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JIM VAIKNORAS/TStaff photo Vader relaxes in the morning sunshine in the doorrway of Vaalbara Designs on Water Street in Newburyport Friday. Unlike his namesake, Sith Lord Darth Vader, he seems content with waging his tail as he greets people, with little or no thought to ruling the Galaxy.

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