KIEV, UKRAINE — One candidate in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections hopes to bring voters to the dark side: Darth Alekseyevich Vader.
Dressed in full Star Wars regalia, Vader prowls the streets of Kiev atop his black campaign van wooing voters with promises to turn Ukraine into a “galactic empire.” So serious is he about his mission that he even legally changed his name to Darth Vader ahead of the elections. (He was previously known as Viktor Shevchenko.)
The electrician-turned-interplanetary warlord insists his Internet Party is serious business.
Flanked by Stormtroopers, Vader said his top goal is to computerize all government business.
“When I get to parliament, I will expel all the deputies. They have proved their uselessness,” he said. “Computers will work in their place, and they will fulfil their functions without cease.”
Pollsters predicted the party, which also includes a Stepan Chewbacca on its list, had little chance of getting into parliament in Sunday’s vote. Still, the public has greeted Vader enthusiastically when he drives around the capitol.The AP
