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The [[Internet Party of Ukraine]] has fielded multiple candidates for public office under the name Darth Vader.[{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/darth-vader-runs-prime-minister-ukraine-vowing-take-back-crimea-putin-279629|title=Darth Vader Is Running for Prime Minister of Ukraine, Vowing to Take on Putin|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=October 24, 2014|access-date=October 24, 2014|archive-date=October 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024234234/http://www.newsweek.com/darth-vader-runs-prime-minister-ukraine-vowing-take-back-crimea-putin-279629|url-status=live}}]{{efn|Two men named Darth Vader were candidates at the [[2014 Kyiv local election|2014 Kyiv mayoral election]] and the [[Odesa]] [[2014 Ukrainian local elections|mayoral election]] of the same day.[{{cite news|url=http://un.ua/eng/article/507502.html|title=Kyiv Election Commission Registers Darth Vader As Candidate For Kyiv Mayor|agency=[[Ukrainian News Agency]]|date=May 1, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502013412/http://un.ua/eng/article/507502.html|archive-date=May 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=http://espreso.tv/news/2014/05/01/dart_veyder_krim_stolyci_kandyduye_i_v_mery_odesy|title=Darth Vader candidate for mayor of Odesa|publisher=[[Espreso TV]]|date=May 1, 2014|language=ru|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-date=May 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001406/http://espreso.tv/news/2014/05/01/dart_veyder_krim_stolyci_kandyduye_i_v_mery_odesy|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/198450.html|title=Tsushko to compete for post of Odesa mayor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403000854/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/198450.html|archive-date=April 3, 2014|website=[[Interfax-Ukraine]]|date=March 29, 2014}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2014/04/04/ukraines-darth-vader-presidency-bid-rejected/|title=Ukraine's Darth Vader presidency bid rejected|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080619/http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2014/04/04/ukraines-darth-vader-presidency-bid-rejected/|date=March 4, 2016|website=[[Euronews]]|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}][{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/pro-western-parties-darth-vader-set-win-ukrainian/story?id=26469069|title=Pro-Western Parties, Not Darth Vader, Set to Win Ukrainian Elections|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|first1=Rym|last1=Momtaz|first2=Dragana|last2=Jovanovic|date=October 26, 2014|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925121933/http://abcnews.go.com/International/pro-western-parties-darth-vader-set-win-ukrainian/story?id=26469069|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11188609/Ukraines-Darth-Vader-candidate-denied-vote-after-refusing-to-remove-mask.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027160854/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11188609/Ukraines-Darth-Vader-candidate-denied-vote-after-refusing-to-remove-mask.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2014|title=Ukraine's Darth Vader candidate denied vote after refusing to remove mask|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|quote= Darth Alekseyevich Vader, an official candidate in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, is turned away from a Kiev polling station after refusing to remove his mask|first=Geraldine|last=Cooper|date=October 26, 2014|access-date=September 24, 2015}}][{{cite news|title=Putin headed for victory in Odesa as Darth Vader clouds farcical election|url=http://uatoday.tv/politics/darth-vader-clouds-farcical-ukrainian-election-519586.html|work=[[Ukraine Today]]|date=October 23, 2015|access-date=October 24, 2015|archive-date=October 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024163530/http://uatoday.tv/politics/darth-vader-clouds-farcical-ukrainian-election-519586.html|url-status=live}}]}} Vader is parodied as "Dark Helmet" in the ''Star Wars'' spoof film ''[[Spaceballs]]'' (1987).[{{cite news |last1=Trzcinski |first1=Matthew |title=How George Lucas Reacted to the 'Star Wars' Parody 'Spaceballs' |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-george-lucas-reacted-to-the-star-wars-parody-spaceballs.html/ |access-date=19 January 2025 |work=Showbiz CheatSheet |date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618131034/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-george-lucas-reacted-to-the-star-wars-parody-spaceballs.html/|archive-date=June 18, 2020}}] |
