History Literature / DarkLordTheRiseOfDarthVader

* AwfulTruth: Vader tells a [[spoiler: dying Shyrne]] the entire terrible true story about Sidious, the Clone War, Order 66, and his own identity.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Palpatine reflects that if he discovers Darth Plagueis's secret, he and Vader could rule the galaxy forever... if they don't kill each other first.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Palpatine feels the need to spell out that the Empire leadership is entirely human while claiming that he has no FantasticRacism against non-humans, honestly!

* BrokenAce: Shryne. He was a leading commander and powerful Jedi in the early days of the Clone Wars, but he lost ''two'' apprentices in battle, and by the time of the novel is bitter and sick of fighting, with emotional state also causing him to have difficulty using the Force.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: What Shryne tries to do to Vader during their duel on Kashyyk. By constantly trying to hit the respirator controls on Vader's chest, he forces Vader to adopt a specific defense that allows Shryne to try to defeat him by [[DeathOfAThousandCuts inflicting numerous minor injuries to Vader's prosthetic arms and legs]]. Once Vader realizes what's going on, however, he ends the fight by using the Force to barrage Shryne with more objects than he can destroy or deflect.

* BattleAmongstTheFlames: Vader and Shryne's duel on Kashyyyk continues even as the Empire is bombarding the planet from orbit, blasting huge holes in the forest-city of Kachirho and setting what's left on fire.

** As Vader looks down at [[spoiler:the dying Shryne's]], he anticipates looking down on a defeated Sidious the same way--he certainly will, but not for the reasons he thinks. He also plans to take on an apprentice with a "rebellious spirit" to aid him in that quest.

* TheDragon: The novel firmly establishes that this was what cemented Vader as this to Palpatine. When one captain questions his orders, Vader merely asks if the man would like to speak to Palpatine, causing him to quickly back down. Palpatine even tells Tarkin that his only concern is that the fleet commanders "obey Lord Vader as they would me."

* HomeFieldAdvantage: What the Wookiees have when the Empire assaults Kashyyk. While they do have major spaceports, if real trouble comes around, they can quickly duck into the planet's deep forest, where they have a significant advantage over their attackers.

* OrbitalBombardment: What Vader orders on Kashyyk.

* WorthyOpponent: Shryne and Vader come to see each other as this. On Vader's side, this seems to be because Shryne reminds him of the Jedi he used to be, and [[spoiler:he considers killing Shryne to have brought him closer to the dark side]]. When they finally duel, they are evenly matched in swordsmanship, and [[spoiler:Vader only wins by withdrawing and using {{telekinesis}} to throw a storm of planks and splinters at Shryne]].
-->'''Shryne:''' I owe you a debt. It took you to bring me back to the Force.
-->'''Vader:''' And you to firm my faith in the power of the Dark Side, Master Shryne.

** Mon Mothma appears as a young Senators and ally of Bail Organa. In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and subsequent Legends works, she is a leader of the Rebellion. Garm Bel Iblis is another such Senator; in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' he returns to the Rebellion after forming a splinter group.

** As Vader looks down at [[spoiler:Shryne's dying body]], he anticipates looking down on a defeated Sidious the same way--he certainly will, but not for the reasons he thinks. He also plans to take on an apprentice with a "rebellious spirit" to aid him in that quest.

* MightyGlacier: Vader's prostheses grant him immense strength, but initially slow him down. By the novel's end, however, he's graduated to LightningBruiser.

** Vader is surprisingly lenient with Bail Organa for harboring Fang Zar. When Zar nearly escapes, Vader accepts Bail's word that he wasn't involved.
** Vader also expresses sorrow when Shryne kills Commander Appo, outright stating that he was fond of him.

* UnwittingPawn: Rather than capture the fugitive Jedi quietly, Moff Tarkin allows them to slip past an Imperial checkpoint in their disguised stolen shuttle, so that when they land on Kashyyyk he can accuse the Wookiees of harboring fugitives as a pretext to invade the planet and round up thousands of Wookiee captives.

* FailureHero: Vader sees himself as such at the beginning, and sinks into a depression that Palpatine finds irritating and counterproductive.

