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A Polish Statue Was Transformed Into Darth Vader by Snow

Turned to the Dark Side, he has

During a recent blizzard in Wejherowo, Poland, a statue in the town square was blanketed in snow. While at first this doesn’t sound like anything to write home about, the storm happened to transform the sculpture of Jakub Wejher, a 17th century nobleman and military leader, into an eerie likeness of a popular movie villain: Darth Vader.

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A local newspaper, Wejherowo.pl, shared a photo of the stone Sith Lord on Facebook on Jan. 23, where it has received over 2,000 likes and nearly 1,000 shares.

And while the flurry-covered statue is giving the town a pretty ominous vibe right now, it’s been dressed up to look like cheerier icons in the past, such as Santa.

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