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Darth Vader Sculpture on Washington National Cathedral
Michael Breeden writes "Star Wars has apparently taken another step in becoming part of our national history. The Washington National Cathedral, during its expansion, has placed a sculpture of Darth Vader's head into the carvings around one of the exterior arches. This space is normally reserved for grotesques (gargoyles), and ol' Darth seems to have fit the bill. "
A clear violation!
... Moe the bartender (simpsons) would make a MUCH scarier gargoyle!
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I've got Jar-Jar's head on a stake in my front lawn. Much more pleasing to the eye, imo.
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So the church isn't shy of putting up a bust of the second in command of another religion. I'm wondering whether (and when) they'll add people like Ayatollah Khomeini to the mix...
Isn't there something inherently wrong with Slashdotting a webserver of the Church?
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Ooops there are good guys now.
forgot.
What about a Romulan statue stabbing jesus with a phaser right above the alter?
Darth could be on the other side with the light saber with angels of long dead jedi coming down...
Sorry, I digress into blasephemy and damn its fun!
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In honor of Lord Vader's contributions to the Washington National Cathedral, he will be remembered as Saint Anakin, who performed the miracle of telepathetically choking sinners.
Ergonomica Auctorita Illico!
I hear from reliable sources that it is not in fact Darth Vader. Instead, it is William Shatner in a Darth Vader mask.
Though the Darth Vader head is new to me there has been a much scarier human "gargoyle" has been there for many years. This human gargoyle is a LAWYER. For a brief history of gargoyles check this out Some info about the human "gargoyle" is near the bottom.
We had to destroy the sig to save the sig.
DV isn't head of State, he's head of Government. DS is head of State. He finds your lack of political knowledge disturbing.
the jedi faith is huge in the UK http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/18448 .html
According to a visibly self-impressed George Lucas, "yeah, if I had a nickel for every time someone told me it's easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, I'd still be filthy rich. But seriously, I figure all you need is an inside man at the church. According to my metaphysical effects team at ILM, a gargoyle at the National Cathedral should let me bypass all those philanthropic hoops John D. Rockefeller had to jump through."
(Parody? Perhaps....)
...Does that mean that the Bazaar has Luke Skywalker?
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God's gonna be pissed...
I don't know, but I suspect after this /.ing CmdrTaco will has earned his place high in the arches also.
Sure. In a galaxy far far away...
I find your lack of faith disturbing...
Heh. This article evokes some memories for me. As a previous poster mentioned, there are hordes of unique gargoyles on the National Cathedral (I had lots of time to check them out as a student on the Cathedral Close in the 90s).
By far my favorite is a gargoyle facing NCS, the Cathedral-affiliated girl's school. It's carved to resemble a constuction worker lewdly whistling at the nymphets passing by on their way to class...
He has also reportedly been in quite a lawsuit with Lucifer over his soul, claiming that when he sold it he was promised that the Star Wars prequels would be awesome. Lucifer is countering that they were a slam dunk but Lucas f'd them up by reselling his soul to corporate America.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
What are the implications of putting Lucasarts intellectual property on a public cathedral?
If we allow the Star Wars saga to be written in stone, how will George Lucas collect royalties from people 10,000 years in the future who gaze at the carvings?
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Don't be too proud of this architectural terror you've constructed. The ability to carve a head in stone is insignificant next to the power of a Slashdotting.
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Darth Vader is distinctly American, I suppose.
No, he's from Tatooine. Geez, Americans want to take credit for everything!