Darth Vader opens Wall Street

Posted on 23 December 2009 by


I’m not exactly sure if we should look at the following video and be happy or scared.

It seems Darth Vader and a number of Storm Troopers from the Star Wars Saga rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. They, along with R2-D2, were there as representatives of Lucasfilm Ltd.

Now on the one hand, as a Star Wars fan it’s totally cool to see Darth and the other Star Wars characters ringing the opening bell.  I’ll take them over Martha Stewart any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

However, with the state that the current economy is in is having the “Dark Side’s” evil master opening the exchange such a great idea?

I kid, I kid.

Check out the video below.

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Via AP.

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