#anakin.

playing jedi survivor has made the anakin / vader thoughts resurface, so i'm making it everybody's problem. sure, vader is scary, terrifiyng even, with his infamous suit and mask. but the suit / armor is also a horrorific thing in and of itself; it strips anakin of almost every ounce of body autonomy he had before mustafar, it keeps him in near constant pain (which, i think, is absolutely deliberate on palpatine's part. he needs anakin under his control, an angry and deadly dog.. but one that won't — can't — bite him). he can't sustain battle without his armor, and he can't survive at all without his mask and respiratory system breathing for him, but it's far from comfortable. he has made some changes himself, mainly giving the suit better protection against electricity (the original suit was suspiciously weak to force lightning) and upgrading the quality of the materials, but a completely new suit was unthinkable. a complete change would have possibly killed him, since it would have required his life support systems to be shut down. the only respite he can get is when enclosed in a high pressure chamber, which allows him to safely remove his helmet and armor.