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Tempting as it might be to take advantage of the marketing opportunities available by associating Darth Vader with the University of Leicester as 51³Ô¹Ï suggests (Week in Higher Education, News, 7 August), we must disappoint aspiring Jedi knights by pointing out that the university had no hand in the ¡°storm trooper¡± display in the new Richard III Visitor Centre.

While our midi-chlorians were in full swing when it came to contributing research expertise to the centre, decisions concerning the physical model of Richard III were made in a galaxy far, far away.

As to whether joining forces with the Lord of the Sith might improve student applications ¨C we find your lack of faith disturbing¡­

Peter Thorley
Corporate news officer, University of Leicester