Star Wars: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Darth Vader's Suit

5. Magnetic Boots Allow Him To Cling To Surfaces

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Vader's suit is full of all sorts of tricks and special abilities, including blaster-resistant armour plating, respiratory controls, optical magnification, and a Skittles dispenser. Okay, maybe not that last one.

But one of its coolest and most unknown features has to be the strong, voice-activated magnets built into the boots. The soles of these boots housed a ferromagnetic core - which could be activated and deactivated with a simple verbal command - capable of creating a powerful magnetic field that allowed Vader to cling to surfaces that he would otherwise have trouble standing on.

These boots can be seen in action in Star Wars Rebels' season two finale, during which Vader arrives (rather theatrically) at the planet Malachor atop his TIE starfighter.

What. A. Badass.

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