Vader at McDonalds

My first assignment in my Computer Illustration class was to create a poster for some sort of event and draw it out in Flash. I decided to do a poster for some form of generic Star Wars convention. And I guess I've just seen Trekkies too many times because the image of a cosplayer or elaborately costumed character getting fast food immediately jumped to mind.

I know I've done a spoof on McDonalds in the actual image and called it "Empire's" so the title may not seem to fit. The title is actually a reference to a hilarious little skit done by Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data...y'know, from that other sci-fi show I like...with the treks, instead of wars) called "Picard at McDonalds." Do a search for it online, or on Limewire or something...it's worth a listen. Brent Spiner does the most amazing Patrick Stewart impression the world has ever seen (err...heard rather).

Darth Vader and I agree on many things. The choice of onions is not one of them. Sith clearly have poor taste in food.

And for you non-Californian folk, the Pasadena Convention Center is a real place. They host a number of cons there every year. That tends to be my convention attendance location of choice because most of the local Creation cons (the ones I like to go to) end up there: [link]

Everything but text done in Macromedia Flash MX
Text done in Adobe Illustrator CS2