Sad Vader

My friend Lele sent me this pic, but she didn’t have a source. I love it all the same. Any idea?

Update: The picture was taken by Alex Brown. Thanks, guys!

1. [roy]

   This picture was published recently in Vice Magazine (Volume 14 Issue by Alex Brown.
   He writes “I was in a McDonalds somewhere upstate on my way to go camping. This kid was sitting there on his own wearing a Vader helmet that did the breathing sounds. I always wanted a helmet like that when Star Wars first came out but my patents would never buy me one.”
   I am uncertain if such a thing existed when Alex was a kid, but I don’t know how old Alex is, but there you go.

2. [Jack]

   That kind of helmet never existed as a toy for kids back-in-the-day. So B.S. on that point, but awesome photo anyway.

3. [strider_mt2k]

   Based on the pic, they are probably pissed off at still having a GBA-SP!

   Poor kid.

4. [dculberson]

   Is that a Biafra t-shirt? That’s some hip parents.

5. [Anonymous]

   I somehow feel sorry for him. He has an SP and no super star destroyer…

6. [Anonymous]

   Wow. That rough cut of THE PHANTOM MENACE really was worse than previously believed.

7. [alex brown photography]

   I shot this picture. By the way, I’m 32 and grew up in Hong Kong where they did sell those helmets when the first Star Wars movie came out. I also sell limited edition prints. You can more of my work at: http://www.alexbrownphotography.com

8. [Benny]

   The Saddest Vader has no friends, because the Saddest Vader cannot dance.

9. [Halloween Jack]

   Ketchup, but no fries–and there would be the problem of how to eat them even if he had them. I’d be sad, too.

10. [Anonymous]

    hey, i found him a friend on flickr!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/frobes/315685154/