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While CEO of Tele-Communication Inc, John C. Malone was given a nickname referencing this figure by Al Gore. The Fedayeen Saddam wore a uniform resembling this figure at the demand of Uday Hussein. During the parade for Humorina, the candidate for the Internet Party of Ukraine typically dresses up as this figure. (15[1])After calling himself the “[this figure] of the administration,” Dick Cheney was lampooned as this figure on The Daily Show. Alexander Milov “decommunized” a statue of (*) Lenin in (10[1])Odessa by replacing it with a statue of this figure. A grotesque of this figure designed by Jay Hall Carpenter is included on the Washington National Cathedral in D.C. (10[1])Chopin’s Marche funèbre and Holst’s Mars, Bringer of War were cited as inspirations for a “march” associated with this character, according to composer John Williams. For 10 points, name this Star Wars character who shocks Luke by stating “No, I am your father.” ■END■

ANSWER: Darth Vader [or Anakin Skywalker; prompt on Skywalker]
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