the darth vader gargoyle on the national cathedral is located in northwest tower.
the darth vader gargoyle on the national cathedral is located in northwest tower.
where is the darth vader gargoyle on the national cathedral?
northwest tower
darth vader's iconic status has made the character a symbol for evil in popular culture. for example, a three part series of episodes of the youtube series epic rap battles of history has darth vader facing off against adolf hitler. psychiatrists have considered vader to be a useful example for explaining borderline personality disorder to medical students. anakin's origin story in "the phantom menace" has been compared to signifiers of african american racial identity, and his dissatisfaction with his life has been compared to siddartha's before he became gautama buddha. a mexican church advised christians against seeing "the phantom menace" because it portrays anakin as a christ figure. the slime-mold beetle "agathidium vaderi" is named after vader, and several buildings across the globe are regularly compared to him. a grotesque of darth vader looms over the east face of the washington national cathedral's northwest tower. during the 2007–08 nhl season, ottawa senators goaltender martin gerber performed so well in an all-black mask that fans endearingly termed him "darth gerber". in 2015, a statue of vladimir lenin in odessa, ukraine, was converted into one of darth vader due to a law on decommunization.
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the darth vader grotesque is a limestone grotesque by jay hall carpenter. it is located at the washington national cathedral, northwest, washington, d.c., united states.









































the darth vader grotesque is one of many grotesques that are part of the national cathedral's rain control system. the grotesques deflect rainwater by bouncing it off the tops of their heads and away from the stone walls.
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