Originally Posted by Kain424

Well, sort of. As with all of the films, a novelization always comes out corresponding to the films. In the novelization of The Empire Strikes Back, Obi-Wan tells Luke about Anakin, "We fought... your father fell into a molten pit. When your father clawed his way out of that fiery pool, the change had been burned into him forever--he was Darth Vader, without a trace of Anakin Skywalker.