Twelve minutes—that’s all it took for Darth Vader to become the most feared villain in cinema. In Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), he’s on screen for less than the time it takes to microwave a frozen ...

Yes, that’s me breathing. It came about because the script described Darth Vader as having a respirator, some kind of breath mask with a life support system. That’s about as far as the description ...

Ben Burtt created the sound of my childhood. He gets that a lot. “Yeah, I hear that often,” says the legendary sound designer, creator of the lightsabre swish and Darth Vader’s electronic wheezing, ...

Darth Vader’s respirator will change pace depending on if Vader is walking or sprinting on the battlefield. DICE’s Star Wars shooter continues to surprise its fans with hidden features that go ...