Why Does Darth Vader Breathe Like That? 🤔

Why does Darth Vader breathe the way he does, and why did his voice change? Subscribe for daily Star Wars content!
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[@JustAFishBeingAFish]

Ah yes "near fatal death"

[@XFPlus]

LOL

[@noahkeegan3528]

Lol

[@lorddio4280]

Indeed.

[@lomaxfisk]

Yep, I picked that up too 😂

[@salamonsalman]

@@XFPlus 😂😂😂😂😂 slipped that one up didn't you

[@theharbinger2978]

P.S. Anakin was awake for the entire surgery. He felt everything.

[@JrakinProducts]

ow.

[@ThePatrickFamilyBand]

Kind of like radiation victims. You can't administer morphine because the veins just crack open.

[@wish4695]

My man

[@treeckomain5327]

To be fair, he was burned alive so most likely be couldn't feel everything, atleast not after they repaired him

[@serai-xiv4293]

@@treeckomain5327 I wonder what all of the screaming and flapping arms around was about then 😂😭.

[@calhealy9473]

"Near fatal death"? Sounds like the guy in Ice Age. "Did you die?" "Unfortunately, yes, but I survived."

[@poultonboys3108]

Buck 😂

[@IluminousOne-9.7.2]

"But I lived!"

[@calhealy9473]

@@IluminousOne-9.7.2 Hi! 😁

[@theuploaderofvideos.2520]

@@calhealy9473thats gay

[@calhealy9473]

@@theuploaderofvideos.2520 Like your mom.

[@camerapasteurize7215]

Also, the Emperor made his suit as clunky and painful as possible, purposely ensuring that he'd be essentially crippled and in agony all the time. This was a punishment for his failure, as well as an attempt to force him to overcome his injuries, as the pain and frustration helped feed Darth Vader's connection to the Dark Side.

[@rileymiller3154]

Anakin (still has an extremely strong connection to the side of good despite becoming Darth Vader it's just he had an extremely huge amount of anger issues to vent)

[@unkwn1157]

And the emperor wanted to make sure vader wont become stronger then him. Because a fully healthy vader would become stronger then the emperor no matter what

[@kevinwolthuis861]

But we've learned jedi can literally resurrect the dead and keep coming back in one form or another, so why didn't he focus his sith powers to healing himself rather than live in agony?, unless he understood the consequences of his actions and wanted the pain....

[@crazydude555555]

​, 😊😊😊😊

[@DemonPrinceofHell]

​@@kevinwolthuis861 I might be mistaken but does Vader know force heal? Force healing doesn't seem to be an ability most jedis have or use.

[@RealKingBaldwinIV]

"Ya, it just looked cool so we went with it." - George Lucas

[@MegaPartyeveryday]

@@mosthated2469 I mean I get what you’re saying but there’s countless amounts of info about his suit it’s all lore that adds to the universe don’t really see an issue with it. Palpatine even made his suit painful to a degree to uphold Vader’s anger. It all adds depth to characters.

[@John.Handle]

@@MegaPartyeveryday that lore was made after the original movies

[@chunkemonke398]

There wasn’t supposed to be a Star Wars trilogy in the first place

[@FiLtheThriL]

@@MegaPartyeveryday the only issue is the one you are making about a joke.

[@isopodracer]

watch the clone wars, 90% of star wars is just people retconning stuff into being actually good lmao

[@insanity2477]

So basically he's a walking iron lung

[@FnLKS]

Pretty much so 😂

[@mattjoseph_9332]

radiohead reference

[@shadowslayer2929]

a walking iron lung with immense power that strikes fear into the galaxy yes

[@shadowslayer2929]

​@@mattjoseph_9332 lol toon link

[@Melunitaro]

I wonder where Scott Cawthon found the idea to make Springtrap...

[@redninja0078]

“Aw man! You got me the James Earl Jones voice box! Thanks master!”

[@etherealbladerx8153]

😂 I done went from white to black and it’s right infront of everyone 😂 Vader might as well be a mechanical black face but is badass 😈

[@Mexican_Jedi]

Palps gave it to Vader for Christmas

[@V-man117]

The fact that he became so powerful, with all the things that happened to him, is spectacular!

