Darth Vader strikes bank
By Reuters
NEW YORK - The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.
Armed with a gun instead of a lightsabre, the man entered a Chase bank branch in Setauket, N.Y., about 50 miles east of New York City, Thursday and demanded cash from a teller, police said. He fled through a parking lot with an undisclosed amount of money.
The bandit dressed as the “Star Wars” villain was part of a mini-outbreak of unusual bank robbers in the New York area.
Earlier this week, New York City police arrested a man accused of robbing two banks with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.
I'm guessing the economic downturn must have hurt the Empire pretty bad if they would have to send Darth Vader to rob banks on Earth. I guess the other systems must have been hit even harder than ours. Odds are you probably can't even run a tab anymore at the bar Luke and Obiwon found Han at. But what I'm really wondering is why Darth Vader used a gun. Sure, a light saber might have confused the teller but I think the Jedi mind trick would have been most effective. That way, you might even be able to convince the authorities that the teller gave you the money willingly.
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