Darth Vader The Star Wars Villain on the Northwest Tower of Washington National Cathedral

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In the 1980s, while the west towers were construction, Washington National Cathedral held a decorative sculpture competition for children. Word of the competition was spread nationwide through National Geographic World Magazine. The third-place winner was Christopher Rader, with his drawing of that fearful villain, Darth Vader. The fierce head was sculpted by Jay Hall Carpenter, carved by Patrick J. Plunkett, and placed high upon the northwest tower of the Cathedral.

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Just a point of order (on which even many modern dictionaries are confused):

A gargoyle is one of those weird carvings that also serves as a rainspout.

If the weird carving is purely decorative, it's a grotesque.

Darth is a grotesque. The lobbyist pictured in #7 appears to be an actual gargoyle.

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