Without a doubt, the Star Wars fan base is ane of the virtually passionate in all of pop culture. Sometimes, this leads to some pretty unproductive backfire when they don't go their mode. Other times, their passion can augment the overall Star Wars experience and add to the franchise.

Amazing fan art is an example of the latter. Fanart gives us a beautiful look at familiar characters in new situations. The best Star Wars character is Darth Vader, and as well, his fan art is the best Star Wars fan fine art out there. Here are x pieces of Darth Vader fan art that make us desire to bring together the dark side.

10 Vader's Skull

This fine art by Bosslogic may requite usa one of the most unique looks at Vader that we've ever seen. It also serves as a deep metaphorical reflection into the core of the grapheme.

Underneath all of the metal and armor, Darth Vader is actually a deeply damaged, bedridden vanquish of a man. His fight with Obi-Wan on Mustafar left the dark lord crippled. The skull in his face represents that underneath his shell there is not much that remains of his humanity, concrete or spiritual.

9 Ii Sides

This piece past Eli Hyder really highlights the dual nature of Darth Vader'southward inner conscience. He was in one case Anakin Skywalker, and that part of himself was never fully erased. We know this partly because of his surprising plough at the end ofReturn of the Jedi.

There was e'er that ray of calorie-free within Vader. It took the love of his son to fully pull it out of him. Even Anakin's turn to the dark side was made out of his love for Padme. Hyder did an amazing job showing this conflict deep within Vader's being.

8 If Vader Turned Luke

Luke had a struggle with the dark side during his fourth dimension training under Yoda in Dagobah. The fact that his father was indeed a dark lord of the Sith caused Luke to seriously question everything he thought he knew about his own identity.

In this beautiful piece by Adam Vehige, nosotros go to imagine a Star Wars where Darth Vader was successful at seducing his son to the dark side of the force. Every bit an added twist, in this reality, Leia also started preparation every bit a Jedi nether Yoda. This amazing slice of fan art makes us wish that this had happened in the movies merely and then that we could watch the following confrontation.

7 More Dark Luke

This is another great piece of artwork showing a dark Luke Skywalker aslope his father who has apparently seduced him to the dark side. Creative person Andrew DeSoto does a smashing job of using the two characters' attire to further emotionally connect them.

Upon close examination, it becomes clearly evident that Luke is motivated past a need to emulate his father and achieve Darth Vader'southward approval and affection. This is hinted at with the breast armor that Luke wears closely resembling the archetype chest panel of Darth Vader himself.

6 Creepy Vader

At times, Darth Vader tin can exist 1 of the scariest villains that the Star Wars universe has ever seen. In his ruthless determination to further the Empire'south achieve, there is nothing that this nighttime Lord of the Sith is not willing to practice. 1 such example of this ferocity is seen in the scene involving Vader at the end ofRogue Ane,where he tears through an entire battalion of Rebel soldiers by himself.

Omer Tunc did a smashing job at capturing the eery, creepy attribute of Darth Vader in this scrap of fan art that he created. The fact that Vader is no more machine than man elicits a very uncanny feeling within any viewer/reader, and this slice absolutely captures that.

five Badass Pose

More amazing fan art by Omer Tunc shows Darth Vader making an extremely badass pose while the Death Star reigns down hellfire on, presumably, a insubordinate insurgency.

From the pose, we go a bang-up sense of Darth Vader's awe-inspiring dominance. He is not agape of anyone. Behind him, with the ensuing devastation on apart of the Death Star, we go a sense of the terror that follows Vader wherever he goes. He isn't but scary because of his powers. He is terrifying because of the deadly Empire weapons at his disposal.

4 Vader vs Xenomorphs

One of the greatest facets of fan art is that it makes annihilation possible. Characters from completely different franchises that we have never seen together before can run into and interact with one some other. This bit of artwork by Guillem H. Pongiluppi gives us ane of those such mashups.

In a series of pieces past Pongiluppi, we see Darth Vader approach and somewhen, alongside a team of stormtroopers, take on a group of Xenomorphs.

3 Hoth Assail

Mayhap the most memorable moment from the unabridgedStar Warsfranchise was the Empire assault of the rebel base of operations on Hoth. Darth Vader himself appeared on Hoth with his forces, simply in the film,The Empire Strikes Back,nosotros don't actually become to see Vader do battle himself.

In this amazing image by Christian Otazu, fans are given a glimpse into what Darth Vader might look like equally he fights his way through Hoth's insubordinate forces.

2 Rebel Scum

Cristian Otazu has another magnificent depiction of Darth Vader available to view on his Artstation page. While the previous entry on this listing showcases Vader fighting rebel forces out in the open on Hoth, this artwork does the exact opposite.

Here, fans get to encounter just how deadly Darth Vader would be in a airtight-off, small corridor. No thing how many insubordinate forces you tried to jam in there, Vader would be able to use the small-scale space to his advantage.

ane Vader's Throne

By far the best bit of fan artwork on this list was done by the wildly popular artist known as Bosslogic. One thing that Bosslogic is known for is his mashup of different pop culture franchises. In this rendition of Darth Vader, Bosslogic decided to mash up the globe of Game of Thrones with that of Star Wars.

What followed was nothing brusque of a masterpiece. Instead of sitting on a throne made of swords, Vader sits on a thrown made of lightsabers. These most probable came from the many Jedi he slaughtered in the cracking Jedi purge ofRevenge of the Sith.The dark lord of the Sith and leader of the Empire has never looked libation.

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