I would give this answer a wholehearted no, along with a derisive chuckle, myself. Not only is Vader so much more layered and interesting and, though admittedly flawed, just more cool than Bond, he’s also more meaningful—more important to history and a much, much deeper character. Yes, he had some annoying angst-ridden years and yes, he murdered a bunch of poor Jedi children in one of the most chilling massacres ever, but he did it all in the name of love—and not just after a pretty face and loose pair of panties, but real, true love, however misguided and cruel the actions turned out to be.

But apparently Bond is more popular—at least according to a recent British auction. At Christie’s auction house earlier this week, a single stupid Bond prop—a gun used by Sean Connery for not one of the Bond films, but one of his photo shoots to promote a Bond movie, From Russia with Love—outbid a whole Darth Vader costume worn during Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back. Seriously—a prop for a promotion was sold for $439,000, while Vader’s costume wasn’t even sold!

Estimates between $212,000 and $305,000 were given for the costume, but ultimately bidding was so low—below the reserve price—that it didn’t sell at all. Either the bidding room was full of men who thought that a gun held in a stupid promo by a guy who played a guy who got laid a lot rather than Star Wars nerds buffs, or it came down to a Brits vs. Americans thing. After all, Connery was born in the UK, and is knighted—while Star Wars is an American epic tale. (Note, of course, how I include the word epic here, to denote Star Wars as being an incredible sweeping saga rather than B porn.)

Now, I know there are plenty of Bond fans out there. I’m simply not one of them. Even so, it’s pretty hard to reconcile a gun prop outbidding an actual Darth Vader costume—let alone the costume not even being sold in the first place! In fact, the Bond gun brought in more than 15 times what people thought it would. If it’s not going to sell, ship it to the U.S., I say; I’m sure it’ll be sold pretty quickly—especially if you sell it at the latest sci fi convention.