Darth was a title that preceded the moniker of a sith lord. Predating the history of the rule of two, it was used by ancient sith such as darth atrius, darth caldoth, and darth noctyss. Darth vader (/ dé'ërî¸ ëˆveéªdé™r /) is a fictional character in the star wars franchise.

When audiences were introduced to darth vader in 1977, it appeared that this was just his name, especially since ben kenobi called him darth. however, george lucas always intended for vader …