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Star Wars Prequels Idle Politics

Darth Vader, Yoda, Chewbacca Aim To Invade Ukraine's Govt. In Upcoming Elections 63

Posted by samzenpus from the may-the-political-force-be-with-you dept.
An anonymous reader writes The BBC and RT report that 16 men named after the Star Wars character "Darth Vader" are running for parliamentary elections in Ukraine later this month. In addition, a Chewbacca, Palpatin, Padme Amidala and Grand Jedi Master Yoda will stand in the snap October 26 polls. All of them have been nominated for parliament by the Internet Party of Ukraine. "This is not the first time Darth Vader has stood for election in Ukraine. In April, a man going by that name tried running for presidency, but his application was rejected by the Central Electoral Commission. One official suggested that his campaign could be an attempt to make a mockery of elections in Ukraine - possibly by Russia."
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  • One thing is for sure (Score:4, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 05, 2014 @11:47AM (#48068595)

    Han Solo votes first.

  • Darth Vader? (Score:4, Funny)

    by BarbaraHudson ( 3785311 ) <barbara.jane.hud ... minus physicist> on Sunday October 05, 2014 @11:49AM (#48068607) Journal
    I didn't think Putin was interested in running in the Ukraine, just running it.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

      With estimates reaching over * 1 millions deaths * caused be the US lead Iraq conflict, I can see why Putin would be your first thought for an evil emperor. I mean a little genocide never hurt nobody, right? And besides, Russia isn't playing nice with the world banking regime. That's a true crime against humanity.

      • Re: (Score:1)

        by Anonymous Coward

        Russia is not playing nice with anything. Apparently sanctions do work though because a lot of rich folk are getting screwed. So hopefully soon Putin has an accident with a bear (the kind that carries subsonic sniper rifles) while riding a horse half naked and the entire shitstorm in Ukraine stops.

        • Re: (Score:1, Interesting)

          by Anonymous Coward

          Russia is a big country rich in natural resources. If they played nice they'd be crushed by that country that is always at war with defenseless countries.
          It is irrelevant that you hate Putin. Most Russians like him and what he has done for the country, and that's what matters in a Democracy (or a Republic with democratically-elected representatives).

        • Re: (Score:1)

          by nemyax ( 1376001 )

          Apparently sanctions do work though because a lot of rich folk are getting screwed.

          The purported purpose of the sanctions was not to screw over some fat cats, but to make Russia change its course in the conflict. Russia has not changed it, and Kiev has been acting on more or less Moscow's terms. Ergo, the sanctions do not work.

      • Over 1 million deaths? Sources please? Or maybe you are using the Russky scale of counting, LOL. And if we recall that part of the weaponry used by the IS comes from your dear customer Assad... Greetings to Vladimir :)

  • Founded and led by Dmytro (or Dmitry) Golubov the party claims to be the first Internet party in the world, its slogan is "electronic government against bureaucracy" and it wants to "create an electronic government in Ukraine".

    The party was formed between 2006 and 2007, by the alleged Ukrainian hacker, Dmytro Golubov. The founding congress was held on October 1, 2007. On March 1, 2009 in a hotel complex "Magnolia" in Odessa, was held the first official congress of the party.

    The vice-president of the Union of Advocates of Ukraine Petro Boyko and Denys Grigorev, world champion from Thai boxing in super-heavyweight are also founding members.

    Sounds like a good group of folks...

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

      I they are serious about politics, why are they using fake characters as candidates ?

      • Re: (Score:1)

        by Anonymous Coward

        That is what all politicians do... most of them just take on boring and pretend-to-care characters.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Xest ( 935314 )

      Problem is, look what happened to Estonia, they were victims of a Russian state sponsored cyber attack which was quite problematic because they had built their state around heavy internet focus for provision of services and so forth.

      It's a good idea, if you're a nation that has enough control of it's borders to prevent physical access to important internet infrastructure from Russian agents, and if you can withstand Russian cyber attack both focussed hacks and dumb DDOS attacks, but I don't think Ukraine is

  • I voted for Skywalker.
    • It doesn't matter who you vote for, the problem is that the system is inherently corrupting. Sure, right now, he may be young and idealistic, full of nothing but good intentions. But once he's actually elected, what happens? He'll have to compromise, raise money, fight political battles, worry about re-election, fight wars... in no time at all he's turned to the Dark Side, more machine than man, twisted and evil. I mean, look at Obama. He came in all hope and change, and what happens? He secretly creates a

  • "...a mockery of elections in Ukraine" (Score:4, Funny)

    by Opportunist ( 166417 ) on Sunday October 05, 2014 @12:09PM (#48068697)

    Thank god we didn't allow to make a mockery of the elections in the Ukraine and instead allowed them to make a mockery of democracy altogether...

  • Ironically, those Star Wars character candidates are more adequate than most of Ukrainian mainstream politicians...

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Nyder ( 754090 )

      Ironically, those Star Wars character candidates are more adequate than most politicians...

      You put a few extra words in there, so I fixed it for ya.

  • *Wonders how many people would rather vote for Emperor Palpatine than for our current politicians.*

  • or who anyone votes for, as one thing's certain: Putin's cronies will be doing the counting.

  • I altered the election results. (Score:5, Funny)

    by Snufu ( 1049644 ) on Sunday October 05, 2014 @09:24PM (#48070713)

    Pray I do not alter them again.

  • Ukranian Darth Vader will solve the seperatist rebel problem by incinerating the planet that shelters them. Incidentally that will also solve Ukraine's debt problem, crime, and energy dependence on Russia.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by nemyax ( 1376001 )

      Ukranian Darth Vader will solve the seperatist rebel problem by incinerating the planet that shelters them.

      Not exactly. He will look on indifferently as his puppet master does it.

  • I recall that many countries have a large number of write-in votes for these characters. I think I remember Australia having so many they were considering making it a civil offense to write in a fictional character. Could running under these names be an attempt to take advantage of these write-ins?

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