New York man legally changes name to Darth Vader

For most of his 43 years, he was known as Eric Welch. They’ve just made one of the weirdest Star Wars tributes imaginable – by disguising their latest star signing as Darth Vader during his official unveiling. Some 500 congregants wielding light sabres and Darth Vader masks packed into Berlin’s Zion Church for a special Sunday service with the film’s theme song played on the church’s organ echoing around the rafters to the delight of all those in attendance.

In 2002, he also discovered he had leukemia. He’s now an outpatient at UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute.

A GoFundMe has been set up to help raise money for the transplant.

The final window in the Metro advent calender has the best prize yet: a Star Wars-branded PlayStation 4 and a free game.

“I started out in foster care when I was seven years old”, he said. He’s completed more than 50 5-k races, 45 Tough Mudders, 18 half marathons, three marathons and a triathlon. “It keeps my mind off doctor’s appointments, of all that I’ve gone through, am going through and will continue to go through”.

Vader often shows up around town dressed as, well, himself.

It wasn’t particularly hard to change his name to that of a movie character.

“It doesn’t end”, he said.

“The goal is to find a better coach and I think we have a tremendous opportunity in Don Brown to accomplis that goal”, Harbaugh said.

Plus, I’m sure he gets weird looks every-time he’s carded.