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Darth Vaderian
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English
Etymology
From en Darth Vader ian.
Adjective
1
Resembling or characteristic of the fictional character Darth Vader.
en Kevin Harris Odd correlation w:The Bellingham Herald Bellingham, Wash. 13 February 1989 B2 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/770426017/ 5 (What the heck is this “gun lobby” anyway? Am I it or is it some sort of Darth Vaderian conspiracy that manipulates the minds of innocent legislators?)
en w:Bud Collins The changing winds of Atlanta Boston Sunday Globe 237 70 11 March 1990 A3 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/439381251/ 3 Though crowded and dwarfed by Darth Vaderian upstarts such as the Equitable Life Building across from it, the 17-story Candler Building on Peachtree remains alone in its 1904 stylishness.
en Tom Barberi Barberi! w:The Salt Lake Tribune 240 120 Salt Lake City, Utah 12 August 1990 2B https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/613394766/ 2 Now that the “wall” has become a souvenir to be mounted on a plaque or picture frame and the lien between good guys and the “Evil Empire” with all its Darth Vaderian images is becoming more of a blur, there is evidence that those out there who live to protest something, anything, are getting desperate.
en James Riordan Stone: The Controversies, Excesses, and Exploits of a Radical Filmmaker New York, N.Y. Hyperion 1995 246–247 https://archive.org/details/stonecontroversi00rior/page/246/mode/2up 0-7868-6026-X His [Oliver Stone’s] acceptance speech on September 17 concluded with the following lines: How can we possibly win against the overwhelming force of this government of the future, this Darth Vaderian empire?
en John J. Fried Forgetting to back up data? FileSitter automatically does it for you w:The Philadelphia Inquirer 170th year 95 3 September 1998 F2 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/179252882/ 4 They spring up only after you have clicked the right-hand button on your mouse, a secret that is revealed by a message to that effect several seconds after you have been left staring at this Darth Vaderian screen.
en Katherine Monk Empire of hype The Vancouver Sun 1 May 1999 E1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/496200809/ 3 And therein lies a very troubling reality about the Orwellian — perhaps even Darth Vaderian — measures increasingly employed by marketers of today’s mega-media products.
en w:Steven Rea Curse of the ‘Phantom’ w:The Philadelphia Inquirer 170th year 343 9 May 1999 F5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/179617914/ 4 To be sure, there will also be flops aplenty — misguided, mismarketed or simply amiss movies that would have tanked whether Phantom Menace was casting its Darth Vaderian shadow across the land.
en w:Franz Schurmann Peace hangs by a thread w:The Fresno Bee 19 December 1999 G1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/708402373/ If even America has difficulties managing the world, none of the four even think about becoming a Darth Vaderian-style world empire.
en Sandy MacDonald ‘Man of La Mancha’ is lavish but lacking w:The Boston Globe 263 120 30 April 2003 C3 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/443009813/ 4 Peter Edmund Haydu assaying triple roles, some of which employ his marvelous Darth Vaderian bass.
en Michael Czyzniejewski Elephants in Our Bedroom w:Dzanc Books 2009 186 https://archive.org/details/elephantsinourbe0000czyz/page/186/mode/1up 0-9793123-7-X It seems like this is the moment, me covered in ice cream and my own guts, that Sanders is going to confront me with Darth Vaderian news.
en w:Scott Kenemore Zombie-in-Chief: Eater of the Free World Gollancz 2017 2020 978 1 473 23172 6 His heavy breathing fell to a Darth Vaderian murmur.
en Steve Marcone; Dave Philp Managing Your Band: A Guide to Artist Management 7th w:Rowman & Littlefield 2021 104 9781538155943 Thus don’t name your band Boozie Tromwellium & the Darth Vaderian Cosmonauts.
Synonyms
en Darth Vader-esque, en Vaderesque
en eponyms
en Star Wars