Malekith's burning predates Vader? Newspaper articles dating to 1977 say otherwise. "Darth Vader Lives" from Star Wars Monthly 1977 says
"What is less well-known is that Vader himself was then almost killed by Ben Kenobi, who was understandably enraged at his disciple's fall from grace. Vader's life might have ended and then and there with a quick stab of a light sabre; instead, during the fight, Vader stumbled backwards and fell into a volcanic pit where he was nearly fried alive. What remained of his human body was dragged out and preserved by encasing it in an outsize black metal suit – virtually a walking iron lung. His face, now too horrible to behold, remains permanently hidden behind the sinister metal breath screen from which his red eyes glint unmercifully. Only his heavy, rasping breath reveals the suit's true function."
This is an extremely minor and irrelevant point but while details were shuffled or changed, Vader and Anakin were made the same person during Empire Strikes Back's production after Lucas decided against Brackett's draft, Vader was planned to be a victim of heavy burns inside a moving life support system from the beginning.
Malekith's burning predates Vader? Newspaper articles dating to 1977 say otherwise. "Darth Vader Lives" from Star Wars Monthly 1977 says
"What is less well-known is that Vader himself was then almost killed by Ben Kenobi, who was understandably enraged at his disciple's fall from grace. Vader's life might have ended and then and there with a quick stab of a light sabre; instead, during the fight, Vader stumbled backwards and fell into a volcanic pit where he was nearly fried alive. What remained of his human body was dragged out and preserved by encasing it in an outsize black metal suit – virtually a walking iron lung. His face, now too horrible to behold, remains permanently hidden behind the sinister metal breath screen from which his red eyes glint unmercifully. Only his heavy, rasping breath reveals the suit's true function."
This is an extremely minor and irrelevant point but while details were shuffled or changed, Vader and Anakin were made the same person during Empire Strikes Back's production after Lucas decided against Brackett's draft, Vader was planned to be a victim of heavy burns inside a moving life support system from the beginning.
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