[@karlthorsten9118]

Pain, agony, irritation, these fuel the Dark Side in a Dark Side user. And Vader drowned in it every day for his whole life, which only amplified his power even further.

[@goochI034]

Its also not real.

[@ultragrapple6565]

​@@goochI034Ohhh I thought Darth Vader lived a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

[@ninetailedara3802]

​@@goochI034what for real?! No way 😮

[@vierzwanzigen9722]

​@@karlthorsten9118Anakin had a high concentration of mitochondria, he was innately powerful. That makes his fate all the more tragic.

[@sinisterxyz8492]

Also, when we see vader in revenge of the sith, the weird noises he makes before going "NOOOOOOOOO" is actually his suit not being able to process his crying.

[@VaporRonin]

They say it was his suit I guess mistranslating it? But I think other loose material has noted that in reality Vader inside the helmet is speaking at a volume no louder than a whisper, so that means that when he did that, he was actually quiet af, due to the internal damage, vocal cords, lungs, even stomach, so how he's able to speak and whether the suit had to translate for him is up for debate as at the end of EP VI he speaks at an audible volume just fine, it could be because before the bacta treatments that Rogue one mentions about, he's not anywhere near the process of healed yet.

[@VaporRonin]

Which would explain he would probably need some form of translation active, an AI voice program to speak for him in the early stages, until his vocals at the least healed

[@meridaskywalker7816]

And I thought that scene couldn't get any sadder😭

[@juiceloose100]

In my opinion he was actually dry reaching on the verge of being sick from the news

[@HENNY_22]

​@@VaporRoninhe healed over time

[@admiralfurret]

Fun fact: the mumble vader makes when he realizes padme is dead, is the voicebox unable to read sounds of anaking sobbing and crying

[@nicksnovelreviews8733]

Nope

[@zombifiedpariah7392]

​@@nicksnovelreviews8733Yup.

[@drewlewis1505]

I think you just have an imagination

[@RealDoctorMuffins]

There was another comment about this so I think it is true.@@drewlewis1505

[@Sapphiregamer8605]

@@drewlewis1505uh nope, that’s the reason.

[@quietkid3472]

Well, let's not forget that even in the book it was said that when replacing his organs with non-organic ones, he was on the verge of death, because of which the Medicin droids replaced all the organs with what was at hand, in the book Darth Vader explains that his helmet is so old and not a worker that he can only see the world in ultraviolet light, and his legs and arms have been replaced with parts so heavy that he has to use his power to just move around

[@austinschroeter5978]

Fun fact: There is also an episode in Clone Wars where Anakin it hooked up to a respirator and you hear the Darth Vader breathing

[@TheMaxFusionGaming]

No way! Which episode? (of which clone wars? haha)

[@knobletosyt3709]

“Near fatal death” 😂

[@XFPlus]

It sounded better in my head 😂

[@naikosei1585]

Not to be confused with “near lethal death”

[@politicallyincorrectpanda]

Anakin died… So it was fatal for Anakin?

[@OSU23901]

@@politicallyincorrectpanda fatal means deadly, near deadly death is what he said basically

[@obivankeno2068]

@@naikosei1585 What about nonlethal death?

[@viper56tl36]

Vaders iconic breathing is literally just what someone on a respirator sounds like

[@Scyclo]

Lucas recorded his breathing through a scuba breather for vaders iconic breathing sound

[@joehumpston7937]

⁠@@Scyclo Yep! Ben Burt, the Sound engineer behind Star Wars adjusted the pitch of the recording to make it sound Scary, but that’s basically all it was.

[@AndrewAutamore]

So THATS why on KOTOR 1 when you’re on Manaan underwater in your suit it sounds like Vader’s breathing!

[@loonywalker6729]

Darth Vaper

[@harryyharman5469]

Haaaw currrr, haaaw currrr

[@T.4_PROD]

This made me realize I’m breathing now I have to manually breath

[@featherguardian6023]

While Darth Vader looks and Sounds Iconic, he hates the Suit as Sidious made it intentional so that Vader could rely more on the Dark Side of the Force which is Powered by Negative Thoughts

[@naufalridhoreinaldi4060]

"son, always remember. Dying is gay" - Palpatine

[@Pixle_Master_09]

Remember son dying is gay

[@hiimleon6246]

2 villains who have child murder as an achievement, died and we're resurrected with a robotic upgrade, and also are the protagonists dad? I see no difference!

