Will Darth Vader somehow return in Episode VII?

The wait for every major movie is fraught with a number of exciting, dismaying, and even outright bizarre rumors. There’s no bigger movie on the horizon than Star Wars: Episode 7, and just as you’d expect, it seems that every new day we hear rumors that run the gamut from thought-provoking to ridiculous.

With a writer confirmed for the new, Disney-owned trilogy, the time has come for these rumors to turn toward plot details. The last day has seen a particular piece of gossip as huge as it is improbable – sources say that Star Wars: Episode 7 will see the return of one of the most iconic fictional villains of all time, Darth Vader.

British newspaper The Daily Express has reported that Darth Vader will be resurrected during the course of Star Wars Episode 7. According to the article, a “mole” within the film’s production has declared that Episode 7‘s creative team considers Vader “integral” to Star Wars. This anonymous source claims, “The plan is for [Darth Vader] to return and play a significant role in the new films.”

This is the purest sort of production rumor – unsubstantiated, echoing widely, and returning without so much as a peep from anyone involved with the film. We may hear from Disney regarding the report in the coming days, but for the moment The Daily Express‘s article has had to speak for itself. Its lack of clear source and provocative subject make it rather dubious, but such reports have sometimes contained a glimmer of truth. If there’s even the slightest veracity in the rumor, it sheds quite a bit of light on the narrative direction of the upcoming Star Wars sequels.

When the supposed mole within Episode 7‘s production states that Vader is integral to the franchise, the statement is difficult to debate. All six of the previous Star Warsinstallments have revolved – in one way or another - around the Sith Lord. As such, the prospect of sliding back into that universe without its most constant and recognizable element must feel daunting indeed. However, Episode 7 has a very important question to answer up front if it really intends to go through with Vader’s rebirth: What role will Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker play in the new trilogy?

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I guess it's my turn to play cynic.  Given George wrote the treatment, it's very possible.  I can hope not, but I won't be devastated if he is.

SilverWook said:

Not sure this warrants a new thread, and one of those "sources" publishes a lot of rubbish rumors anyway.

Having said all that, bringing Vader back from the dead is the biggest whizz Disney could possibly take on the OT. Anakin's a ghost, and the Vader armor was burned. (And hell no to someone putting on a spare set of armor and pretending to be Vader, Friday the 13th did that shtick already.) Create a new villain, and make him/her/it interesting. No Ani clones, no Emperor clones, and no Jar Jar secretly being a sith lord all along.

More Vader in Episode III would have been great, but that ship has sailed...

 True, true

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Maybe Obi-wan and Vader's force ghosts can have a lightsaber battle.

Seriously, it would be a terrible idea.  However, a new villain in a similar suit would be cool.

Thanks. I didn't feel like sleeping well anyway.