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Policemen detain a person dressed as Star Wars character Chewbacca during a regional election near a polling station in Odessa, Ukraine, October 25, 2015.

The Force was with Ukraine’s local elections

October 26, 2015Justice

Ukraine’s local elections featured dozens of candidates who legally changed their names to run as Darth Vader and other Star Wars characters. But behind the antics, and the excitement over the arrest of a man in a Chewbacca costume in Odessa, is some murky “political technology” that would do Emperor Palpatine proud, says one Ukrainian journalist.