Darth Vader features a wire armature for poseability, and is accompanied by a display base. Sustained by a mechanized life support system and prosthetics, the battered and disfigured Sith Lord Darth Vader is both the apprentice and enforcer of Emperor Palpatine; however, his Imperial caseload is compromised by his desire to capture and recruit his offspring Luke Skywalker. Initially caught off-guard by Luke�s willing surrender to the Imperials as a gesture intended to prompt the redemption of Anakin Skywalker, Vader dueled against his son while the cackling Palpatine eagerly watched.