Talk:Darth Vader

Darth Vader
More "fictional character" B.S., still no attributive use. --Connel MacKenzie 19:13, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well...
 * Robert Whiting, The Meaning of Ichiro: The New Wave from Japan and the Transformation of Our National Pastime (2004) p. 130:
 * Irabu had hired Nomura, a man with whom he obviously had a great deal in common, and, who, as we have seen, was rapidly becoming the Darth Vader of Japanese baseball.
 * Marleen S. Barr, Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium (2003) p. xvii:
 * Bush's missile shield plan positions him as Darth Vader.
 * James Price Dillard, Michael Pfau, The Persuasion Handbook: the Persuasion Handbook (c): Developments in Theory and Practice (2002) p. 611:
 * Commonly assumed to exert massive effects on the electorate, political spots (notably negative ones) have been teasingly called the Darth Vader of modern politics...
 * Jon Lewis, The New American Cinema (1998) p. 108:
 * In two different speeches the vice president called Malone, alternately “the Darth Vader of the cable industry,” and “[the man who runs] the cable Cosa Nostra.”
 * So, add this stuff and keep. bd2412 T 20:29, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Note, further to the above, I have completely re-written this entry so that it actually resembles something that belongs in a dictionary. Cheers! bd2412 T 20:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * What did the entry say before you changed it? Randy6767 19:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It had an encyclopedic description: "A main character in George Lucas's Star Wars movie trilogy. (41.9 BBY - 4 ABY) The Dark Lord of the Sith and brutal apprentice to Darth Sidious. In 19 BBY, Anakin Skywalker was dubbed Darth Vader when he turned to the dark side of the Force." bd2412 T 19:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep both definitions, the movie character and the figurative reference. DAVilla 20:09, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per DAVilla. - Patricknoddy 12:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC)