"dark future"

Commerce For all the many hundreds of Tescos which opened in Liverpool this past couple of years, the only possible site protested against was on Hope Street -- and successfully before construction began. Certainly none of them were met on opening day with the figure of a man dressed as Darth Vader as happened at Norwich's new Unthank Road Tesco store. Norwich Evening News were on the scene:

"Chris Hull, former Green county councillor and a founder member of Residents' Against Unthank Tesco (Raut), turned up dressed as Darth Vader to make the point that the store could lead to a dark future for local shops.

"Tesco chains symbolise one of the options for the future," he said. "The reason I am Darth Vader is that that's the sort of dark future where we have got the potential for even more Tescos, which is an unsustainable future."

The tiny handwritten "I [heart] Tesco" sign pinned to his front is a special touch. If he wanted to take it to its obvious conclusion, he should get the 501st Legion to volunteer to pack people's bags for them [via].