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60 free Darth Vader trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Darth Vader is the most recognisable villain in film, and this Darth Vader trivia quiz digs into everything from the design of the mask to the day David Prowse learned what his most famous line actually was. It covers Anakin Skywalker's whole arc across the prequels, the original trilogy and Revenge of the Sith, plus Rogue One, The Clone Wars, Rebels, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, the Marvel comics and the video games. The questions start easy (who voices him, who is his son) and climb to genuinely obscure territory: the fencer who fought his lightsaber duels, the name he goes by in France and Iceland, the scuba gear behind the breathing, and the AFI ranking that put him behind two other screen villains. There are also a few on Vader's strange afterlife in politics, from Der Spiegel covers to Ukrainian election candidates. Every answer was checked against Lucasfilm production histories and encyclopaedic sources before publishing, and each question carries a citation. Play it before a Star Wars marathon or use it to settle arguments about which actor did what.
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Q 01Who voiced Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy?
James Earl Jones
He chose to go uncredited in the first two films because he felt his part was too small; his name finally appeared in the credits of Return of the Jedi.
Q 02Which bodybuilder and actor physically played Vader in the original trilogy?
David Prowse
He was 6 feet 6 inches tall and had originally been offered the role of Chewbacca, which he turned down because he wanted to play the villain.
Q 03Which famous filmmaker did George Lucas consider for Vader's voice before the eventual actor?
Orson Welles
Lucas decided the Citizen Kane director's voice would be too recognisable to audiences.
Q 04Vader's mechanical breathing was created by sound designer Ben Burtt using recordings of what?
Scuba gear
The sound is so distinctive that it is registered as a trademark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Q 05Concept artist Ralph McQuarrie created Vader's mask by combining a full-face breathing mask with what?
A samurai helmet
McQuarrie suggested the space suit in the first place, because the script had Vader traveling between spaceships.
Q 06Which former Olympic fencer performed Vader's lightsaber duels in Empire and Jedi?
Bob Anderson
Anderson also trained actors for The Princess Bride and The Lord of the Rings films.
Q 07Why did George Lucas decide to have someone else voice Vader rather than the man in the suit?
His West Country accent was wrong for the part
Prowse's West Country English accent earned him a cruel nickname on set, but he remained the physical Vader for all three films.
Q 08What decoy line was the actor in the suit told to say for the Empire Strikes Back reveal?
"Obi-Wan killed your father"
Only the director, the producers and Mark Hamill knew the real line, which the voice actor dubbed in later. Prowse found out at the premiere.
Q 09Which actor plays the unmasked Anakin in Return of the Jedi and is credited as 'Anakin Skywalker'?
Sebastian Shaw
His presence on set was kept secret and he was contractually barred from discussing the film even with his family. His ghost was replaced by Hayden Christensen in the 2004 DVD.
Q 10Who played nine-year-old Anakin in The Phantom Menace?
Jake Lloyd
Hundreds of boys were auditioned. Producer Rick McCallum said the winner was 'smart, mischievous and loved anything mechanical—just like Anakin.'
Q 11Which A-list actor did Lucas consider for teenage Anakin before casting Hayden Christensen?
Leonardo DiCaprio
About 1,500 candidates were reviewed for the part in Attack of the Clones. DiCaprio declined.
Q 12What was Anakin and Luke's original surname in early Star Wars scripts, dropped over its Manson association?
Starkiller
The name later resurfaced as the First Order's planet-sized superweapon in The Force Awakens.
Q 13In a 2005 interview, George Lucas said 'Darth Vader' was a modified version of which phrase?
Dark Father
He has told the story differently on other occasions, once citing 'Dark Water'. A high-school classmate of his was named Gary Vader.
Q 21Which Sith Lord severs Anakin's arm in the duel on Geonosis?
Count Dooku
Anakin is fitted with a robotic arm and then marries Padmé in a secret ceremony on Naboo.
Q 22Whose hand does Anakin cut off, letting Sidious kill him, just before he joins the Sith?
Mace Windu
Anakin had reported the Chancellor's treachery himself. Desperate to save Padmé, he switched sides mid-fight.
Q 23On which volcanic planet does Obi-Wan defeat Anakin and leave him burning beside a lava flow?
Mustafar
Years later Vader builds his castle there, and Rogue One opens with him summoning a Death Star official to it.
Q 14What is Darth Vader called in French-language Star Wars media?
Dark Vador
'Darth' became 'Dark' for other French Sith Lords too. Italian audiences knew him as Dart Fener until The Force Awakens.
Q 15Vader's Icelandic name, Svarthöfði, translates to what?
Black-head
Iceland is one of several countries that renamed the character. In Italy he was Dart Fener for the first six films.
Q 16On the AFI's list of 100 greatest screen villains, Vader ranked third behind Norman Bates and whom?
Hannibal Lecter
The 2003 list crowned the cannibal psychiatrist number one. IGN separately ranked Vader 25th among video game villains.
Q 17Costume designer John Mollo's Vader outfit used a helmet borrowed from which country's military?
Germany
Prop sculptor Brian Muir carved the finished helmet and armour from McQuarrie's designs.
Q 18On which planet does Anakin grow up as a slave?
Tatooine
He builds his own protocol droid there, C-3PO, and wins his freedom in a podrace wager.
Q 19Which Jedi Master discovers Anakin and becomes convinced he is the 'Chosen One'?
Qui-Gon Jinn
He learns Anakin was conceived without a father and can see the future, but the Jedi Council refuses his request to train the boy.
Q 20Whom does Anakin find dying in a Tusken Raider camp in Attack of the Clones?
His mother
Padmé is disturbed by what he did but comforts him anyway. The scene foreshadows his fall to the dark side.
Q 24After the 2003 shoot, Lucas reshot Revenge of the Sith so that Anakin's fall was driven mainly by what?
His desire to save Padmé from death
Earlier drafts gave him several motives, including a sincere belief that the Jedi were plotting to seize the Republic. The pickups were shot in London in 2004.
Q 25What lie does the Emperor tell the newly armoured Vader that makes him scream in anguish?
That his own strangling killed Padmé
Padmé actually died after giving birth to Luke and Leia. The film ends with Vader, Sidious and Tarkin watching the first Death Star take shape.
Q 26In the 1977 film, Vader and which Imperial officer must recover the stolen Death Star plans?
Grand Moff Tarkin
Vader places a tracking device on the Millennium Falcon, which leads the Empire to the Rebel base on Yavin 4.
Q 27During the Death Star trench run, who knocks Vader's TIE fighter off course before he can shoot Luke?
Han Solo
Han's surprise return in the Falcon lets Luke fire the shot that destroys the station.
Q 28On Cloud City, whom does Vader freeze in carbonite and hand over to Boba Fett?
Han Solo
The freezing was a test run for capturing Luke. Vader then duels Luke and cuts off his hand.
Q 29How does Vader finally kill the Emperor in Return of the Jedi?
Throws him down a reactor shaft
He is mortally wounded by the Emperor's Force lightning in the process, and asks Luke to remove his mask before he dies.
Q 30Where does Luke burn his father's body on a funeral pyre?
Endor
As the Rebels celebrate, Luke sees Anakin's spirit appear beside Obi-Wan and Yoda.