Just when fans thought the story of Darth Vader couldn’t get any darker.
These new revelations are actually canon, which means they are now officially part of Star Wars lore, and the show what lay in the darkest depth of Vader’s heart.
Fans have always been fascinated with the castle on Mustafar and the tantalising scenes from Rogue One only intensified the need to know what lies withing those iconic walls.
Not only does it involve Vader and Palpatine, it reveals a terrifying new Sith and plans to bring back Padme from beyond the grave…
Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 22: Fortress Vader, Part IV is the twenty-second issue of the long-running comic book series Star Wars: Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith.
The latest issues are written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli and have been exploring the darkest scerets of Mustafar and Vader’s terrible home.
Issue #22 Part IV was released this month and reveals more about Sith Lord Momin, who even Palpatine regarded as a dangerous heretic and whose life force lives on in a terrible mask which the Emperor gifts to Vader.
Together Vader and Momin create that iconic and dreadful castle and imbue it with evil power and, now it has been revealed, a truly terrible purpose.
The official plot synopsis outlines what happened but then the comic itself reveals even more terrible secrets.
It says: “Vader has requested that his master grant him a planet to do with what he will — and he has chosen Mustafar, a world ripe with dark side energies…and the site of his greatest defeat. Palpatine has charged Chief Imperial Architect Alva Brenne to build Vader’s fortress there and gifted his apprentice with the Mask of Lord Momin, a mysterious dark side artifact.
“But Brenne has failed to capture Vader’s vision for the fortress. And Momin’s mask has revealed its power — by murdering Brenne, possessing her assistant and offering up its own designs for Fortress Vader….”
Together Vader and Momin create something with a shocking purpose.
The castle on Mustafar was a haven for Vader, his stronghold and, he hoped, the seat for his power when he overthrew Palpatine.
However, it now seems that he tolerated Momin so that the castle woud be engineered to harness and focus the dark power on Mustafar for an even greater task.
Everything that shaped Anakin’s fall to the Dark Side was rooted in his love for Padme and his fear of losing her.
After her death he wasn’t just consumed with rage and negation, it now seems he was obsessed with trying to bring her back. Which raises the new question of what – or who – is in that castle?
Did Vader bring Padme’s body and tomb to Mustafar from Naboo?
There are strong theories that Kylo Ren and hsi knights will go to the castle in Episode 9 in search of secrets from the past. What might they find?
Star Wars 9 is out in December 2019
Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 22: Fortress Vader Part IV is out now
