I heard it was he fought with Obi-wan and he fell in a molten pit and that somehow damaged his breathing and burned most of his body...So I guess that is a possible reason as to why he wears the mask and suit...
theforce.net has a huge page examining it in their technologies section. the verdict so far is that he loses his limbs in a duel with obi-wan and then falls into a molten pit, landing on a ledge just abovethe magma, thus burning his skin, damaging his lungs, and breaking his neck.
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i'm gonna get a lot of crap for citing this (again), but the analysis that TF.N did on the lightning footage from ROJ, DOES point to the fact that ILM deliberatly put implants in Vader's body and that the footage is a pretty good indication of his injuries.
In case you're too lazy to go to the site, what is seen is, a deformation of the back of the skull, artificial limbs, artificial shoulder blades, tubes goinginto a black device over his lungs, several cables coming out his back and going over his shoulders, and some kind of prosthesis where the C4 vertebra should be.
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This episode (the duel with Obi Wan ) is also revealed in the novel of The Return Of The Jedi, as these events flash thru' Vader's mind during that dramatic battle with Luke on the second Death Star.
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Over at TFN they have a link to The Sun newspaper which is reporting that Anakin and Obi Wan will be fighting while surfing on pieces of rock over lava.
Sounds a little ambitious to me being that the scene in Ep 2 with Anakin surfing on that cow thing is probably one of the worst special effects scenes ever let into a big budget film.
They also report the favorite title in the Ep 3 camp is Birth Of The Empire