Star Wars: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Darth Vader
5. Boba Fett Revealed That Vader Had A Son
He may not have ultimately been unveiled as the unexpected sibling of the menacing masked icon with a penchant for Force choking, despite rumours of George Lucas at one point mulling over making that reality Canon, but recent Disney+ TV sensation Boba Fett did still have a significant role to play in that previously noted jaw-dropping Episode V reveal.
Despite it initially seeming as though Emperor Palpatine himself was the first to note to Lord Vader that Luke was the son of Anakin Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back, the 2015 comic book Star Wars 6: Skywalker Strikes, Part VI would shed further light on the actual moment the mighty Sith learned of his son's existence.
On the back of Fett trying and failing to claim a bounty on Luke on the back of the Rebel pilot successfully destroying the Death Star in A New Hope, the Beskar-sporting bounty hunter is only able to deliver a family name to the Emperor's right hand man: Skywalker.
In this moment, Vader is transported back to the memory of Padme confessing her pregnancy to an unturned Anakin Skywalker, soon realising that his beloved must've given birth moments before she eventually perished in Revenge of the Sith.