Metal spines
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Near the end of RotJ, when Darth Vader decides to save his son, Luke Skywalker, from Emperor Palpatine, the Sith Lightning hits Vader for a brief moment. During this time, we can see parts of his skeleton including his skull and upper vertebrae. The spine is clearly an artificial implant to treat injuries he received earlier in life.
Darkstar, in his never ending jihad to downplay Star Wars technology once tried to claim that such metal spines might actually be natural. "Of course, given that we have nothing to compare it to, it may simply represent the natural order of the dominant humanoids of the SW galaxy.[1]"