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NEWS ABOUT: Darth Vader

Darth Vader stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - Movie heroes may get the girl, the fans, and the happy ending, but villains have all the fun. With the summer lineup under way, moviegoers will see evil in many forms—from a megalomaniacal robot/tank to a sinister British sorcerer. But what performances by their predecessors will they have to... More »

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film • list • Darth Vader • Gordon Gekko • the Joker • movies • villains

opinion

Cheney Deserves
Kick in the Shins: Dowd


'Vice is still on top'

Jan 11, 09 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney's guiding principle was "a theory of constitutional thuggishness" that set the tone for the administration's agenda—but he's refusing to take the blame for anything, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. His insistence that he never called the shots, despite his "Darth... More »

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Dick Cheney • Darth Vader • Maureen Dowd • George W. Bush • Office of the Vice President

MOVIE REVIEW

 Force is Weak in Clone Wars 

Animated Star Wars feature doesn't quite replicate the feel of the real thing

Aug 15, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Wars: The Clone Wars fills a gap in the saga's chronology, and although the animated feature may give devoted Lucasfilm fans their fix before the TV series launches this fall, the oddly lifeless movie "isn't the Star Wars we've known and loved, Todd McCarthy writes in Variety.... More »

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George Lucas • Darth Vader • movie review • Samuel L. Jackson • Star Wars • Lucasfilm • science fiction • animated movie • Clone Wars

OPINION

What Obama Promises, McCain Delivers

Voters must guard against letting stars in their eyes blind them

Feb 29, 08 6:48 PM CST
(Newser) - The international press corps is so seduced by Barack Obama and so disgusted by John McCain that neither man can live up to his reputation, London Times US editor Gerard Baker writes. The “grown men wandering the corridors of London, Brussels and Berlin, crooning” about Obama are the same... More »

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Iraq • climate change • Barack Obama • John McCain • Darth Vader • free trade • Luke Skywalker • expectations

Chait: John McCain Is No Luke Skywalker

Candidate has gone over to the dark (read: conservative) side

Mar 12, 07 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain liked to portray himself as Luke Skywalker in his 2000 presidential campaign, says LA Times columnist Jonathan Chait, but this time around he resembles a different Jedi: the corrupt Darth Vader. McCain claimed he was an anti-special interests crusader, but the last few years he's gone over to... More »

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John McCain • Republican • presidential campaign • conservative • Darth Vader • Election 2008

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