Mustafar….the name alone evokes danger and mystery, the location of Darth Vader’s fall, home to his dark castle and home to the sith wayfinder and writing at the official site, Emily Shkoukani delves into the mystery of Mustafar.
As seen in ILMxLAB’s Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series, Mustafar was once a lush, green planet teeming with life until Lady Corvax plunged it into chaos with her Aeon Engine. Lady Corvax created the Aeon Engine with the intent to resurrect her recently deceased husband who died in combat. However, the engine could not operate without a power source. Although Lady Corvax was an ally to the Mustafarians, her grief for her husband led her to steal the natives’ sacred Bright Star crystal. By combining the crystal with the engine, powerful waves of energy released from it that began to quickly and severely drain the climate and terrain until it transformed into the volcanic planet depicted in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
After Vader’s loss to Obi-Wan on the lava planet, Mustafar became an unlikely refuge for the Sith Lord and the location of his fortress. In Charles Soule’s 2018 Star Wars: Darth Vader series from Marvel, the Dark Lord requested Mustafar as a planet for him to seek out new powers. After previously discovering a Force locus imbued with the dark side on the molten planet, Vader believed he could use it to unlock unnatural abilities — like restoring Padmé Amidala to life — much like Lady Corvax thought she too could resurrect a loved one with her Aeon engine. Palpatine granted Vader the planet and offered him something in addition to his endeavor: the mask of Lord Momin, an ancient Sith heretic. He believed it could help show Vader the way.
