MSgt Curtis Ellis 1062871 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The force has awakened in Ukraine...<br />A recent law banning Communist symbols in the country meant that a Soviet-era statue of Vladimir Lenin in Odessa needed to come down. Instead, the city opted to transform it into a monument to one of pop culture's greatest villains: Darth Vader.<br />The memorial to the famed "Star Wars" baddie was unveiled in Odessa on Friday, local news site Dumskaya first reported.<br />Ukrainian artist Aleksander Milov helped push the statue to the dark side by replacing Lenin's head with Darth Vader's helmet and fashioning his coattails into a cape.<br />Aside from giving fans a fun place to congregate, Milov also turned the Sith Lord's helmet into a Wi-Fi hotspot, according to reports. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/026/561/qrc/darthvader_4ab4c3263953052a0b421374b5b89e83.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?1445700050"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/statue-lenin-ukraine-gets-transformed-darth-vader-n450781?cid=sm_fb">Statue of Lenin Becomes Darth Vader Monument</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The force has awakened in Ukraine.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-10-24T11:25:54-04:00 MSgt Curtis Ellis 1062871

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The force has awakened in Ukraine...<br />A recent law banning Communist symbols in the country meant that a Soviet-era statue of Vladimir Lenin in Odessa needed to come down. Instead, the city opted to transform it into a monument to one of pop culture's greatest villains: Darth Vader.<br />The memorial to the famed "Star Wars" baddie was unveiled in Odessa on Friday, local news site Dumskaya first reported.<br />Ukrainian artist Aleksander Milov helped push the statue to the dark side by replacing Lenin's head with Darth Vader's helmet and fashioning his coattails into a cape.<br />Aside from giving fans a fun place to congregate, Milov also turned the Sith Lord's helmet into a Wi-Fi hotspot, according to reports. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/026/561/qrc/darthvader_4ab4c3263953052a0b421374b5b89e83.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?1445700050"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/statue-lenin-ukraine-gets-transformed-darth-vader-n450781?cid=sm_fb">Statue of Lenin Becomes Darth Vader Monument</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The force has awakened in Ukraine.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-10-24T11:25:54-04:00 2015-10-24T11:25:54-04:00 GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad 1062904

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That is truly amazing! Thanks for sharing <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="201593" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/201593-msgt-curtis-ellis">MSgt Curtis Ellis</a>.

2015-10-24T11:44:30-04:00 2015-10-24T11:44:30-04:00 Capt Seid Waddell 1062922

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Quite fitting!

2015-10-24T11:57:40-04:00 2015-10-24T11:57:40-04:00 Sgt Kelli Mays 1062926

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>LOL...the resemble one another.

2015-10-24T11:58:56-04:00 2015-10-24T11:58:56-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 1063430

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Neat!

2015-10-24T16:05:01-04:00 2015-10-24T16:05:01-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 1064407

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That is epic

2015-10-25T06:53:41-04:00 2015-10-25T06:53:41-04:00 PO3 Private RallyPoint Member 1066251

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>that is a good one!

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