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(To understand the context of this battle, it helps to refer to the first battle between Vader and Hitler. In that previous battle, Vader had Hitler frozen in carbonite. The case was presumably escorted to Jabba the Hutt's lair, where this battle opens with a masked character (Boushh the Bounty Hunter) disengaging the case locks and thawing Hitler out.)

Adolf Hitler (Prologue):

Who are you?

(The same line and situation is a parody of the scene in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, when Han Solo is thawed out from carbonite by Leia Organa. After being frozen for so long and then thawed out, he is temporarily blinded. Leia, having stolen Boushh's armor, is in disguise, so he asks who she is. In the ERB, someone is in the same disguise Leia wore, and Hitler is also partially blind as he is unfrozen after over a year of being trapped in carbonite. This is why he asks who saved him, but he doesn't get an answer until he is picked up by the arms of his former opponent.)

Darth Vader:

Someone who loathes you, bitch; now stand up and rhyme!

(Vader is referring to a line from the above scene. When Solo asked who his rescuer was, Leia took off her helmet and replied, "Someone who loves you." Here, Vader tells Hitler that he came back for a second round just because he hates him. He wants him to stand up and begin rapping.)

I only thawed you out so I could beat your ass a second time!

(Vader only wants a rematch against Hitler just to diss him once more. He's confident that he can win again, since he won based on the polls in their first battle.)

Roar like Chewbacca: the voice of Mufasa!

(Vader's original voice actor, James Earl Jones, has a deep, booming voice that would make a fine roar, like that of the famed Wookiee, Chewbacca. Jones also did the voice of Mufasa in the 1994 Disney film The Lion King.)

I'm on the leader of your limp-dicked Luftwaffe!

(In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Vader tailed Luke Skywalker in an effort to defend the Death Star I from the Rebel assault. When he reported to control, Vader said, "I'm on the leader." The Luftwaffe is the German Air Force. Vader says here that he's ready to shoot down what he thinks is a weak, easy target. In World War II history, German air forces were significantly weaker than the country's ground attack and easily overpowered by Allied forces, a fact used to tie in the sex joke of comparing the Luftwaffe to a man with low sexual stamina.)

I strike back hard against a Nazi!

(A reference to the title of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Vader claims he can strike Nazis like Hitler where it hurts with his rapping.)

Brain-toss your ass in the air: Yahtzee!

(Vader's Force power can throw Hitler around using his mind, and when Hitler lands, it'll be the perfect throw. In the game of Yahtzee, the perfect throw that gives the game its name has all five dice with the same number facing up. A player is to call "Yahtzee!" when this happens.)

Ask Indiana Jones who the fuck I am!

(Vader references Indiana Jones, the other major film franchise made by George Lucas after Star Wars. The plot of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade involves a resurrected Hitler in the race for the Holy Grail against Indy and his motley crew. Since Lucas was behind both sagas, Vader assumes that Indy knows him personally and would tell Hitler about him if asked. He's giving off a sarcastic "What, you didn't know?" Indy also asked for Hitler's autograph in the movie, which distracted Hitler and foiled his plans to take up the Holy Grail. Indiana Jones was also played by Harrison Ford, who is Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy. Like Hitler, Han Solo was frozen in carbonite by Vader as well.)

I spit sick shit so focused, I break your concentration camp!

(Vader believes that his rapping is as good as his control of the Force, and that it is powerful enough to level one of Hitler's death camps. A subtle pun, as "to break one's concentration" is to make that person lose focus on whatever he's focused on, which ties in with his use of Hitler's concentration camps, his main way of killing Jews and other groups during World War II.)

I'm a certified Sith Lord, you runt!

(Vader attained the highest rank in the Order of the Sith, so he says he can outrank Hitler. He calls him a runt to demonstrate he has higher power, as Hitler was also considered to be smaller than average size.)

So suck on deez…

(Vader's used this line before, so the viewer should know what's next.)

Stormtrooper:

Uhh…deez what, sir?

(Stormtroopers often asked Darth Vader to repeat himself or confirm what he said in order to avoid making a mistake, because mistakes were usually punished with death.)

Vader:

Deez robot nuts!

(Referencing a line he had in their first battle, Vader once again tells Hitler, "Suck my robot balls.")

I'm gonna enjoy watching you die,

(He's going to enjoy seeing the death of Hitler after he destroys him in this battle. This is also a reference to a quote from fellow Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, translated from Huttese as, "I will enjoy watching you die".)

So let me do it with my own eyes!

(In fact, he'll want to see Hitler's death happen with his real eyes, as opposed to seeing it with his helmet on. This is also a reference to a line in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, where a dying Vader asked Luke, "Let me look on you with my own eyes", to which Luke complies by removing his helmet.)

Hitler:

You look stressed, Vader. You appear to be in pain.

(The style in which Hitler says this is reminiscent of Hitler's line from the previous battle, "You stink, Vader! Your style smells something sour!" Taking the helmet off without proper pressurization has caused Vader to stress out, as this is painful for him due to the extent of his injuries. Hitler can sense this in Vader's body language.)

You need a vacation. Here, take a trip on my train!

(Another throwback verse, with the original being "You need to wash up, dawg. Here, step in my shower!" When a person is as stressed as Vader, he usually takes a vacation. Hitler invites Vader travel on his train, which normally rounded up Jews during the Holocaust, thinking they were being sent to a better place, when in reality, they were being sent to one of his infamous death camps. Some of those he rounded up would contract illness and die on the trains before reaching the concentration camps)

I mean, you leading an army of white men? Disgraceful!

