born as anakin skywalker, a slave on the desert planet tatooine who became a jedi. as an adult, he secretly marries padmé amidala. however, he is converted by darth sidious in order to save his wife from her coming death during childbirth. in order to do that, he learns the ways of the dark side of the force and gives himself a new identity, darth vader. by doing this, he turned against his long-time friend and master obi-wan kenobi. he battled kenobi on the volcanic planet of mustafar, but not before choking his wife with his force choke due to rage and misunderstanding. the battle ended in kenobi's victory. also, vader's left arm and both his legs were cut off and his entire body was burnt. he survived and was rescued by the newly elected emperor of the galactic empire, darth sidious, and have his body remade with cybernetic parts and his famous black armor and helmet. anakin lost the last of his spirit once he learned that his wife died at his own hand. thus anakin skywalker's transformation as darth vader was complete, much to sidious' delight.