What Did Darth Vader Do in on His Days Off?

The right-hand man of Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader was an essential part of the Empire’s success, with him being in large part the image of success of the Emperor’s iron fist which stretched across the entire galaxy.
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Though we know he went on many missions at Palpatine’s request, how did the Sith lord spend his free time? Well, I’m about to break that down so smash the subscribe button, join the StarForceOne discord, and let’s get into it.
First off, we have to keep in mind that Vader actually didn’t have all that much free time to begin with. He was constantly representing the Empire, crushing aspects of the rebellion around the galaxy. In the earliest years of his turn to the dark side, he did have more time to himself, but still spent a great deal of it training the inquisitors and hunting down survivors of Order 66. Hunting Jedi was actually an interest of his, since he and Palpatine both felt that the best way to stamp out any remains of Anakin Skywalker would be to entirely destroy whatever was still alive relating to his past as a Jedi.
In between missions, Vader found refuge in his various palaces and castles dotted throughout the galaxy. He would often spend time in his meditation chamber - although rather than any actual meditating, his thoughts constantly dwelled on his past, the things he lost, primarily his mother and beloved wife. Although he undoubtedly spent a great deal of energy hating himself for what he had done, he harbored the most anger to his old master Obi-Wan. If it weren’t for him, Anakin would have saved Padme and wouldn’t have ended up in such a pathetic, agonising state. Or at least, so he thought.
Thoughts like this fueled his hatred, making him more powerful and aggressive on missions and attacks performed after his time alone. He also continued tinkering like he did throughout his childhood, with him fixing up an old radio sometime before A New Hope, simply out of a desire to have some remembrance of the old, peaceful times when he dreamt of exploring space and its many planets.
Aside from training the inquisitors, Vader also continued his own practice, refining his already masterful abilities in each lightsaber form, something which he ensured he kept himself at the top of the game with so that he could easily defeat Jedi who opposed him. Seven years after his fall from the light side of the force, Vader constructed a fortress on the planet Mustafar, which was home to not only private meditation chambers which Vader frequented often, but also provided the opportunity to revisit and gaze upon the site of his defeat to Obi-Wan, strengthening his hatred of him even more.
It was here, on Mustafar, that the dark lord ended up spending a great deal of his free time, communicating with and eventually battling an ancient sith spirit he came across, known as Darth Momin. Momin assisted Vader in finding a way to gain back his old body through an old portal, which would have made him powerful enough to overthrow Palpatine, but just before Vader could enter the portal, Momin did instead, reclaiming his old body, leading the two to engage in a dark duel.
The construction of Vader’s Fortress led to a lot of hardship for the native Mustafarian population, leading to them rising up against Vader and his troopers, attacking the fortress and attempting to destroy them forever. After the intense defense against the siege on his fortress, during which Vader slaughtered many opponents as his lava troopers dispatched the rest, he realised that there was no way he would be able to reclaim his old body, and pursued a different goal.
He had long wanted to resurrect Padme, and had tried to on numerous occasions, but it was after this crippling blow to his mental state that he set his full determination on this goal, which took him in many adventures but were all, of course, ultimately unsuccessful. This failure only led him to further hate himself and Obi-Wan, with him vowing to find and destroy his old master no matter what.

[@macwelch8599]

The most tragic slavery story of all time. Slave to Watto, then to the Jedi, and finally the Sith.

[@vincenttenhoopen1103]

He was also a slave to his emotions

[@theducksarecoming]

and only his son freed him at last

[@macwelch8599]

@@theducksarecoming that’s true

[@drkinferno72]

Anakin was free to leave anytime, he could have openly shacked up with padme, a sugar momma 😂

[@enviousgaming3250]

hence why he was "born a slave. Raised a jedi. feard by a galaxy"
quote from the old canon (EU) book starwars the rise and fall of darth vader
anamazing book that i read as a kid and only remember a few parts of
i read it back when it was cannon

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

“Vader tried to resurrect padme”
It sure is too bad that there isn’t any force ability that can do exactly that.

[@meta3584]

Although i do wonder if you could transfer a force ghost back into a new body basically resurrecting them.

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

@@meta3584 I don’t think padme is a force ghost. She might still be a lifeless corpse though.

[@meta3584]

@@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63 oh i wasnt saying it would work with padme. More people who kept their identity after dying. Like yoda,odi wan, anakin you get the idea

[@hemaccabe4292]

Ah brooding, yes, lots of brooding.

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

Honestly, Vader needed like a decade's worth of therapy. He was thrown down a massive reactor shaft of depression and self hatred that few can ever get out of. I'm pretty convinced that anyone who writes Darth Vader comics has issues with depression and they're kind of using him as a method to get it out. Which is good, depression is something you cannot cure. It's something you learn to live with.

[@vic5015]

Probably would've taken multiple decades of therapy.

[@cjthebeesknees]

Day dreamed about Padme and the revenge he will reap against his former master and all sand worlds.

[@drewhutchison3115]

In the end, It is Darth Vader’s hatred and drive to make up for old mistakes that would bring destruction to everything in his wake and finally, to himself.

[@LaraA55]

@StarForceOne What is so sad is that Anakin was still there deep down and Vader was constantly tormented...he also spent much time in trying to repress the Anakin side of him.

[@reedeux7818]

I've always pictured Vader enjoying fly fishing, during his days off.
Just him, a stream, and a midge lure, seemed like where he always would've rather been.

[@Donald-the-Scottish-engine9]

When I was a solder for the empire one time me and Vader go so drunk we hugged and kissed and another time we were drunk we took a joyride around the core worlds.

[@frogman1941]

From another video, apparently he writes entries into his personal diary. 😅

[@spankflaps1365]

Shoulda got a new Mrs instead of trying to conquer the galaxy.
Fkn bunny boiler.

[@henkman00]

In his spare time he would eat plenty of pancakes screaming “I ATE YOU!!”

[@isaackim7675]

I bet Vader is still crying over Padme

[@josephesquivel4066]

Strange that there could be a native population on Mustafar

[@colinmack93]

I’m a Jedi killer# Vader 😂

[@nossel8707]

If I may ask something what is the OST of this video

[@kingjungsu]

Playing games, eat healthy food and sleep.