for the character of evil duke and magician Klingsor in Wolfram von Eschenbach's medieval epic Parzival. Eschenbach's epic was later translated into the famous nineteenth-century opera Parsifal by Richard Wagner. As American film director George Lucas is frequently said to have looked to Parsifal for inspiration in his creation of the Star Wars saga, Landulf II of Capua, via this long chain of association, is the closest historical source for the villainous Darth Vader. Sources Erchempert. Historia Langabardorvm Beneventarnorvm at The Latin Library Caravale, Mario (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LXIII Labroca – Laterza. Rome, 2004. 820s births 879 deaths Bishops of Capua Landulf 2 Lombard warriors 9th-century Italian bishops 9th-century Lombard people 9th-century rulers in Europe