High atop the Washington National Cathedral sits a Sith Lord , his threatening visage deport there by the whims of a child . And , technically , National Geographic . Yes , the helmet of Darth Vader embellish the northwest tower of the National Cathedral . It ’s a weird story and not Star Wars canon whatsoever .
It was only last hebdomad that we examinedDarth Vader ’s Judaic roots . We ’ve also notedthe vulture ’s Buddhist leanings , but that ’s neither here nor there . Now we have Anakin Skywalker ’s fearsome bust plastered on an Episcopal duomo as a rain - deflecting grotesque . ( If he were a gargoyle , rainfall would pour out of his gas helmet . )
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How did Darth finish up on a church service ? By plumbingthe demented mindsof America ’s youth . explain a tract fromthe Washington National Cathedral :
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It does n’t specify if the other figures were “ future theatrical of evilness , ” so I ’m just going to take on that America ’s children were inordinately afraid of tooth in 1980 .
To see Darth Vader , you ’ll need opera glasses . From the cathedral ’s northwesterly parking lot , zoom up to the northwestern tug . He can be notice between two arched windowpane — up and to the left of a larger skull binge — silently plotting style to transform the Washington Monument into a elephantine lightsaber or free the Wampas from their apply pens in the Pentagon .
Washington National CathedralviaAtlas Obscura . Top effigy : Farragutterand Steve Heap / Shutterstock . Bottom image : Statixc ’s Flickr .
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