(Darth Vader is leading an army of Stormtroopers, who wear white armor, while Vader commands them with his entirely black suit. Hitler thinks that the white males are the dominant species, which is why he finds a darker person being in charge of a group of white figures to be offensive.)

Even your mic skills still aren't fully operational!

(The Death Star, Darth Vader's massive space station used to destroy planets, was blown up, and Vader had to rebuild a second Death Star. While it was being constructed, it had turned out to have, once again, a small weak point that could blow it up. The Death Star's construction workers often reassured Lord Vader by telling him it was "fully functioning and operational", but when it was destroyed again in the last Star Wars movie, it had never actually become fully operational. Due to the compromises made in creating Vader's armor, he can't breathe or speak as well as other men. Hitler mocks his rhyming skills by saying they're not fully operational like the Death Star. In other words, he cannot operate his raps as well as Hitler can on the mic.)

You got one bitch pregnant, then gave in to the hate.

(Anakin Skywalker was secretly married to Padmé Amidala prior to his turn as Vader, and in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, she reveals that she is pregnant with twins Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. However, he has a vision that night of Padmé dying while giving birth. After Palpatine reveals to Anakin that he is Sith Lord Darth Sidious and that the Dark Side holds the power to save Padmé's life, he leads a squadron of clone troopers to kill everyone in the Jedi Temple, and then assassinates the Separatist leaders on Mustafar. There, Vader meets with Padmé, who begs him to flee with her. He refuses, saying that the two of them can overthrow Palpatine and rule the galaxy. When Obi-Wan emerges from Padmé's ship, Vader accuses her of conspiring against him and uses the Force to choke her, accelerating his descent toward the Dark Side.)

Now you're 6' 6" and black, but can't get a date!

(In his suit, Vader is tall and clad in black, and possesses the deep voice of African-American actor James Earl Jones. Black people have been historically stereotyped as sexually aggressive, a trope spread through propaganda. Hitler played into this trope in Mein Kampf in which he described children resulting from marriages to African occupation soldiers as a contamination of the white race "by negro blood on the Rhine in the heart of Europe" and that he blamed Jews for bringing Africans to Europe. Despite Vader's new traits being considered attractive, Hitler calls him pathetic as he has not dated or had sex with anyone beyond Padme.)

(Note: although Hitler says Vader's height is 6' 6", he is really 6' 8".)

Lightsaber? You need a Life Saver!

(Hitler says that Vader's lightsaber, the weapon commonly used by Jedis and Sith in Star Wars, will be of no aid to him in this battle, and that his breath stinks, as Hitler apparently smells something rotten coming from Vader. He suggests a Life Saver, a ring-shaped hard candy in either mint or fruit flavors made by Wrigley, which sounds similar to lightsaber. Mint Life Savers would freshen Vader's breath.)

Use some of your Force to fix your fucking respirator!

(Vader uses a respirator to breathe due to the injuries he suffered when he fell in lava during his fight with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Hitler implies that the respirator doesn't work properly. Hitler also says that if Vader can control the Force as he says he can, then he should be able to fix his respirator by sheer will.)

You think you're powerful with your finger neck pinches?

(Darth Vader uses finger pinches to choke his enemies with the Force. Hitler finds it dumb that his intimidation came from something so lame as finger pinching.)

You couldn't even get your own son into the family business!

(This is referring to the fact that Darth Vader's son, Luke Skywalker, was opposed to him, rather than with him. He tried to get him to join the Dark Side so they could rule the galaxy together, but he couldn't get him to do so.)

Everything you do is an epic fail!

(Vader's plans had normally ended in an unsuccessful attempt: building the Death Star, getting Luke to join him, fighting Obi-Wan, saving his wife, etc.)

Now stand at attention and Sieg fucking Heil!

(The phrase "Sieg Heil" was commonly used by German military during WWII; it basically means "Hail Victory" and was supposed to express that Hitler, who was commonly saluted with "Heil Hitler", was equal to victory. He suggests Vader ought to be doing the same to him.)

What's wrong, Ani? Can't take anymore?

(In the first Star Wars movie and in one of the prequels, Anakin's mother and Padmé Amidala respectively asked, "What's wrong, Ani?" Hitler thinks he dissed Vader enough and he boasts on how he is unable to withstand him any longer.)

Not surprising coming from the Emperor's whore!

(Emperor Palpatine is the real villain who controls Darth Vader, so Hitler thinks Vader is just his puppet, and he has to do everything the Emperor says. He's not surprised that Vader can't handle any more since he's basically the Emperor's bitch. Another interesting fact is that Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader are both respectively based on Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, Hitler's second-in-command, so Hitler knows how much he's bossed around. Alternatively, Hitler could be saying that Palpatine and Vader have a homosexual relationship, which was illegal during the Nazi regime.)

Epilogue

Hitler:

Yeah! Ya, take that! What's the matter? Where is the DJ? Why are you laughing?

(The music stops, and Vader starts laughing. This line isn't subtitled. Hitler proceeds to "dominate" Vader for a moment in reference to his last line, but becomes confused upon hearing Vader's laugh.)

Stephen Hawking:

Because you're standing over the Rancor Pit.

(Hawking, who had been lurking in the shadows of the palace for some time, informs Hitler that he's been set up for a trap by Vader, similar to how Vader froze him in carbonite, and Hitler falls into the Rancor Pit, a trap used on Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi. Jabba uses this to have trespassers fed to the Rancor, the monster residing in it. Now Hitler suffers the fate of possibly being eaten by the Rancor.)

Hitler:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I AM ADOLF HITLER!

(Hitler falls into the Rancor Pit, yelling, "I AM ADOLF HITLER!", as he does, repeating his first line from the first Vader vs Hitler battle.)

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