Darth Vaderesque

A form of Darth Vader-esque — Resembling or characteristic of the fictional character Darth Vader.

Meanings

adjectiveDarth Vaderesque (comparative more Darth Vaderesque, superlative most Darth Vaderesque)

comparative more Darth Vaderesque · superlative most Darth Vaderesque

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Darth Vader-esque.

    The spot features a low, Darth Vaderesque female voice complaining about getting a terrible sleep.

    2008 July, Annette Bourdeau, “Cannes Likes Canadian Insights”, in Strategy, volume 19, number 12, Brunico Communications Ltd., page 10
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    He was on the same side as Reagan in the superpower “Star Wars” (and with his Darth Vaderesque voice, he fit the bill).

    1991, Stryker McGuire, Streets with No Names: A Journey into Central and South America, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 34

    It was, indeed, myself—not the paunchy, middle-aged self-image I had seen back in the kiva, but a younger self, wearing black, complete with Darth Vaderesque helmet and light saber—the kind of image of his father that a six-year-old boy might have, if he was full of rage and unable to express himself.

    1992, S. P. Somtow, Forest of the Night, New York, N.Y.: AvoNova, →ISBN, page 171

    One main street goes due south behind Skënderbeg’s statue and crosses the river, bringing you to the park, the university, the embassies and the Darth Vaderesque Hoxha pyramid.

    1992, Harvard Student Agencies, Inc., edited by Ian Watson, Christopher Capozzola, and Laura Kay Rosen, Let’s Go: The Budget Guide to Europe 1992, London; Sydney; Auckland: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 65

    Whenever we engage in discursive interactions, speech acts, or other forms of communication, this Darth Vaderesque dark side threatens to come to the fore, scheming to maximize its own evil self-interest through the conceptual negation and assimilation of the other.

    2004, Grant H. Kester, Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art, Berkeley, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.; London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 87

    At the time I thought he was insane, bonkers, and dismissed it with a Darth Vaderesque wave of the hand.

    2009, Brad Burton, Get Off Your Arse, 4Publishing, →ISBN, page 134

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