Darth Vader, already the Dark Lord of the Sith, has thrown his helmet into the ring for the Ukrainian presidential race.
Vader — or a real-world facsimile, anyway — has joined the race as a representative of the Ukrainian Internet Party (UIP), because yeah, that makes sense. The UIP claims it has paid the $225,000 fee to register Vader as a presidential candidate.
"I alone can make an empire out of a republic, to restore former glory, to return lost territories and pride for this country," Vader said in a party statement (insert your own heavy breathing).
This is not Vader's first brush with political activism — last November, he was carried by Stormtroopers to Odessa City Hall in Odessa, Ukraine, where he declared himself mayor. He also demanded a plot of land somewhere in the city to park his TIE Fighter.
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Vader ran for a parliamentary seat in 2012, winning three percent of the write-in vote, which was unfairly thrown out by election officials.
Presumably, Vader's opponents will focus on the message that Vader is just a political crony, and that a vote for Vader is really a vote for Emperor Palpatine.
The Ukrainian presidential election, prompted by the ousting of former president Viktor Yanukovych, will be held on May 25. Sadly, Dr Iron Fist — aka boxer-turned politican Vitali Klitschko — has already withdrawn his candidacy.
[via Mashable]
