I have to admit it, I am a Star Wars costume fanatic.  Not the new Star Wars either.  George Lucas sold out, and that is that.  I have gone to thousands, or at least dozens of science fiction conventions in my life, and almost every time, I have worn a Darth Vader costume.  From time to time, I have gotten to be creative in my custom choices, but my favorite of all is my Darth Vader costume.  There is something about dressing up as the bad guy in my Darth Vader costume that I have always loved.  I even get a thrill out of dressing up in a storm trooper costume, although no one wants to be one of the troops.  Dressing up in a Darth Vader costume sort of fulfills a fantasy of mine. 

Think about it.  Darth Vader is powerful, evil, and a master of the force.  The only character in the entire universe that was more powerful than Darth Vader, in fact, is the Emperor. But the fact is, in my opinion, that Darth Vader still has it over the Emperor.  After all, a Darth Vader costume is much cooler than an emperor costume.  All that the Emperor wears, after all, is a robe and white makeup.

You can try making your own Darth Vader costume, but it can be pretty difficult.  Oh sure, the Darth Vader robe is easy, and even the Darth Vader gloves, but try making a convincing mask for your costume on your own.  I'm not saying that it cannot be done, but it seems like more trouble than it is worth when you can just go out and buy one.  That has always been my choice when it comes down to it.  I do not have that many hobbies besides dressing up, and for me the end all and be all of dressing up is the Darth Vader costume.

The best thing about my craze for the costumes is that it is something that I can share with my kids.  Each of them loves to dress up in the Darth Vader costume, or one of the many other Star Wars costumes that are out there.  What Halloween time comes, you can bet that they are overjoyed!  They just can not get enough of the dress up games that we all play together.  For them, they have one of the coolest dads in the world, and for me and get a kid all over again. Everyone gets to win!

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