Star Wars

The Super-Villain: Darth Vader

He started out as the despicable villain, but then DARTH VADER emerged as the central figure in the Star Wars saga. In the earliest films he was the black-robed nemesis of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, but in the prequels was a (supposedly) sympathetic figure under his pre-Vader name, Anakin Skywalker. The young Anakin has been played by boyish JAKE LLOYD (in The Phantom Menace) and dashing teen HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN (in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith).