Skydiving Darth Vader deployed to win UK holiday shopping season

 By 
Adario Strange
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Proving that both early Christmas hype and Star Wars mania are officially out of control, UK retailer Argos has posted an epic commercial video that features a skydiving Darth Vader.

And yes, Vader comes swooping out of the heavens with a lightsaber in hand, flanked on both sides by stormtroopers. The rest of the commercial is just the company showing off flatscreen televisions and fitness trackers, so if you want to skip to the good part go to the 50-second mark.

Is this what the next couple of months will be like? Star Wars references popping up in nearly every corner of life until the new film is finally released?

Yep. Deal with it.

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