Look! In the Sky! It's...Darth Vader?

[gerisullivan]

threeringedmoon posted a photo she took of the one-of-a-kind Darth Vader balloon flying at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta this past weekend. Wow.

I'm trying to imagine how I'd react to seeing that on the horizon. I never found Darth Vader all that scary...until now.

Cool, though.

Shiver.

Comments

[debgeisler.livejournal.com]

*cue Deathstar music, as Homeland Insecurity orders fighter jets to shoot them down*

[dinogrl.livejournal.com]

Shh. Don't give shrub any ideas.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

If I'm ever tempted to be scared of Darth Vader, I remember:

1) the con masquerade entry of Darth Vader's Mother (this was long before Phantom Menace, and this mother looked just like him)

2) The cartoon, possibly Gilliland's, of Grand Moff Tarkin glancing over his shoulder and saying, "Oh, it's you, Vader. I thought it was the air conditioning."

[dinogrl.livejournal.com]

Too bad there isn't a companion Death Star balloon, or better yet, a Yoda balloon!

Hee, heee.

[threeringedmoon.livejournal.com]

What I want to know is when DV became a cuddly kind of thing for pre-schoolers? Or is it like the affinity of pre-schoolers for dinosaurs: since they are small and vulnerable, they enjoy identifying with something that isn't small and vulnerable.

[alces2.livejournal.com]

Makes me think of Zardoz. Hm, actually lately that has come into my brain several times.