[@KrayZiast]

I die all the time then

[@_AzureEdits_]

Kinda reminds me of fnaf

[@Pixle_Master_09]

@@_AzureEdits_ fair

[@AdvSpringBonnie]

Wow I had no idea Darth Vader's iconic breathing was because of what we saw in episode 3!

[@phazejump3204]

I actually have no idea who needed this video lmao

[@redjux04]

@@phazejump3204 people who don't watch sw

[@shagi2446]

Don't watch sw and this video clears up some questions I had about that Vader dude, I thought he was just a Mary sue dude who Murks everyone then I found out he is that anakin dude and I was mindblown

[@redjux04]

@@shagi2446 the male version of Mary Sue is gary stu

[@Emppu_T.]

She wasn't that thicc tbh

[@cruisetheautisticboy994]

Fun fact: the breathing sound was recorded from SCUBA diving kit

[@MuditVerma]

"Anakin is gone, I am what remains."

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

Fun Fact: Vader’s suit is actually very front heavy and he’s always close to face planting, is always in pain because it cuts into his burns, and has needlessly heavy prosthetics, etc etc. Palatine made it to be torture to remind him of Kenobi and to have full control of him. If he upgraded his suit most of his problems would be solved, but he’d likely die in the process so he can’t even do that

[@simpleviewer1334]

Other things Breathing prevented him from passing out Any physical activity over 4 hours requires a doctor Suit is so heavy he sometimes moves himself with the force Skin is constantly itching Food is fed as a liquid through a tube Chesplate prevented him from moving his arms over his head Buttons often beeped to simply piss him off

[@shadowedvortex2099]

ah yes chancellor “palatine”

[@Itzcoderguy]

​@@shadowedvortex2099😂😂😂

[@nubreed13]

​@@simpleviewer1334and the breathing machine is noisy on purpose to make sleep almost impossible

[@Ghost1.1]

@@shadowedvortex2099😂😂😂😂

[@TheMusic_Dude]

It’s actually because I used to smoke/vape during me teens. After this, I had a permanent breathing problem. 🚬

[@xxmeliozxx1160]

With flavours or nah

[@TheMusic_Dude]

@@xxmeliozxx1160 Bubble gum

[@joshthomas6948]

@@TheMusic_Dude 😭😭💀

[@demontiming3234]

Where’s the hole in his throat?

[@darthvader5741]

Imposter

[@DieselMonstar965]

He's so damaged yet so powerful. Big respect

[@filpside]

“Have you ever wondered where dark Vader iconic breathing comes from?” From his lungs

[@johnwalker1058]

"They're burnt lungs sir, but they still check out."

[@franticpoizen1809]

"Finally, when you could have saved her, when you could have gone away with her, when you should have been thinking about her, you were thinking about yourself. It is in this moment you finally realize the trap of the dark side, the final cruelty of the sith. Because now yourself is all you will ever have."

[@goten3965]

The Jedi code also allows no emotional attachment to anyone so being a Jedi or sith is pretty lonely

[@obi-wankenobi9833]

Have you heard of the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise?

[@RoyalLegend1000]

@@goten3965 that's why I prefer the Gray jedi's

[@RoyalLegend1000]

@@goten3965 not really, they have attachment to there master Even in Star war it is Doble standars

[@goten3965]

@@RoyalLegend1000 I said the Jedi code lol and that clearly states it’s not supposed to happen but it does anyway which is literally how most turn to the dark side. “There is no emotion. There is peace” is literally what the Jedi believe because being attached to someone even your master can turn some to the dark side so I’m literally 100 percent right but your right in the fact that they still do get emotionally attached to people

[@DarkSpade87]

The enunciator is pretty high tech…it even changed his accent from a Los Angeles accent to mid-Atlantic!

