10 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Darth Vader

8. He's In The Original Trilogy WAY Less Than You Remember

Vader casts such a long shadow - both literally and figuratively - over the original trilogy in particular, that it's easy to assume he has tons and tons of screen time throughout the three movies.

But in actual fact, that's not the case at all

Though precise timings vary, it's generally accepted that Vader has around 45 minutes of screen time throughout the original trilogy, gaining slightly more in each successive sequel.

Surprisingly, then, despite A New Hope being his introductory movie, he appears for less than 12 minutes of the two-hour film.

But like so many of cinema's finest villains, it's a classic case of Vader having such show-stopping screen presence that it feels like he's in all the movies so much more.

Like The Joker in The Dark Knight and Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, Vader has a haunting, spectral quality that allows him to linger around the periphery even when he's not physically in a scene.