Vader loses to Bond. Sounds about right

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November 26, 2010 at 4:41PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

That's because Sean Connery was a good tough Bond adept at the skills of espionage and assassination. Darth Vader was awesome in the first two movies, but once we learned the backstory he became something else - a surly teen who can move things around with his head and kill lots and lots of people without feeling very bad about it. I know the story's supposed to be tragic, and he does redeem himself at the end when he throws is boss down the shaft, but in the end you realize it's six movies about Hitler except he reforms before he dies, and then there's dancing Teddy Bears. Say what you will about Bond, he never danced with Ewoks after he blew up a secret lair.

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