The real answer is: When the original trilogy was written and filmed, Anakin Skywalker was not the creator of C3PO. There was no consideration given to who Vader would recognize, because there was no reason for Vader to recognize the droid, at all.

If we take this question directly as asked, yes Darth Vader remembers who R2D2 is. The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels are one of the few things considered canon outside of the movies, by Disney.

Chewbacca was a soldier on Kashyyyk during the Clone Wars. Remember, Chewie doesn’t even know that Yoda is still alive – the last he saw of him, he was on his way to Coruscant for a confrontation with Palpatine!

Short answer: Chewie didn’t want to kill Kylo Ren, He was Han’s son, and Han’s oldest (literally) friend couldn’t bring himself to kill the man that he first met as a newborn. It wouldn’t help Han or Leia to kill Kylo, it would have just finished the destruction of the family unit, with only Leia left.

Grievous was originally a reptilian Kaleesh from the planet Kalee, where he lived his early life. Grievous was reconstructed as a cyborg and was presented to Dooku as a potential weapon to be used in the upcoming war that the count had planned against the Republic.

Sidious knew that Anakin’s children would be far more powerful than their father, and that he could use Vader to weaken them and make them susceptible to the Dark Side. That is why Vader is Vader, because his strength is in being the Father of the greatest Force users in the galaxy.

After the release of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Lucas said the name Vader was based upon the German/Dutch-language homophone vater or vader, meaning ‘father’, making the name representative of a “Dark Father”.

While Anakin speaks like an ordinary young-adult, Darth Vader uses very elaborately chosen words like royal lords would use in the Middle Ages.” Quite simply, because George Lucas doesn’t care about that kind of detail. Because his speech is going through a voice modulator.

He manipulated the Senate by creating a crisis, one that began by the attack on a peaceful planet and a teenage ruler. And he manipulated Anakin by telling him what Anakin wanted to hear and reinforcing his insecurities and resentments. Ten years after Maul’s death, Palpatine was ready to make his move.

Originally Answered: Why did Palpatine tell Darth Vader that Padme was dead? She was dead. He wanted Anakin to suffer and feel guilt that would help keep him on the Dark Side.

By sacrificing his ideals, his identity as a Jedi, and the Republic itself, he betrayed her. Padme would have rather died than support the Sith or create a dictatorship (indeed, she did die rather than live in such a place). Simply put, Anakin betrayed Padme by becoming Darth Vader.