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The [[Internet Party of Ukraine]] has fielded multiple candidates for public office under the name Darth Vader.[{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/darth-vader-runs-prime-minister-ukraine-vowing-take-back-crimea-putin-279629|title=Darth Vader Is Running for Prime Minister of Ukraine, Vowing to Take on Putin|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=October 24, 2014|access-date=October 24, 2014|archive-date=October 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024234234/http://www.newsweek.com/darth-vader-runs-prime-minister-ukraine-vowing-take-back-crimea-putin-279629|url-status=live}}]{{efn|Two men named Darth Vader were candidates at the [[2014 Kyiv local election|2014 Kyiv mayoral election]] and the [[Odesa]] [[2014 Ukrainian local elections|mayoral election]] of the same day.[{{cite news|url=http://un.ua/eng/article/507502.html|title=Kyiv Election Commission Registers Darth Vader As Candidate For Kyiv Mayor|agency=[[Ukrainian News Agency]]|date=May 1, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502013412/http://un.ua/eng/article/507502.html|archive-date=May 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=http://espreso.tv/news/2014/05/01/dart_veyder_krim_stolyci_kandyduye_i_v_mery_odesy|title=Darth Vader candidate for mayor of Odesa|publisher=[[Espreso TV]]|date=May 1, 2014|language=ru|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-date=May 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001406/http://espreso.tv/news/2014/05/01/dart_veyder_krim_stolyci_kandyduye_i_v_mery_odesy|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/198450.html|title=Tsushko to compete for post of Odesa mayor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403000854/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/198450.html|archive-date=April 3, 2014|website=[[Interfax-Ukraine]]|date=March 29, 2014}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2014/04/04/ukraines-darth-vader-presidency-bid-rejected/|title=Ukraine's Darth Vader presidency bid rejected|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080619/http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2014/04/04/ukraines-darth-vader-presidency-bid-rejected/|date=March 4, 2016|website=[[Euronews]]|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}][{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/pro-western-parties-darth-vader-set-win-ukrainian/story?id=26469069|title=Pro-Western Parties, Not Darth Vader, Set to Win Ukrainian Elections|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|first1=Rym|last1=Momtaz|first2=Dragana|last2=Jovanovic|date=October 26, 2014|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925121933/http://abcnews.go.com/International/pro-western-parties-darth-vader-set-win-ukrainian/story?id=26469069|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11188609/Ukraines-Darth-Vader-candidate-denied-vote-after-refusing-to-remove-mask.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027160854/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11188609/Ukraines-Darth-Vader-candidate-denied-vote-after-refusing-to-remove-mask.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2014|title=Ukraine's Darth Vader candidate denied vote after refusing to remove mask|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|quote= Darth Alekseyevich Vader, an official candidate in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, is turned away from a Kiev polling station after refusing to remove his mask|first=Geraldine|last=Cooper|date=October 26, 2014|access-date=September 24, 2015}}][{{cite news|title=Putin headed for victory in Odesa as Darth Vader clouds farcical election|url=http://uatoday.tv/politics/darth-vader-clouds-farcical-ukrainian-election-519586.html|work=[[Ukraine Today]]|date=October 23, 2015|access-date=October 24, 2015|archive-date=October 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024163530/http://uatoday.tv/politics/darth-vader-clouds-farcical-ukrainian-election-519586.html|url-status=live}}]}} Vader is parodied as "Dark Helmet" in the ''Star Wars'' spoof film ''[[Spaceballs]]'' (1987).[{{cite news |last1=Trzcinski |first1=Matthew |title=How George Lucas Reacted to the 'Star Wars' Parody 'Spaceballs' |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-george-lucas-reacted-to-the-star-wars-parody-spaceballs.html/ |access-date=19 January 2025 |work=Showbiz CheatSheet |date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618131034/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-george-lucas-reacted-to-the-star-wars-parody-spaceballs.html/|archive-date=June 18, 2020}}] |
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