Hear Darth Vader Coming? Don’t Worry, It’s Just The Cops

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If you think you hear “The Imperial March” playing as you’re walking around the area, there’s no reason to worry that Darth Vader bought a brownstone and is about to start asking Captain Picard for pizza advice. Apparently, it’s just the police playing the Star Wars villain’s theme song, according to a story in New York magazine.

They report that the bassist for the band Clap Yours Hands Say Yeah heard a cruiser pumping the music as he was jogging at night in Prospect Park, while another man heard it coming from a police car on 5th Ave near 12th Street back in March. We can only wonder why, as does the magazine:

It’s not clear whether the incidents are the work of a single pair of cops or if the practice is more widespread. We reached out to the NYPD for comment and never heard back.

Anyone else out there hear the dark side drive past them recently?