Darth Vader-esque

English

Alternative forms

• Darth Vader–esque, Darth Vaderesque

Etymology

From Darth Vader +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Darth Vader-esque (comparative more Darth Vader-esque, superlative most Darth Vader-esque)

1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional character Darth Vader.
   • 1993 July 2–8, Liz Galst, “Right-wing crotch shots”, in The Boston Phoenix, page 2, column 3:

     Full of low-angle crotch shots and ominous Darth Vader-esque music, these gross distortions of gay and lesbian life (though mostly it’s gay men’s lives that are depicted) have been making the rounds in Congress and among the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

   • 1995 October, Steven Puchalski, “Can these sci-fi videos show us the Woman of the Future?”, in Sci Fi Entertainment, page 36:

     Her big mission is to recover the precious Blue Star (a glowing rock in a box), which leads to a Western shoot-out, a space-age motorcycle gang, and an unamusing Darth Vader-esque villain.

   • 2008, Sarah Hull, The Rough Guide to Boston, New York, N.Y., London, Delhi: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 237:

     Its self-billing as a multimedia sound-and-light show makes it sound grander than it actually is: wax figures are used to depict the hysteria, a Darth Vader-esque voice is used to narrate the show, and thanks to the museums circular seating arrangement, there are significant portions of the performance where you can’t actually see what’s happening.

Synonyms

• Darth Vaderian
• Vaderesque