The real, incredibly mundane reason Darth Vader wears a mask

scifiwire.com — Darth Vader is one of the coolest --and coolest-looking-- characters in science fiction, yet much of his appearance was the result of nothing more than practicality. At least that's how Ralph McQuarrie, the legendary conceptual designer of George Lucas' original Star Wars films, remembers the evolution of the Sith's darkest Dark Lord Nov 24, 2009 View in Crawl 4