Darth Vader

 is the overall protagonist of the  Star Wars films. The character was ranked as the third-greatest villain of all time on the 's "" list, in 2003, and as the greatest on 's -narrated three-part series Ultimate, Vixens and Villains, in 2005. Futurama has referenced it at least three times.

References to in Futurama

 * In "A Clone of My Own", a piece of evocative of Darth Vader plays as Captain Musky &mdash; a parody of Star Trek's  &mdash; approaches the podium (which is interesting, as both Vader and Pike use black life-support ).
 * The robots that chase and  in the Near-Death Star &mdash; a parody of the, from Star Wars &mdash; are reminiscent of Vader. (They later re-appear in "Near-Death Wish".)
 * In Bender's Game, in the 1980 film  is parodied, with Ignus playing the role of Vader and Greyfarn playing the role of.
 * In "Lethal Inspection", one of the Sith Overlords immitates.
 * In "Stench and Stenchibility", says that, "together, [he and Tonya] shall rule the galaxy" &mdash; likely a reference to Vader's line "join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son", from The Empire Strikes Back.