[@huntercool2232]

You know a character is memorable when just his breathing is iconic

[@aarushbanerjee1685]

its so cool in obi wan when you can hear his normal voice in a mix with his helmet one during the fight

[@quigonegym]

“Why Darth Vader breathes like that?” Me an intellectual: “because it's cool 😎”

[@ImNotHere7295]

No, he just has asthma

[@Emppu_T.]

Full body vape

[@paradoxb3]

Cuz it sounded scary and Lucas set the precedent in 1977 so they had to stick with it.

[@alexcobb9725]

“near-fatal death” bruhhh

[@kodesh1674]

I jus wish he never burned

[@demontiming3234]

@@kodesh1674 we all do but if he did never burn them we would have the iconic Darth Vader so idk maybe if we just got a story of if he didn’t burn

[@federationofsomalia5086]

@@demontiming3234 blame obi wan

[@skyraider87]

Well Anakin died there, but Vader was born. So technically, it was a near fatal death

[@lego1999100]

@@skyraider87no

[@vrpc.]

If any one was wondering how they made the breathing in the movies they used a scuba tank and just breathed through the mouth piece which would create the iconic breathing that’s how they made it behind the scenes

[@LyricLabs_]

I just realized that this dude survived burning lava

[@jcbproductions2287]

My friends answer: He has asthma Edit: Thanks for all the likes guys!

[@KryptonKr]

Yesn’t

[@bucket_of_bread2525]

*as someone with asthma i can relate*

[@ImNotHere7295]

YES THAT EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT😂😂😂 I even commented it before I saw the comment😂😂😂😂

[@evo5547]

It's not asthma it would be close but not the same it would resemble asthma but less fatal

[@ImNotHere7295]

@@evo5547 no it’s sounds like he has asthma because he breaths Very deep

[@ghostlee0]

Man, I would love a voice changer that makes me turn into James Earl Jones. You know, without the painful robot suit and lack of proper breathing

[@gemininosaga]

But the age uh?

[@plantainsame2049]

@@gemininosaga anaken was like 20 when he became vader

[@YellowChargeStone]

"Near fatal death" 😭

[@MichaelMcKinnon-do5ev]

Darth Vader's iconic breathing sound was as a result of his respirator

[@ohdahngboi_2237]

It’s weird that palpatine didn’t even let anakin’s burn wounds heal, he just took him straight to the operating table and stuck his open wounds and freshly burnt torso into a suit of armor and told him to get back to work

[@Unholy_Triforce]

Palpatine is twisted. He wants him to remain subservient. Weakening him and forcing him to adapt a different style, while also still making him feel tons of pain is a way of doing that.

[@johnwebb4499]

Should've put him in a bacta tank. Couldn't be fixed but it would help heal.

[@johnwebb4499]

The Emporer didn't even give him anesthesia or painkillers. He thought Vader would lose midichlorions that way. :/

[@ReallyKeepingFictional]

​@@johnwebb4499 It's non-canon now, but *Legends* explicitly showed that a bacta tank would not benefit, but rather be fatal for Vader to use. And then we are shown in canon that he can use one, though only for minor healing. Vader actually prefers his MK1 ensemble because the pain and feeling of isolation binds him closer to the Dark Side.

[@1mariomaniac]

I guess theres kind of a silver lining, that being that third degree burns are so severe that the pain is actually dulled due to nerve endings in the skin being destroyed. I mean he'd still be in terrible pain (to say the least), but not as bad as it could be technically speaking.

[@brianhalljr.2637]

Vader's like a cyborg, except he's 75% more human than a machine.

[@aeronblack9249]

Ben Kenobi: He’s more machine now than a man, twisted and evil

[@lesheepb5001]

Wow thank god his death wasn’t fatal

[@GOATEDGORILLAGAMERS]

R.I.P Anikan skywalker hello darth Vader

[@KevztocooL]

The iconic sound of the breathing actually comes from a scuba diver breathing in a scuba tank I found that out a year ago

[@rikusferreira2532]

That is correct, the sound is from breathing from a regulator.

[@christopherdavidson17]

Correction, the fire didn't burn his lungs and vocal cord. It was the toxic gasses of Mustafar that did that

[@yellowcorgi9053]

"After his near fatal death..." Yea, that checks out.

