When Star Wars first hit theaters in 1977, it already felt like a fully formed universe. It had a classic hero’s journey, a chilling villain in all black, and then, in 1980, a dramatic twist involving ...

Darth Vader‘s true identity was actually a closed-guarded secret among the ranks of the Empire. Palpatine quite liked to leave his allies guessing as well as his enemies, and part of Darth Vader’s ...