Gizmodo: darth

Crutch Vader Avoids Jail, Dark Side Wins Again

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:13:00 EDT

District Judge Andrew Straw has given Crutch Vader a "suspended 12 months" jail sentence plus an order to pay $500 to the "victims"—two ~~morons~~ members of the Jedi Church of England—and their lawyer. This means that Sir Lord Vader Von Drunk—real name Arwel Wynn Hughes—will avoid jail. Quite frankly, after seeing the video of his innocuous attack, I can't believe the judge actually considered putting this guy in jail. [BBC News]

Actual Video of Drunk Darth Vader Attacking Jedi

Brian Lam — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:43:30 EDT

Remember the case of the drunkard dressing up as Vader and beating some Jedi-wannabees with a crutch? Here's the vid. I can't believe someone got charged with assault for this. Footage of the actual attack just takes all the juice away from the tale. I mean, in the old days, you had to take off someone's arm or head, or scorch their Jedi robes at least. Kids these days. [BBC]

Kaws Darth Vader Unboxed

Adrian Covert — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:27:09 EDT

Not all of you loved the Kaws Darth Vader when it was first announced, but for those of you that did, Toys R Evil dug up some great new shots. According to the toy blog, only 500-1,000 were made, and they were selling for $150 exclusively at Kaws' Original Fake store in Tokyo. In any case, the final product came out looking pretty slick. More pics over at InstincToy and Tomm's Blog. [Toys R Evil]

Darth Vader Adidas Have Design That Only a Mother Could Love

AddyDugdale — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:13:20 EDT

The Star Wars merch guys have coupled up with Adidas to celebrate the movie's 30th anniversary. And this is what they came up with: hideous shiny patent leather Superstars that kill with one look—rather like Darth, really.

Nice insoles, though. If I were Darth and whichever poor sod I'd chosen to make my shoes came up with spangly shoe linings like these, I'd promote him to be Chief Thigh Stroker, run the Vader Disco, or ice my fairy cakes. [Footurama via i4U]

Star Wars Darth Vader Back Buddy

kevinhall2 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:00:00 EDT

Strap on the Darth Vader Back Buddy, and you'll have the most feared fallen Jedi mofo toting around your stuff. $20, and guaranteed to be 100% wheeze-free. [Entertainment Earth via Neatorama]

Supreme Edition Darth Vader Costume From Original Molds Really Wheezes

kevinhall2 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:00:00 EDT

The Supreme Edition Darth Vader Costume is the full package: you get a jumpsuit complete with fake leather pants and sleeves (though the codpiece is real leather), Darth's signature cape, and all of his armor cast from the original Lucasfilm molds. Our favorite part: the suit has a custom apparatus to mimic Darth's breathing. It can be toggled off if you want (but why would you?) And on top of that, it will only cost you $850 and comes with a cool freebie.

A free FX Lightsaber, according to the site. It looks like you'll get your money's worth, as the outfit is fashioned with cast iron, injection-molded pieces, ebony twill, real and faux leather, and even LEDs. Both standard and extra large sizes are available. This is really about as close as it gets to really being Vader. The only thing that's missing is a built-in stereo playing the Imperial March. [CB Swords via Luxury Launches]

Limited Edition Star Wars USB Flashdrives

Brian Lam — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:14:29 EDT

An Imperial spy informs us that Mimoco's going to drop a Darth Vadar USB flash drive tomorrow. A limited run of 3500, too, so you'd better queue up now if you want one. They're officially sanctioned by his royal Lucas-ness, and will go for $80 bucks for a 1GB version, all the way to $170 bucks for a 4GB version. That's a whole lotta space bucks for 4GB isn't it?

You know what would be cool? If this Darth Vadar USB drive's cap didn't have little bear ears, and if the helmet was in the shape of the dark lord's helmet. And if the USB plug looked like James Earl Jones. For the record, I'd consider rocking a Han Solo model, for sure.–Brian Lam