Kobe Bryant compared himself to a cooler version of Darth Vader

The new Star Wars is coming out really soon, so of course people have to ask Star Wars-related questions, which is what happened to Kobe Bryant at Wednesday’s Lakers press conference:

I ... don’t recall a character named Darth Emperor.

There’s a Darth Vader and an Emperor Palpatine in the movies but ... oh wait, I remember now. It was this dude:

Good choice, Kobe.