Candidates with the name Darth Vader, and those of other Star Wars characters like Chewbacca and Yoda, registered to run in Ukraine’s 2014 parliamentary elections. “We are non-political,” says Milov, “but we decided with one shot to kill two hares, as the Russian saying goes. To save the Lenin monument but also take it away from the eyes – to make a new art piece with a new sense.” Like the other pieces in the Mythos line, Vader is a polystone statue designed at 1:5 scale. Rather than being based on specific moments from the Star Wars movies, the Mythos pieces take more artistic license with the franchise. This Vader statue, for instance, alludes to a major battle with the Rebel Alliance, perhaps drawing inspiration from Marvel's "Vader Down" comic book storyline. Vladimir Lenin fell victim to the so-called Darth Vader movement in Ukraine on Friday when some Ukrainians added new elements to his communist-era statue in Ukraine's fourth largest city.

Darth Vader - a villainous masked character fighting against the forces of good - is a popular character in George Lucas' movies. The transformation of Lenin's statue into Darth Vader comes two months before the release of the latest Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, in the US. The only accessory the figure comes with is Vader's lightsaber. It's pretty big in circumference when compared to other lightsabers, sometimes making it feel a bit short (despite being a centimeter or two longer than Luke's). It still looks really nice, though. As per usual, the blade of the saber can be removed from the hilt and the hilt can be hung through from Vader's belt. However, due to the strange tilted design of the loop on the hilt and the short length of the little spite that goes through the loop, the hilt will fall off quite easily. You'll have to put it on his belt after posing it (if you decide to put him in a more vanilla or force-using pose).Unfortunately Spencer couldn’t be there to take delivery of the universe’s most hated villain today. This piece could even be viewed as a sequel to Sideshow's previous Darth Vader Mythos statue. But where that statue showcased Vader in a moody, contemplative pose, this is all about the power of the Dark Side.

The pose of the old statue has proven to be strikingly appropriate for the new subject; Lenin’s long coat has become Darth Vader’s flowing cape, and the former Soviet leader’s clenched fist now holds a lightsaber. This is not Lord Vader’s first foray into Ukrainian politics, as the Sith master put forward by the Internet Party of Ukraine as a candidate for prime minister in 2014 (the statue is not a project of the Internet Party, despite Milov’s past involvement with them). Honestly, I did not like the idea of destroying it, so we decided on a more flexible solution," he said, adding that they were planning to install a Wi-fi router on the statue's head so that he can "communicate with the other Siths." As a collection, Sideshow’s Mythosseries are fine art collectibles that allow the collector to imagine what could have been, but maybe never was. Myths meant to be initiated by the eye and completed by the mind.

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The Darth Vader Premium Format Figure measures 25” tall and 14” wide as the Sith Lord stands regally and ruthlessly atop a Mustafar castle themed base. With stonelike texture and fiery red and orange paint applications, this fortress serves as Vader’s volcanic headquarters in his quest to crush the Rebellion. Clutching his iconic red lightsaber, which includes a light-up feature, the Dark Lord of the Sith is a menacing figure facing off against any foe. He was supposed to bring balance to the socioeconomic forces of industrialized society, not leave them in darkness! But — just like the prequels, before we even saw them — we all know how that turned out. Martin Davies, commercial manager from the company said: “As soon as we read about Spencer’s appeal, we were only too happy to help but we had to do the move as a split operation. Martin added: “We parked up on the pavement very briefly while we loaded the sculpture into place - right by Spencer’s front door. The sculpture measures 8ft from base to tip but Darth himself is 7ft 2” - the same height as Spencer when he’s inside the famous costume.

CONDITION OF THE TOY: Its condition when it showed to my doorstep as decent, the plastic material replicates whatever material was on Darth Vader's suit accurately, and I really like the mold of the figure. (The cloth better than it did in the promo images. ) However, when removed the lightsaber there was this sort of a brownish-orange dust on the blade, which I had to clean it off. Not long after I started coughing, and I'm still coughing as I'm typing, although the severity has diminished. We kept Darth at our yard for safe keeping and he was stood guard over our office until we could get hold of a suitable hire van to allow us to deliver it. We did get a few horn toots from some drivers as they passed bemused as to why there was an 8ft Darth Vader flying in the air.” Located in an old factory courtyard on the outskirts of the port city, the statue was scheduled for demolition until Alexander Milov — a local artist whose work was featured at Burning Man in 2015 — proposed a different solution: encasing the existing Lenin statue within a new titanium facade, creating the world’s first monument to Darth Vader.Last month, we reported how the 44-year-old Rhyl actor commissioned childhood pal and chainsaw carver, Ian Murray to conjure up the creation.