One of the stranger rumors that’s been making its way around the internet lately is that Darth Vader will return—in some form or another—in Episode VII. 1bk6k
While that may sound ridiculous at first, a few people have made some interesting arguments, and they could be ed by some evidence that we’ve seen. Let’s take a look.
Some of the Vader-returning theories center on Kylo Ren, the Sith that we’ve seen in the trailer; he’s the one with the much-discussed red lightsaber (or at least that’s what we assume so far—we know he’s a villain). Some of the speculation of Vader’s return is almost certainly a result of Ren’s helmet, which bears an undeniable resemblance to the Dark Lord’s:
This has led a few people on Reddit to speculate that Ren somehow personifies or channels Darth Vader; it’s also been suggested that this actually was Vader’s helmet, and that Ren has stolen it from his grave as part of a quest to gather Sith artifacts to increase his power.
Another piece of concept art has people thinking Vader himself will be back:
While that definitely looks like Darth Vader, the Disney Wiki says that this is Kylo Ren, looking even more like Darth Vader than we’ve seen him yet. Interesting. One Redditor suggested that Ren will believe that he is Vader returned, and looking at the image above, the theory is understandable.
Will Vader come back from the grave? Will Force Awakens?
Nothing is certain at this point, but I’m leaning toward “no” to the first two questions. Lawrence Kasdan, JJ Abrams, and Disney are definitely going to go all-out on the story for Episode VII, but bringing Vader back from the dead seems like too much.
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Of course, that doesn’t mean that Vader won’t Dark Lord was definitely powerful enough to make that happen.
A lot of people are throwing around ideas about Vader Sith artifacts, it makes sense that he’d be wearing the helmet.
But going as far as to say Vader will be back? I think it’s a bit early for that.
