History ComicBook / StarWarsDarthVader

* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Possibly. Vader retrieves one of Cylo's servants (also one of his competitors) from a lava pit and kills her quickly after getting information from her. He probably did it in no small part because he [[Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith can relate.]]]]

* MoralityPet: Not in action, but through interacting with Doctor Aphra, Anakin's old personality shines through. He also seems to have taken a liking to Queen Trios, praising her courage and defending her authority from critics.

* ArsonMurderAndAdmiration: In the final issue Aphra spills the beans on most of Vader's machinations to Palpatine, hoping that the Emperor's wrath towards Vader, would protect her from Vader. Palpatine instead has a SoProudOfYou reaction, admiring Vader's initiative and creativity in operating behind his back, leaving him to deal with Aphra, and even puts him in charge of the fleet and the Executor, demoting Tagge.

** The beginning scene of issue #3 is one big shout-out to the beginning of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. Aphra, an archaeologist, sneaks into an abandoned warehouse, snags the [[{{MacGuffin}} Triple-Zero personality matrix]], accidentally triggers a motion-sensor, and runs from a giant ball-shaped object. She's then captured by a rival archaeologist who takes the personality matrix, which she angrily declares should be in an armory.

After the series concluded in late 2016, it was succeeded by ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith'' in 2017, exploring Darth Vader after the events of Order 66 and the rise of the Empire in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', and by ''ComicBook/DoctorAphra'', continuing the adventures of Vader's space thief sidekick.

'''Vader:''' I do. And if any of Cylo's toys had succeeded, you would be making this speech to them.\\

* ThatManIsDead: Vader vs Anakin Skywalker. Literally: when Vader is at death's door, he has a vision of killing his old self in a lightsaber duel on Mustafar. When a vision of Padme calls him "Anakin", he retorts that Anakin is dead. "I killed him."

'''Anakin:''' You're a liar and a coward! If you loved me Obi-Wan, you would have killed me.\\

'''Anakin:''' If you loved me Obi-Wan, you would have killed me.\\

''[beat]''

'''Darth Vader:''' Yes, it would have. ''[ignites lightsaber]'' For you.\\

''[beat]''\\

** This ultimately gets Vader off the hook after [[spoiler: Doctor Aphra sells out his secrets to the Emperor, only for him to tell how impressed he is for embracing the dark side. What probably matters to him is how effective Vader was in planning behind his back before finally getting caught.]]

* GoodNewsBadNews: Triple-Zero informs Darth Vader that he has both good news and bad news after torturing [[spoiler:Dr. Cylo-IV]]. The good news is that he got his name, the location of his base, and what he was doing there. Darth Vader then orders him disposed of, causing Triple-Zero's bad news to suddenly become good news.

** This ultimately gets Vader off the hook after [[spoiler: Doctor Aphra sells out his secrets to the Emperor, only for him to tell how impressed he is for embracing the dark side. What probably matters to him is how effective Vader was behind his back.]]

* LaserHallway: Aphra navigates one during her introductory action sequence, the subtypre requiring AppliedPhlebotinum to make the beams visible.

** In the last issue, [[spoiler:when Emperor Palpatine demotes Tagge and replaces him with Darth Vader, he leaves the former Grand General with his apprentice to let Vader "educate his subordinates about this brave new era". [[PsychicStrangle It goes as expected for Tagge]].]]

* BoomerangBigot: Vader views Dr. Cylo's cyborg creations as abominations and frequently refers to them as such. Cylo counters by claiming his projects are akin to Vader's "children"; iterations based off of the success with Vader's cybernetics. Palpatine points out that without his "open mind", Mustafar would've been the end of Vader. [[spoiler: As it turns out, Cylo himself was behind Vader's cybernetics and life support.]]

** [[spoiler:After killing her father and making her queen, Vader further intimidates Queen Trios by giving her a lump of rock -- one of the last remaining fragments of Alderaan. His threat of what happens to those who cross the Empire makes Trios determined to protect Shu-Toran from suffering the same fate...which leads her to secretly throw her lot in with the Rebels in the [[ComicBook/MarvelStarWars2015 Star Wars comic series,]] promising them ships and supplies.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Aphra has Padme's mortician tortured to find out the truth about whether her offspring was buried with her. In the end, she asks him to just confirm what she already knows: That ''the boy'' lived. By spelling out what she wants to hear, she makes it rather easy for him to neglect to mention that ThereIsAnother.

** IG-90 is basically IG-88 with [[PaletteSwap red plating]].
** Triple Zero and BT-1 are a pair of {{Robotic Psychopath}}s fond of BlackComedy, making them very similar to HK-47. They are also dark versions of C-3PO and R2-D2. Killing their creators reminisces the background of IG-88 in the ''Legends'' continuity as well