[@NanamisPankeki]

When you that breathe, you can’t do nothing because your life is about to end lol

[@Kyy-Sokia]

Cool facts about his breathing sound: While it is well known that his breathing is from scuba gear, it is actually made by breathing out of the respirator above water. This makes it easier to hear his different breathing sounds for in/out breaths. The damaged Vader breath sounds awfully like scuba gear underwater. Don’t know if this fact is real, but they do sound alike I think.

[@jeremymccloud2580]

Thank you James Earl Jones for making this character ICONIC!!

[@iAreAlex._.]

"You dont know the power of the dark side"

[@J4WSH1E]

His lungs and vocal cords were heavily damaged? Man he was screaming and yelling the entire time his suit was being made for him 😂

[@cloudshifter]

Fun fact: Palpatine also made the suit to apply limitations to Vader. He would not become stronger than Palpatine and he would be able to remain his second in command for years to come.

[@quattrorsq8558]

Yes but as Anakin was going through his "procedure" he was screaming from the pain and his actual voice was there! 😅

[@breadtoasted2269]

When I’m an elderly elder I want this suit to keep me functioning like I’m 20 years old 😂

[@zayatrippin]

If vader had a decent suit the empire would rule the galaxy

[@flochforster6892]

Fun fact: The Medical droids were perfectly capable of making Vader’s breathing silent. Palpatine insisted they make his breathing audible. This was because Palpatine wanted to test the limits of his new Apprentice. We already know the suit was designed to be painful, so that it would fuel Vader’s rage, but the fact he would constantly hear his own breathing was intended to drive him mad. I mean just imagine him trying to sleep but he constantly hears himself breathing. And it’s not like he can just stop doing something his body automatically does.

[@masonmarlatt15]

His physical voice didn't change my guy, it's his helmet and breathing apparatus that modifies his voice.

[@HotMilkLiquor]

Vader could still talk... when he told Luke to take his helmet off to see his son through his own eyes (and not throught the helmet). When Luke took his helmet off, Vader could speak normally but a more older and weaker voice since he got electricuted by Emperor Palpatine.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

DV was in no shape to speak or go around without his mask, support. He's also been in the suit for years in RoTJ era.

[@HotMilkLiquor]

@@DavidLLambertmobile Yes he needed his helmet to breath and obviously stay alive, but what I mean is he can still talk without it

[@SorusRNJrPlayz]

The blue print of darth vader looks like an x-ray fatal injury

[@_Whyro_]

"near fatal death" he says

[@justyourcoolgrandpa1384]

why darth vader breathes like that (meme): asthma

[@dancooke8811]

Nah not asthma...emphysema

[@spidergoose891]

Yeah being on fire is hell on the vocal cords. I couldn't make any sound for about 2 weeks.

[@tylergriego440]

I like how someone's breathing is iconic 🤣

[@preston038]

How this only have 192 views and no comments 💀 keep up the great work

[@XFPlus]

Thanks! MTFBWY 🙌

[@preston038]

If u wanna I have drawn some Star Wars characters if u wanna go check them out, and as always MTFBWY

[@silvermilagros]

whoever set the annunciator on james earlier jones deserve a raise 😭

[@Anakin-Vader_2005]

How to sound like my Vader’s breathing: Say: Hoooooooo perrrrrrrrrrrr (slowly)

[@7BERRY]

Which is much different from a “not fatal death” 😂😂

[@SuperTonyony]

The ever-dreaded "near-fatal death". Those are tough.

[@stormgear896]

What got me scratching my head is how they didn't even bother treating his wounds nor clean it, they just went "here's a life support suit, get in here. You good to go."

