Who was Darth Vader based on?

One of the most feared, brutal, and heinous was Star Wars villain Darth Vader. He was based on the samurai, the highly skilled and disciplined warriors of Japan’s feudal era. Just the samurai’s black armor makes the connection to Darth Vader perfectly clear. George Lucas, who wrote and directed Star Wars, was influenced by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Forest transferring several aspects of the 1958 samurai drama onto Star Wars, everything from the Imperial crest to having a princess leading a rebellion can be traced back to Kurosawa’s film.

“The one thing that really struck me about?The Hidden Fortress,” Lucas?acknowledged , “was the fact that the story was told from the perspective of the two lowest characters. I decided that would be a nice way to tell the?Star Wars?story… which in the?Star Wars?case is the two droids.”

Some analysts have speculated that Darth Vader was even?based on ?a specific samurai warrior Date Masamune, a feudal warlord born in 1567 and known as the “One-Eyed Dragon.” Masamune lost an eye, grew up in a time of political instability, and was disliked by his mother before becoming a ruthless leader who struck fear in the hearts of his enemies and underlings alike — all of which parallel the story of a certain Sith lord born Anakin Skywalker.?

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