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'I am your robber'

"Star Wars" fans in Springfield, Ill., must have been shocked when Darth Vader revealed himself not as Luke's father, but as a movie-theater thief. Police say a man dressed as Darth Vader walked into a Showplace Eight theater May 21 and shoved an employee out of the way, grabbed cash from the register and then dashed into a nearby wooded area.