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monition ! This clause contain spoilers for Star Wars : Hidden Empire # 5Darth Vaderis easy one of the mortal Force - user in theStar Warsuniverse , not just because of his forte in the Dark Side , but because of his lightsaber combat acquirement as well . However , when Vader institute himself on the precipice of ultimate defeat , he unknowingly revealed the true power ofStar war ’ anti - lightsaber sword : the Null Blade .
The Null Blade was created by the leader of the Ascendant , Miril , as a way to combat lightsaber attacks by temporarily countervail them . The Ascendant was a craze that was also responsible for the creation ofthe Spark Eternal – a sort of semisynthetic Force that thread up gaining sentience . In the now - concludedCrimson Dawn Saga , the cybernetically - enhanced Doctor Aphra was possessed by the Spark Eternal , and under its influence , she exert the other artifact of the Ascendant , the Null Blade . As fan of the more late Star Wars risible volume persistence are aware , Doctor Aphra and Darth Vader have a bit of a troubled history . Doctor Aphra worked for Vader for a meter , before ultimately cheat on him and somehow beget away with her life history . In the epic determination to theCrimson Dawn Saga , Doctor Aphra found herself endow with the Spark Eternal and the Null Blade . This meant that she carry an anti - lightsaber sword while possessed with intimate noesis of how to use it , so much so that Doctor Aphra was able to use the Null Blade to demilitarize Darth Vader himself .
Star Wars’ Null Blade Did Something Super Rare: Disarmed Darth Vader
InStar war : Hidden Empire#5 by Charles Soule and Steven Cummings , the plan is mark , and the people are in place for Lady Qi’ra to get the better of Darth Vader and the Emperor once and for all . This entire saga has been built around the Fermata Cage – a containment that suspends anything or anyone trammel within it in time . After Qi’ra catch her work force on it , she planned to lure Darth Vader and Palpatine to its location and then trap them indoors . When Vader and Palpatine make it at the major planet where the Fermata Cage was keep , they encounter another who wanted them all in : Doctor Aphra – or , more specifically , the Spark Eternal within Aphra . The Emperor did n’t care about Aphra , so he just continued on without Vader to the Fermata Cage , but Vader decided he was going to do what he should have done a long time ago and down Aphra . Unfortunately for Darth , that did n’t encounter .
Not only did Doctor Aphra get away with her life story , but she was also able-bodied to use the Null Blade to unspoiled Vader in combat . surely , Darth Vader was able-bodied to defeat the Spark Eternal by military group - pushing it out of Aphra ’s trunk ( which actually did her a huge favour ) , but he was still beat in terms of lightsaber duel If not for his strength in the Force , Vader would have been killed right then and there , as his skills with the lightsaber failed him miserably . The only other famous time this happen was when Anakin fought Obi - Wan in Episode III , but since then , Vader has been able to get the better of much anyone he came across , including the surviving Jedi who he bump off following Order 66 , which is what crap this loss so disgraceful .
While it may be hard to accept , it does make sense that Darth Vader would lose to this adversary in this manner . The Null Blade was literally designed for the lone intention of neutralize lightsabers , and Vader ’s was no exception . Plus , there is perhaps no entity in the galax that knows how to exert the Null Blade like the Spark Eternal , as both originated within the Ascendant . So while it is a bit alarming to see Darth Vader recede in fight like that , this office in reality speaks more to the true power ofStar Wars ’ anti - lightsaber sword , the Null Blade , than it does to any defect display byDarth Vader .
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