Darth Vader meets wayang kulit

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(man speaking foreign language)

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- [Narrator] Wayang kulit, or shadow puppetry,

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has been performed in Malaysia for the past 500 years.

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So what's Darth Vader doing in it?

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You're going to want to ask these guys.

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(drum music)

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(man laughing)

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(traditional Malaysian music)

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- My name is Tintoy Chuo, and I design shadow puppets.

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Many still categorize wayang kulit as a fading art.

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Our objective is turning it from a fading art

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into a popular art.

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The notion of "Star Wars" is very popular

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and I'm a big fan of "Star Wars".

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Even my mom knows who Darth Vader is.

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So I said, "Hey, how does it look