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What? No lightsaber? Darth Vader robs a bank

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
July 22, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 16:02
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Since I know you are all too cheap to pay for Newsday and this article is behind their pay firewall, I will sum it up for you - Darth Vader apparently missed his flight to San Diego for the Comic Convention and decided to rob a bank in Setauket instead.

Really, that doesn't need anything else to be funny.

The camouflage pants are a nice extra humorous touch, though.   H/T and photo Gothamist

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