Darth Vader's armor

Darth Vader's Armor, is a black suit of armor that has been altered through Sith Alchemy to augment the Dark Lord of the Siths physical potence. The armor also keeps Lord Vader alive, due to his injuries he sustained on Mustafar.

Orign of the suit
In Episode III: Return of the Sith Darth Vader's Armor made it's first appearance. Within Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center, Darth Vader was brought back to stable condition after his battle on Mustafar. He was placed inside his armor as a means of constant life support.

Description
Entirely black and well polished, Vader's armor consist of a shoulder armor of some sort that cross the front of his chest. This shoulder armor is black and a metallic grey racing stripe.

Vader's armor has a peculiar front panel located on what would be Vader's solarplexis. This panel contains five buttons, one large blue button, one large red button, and three smaller clear buttons. Below these buttons are four switches, three white (or lightblue) and one red. High Inquisitor Tremanye took advantage of this obvious flaw in a duel with Vader and managed to turn off his life support system. Vader, instead of killing him for this admired him and had him trained to become a member of the Inquisitorus.

Life Support System
Every peice of Darth Vader's Armor is vital to Vader's continued existance. The breathing mask that is accompanied by the infamous rasping heard in Episodes 3-6, must be worn by Vader at all times to sustain his life as his lungs were terribly burned during his battle with [[Obi-Wan Kenobi] on Mustafar.

Sith Sorcery
Darth Sidious has used a darkside force power called Sith Alchemy to augment the suit so that it affords Lord Vader a greater degree of strength and overall fortitude.