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- "Fate has chosen you."
- ―Tagline
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I is a canon virtual reality video game. It is set after the events of Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, and it is the first installment of Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series. The game was developed by ILMxLAB and launched on May 21, 2019 for the Oculus Quest. A Oculus Rift version is also set to be released.
Plot
After escaping from the Hutts with a shipment of spice, the Windfall is pulled out of hyperspace by an Interdictor vessel and a smuggler and their droid ZO-E3 are taken captive. Darth Vader visits the smuggler in the prison cell and orders them to open a box. The smuggler is able to open the box due to them being a descendant of Lady Corvax. Vader then leaves at which point a Mustafarian tells the smuggler that he has to get out of there or else Vader will use them to find a crystal called the Bright Star. After handing the smuggler a hydrospanner they are able to escape. They make it to the hangar but are spotted, the Mustafarian says the only way out is to go down into the caves below now and the smuggler and ZO-E3 escape by climbing through the emergency hatch. After crawling through the ductwork of Vader's castle they end up in a maintenance area right by Vader's chambers. Here they overhear Vader being told about a device called the Aeon Engine by a shadowy figure. With it he is told that he can have incredible power and could possibly resurrect the dead. They then see that Vader has an echo of Padmé Amidala's soul preserved in a crystal structure, though he is unable to communicate with her.
After this the smuggler and ZO-E3 escape to another room where the smuggler finds a lightsaber. After a brief lesson from a training droid they sneak out and into more maintenance ducts. From here they make it to a loading platform and steal a skiff after a quick battle with stormtroopers, and after this they enter a temple that the Empire had uncovered with their excavation. From there a Mustafarian Priestess explains how Mustafar was once a lush green world, where the Mustafarians lived peacefully with Lady Corvax and her husband. When an unknown enemy attacked the planet however, Corvax was mortally wounded. In response Lady Corvax stole the Bright Star and used it to power the Aeon Engine. This resulted in her husband being trapped between worlds and the life energy of Mustafar drained turning it into the planet it now is.
She and a guard quickly depart after saying the smuggler must retrieve the Bright Star and Vader cannot be allowed to have it. After this a squad of stormtroopers enter and Vader quickly tosses the rambling ZO-E3 aside. Vader then gives the smuggler the box and the smuggler uses it to activate a lift. Shortly after lowering however a number of ancient droids activate and begin to attack. Vader orders his men to protect the prisoner however they are wiped out quickly. Once the droids are defeated Vader confiscates the smuggler's lightsaber and says they must continue on and he won't be denied.
Media
Poster gallery
Credits
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Appearances
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Bibliography
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)- Vader Immortal First Look and Meet the Cast of Star Wars Resistance on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Get a First Look at ILMxLAB's Vader Immortal at Star Wars Celebration on StarWars.com (backup link)
- SWCC 2019: 7 Things We Learned at the Vader Immortal Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Dates Announced, Plus We Won an Emmy! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- New Photos from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- We Talk BB-8 and Aliens with Matt Denton on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Vader Immortal Posters and More Coming To San Diego Comic-Con on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ILMxLAB Debuts New Vader Immortal Character Posters for SDCC 2019 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Fate Has Chosen Your Mobile Device for These Vader Immortal Wallpapers on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Secrets of the Jedi and the Star Wars Unknown on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ First look inside the Star Wars virtual reality experience Vader Immortal, published by Entertainment Weekly on ew.com (May 7, 2019) (archived from the original on June 19, 2020)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019 Live Stream - Day 1 | The Star Wars Show LIVE! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) states that Vader Immortal is set days after Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire. Mon Mothma, who is mentioned in Secrets of the Empire, became actively involved in what became the Alliance to Restore the Republic after the skirmish in the Archeon Nebula, which took place in the Star Wars Rebels episode "Secret Cargo". According to Star Wars: On the Front Lines, Mon Mothma's denunciation of the Galactic Empire and the Declaration of the Rebel Alliance take place 2 years before the Battle of Yavin or 2 BBY. Because these events occur during "Secret Cargo", it must take place in 2 BBY, placing the events of Secrets of the Empire, and therefore Vader Immortal, after those events.
- ↑ Vader Immortal First Look and Meet the Cast of Star Wars Resistance on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) states that Vader Immortal takes place prior to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. According to Star Wars: Galactic Atlas, Rogue One takes place in 0 BBY, meaning that Vader Immortal must take place between these two years.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maya Rudolph Joins Vader Immortal, and More News from Star Wars Celebration Chicago!, published by ILMxLAB on www.ilmxlab.com (April 12, 2019) (archived from the original on June 16, 2019)
- ↑ SWCC 2019: 7 Things We Learned at the Vader Immortal Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)