Making Star Wars started the rumors
It all started when a source from Making Star Wars claimed that “A team in the U.K. are soon heading to the U.S. to begin training Hayden Christensen for a Star Wars: Episode VIII appearance of some sort.” .
Furthermore, they also seem to have stated that Darth Vader’s costume was brought on the set of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which points out the return of the iconic sci-fi villain:
"The most I have heard at this juncture is that a fully operational Darth Vader chest piece along with the helmet made it to the creature shop for the next film. The lights on the chest piece work and everything. Here's where I get hesitant about it: There were not several of them, just one seen by a source and mentioned by another. I believe that part of the info is correct that a suit made it to the props area. Does that mean it is in the film? Not entirely."
Many publications only mention the first part, not the second one in which we are told that only one piece was seen, and usually, when filming, they must have several pieces of the same costume. So, the purpose of the costume is not known.
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