )", Ludwig von Mises Institute, May 13, 2005. Retrieved May 5, 2007.〕 He is also the father of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa. The American Film Institute listed him as the third greatest movie villain in cinema history on ''100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains'', behind Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains )〕 ==Concept and creation== In the first draft of ''The Star Wars'', tall, grim general "Darth Vader" was already close in line with his final depiction, and the protagonist "Anikin Starkiller" had a role similar to Luke Skywalker's as the 16-year-old son of a respected warrior. Vader's mask was originally designed by Ralph McQuarrie as part of Vader's spacesuit and not intended to be part of the regular costume.〔 Brian Muir sculpted Vader's costume based on McQuarrie's design.〔 After the success of ''Star Wars'', Lucas hired science fiction author Leigh Brackett to write the sequel with him. They held story conferences and, by late November 1977, Lucas had produced a handwritten treatment. The treatment is similar to the final film, except that Vader does not reveal he is Luke's father. In the first draft that Brackett would write from this, Luke's father appears as a ghost to instruct Luke. Lucas was disappointed with the script, but Brackett died of cancer before he could discuss it with her. With no writer available, Lucas had to write the next draft himself. In this draft, he made use of a new plot twist: Vader claiming to be Luke's father. According to Lucas, he found this draft enjoyable to write, as opposed to the year-long struggles writing the first film. The new plot element of Luke's parentage had drastic effects on the series. Michael Kaminski argues in his book that it is unlikely that the plot point had ever seriously been considered or even conceived of before 1978, and that the first film was clearly operating under an alternate storyline where Vader was a separate character from Luke's father. After writing the second and third drafts in which the plot point was introduced, Lucas reviewed the new backstory he had created: Anakin had been Obi-Wan's brilliant student and had a child named Luke, but was swayed to the dark side by Palpatine. Anakin battled Kenobi on the site of a volcano and was badly wounded, but was then reborn as Vader. Meanwhile, Kenobi hid Luke on Tatooine while the Galactic Republic became the tyrannical Galactic Empire and Vader systematically hunted down and killed the Jedi. This change in character would provide a springboard to the "Tragedy of Darth Vader" storyline that underlies the prequels. After deciding to create the prequel trilogy, Lucas indicated the series would be a tragic one depicting Anakin's fall to the dark side. He also saw that the prequels could form the beginning of one long story that started with Anakin's childhood and ended with his death. This was the final step towards turning the film series into a "saga". For the first prequel, ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'', Lucas made Anakin nine years old to make the character's separation from his mother more poignant.〔 Movie trailers focused on Anakin and a one-sheet poster showing him casting Vader's shadow informed otherwise unknowing audiences of the character's eventual fate. The movie ultimately achieved a primary goal of introducing audiences to Anakin.〔 Michael Kaminski, in ''The Secret History of Star Wars'', offers evidence that issues in Anakin's fall to the dark side prompted Lucas to make massive story changes, first revising the opening sequence of the third prequel, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'', to have Palpatine kidnapped and his apprentice, Count Dooku, murdered by Anakin as the first act in the latter's turn towards the dark side. After principal photography was complete in 2003, Lucas made even more massive changes in Anakin's character, re-writing his entire turn to the dark side; his fall from grace would now be motivated by a desire to save his wife, Padmé Amidala, rather than the previous version in which that reason was one of several, including that he genuinely believed that the Jedi were plotting to take over the Republic. This fundamental re-write was accomplished both through editing the principal footage, and new and revised scenes filmed during pick-ups in 2004. ===Portrayals=== Darth Vader was portrayed by bodybuilder David Prowse and by stunt performer Bob Anderson during the character's intense lightsaber fight scenes.〔 James Earl Jones provided Vader's voice, but was initially uncredited in ''Star Wars'' and ''The Empire Strikes Back'' because he felt his contributions were too small to warrant recognition.〔 The character has also been voiced by Scott Lawrence and Matt Sloan for several video games. Hayden Christensen portrays Vader in ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith''. Brock Peters was the voice of Darth Vader in the NPR/USC radio series. Anakin Skywalker has been portrayed by Sebastian Shaw in ''Return of the Jedi'', Jake Lloyd in ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'', and Hayden Christensen in ''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones'' and ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith''. Christensen appears briefly reprising the role in the final scene of ''Return of the Jedi''. The character has also been voiced by Mat Lucas for the 2003 micro-series ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and Matt Lanter in the CGI ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and later animated TV series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Darth Vader」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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