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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Steve Chamberlain

Darth Vader and Son – in images

07 Darth Vader - Don't Make Bubbles
Novelist Jeffrey Brown imagined how staff on the Death Star might react to a bring-your-child-to-work day
© Jeffrey Brown
45 Darth Vader - Ice Cream
Oscar, Brown's five-year-old son, played a big part in the genesis of the book. 'I don’t think I could have done it before I had a child,' says Brown
© Jeffrey Brown
59 Tickle - Darth Vader
Darth Vader and Son sees Vader desperately trying to be a dad in that way that many men will recognise …
© Jeffrey Brown
29 Darth Vader - Are We There Yet?
Brown imagined Skywalker frustrating Vader in 'the way that four-year-olds generally frustrate fathers …'
© Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown and son Oscar.
'It’s weird for my wife, because she doesn’t know all the Star Wars stuff, and Oscar and I will be there playing and she’s just looking at us with this look of confusion/amazement/fear on her face' … Brown and Oscar.
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