He is one of the greatest, if not the greatest villain in the history of cinema. He deserved a little quiz!
In the pantheon of the greatest villains in the history of cinema, one could certainly find Hannibal Lecter of the Silence of the Lambs, the bogeyman Freddy Krueger born from the imagination of Wes Craven, and perhaps among the more recent characters, could- We also include Voldemort from the Harry Potter saga.
And then at the very top, enthroned with his cape and his black helmet, would reign supreme the most terrible of all: Darth Vader. He is the Sith Lord of the Star Wars saga, a former Jedi who passed over to the dark side of the Force under the influence of the terrible Palpatine.
For his design, George Lucas was strongly inspired by that of the samurai of the Meiji era, his famous helmet, for example, echoing the Japanese kabuto and menjo, but also recalling the German helmet of the soldiers of the Second World War. .
Appearing from the first episode of the saga, A New Hope, he is present in the first two trilogies. Three actors slipped under the costume for the premiere with bodybuilder David Prowse for the vast majority of the scenes, fencer Bob Anderson for the lightsaber fight scenes, and a short but notable appearance for actor Sebastian Shaw, who will forever remain the unmasked face of Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi.
As for the second trilogy, it is the actor Hayden Chistensen who will have had the privilege and the heavy task of resuming this iconic role to interpret a young Vader, before his conversion to the dark side of the Force.
Are you a true Quiz Jedi? Will you be able to defeat the dark side by answering these eight questions about this iconic villain from the history of cinema?