* ClonesArePeopleToo: The clone troopers have unique personalities and disagree about how best to interpret orders. When Ion Team hears about Order 66 secondhand, they refuse to kill the Jedi they've worked under and allow Shryne, Chatak, and Starstone to escape. Some clones even allow for a bit of levity; when Climber meets up with Shryne again, they share a common joke about how the clones are hard to tell apart.

* ConsummateLiar: Palpatine has the audacity to tell the truth about the Clone Wars--they were an enormous scheme to play the Republic and the Separatists off against each other by controlling both sides, [[WarForFunAndProfit in order to amass greater power]]. But he plausibly accuses the Jedi of doing this (Wasn't Count Dooku a former Jedi? And wasn't the clone army commissioned by a Jedi?) when in fact he did it himself.

** The novelization of ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' reveals that after he had his fateful vision of Padmé's death, Anakin swore off sleep to avoid any more prophetic dreams. A month after his EmergencyTransformation into Darth Vader, he would ''like'' to sleep again, but still mostly cannot--what sleep his is able to get is full of indistinct nightmares and provides no rest.
** Ever since killing his own master in his sleep, Darth Sidious no longer allows himself to sleep at all, apparently relying entirely on TheDarkSide to sustain him.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Shryne and Starstone fall in with a crew of smugglers. Their captain just happens to be Shryne's mother--his father had given him up to the Jedi over her objections. Jula is Force-sensitive herself and claims to have guided her ship to them on purpose.

* OhCrap: When Obi-Wan realizes Vader is still alive, he panics until [[SpiritAdvisor Qui-Gon's]] ghost tells him that Vader will never return to Tatooine.

''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' is a 2005 ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe novel by James Luceno. It is in the immediate aftermath of the events of ''Revenge Of The Sith'' and part of the "Dark Lord" trilogy alongside ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'' and ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith''. Darth Vader struggles to cope with his EmergencyTransformation and identity crisis, while a group of rogue Jedi led by Roan Shryne struggle to avoid the fallout of Order 66.
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* BadBoss: Sidious has Vader's life support and armour constructed with outdated, ill-fitting technology to punish him for needing it in the first place, and considers either sending Vader to Naboo and Mustafar or just [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him]] as further punishment for failing to kill Obi Wan. Instead he gives him [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a scathing verbal beatdown]].
* BenevolentBoss: That said, Palpatine does everything he can to snap Vader out of his depression. [[PragmaticVillainy Not because he cares about Vader's mental well being]], but because he finds it counterproductive and annoying.
* TheChessmaster: Palpatine had accounted for just about every variable when it came to Anakin's corruption, even predicting Vader would betray him the moment he returned from Mustafar and planning to have Padme assassinated if Vader didn't do it himself. The one thing he forgot to consider was the possibility of Vader's horrific loss against Obi Wan.

* CurbStompBattle: On Kashyyyk, several of the Jedi in Shryne's group try to tag-team against Vader. It ends with two of them dead and another four severely injured.

* FriendlyEnemy: Shryne and Vader have quite a few exchanges that are dangerously close to a friendly conversation, if you ignore the fact that they're trying to kill each other.
* MightyGlacier: Vader's prosthetics grant him immense strength, but initially slow him down. By the novel's end, however, he's graduated to LightningBruiser.
* MyGreatestFailure: Palpatine considers Vader to be this. He'd spent years moulding Anakin into the perfect Sith, only to have it all go to waste on Mustafar. He even considers just killing Vader, but decides against it since even in his crippled state Anakin is still obscenely powerful and there was no telling how long he'd have to wait until another strong Force user came along.
* NotSoDifferent: Vader sees his past self in Roan, which is why killing him serves as an act of closure and lets him fully embrace the Dark Side.
* OhCrap: When Obi Wan realizes Vader is still alive, he panics until Qui-Gon's ghost tells him that Vader will never return to Tatooine.
* PetTheDog: Vader is surprisingly lenient with Bail Organa for harboring Fang Zar. When Zar nearly escapes, Vader accepts Bail's word that he wasn't involved.
** He also expresses sorrow when Shryne kills Commander Appo, outright stating that he was fond of him.
* PoweredArmor: The novel describes in loving detail exactly how uncomfortable Vader's armor and prosthetics are, [[ShownTheirWork even consulting the actor who wore the suit in the films]].

