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The Empire Strikes Back Vader Costume For Sale

Posted by samzenpus on from the best-costume-ever dept.

Now is your chance to own an original Darth Vader costume from the best of the Star Wars movies. Christie's auction house plans on putting it up for sale on Nov. 25 and it would be unwise to underestimate the value of this costume. From the article: "The jet-black helmet, mask and armor worn by the intergalactic villain are expected to sell for between 160,000 pounds and 230,000 pounds ($250,000 and $365,000) at a sale of pop culture memorabilia next month."

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  1. Awesome Christmas Card by SpasticWeasel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Click through to the slideshow. The first pic is quite a nice one of Darth and Mrs Vader.

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  2. intergalactic? by doconnor · · Score: 4, Informative

    Darth Vader was hardly an intergalactic villain. His villainy was strictly limited to one galaxy.

    1. Re:intergalactic? by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 2, Informative

      But he's also considered a villian HERE, because of his actions as shown in the documentaries.

      Also because of his actions robbing our banks, presumably to pay for his war.

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  3. Re:Perfect Gift by Reverberant · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why would he want it? The TESB costume was based off the ordinal Cheney has.

  4. Empire was not the best of the movies. by blair1q · · Score: 3, Informative

    I really don't get why people think Empire was the best. It was all connective tissue, with no real story to it, and deliberately ended without a resolution. The first one was self-contained and is rightly deemed one of the greatest movies ever made. The third one resolved the trilogy, but of course...ewoks...so it can't contend.

    What? There were three more? Huh. Not part of this series, certainly... No matter.

    The point is, Star Wars is the best Star Wars movie. Empire is flashy and necessary to continuing the story, but is still just a sequel and certainly not superior.

    Regardless, I will be auctioning my left nut in order to raise funds to bid on this dress. Precisely because I'm rational.

  5. Re:I don't say this often... by blair1q · · Score: 2, Informative

    You sure about that?

    If I buy it, you can better well bet that I'll try it on at least once. Not that I'll advertise that when it's my turn to auction it off...

  6. Re:Perfect Gift by cgenman · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why would he need a costume? He can already force-choke.

    http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/12/22/alg_cheney-waves.jpg

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