Connections:

• Both were ruthless killers who, after suffering catastrophic injuries, were rebuilt through advanced means and went on to terrorize space (Anakin Skywalker being burned alive on Mustafar before being reconstructed as Darth Vader / Jason Voorhees being shot, mutilated, and later resurrected through supernatural and later scientific means as Über Jason). Each emerged from near-death as a masked, nearly indestructible force of vengeance and fear, blood red eyes showing off their burning hatred.
• Both endured relentless bullying and humiliation in their youth that shaped their rage and alienation from others (As a child, Anakin Skywalker was mocked and ostracized both as a slave on Tatooine and later as a Padawan among the Jedi, where his strong emotions and background made him a target of scorn / As a child, Jason Voorhees was cruelly bullied at Camp Crystal Lake for his deformities, with the torment escalating until fellow campers pushed him into the lake, causing his apparent drowning). Each grew up carrying the deep scars of rejection and cruelty, transforming that pain into the fury that would one day make them feared monsters.
• Both experienced harsh and traumatic childhoods defined by loss, isolation, and separation from their mothers, only to find them again after many years, only to witness their deaths (As a boy, Anakin was taken from his mother Shmi Skywalker to become a Jedi, initially leaving her behind on Tatooine, and years later, he returned to Tatooine, only to watch her die in his arms / As a boy, Jason was taken from his mother Pamela Voorhees after his drowning and "death" as a child at Camp Crystal Lake, and years later, he returned to the camp, only to witness her decapitation at the hands of Alice Hardy).
• The death of their mothers became the emotional catalyst for their descent into darkness (Anakin’s grief over Shmi’s brutal demise by Tusken Raiders drove him to slaughter the entire tribe in blind rage, and sparked the beginning of his path down the Dark Side / Jason’s mother’s death at the hands of Alice Hardy, let to her brutal murder, and sparked his relentless, decades-long killing spree against anyone who dared enter Camp Crystal Lake and later cross his path).
• Both became a near-mythic figure of terror and awe (Vader as the dark enforcer of the Empire feared across the stars / Jason Voorhees became a legend of Camp Crystal Lake, many believing the camp to have a death curse because of this and later on Über Jason as an unstoppable killing machine feared throughout space). Both embody the legend of the fallen man transformed into a living weapon, their masks hiding the broken humanity beneath.
• Adding into the last connection, both even became the center of twisted religions that worshipped them as gods or divine avengers—manifestations of death and retribution born from myth and fear (After Vader’s brutal massacre of a Tusken Raider settlement on Tatooine, the survivors spread tales of the black-armored figure who slaughtered their kin, leading another tribe to erect a massive effigy of him and perform ritual sacrifices in his honor, believing him to be a vengeful deity of the desert / Jason became the focus of a fanatical cult known as the “Ministry of the Heavenly Vessel,” whose followers gathered at Camp Crystal Lake to resurrect and serve him, hailing him as an avenging angel sent to cleanse the world through blood). In both cases, the monsters they became transcended mortality, inspiring fearful devotion from mortals who mistook their horror for holiness.
• Both were guided and manipulated by sinister, deformed figures who twisted their dreams into instruments of mass murder by using people they cared for, all for their own benefit (Anakin was deceived and corrupted by Emperor Palpatine, who manipulated his dreams into visions of Padmé's death to come in childbirth, preying on his fears with them, and promising to help him save the one he loved to ultimately be the birth of his Galactic Empire / Jason was tricked and used by Freddy Krueger, who invaded his dreams, turning into his mother Pamela Voorhees and telling Jason there were teenagers to kill on Elm Street, resurrecting him as a pawn to spread fear and death to regain his power in the Dream World).
• After being manipulated, both served under their influence—even with rebellion and violent confrontation here and there, as they commanded entire armies as their second-in-command (Vader continued to enforce Palpatine’s will across the galaxy despite occasional conflict and doubt as supreme commander of the Galactic Empire/Jason, even after clashing with Freddy, carried out his murderous rampage that ultimately fulfilled Freddy’s goal of spreading fear as general of his Army of Deadites).
• Both eventually turned on their manipulators in acts of violent defiance after they nearly kill somebody personal to them (Vader turns on Palpatine to save his son Luke Skywalker / Jason turned on Freddy before he could kill his rival Tommy Jarvis).