Darth Vader Speaks French

I've been out of the country for a few weeks, doing a road trip through southern Spain. For the last 3 days of our trip, my spouse and I decided to visit Disneyland Paris.

Oh là là!

Now, one thing I forgot about the French is how much they smoke (Europeans in general, really), and as an asthmatic - I was shocked to see them all walking around the park smoking, even in line next to you.

I'd like to say that it didn't put a damper on the visit, but I'll admit that I ended up yelling at a few of them.

I'm really getting grumpy in my old age.

Just the same - we did have fun. But there's one thing about going to Disneyland Paris I should warn you about.

Darth Vader speaks French.

Now - why is this a big deal? Well, Darth is supposed to be a menacing guy. Evil really. But something about hearing him speak in French takes the scare factor out of him.

I mean, when Darth Vader says: Ne pas sous-estimer la puissance du côté obscur. It just doesn't strike fear into your heart.

Frankly, I thought he was saying: I will slaughter you all if these croissants aren't flaky. For that matter, maybe he was threatening his crew with not showing a Jerry Lewis movie on the Death Star that night.

Of course, who knows, and you must certainly decide for yourself. But as for me (someone who loves languages) - and not to be Anglocentric - but Darth just sounds more terrifying speaking in English.

German would be pretty scary too.