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Darth Vader looms over New York (thanks to ILM and OLED)

Mark Newbold
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Imagine visiting Times Square, looking up and seeing the fearsome visage of Darth Vader, lord of the sith who’s never seemed so vengeful as he is right now in Obi-Wan Kenobi, stepping towards you and igniting his lightsaber. Well, you don’t have to imagine it, it’s real and here he is looming over the heart of New York city in a motion billboard created by ILM.

 

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Imagine visiting Times Square, looking up and seeing the fearsome visage of Darth Vader, lord of the sith who’s never seemed so vengeful as he is right now in Obi-Wan Kenobi, stepping towards you and igniting his lightsaber. Well, you don’t have to imagine it, it’s real and here he is looming over the heart of New York city in a motion billboard created by ILM.

 

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SourceObi-Wan Kenobi
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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