The Star Wars franchise is home to a good few iconic villains, from The Clone Wars' General Grievous and Count Dooku to the prequels' Darth Maul, to the sequels' Kylo Ren, to the original big bad himself Emperor Palpatine. But while all of these characters will go down in history as some of the greatest villains ever put to screen, none of them can match the sheer iconicity and popularity of Darth Vader.