It is no secret that I have a huge-errific Darth Vader fetish. I’m not promising to start blogging again regularly, but I just had to mention this Darth Vader Sith Lord bank robber tidbit Amelia G from Blue Blood brought to my attention. A man robbed a Long Island branch of Chase wearing a Darth Vader costume. One customer, thinking it was a joke, tried to hug him. Had I been present, I would have been that customer.

Tonight is the Star Wars episode of The Apprentice. For those of you who have not taken note of anything not sf-related in the last couple of years, The Apprentice is a reality show starring Donald Trump. He and two of his top executives, George Ross and Carolyn Kepcher, judge a group of eighteen potential employees of the Trump organization. The contestants are split into two teams and each contestant takes a turn as project manager, as the teams compete on specific tasks. Tasks may include designing a float to promote the Zathura movie or running a lemonade stand. Over the time the show has been on the air, more and more tasks appear to have some sort of corporate sponsorship. I rather liked the more simple tasks which seemed like greater tests of the entrepreneurial spirit, but this week’s tie-in speaks to my heart. As most of you are aware, I am sincerely hot for sexy and bold Darth Vader. Seeing him and the Donald team up in the promo spots for tonight’s special show is giving me really disturbing double team fantasies. You can vote for your favorite promo spot on the NBC site now. The Darth side of the Force features Darth as the project manager on the Death Star project using the force to get one of the stormtroopers to take responsiblity for the poor marketing on that task. The Task of the Clones features Darth Vader in the Carolyn Kepcher executive role threatening to chop whichever stormtrooper contestant Donald Trump fires into tiny pieces with a light saber. And The Donald Strikes Back features Trump firing Chewbacca for speaking unclearly and having poor hygiene in the workplace. Chewie leaves trailing a little pink rolling suitcase into the elevator. They are all funny, but The Darth Side of the Force got my vote. There is nothing like a darkly sexy controlling man in an armored costume. At least, in fantasyland. In real life, I suppose Darth would be the painfully hot but insufferable old flame I told horror stories about. Thank goodness for fantasy.

The original, the one, the only: Coming to a home near you is the newest release of Playskool’s Mr. Potato Head, featuring none other than Darth Vader as Darth Tater!

Playskool is proud to announce the launch of the new character, Darth Tater. Discover all kinds of mix ‘n match, Mr. Potato Head fun with this wacky spud dressed as Darth Vader. The package comes with lots of silly parts, including lightsaber, cape, helmet, shoes, eyes, nose, teeth and more! (via starwars.com)

It probably goes without saying that, if I were to purchase an Aurora: Star Wars Edition, it would most likely be the Dark Side version with sexy Darth all over it. Now that I think about it, wouldn’t it have been hot to have Ewan MacGregor be Darth?