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Newest Naval Academy spirit video spoofs Star Wars

The Naval Academy commandant felt a disturbance in the Force.

The superintendent piloted the starship as "Supe Solo."

And the chief of naval operations, Adm. John Richardson, with a swipe of his lightsaber, sent Darth Vader falling from the high dive.

The Navy brass guest stars in the latest academy spirit video, a Star Wars spoof released Sunday, about two weeks before the Army-Navy rivalry football game.

Darth Vader, in the video, is from West Point.

"Hey, Gen. Vader," says Richardson, the Navy's senior military officer. "Go Navy."

The 5-minute film by senior Midshipman Rylan Tuohy chronicles the journey of Luke and his fellow mids to rescue Princess Leia from the U.