Duel on Mustafar/Legends

"This is the end for you, my master."

- Darth Vader

The Duel on Mustafar was the event in the Great Jedi Purge in which Darth Vader was injured by Obi-Wan Kenobi and had to undergo reconstruction and surgery when he was burned from the nearby lava.

Prelude
"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!" "Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must". "You will try!"

- Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi

The duel occured in the aftermath of the Mission to Mustafar, in which Darth Vader slaughtered the Separatist Council and ended the Clone Wars. He met up with his wife, Padmé Amidala, during the aftermath of the massacre. Obi-Wan Kenobi, hiding in the cargohold of her Naboo Skiff, appeared to Vader, making it seem like it was a trap laid out by Padmé. In his rage, Vader strangled his wife to near death, knocking her unconscious. The former best friends were forced to confront each other in battle.

The duel
"I have failed you, Anakin. I have failed you." "I should've known the Jedi were plotting to take over!"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader



The two battled each other on the landing platform and made their way through the hallways of Klegger Corp Mining Facility. In the conference room, Vader forced Kenobi's lightsaber handle into his throat, temporarily paralyzing him, and attempted to decapitate his former master. Kenobi managed to fling himself out of his former Padawan's grasp, and the two proceeded into the control room. The two forced each other into opposite ends of the room with a combined of Force push. Attempting to kill Kenobi, Vader jumped at the Jedi and missed, accidentally destroying the controls for the facility's shields, allowing heat and flying lava to weaken the bridge system outside the complex.

As the two dueled on the bridge outside, the lack of shielding proved too much for the superstructure, bringing it down. The magmatic river below dragged the bridge down a lavafall, and nearly killed Vader. However, both he and Kenobi managed to leap off the bridge, landing on a droid lava collector and a repulsorlift platform, respectively.

Fall of Vader
"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!" "I HATE YOU!" "You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader

As the two dueled their way to the shore, Obi-Wan jumped and gained the high ground. Vader foolishly risked his life and jumped after Obi-Wan, getting half of his right arm and his two legs cut off around the knees in the process. He tumbled down to the shoreline, severly wounded.

Kenobi took Anakin's blue lightsaber, then left him to die. Anakin's clothing ignited from Mustafar's lava river, burning him horrifically.

Aftermath
"Obi-Wan? Is Anakin all right?"

- Padmé Amidala



Palpatine, sensing that his new apprentice was in grave danger, left Coruscant and, accompanied by a squad of shock troopers, journeyed to Mustafar in a Theta shuttle. They landed in the Klegger Corp Mining Facility and recovered the dying Sith apprentice. Darth Vader's maimed, crippled and burned body was taken Coruscant and to the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center for treatment in order to save his life. There, he was transformed into a cyborg. Darth Vader would wear a respirator and full body suit for the rest of his life.

Padmé Amidala's injuries on Mustafar, as well as the horror of seeing her husband consumed by the dark side, led to her death in childbirth&mdash;giving birth to Luke and Leia&mdash;on Polis Massa.

Kenobi went into exile after helping to deliver Anakin's children on Polis Massa. He and Anakin's infant son Luke went to Tatooine to be raised by Anakin's stepbrother and his wife, while his twin sister Leia went to Alderaan to be raised by Bail Organa and Queen Breha. Kenobi hid on Tatooine, waiting for the day Luke would be trained as a Jedi.

23 years later, Darth Vader confronted Luke Skywalker onboard the second Death Star. The young Skywalker tried to use high ground for his advantage. Apparently, Vader learned from his mistake at Mustafar and did not follow Skywalker, but used Saber throw.

Behind the Scenes

 * While Vader and Obi-Wan duel on the fallen arm, the lava actually flows backwards. This can be seen by looking at the lava "waterfall" off to the right hand side.
 * In the video game version, an alternate ending would have Obi-Wan getting impaled through the torso, and Vader getting his new red lightsaber from Darth Sidious, which he would plunge into Sidous's chest. In addition, Padme was not even present in the duel of the video game and a number of lines were not there.

Appearances



 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comics
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War