[@BX-629]

"hoooooo,phaaaaaaah" -darth vader

[@bogiboiiii7089]

This is an amazing video

[@wesleyjean8641]

"NOooO!!!" Darth Vader-

[@KyRoTV91]

"I am not your failure, Obi-Wan. You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker, I did"

[@jeffreycarman2185]

“His near-fatal death on Mustafar” 😂

[@XFPlus]

EDIT: I should add, when I said “near fatal death” I meant it as meeting his death that was his fate or destiny. Not how that word works. Still dumb, but thanks for watching anyway 😅 Want more? Subscribe for daily Star Wars trivia and lore!💥 Watch the whole playlist here: kzbin.info/aero/PLxwaITvUQFiu3kKSFX4zImBgFUO7PhEqU

[@whiski8357]

"Changes his voice" Rebels: *exists* The show is so bad xD Also Lightsabers: "HELIKOPTOR HELIKOPTOR"🚁🚁🚁

[@mustardeditz]

Nah he just gained a permanent Ashtma attack after the burns

[@garysuarez9614]

A very invasive CPAP machine, got it.

[@gregbalisong4203]

Before the mask is put on him you can just barely hear him utter “help me padme” in a raspy badly damaged voice

[@Necronlord2011]

It's funny how none of this is the reason, they just simply thought "this is gonna sound and look badass" in the 70s and that's the end of it. And decades later we have a fanbase so nerdy, they actually try to scientifically explain it. In its own way that's amazing😂

[@Stinkmeaner420]

Tell me you haven't watched star wars without telling me you haven't watched star wars

[@liajohnson1549]

LOL you never watched revenge of the with 😂

[@spencerchilo43]

Dude mustve been zonked out on painkillers every day

[@TheTTTEFan]

If you wondering how they made it for the movies, it was accomplished by someone taking a microphone and putting it in a scuba regulator and having a man named Ben Burtt (a sound designer for Star Wars) breathe into it

[@tychildofthemosthigh4394]

I pray that everyone is having a blessed day and night so far in the Lord Jesus Christ name amen!!

[@unimportant2585]

Fatal death????

[@XFPlus]

😅

[@lionbolt2136]

Imagine a Darth Vader who has a high pitched voice.

[@timdavis4332]

Gotta be one of the most epic movie Villains, of all time. The lightsaber alone, nuff said! 💪🏼😆👍🏼✨🛸🌕✨🚀✨🗡️🗡️

[@Redstone_823]

Bro suffered pain like willam afton in springlock suit💀

[@angelsandautobots]

Consequently, Vader's respirator is one of the devices he criticized the most.

[@Redz922]

“Yeah I think that would be cool to use for the character” - George Lucas, 1979

[@uAlienatedIllusion]

Emperor: (We need a new voice for our “Darth Vader”. Someone get me James Earl Jones! I think his voice will do nicely.)

[@standardnerd9840]

His suit is basically a mobile BIPAP machine. But I read somewhere that the Emporer purposely made it so that he’s in pain 24/7 to keep him off balance allowing him to be controlled easier. The Emperor knew Vader was more powerful than he was so he had to have an advantage.

[@hiimgamerspruzzino5804]

Damn his suit scared me so much when i was a kid, especially the scene where he got the surgery

[@Chris-es3wf]

Anakin's voicebox was so severely scorched that he must use the force to draw on James Earl Jones' voice to speak.

[@themysteriousoa4466]

Have you ever wondered how Ben Burtt was able to create Darth Vader’s breathing sound effect? Burtt actually used a scuba breathing apparatus. Burtt went to a scuba shop and/or school and asked to use a breathing apparatus to use to record the sound of Darth Vader breathing.

[@wyndhamcoffman8961]

I find it interesting though that the iconic breathing sound is a diving regulator. So they used the sound of a machine to keep people alive underwater, to make the sound of a machine to keep people alive.

[@GamingPIPI]

In obiwan kenobi we could hear him talk normaly when his helmet cracked

[@Isaac_sk8s]

Bro was the original Springtrap

[@avacadonacho]

“Ever wonder why Vader breathes like that?” “No, we know why” “It’s because…”

[@InanimateObject123]

I always wondered how being burned alive instantly changed his accent

[@stinkydoodoo9788]

man got 4 degree burns

[@MreaPX]

"Hooooh... Puhhh... Hoouhh... Puhh" -The most iconic thing in star Wars

[@Spiralbackus]

He can still talk like anakin we’ve seen him do it twice

[@hakhaimo]

Basically, he is a walking ICU.