November 14 - Episode 360

"It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy.

Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Luke Skywalker has established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth.

The evil lord Darth Vader, obsessed with finding young Skywalker, has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of space...."

~ Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
   Opening Crawl

Many Bothans died to bring the rebels this information, Sam Cremeens has embraced the dark side and become Darth Awesomus.

Sam is not only a brilliant balloon artist, but also a Star Wars super-fan - his workout routines at the gym typically include a lightsaber routine, and he's gone so far as to craft his own saber.  Did I say super-fan?  I meant super-duper-fan, the kind that would buy an intentionally tacky sweater because it has a Vader helmet on it, and take a selfie wearing it with his R2D2 phone.

These images are all built from designs found in Episode 360 - The Latex Strikes Back, his second installment of Star Wars themed balloons available at balloon-animals.com (link).  (The one exception is Darth's lightsaber which is from Episode 260.)

Sam does a fantastic job describing efficiently how to twist these using simple measurement techniques, so they are all easily learned.  More than that, this is a concept video - even though the designs are rooted in Star Wars - both the masks and the weapons could easily be used to create a multitude of simple to complex interpretations.  These are all my first attempts, I would have remade the stormtrooper mask but it was getting late and I had to get the bantha burgers on the grill.

Sith Sthparing	Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me But I won't feel blue, Like I always do 'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's you
Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the Pork Side.

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