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Taxx Vader
‘’’Taxx Vader’’’ is a black-armored character encountered by the residents of ‘’’’’Pugad Baboy’’’’’ who were mysteriously sucked into a black hole, transporting them to the world of the Philippines of 2078.

Into a black hole
The overweight residents of Pugad Baboy once went on a ride of the Light Railway Transit. The group included father Dagul, wife Debbie, daughter Tiny, their maid Brosia and their superlative canine, Polgas; together with Bab, a hippie; Tomas, a soldier; and Pao, a beautician. The excessive weight of the gang apparently caused their train car to uncouple, slipping them into a black hole and transporting them to the year 2078.

When it finally stopped, the gang found that the coupling of their car has been broken. They wondered what caused the car to stop. And there entered a mysterious character in black armor.

Enter Taxx Vader
I am ‘’’Taxx Vader.’’’|Taxx Vader

A person dressed in a fearsome body armor answered them that it was he who stopped their car. His appearance frightened the residents of Pugad Baboy, thinking that he is Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith. Then he finally revealed himself by the name Taxx Vader.

Taxx was the first to introduce the corpulent fellows into the world they slipped into the Philippines in the year 2078. He told them that the LRT ceased operations in 2064 and wondered how came they came from 1992 when time travel was “only” invented in 2054.

Taxx finally introduced the Pugad Baboy gang to his friend Wookiee named Chewbaboy, who gave them a tour of Philippines 2078.

Relationship to the Dark Lord
‘’’Name’’’ The character of Taxx Vader was obviously based on Darth Vader. His name is an dead give-away; and it also implies the words, ‘’’“tax evader.”’’’

‘’’Armor’’’ Taxx also has a similar body armor, (Because of his armor, Brosia, who is known for her stinging wisecracks, called him “Mamang Bubuyog, Mister Beetle”.) While it was he that it who stopped the train car, it is unknown whether Taxx used the Force or that his armor was a power suit. (In 2078, there were power suits that could increase the strength of the wearer by twenty fold.) Taxx could detach he front part of his mask, revealing his face. He could also attach the eyepiece separately like sunglasses.

When the ‘’Pugad Baboy’’ gang mistook him as Darth Vader, Taxx claimed that they are actually cousins.

Speculations on his origin
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Taxx Vader, claiming to be a cousin of Darth Vader, probably also originated from the desert planet of Tatooine. Since Taxx is related to Darth Vader, Taxx would also likely to be a Skywalker.

His origins are speculative, hence a User:Gel Maethor/Andres Skywalkerback story has been created for him.

It was not mentioned if he was an intergalactic immigrant or not. It was likely that like Chewbaboy, that when the Philippine government became “lenient” on intergalactic immigrants, he became a Filipino citizen.

Behind the scenes
Taxx Vader appeared in the “2078” series of the ‘’’’’Pugad Baboy’’’’’ comics which was created by Filipino cartoonist Pol Medina, Jr. The “2078” episode series ran on the broadsheet The Philippine Daily ‘’Inquirer’’ in the first half of 1992. The episode was subsequently included in the Pugad Baboy 5 book compilation of the comic.

He appeared in only the first four comic strips after the ‘’Pugad Baboy’’ gang slipped into the black hole. In their subsequent adventures, the gang was accompanied by Chewbaboy. When Chewbie informed the ‘’Pugad Baboy’’ gang that the black hole has re-opened so that they can go home, Taxx Vader was no where to be found.

Appearances:

 * ”2078”