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The '''Duel on Mustafar''' was a confrontation between [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]].

==Aftermath==
{{Quote|When your father clawed his way out of that fiery pool, the change had been burned into him forever. He was Darth Vader, without a trace of Anakin Skywalker. Irredeemably dark. Scarred. Kept alive only by machinery and his own black will.|Obi-Wan Kenobi, to [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]|<ref name="ROTJn">[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]]</ref>}}

In [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]]  Kenobi gave [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] his father's fallen lightsaber.<ref name="anh">{{Film|IV}}</ref> However, Kenobi chose not to reveal to Luke what his father had become. Instead, he told Luke a deliberately deceptive story, using wordplay to make it appear that Vader and Anakin had been two physically separate individuals, and that Vader had killed Anakin. Later on, he encountered Vader [[Rescue of Princess Leia/Legends|again]]. This time, he was struck down, and became a Force ghost.<ref name="anh" />

This duel occurred over 20 years prior to [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]]'s death.<ref name="GSWU-DV">{{GSWUCite|1|Darth Vader}}</ref>
==Behind the scenes==
The duel was established in creator [[George Lucas]]'s notes and [[canon]] that Master and Apprentice had a semi-final duel, and that Vader owed his severe injuries to lava. Mentions of that duel and Vader's fall had been mentioned in [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''A New Hope'']], where Kenobi [[Rescue of Princess Leia/Legends|dueled]] Vader aboard the first Death Star.<ref name="anh" /> Origins of the duel could be traced to the Original trilogy, during which Vader had numerous visible scars on his pale white head seen when his mask was off.<ref name="etb">{{Film|V}}</ref><ref name="rotj">{{Film|VI}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[The Farlander Papers]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Film|IV}} {{1stm}} {{Imo}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (novel)|''Shadows of the Empire'' novel]] {{Imo}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (audiobook)|''Shadows of the Empire'' audiobook]] {{Imo}}
*{{Film|VI}} {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]] {{Imo}}

==Sources==
*''[[The Empire Strikes Back Official Poster Monthly 2]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]'' {{C|Darth Vader}} {{Imo}}
*''[[The Star Wars Sourcebook]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]'' {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Star Wars Sourcebook'', Second Edition]] {{Imo}}
*''[[The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]'' {{Imo}}
*{{GalaxyCite|11|Dark Father}} {{Imo}}
*{{StarWarsKidsCite|6|Star Wars Kids Answer Quest}}
*''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Battles of the Great Jedi Purge]]
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