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It appears that life on the dark side is not so rosy
after all.
When Darth Vader made an appearance at a movie theater in Springfield, Ill., on May 21, he wasn't there to recruit minions or to watch his doppelganger in the sixth and final Star Wars movie, "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith."

Instead, he robbed the cash register.

According to Springfield Police Lieutenant Doug Williams, an unidentified man wearing a Darth Vader mask, black pants and a black shirt walked into the Showplace Eight Theatre at about 9:15 p.m. The man made his way behind the counter of the front cashier area, shoved the employee aside and grabbed an undisclosed amount of money.

pretty clever dressing as a Darth Vader, guess he was trying to stay among the crowd because no one would expect he be robbing.

Edit: fixed url

[edit on 27-5-2005 by ZeddicusZulZorander]

man thats classic! Vader knocked off the theater! did he use his force choke and say "give me your money, im your father."

"You dont Understand the POWER of the DARK SIDE!"



I remember this movie Scream 2 - and it starts with the scene in a movie theatre, that is showing the movie Stab, and the entire theatre is filled with people that have those scream masks on. And then the real killer comes, with a scream mask and kills this two Black people.

I dont know why I remembered this now - but it has some connections with this story:

Men hiding behind the mask, coming from a hollywood movie, that have commited a crime.

Are movies the mirror of a society - or is a society the mirror of the movies?

Probably a little of both.


[edit on 27/5/05 by Souljah]

What next?

"Yoda - FBI's Most Wanted".

How about Darth Vader wanting legal custody of Luke and Leia?

Apparently he has a little bad left in him too...




You know, you'd think it'd be a hard costume to get away in.