Darth Vader is alive and well, and reportedly living underwater off the coast of Vietnam, where he was recently discovered by alert (and amazed) scientists. And here he is:

Whether this creepy critter actually uttered the immortal words from the film series* is unknown but unlikely He has been named Darth Vader because of the obvious familial resemblance.

* Star Wars, Episode IV, “A New Hope”

In fact, he is a species of giant sea bug, which is all I really need to know about him as long as he stays underwater and far away from me.

But seeing him, and his uncanny resemblance to one of George Lucas’ brilliant flights of imagination, I’m reminded — possibly for the millionth time — of the wisdom of the Bard, who famously penned these words some 400 years earlier:

“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 5.

The newly-discovered “Darth Vader” looks more like a nightmare than a dream to me; but Shakespeare’s point is well taken.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
1/21/25