Kirk beat up a Gorn. (Sort of). Vader’s combat armor is nothing.
But, seriously, I doubt there’s much armor there beyond his helmet; it looks mostly like padding. And what does he need armor for? He has the force, and it’s cannon that he can deflect blaster beams. Don’t know how well that’d work for phasers; it obviously has limits, or light sabers wouldn’t be of any use. And armor wouldn’t help against light sabers. So, I’m just not sure there’s much actual armor in his outfit.
Kirk beat up a Gorn. (Sort of). Vader’s combat armor is nothing.
But, seriously, I doubt there’s much armor there beyond his helmet; it looks mostly like padding. And what does he need armor for? He has the force, and it’s cannon that he can deflect blaster beams. Don’t know how well that’d work for phasers; it obviously has limits, or light sabers wouldn’t be of any use. And armor wouldn’t help against light sabers. So, I’m just not sure there’s much actual armor in his outfit.
Unless it were made out of Cortosis ore… like a fiber weave mesh would do wonders:-).