* SlowWalk: Due to the awkward construction of his leg prosthetics, this is initially all Vader can manage without tripping. After becoming more accustomed, however, he keeps this up purely for the intimidation factor.
* TaughtByExperience: Vader's lava bath forces him to rein in his temper and learn to affect a venire of callousness.

* VillainousFriendship: Vader forms an alliance with one Grand Moff Tarkin.
* VillainProtagonist: The novel focuses on the nascent Dark Lord's transformation from the shattered remnants of Anakin Skywalker to the confident, callous Sith Lord seen in the original films.
* WorthyOpponent: Shryne and Vader come to see each other as this. On Vader's side, this seems to be because Shryne reminds him of the Jedi he used to be, and [[spoiler: he considers killing Shryne to have brought him closer to the dark side.]]

''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' is a 2005 ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe novel by Creator/JamesLuceno. It is in the immediate aftermath of the events of ''Revenge Of The Sith'' and part of the "Dark Lord" trilogy alongside ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'' and ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith''. Darth Vader struggles to cope with his EmergencyTransformation and identity crisis, while a group of rogue Jedi led by Roan Shryne struggle to avoid the fallout of Order 66.

''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' is a 2005 ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe novel by James Luceno. It is in the immediate aftermath of the events of ''Revenge Of The Sith'' and part of the "Dark Lord" trilogy alongside ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'' and ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith''. Darth Vader struggles to cope with his EmergencyTransformation and identity crisis, while a group of rogue Jedi led by Roan Shryne struggle to avoid the fallout of Order 66.

* CallBack: This novel contains several to ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'' and ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'', to the point where they were eventually marketed as a trilogy despite the latter being written by a different author.

''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' is a 2005 ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe novel by James Luceno. It is in the immediate aftermath of the events of ''Revenge Of The Sith'' and part of the "Dark Lord" trilogy alongside ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'' and ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith''. Darth Vader struggles to cope with his EmergencyTransformation and identity crisis, while a group of rouge Jedi led by Roan Shryne struggle to avoid the fallout of Order 66.

* FailureHero: Vader sees himself as such at the beginning, and sinks into a depression that Palpatine finds irritating and counterproductive.

* VillainProtagonist: The novel focuses on the nascent Dark Lord's transformation from the shattered remnants of Anakin Skywalker to the confident, callous Sith Lord seen in the original films.

''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' is a 2005 ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe novel set in the immediate aftermath of the events of ''Revenge Of The Sith'', and is part of the "Dark Lord" trilogy alongside ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'' and ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith''. Darth Vader struggles to cope with his EmergencyTransformation and identity crisis, while a group of rouge Jedi led by Roan Shryne struggle to avoid the fallout of Order 66.

* BadBoss: Sidious has Vader's life support and armour constructed with outdated, ill-fitting technology to punish him for needing it in the first place, and considers sending Vader to Naboo and Mustafar as further punishment for failing to kill Obi Wan. Instead he gives him [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a scathing verbal beatdown]].

''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' is a 2005 ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe novel set in the immediate aftermath of the events of ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'', and is part of the "Dark Lord" trilogy alongside ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'' and ''RevengeOfTheSith''. Darth Vader struggles to cope with his EmergencyTransformation and identity crisis, while a group of rouge Jedi led by Roan Shryne struggle to avoid the fallout of Order 66.

* TaughtByExperience: Vader's lava bath forces him to rein in his temper and learn to affect a venire of emotionlessness.

* TaughtByExperience: Vader's lava bath forces him to reign in his temper and learn to affect a venire of emotionlessness.

''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' is a 2005 ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe novel set in the immediate aftermath of the events of ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith''. Darth Vader struggles to cope with his EmergencyTransformation and identity crisis, while a group of rouge Jedi led by Roan Shryne struggle to avoid the fallout of Order 66.