Me: No, no I did not.
Brendan: It's true. My friend? From school? She has this picture? And guess who she's standing next to. (long pause as he waits for a guess)
Me: Um, Darth Vader?
Brendan: (leans in very close and widens his eyes) DARTH VADER! (giggles gleefully) And do you know what Darth Vader LOVES?
Me: The Death Star?
Brendan: No. It's DONUTS! Yeah! He loves donuts! When I see him I think I'm going to say, like, hey Darth Vader, did you know I love donuts too?
Me: And he will say (pitch perfect Darth Vader impression) "Yesss. Sooo, do I. (loud Darth Vader breathing)"
Brendan: (long, scornful, almost pitying look) Um, no. More like I think he will be all, hey how do you know my name? And I'll be like well I've seen you in the movies like, um, Star Wars and stuff, but plus I know you're not really a bad guy in real life but the guy in the movie is.
Me: Will you and Darth Vader become friends?
Brendan: Yeah! We're already friends! And I bet you he'll let me borrow his light saber! But we won't hurt stuff with it. 'Cause we're not really bad guys.
This picture is why I loved that Darth Vader/VW ad at the Super Bowl. I could absolutely picture Brenz in that ad.
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