Darth Vader at the Washington National Cathedral

This would be the perfect place for a "transition from Republic to Empire" joke, but I'm coming down with a cold and am not feeling very snarky today. Instead we will simply file this under "Sometimes Reality is Cooler than You Expect."Darth Vader is one of the numerous carved grotesques on the Cathedral. Like gargoyles, grotesques carry rain water away from the building’s walls. Gargoyles carry