Sometime in 1983, Darth Vader was stood outside a toy shop...
me and my sister went in to get an autograph - but when we got there he had walked back in and there was a queue of kids down one aisle...
So i left my sister in the queue and ran down the other aisle so i could run up behind him - i got pretty close and as i reached out to steal his lightsabre he turned round! he made me jump and scared i ran away! as i looked back he was stood there pointing at me - which made me even more scared!!! so i ran outta the store ....
i looked back again as i got to my parents and he walked out of the toy shop pointing at me!!!! aaaaaaaaaaagh!
lol thats a great memory...something similar happened later at the cinema....i won 2 tickets to go see Return of the Jedi in fancy dress.......i was luke skywalker (but everyone thought i was Obi wan, cos i had the wrong colour cloak...) and my m8 was Darth Vader.
After the film, Darth Vader walked out onto the stage for autographs and was imediately surrounded by hundreds of other kids.
....so me and my m8 snuck under the iron fence and sneaked around behind him! (we were terrors!) but didnt get as close as last time before he turned round and saw us (it must be the force!) so we ran away thru the fence and up the steps as fast as we could go!! at the top we turned round and he was stood there ignoring everything going on around him and pointing at us!!!! its really scaring being pointed at by Darth Vader! -
afterwards i just thought wow that guy is really in character but to this day i often wonder..... was he the real Darth Vader???? I was lucky to get out of there!
anyway they're my favorite childhood memories of star wars!