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 posted by roy , October 2, 2007 5:24 PM]

This picture was published recently in Vice Magazine (Volume 14 Issue 8) 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 posted by Jack , October 2, 2007 6:54 PM]

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 posted by strider_mt2k , October 2, 2007 7:30 PM]

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

Poor kid.

[#4 posted by dculberson , October 2, 2007 7:47 PM]

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

[#5 posted by Anonymous , October 2, 2007 10:07 PM]

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

[#6 posted by Anonymous , October 2, 2007 10:25 PM]

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

[#7 posted by alex brown photography , October 3, 2007 7:43 AM]

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: www.alexbrownphotography.com

[#8 posted by Benny , October 3, 2007 10:52 AM]

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

[#9 posted by Halloween Jack , October 3, 2007 11:20 AM]

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 posted by Anonymous , October 4, 2007 6:38 AM]

hey, i found him a friend on flickr!

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