[b]Man wearing Darth Vader mask and cape robs L.I. bank with gun, shoves customer to floor[/b] [url=http://cosmopic.com/21v5747w485h332-16461723.jpg][img=480x329]http://cosmopic.com/21/5747/16461723.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://cosmopic.com/14v2421w240h380-50953671.jpg][img=240x380]http://cosmopic.com/14/2421/50953671.jpg[/img][/url] A lot of robbers use force. This one used the Force. A bandit decked out in a Darth Vader costume strolled into a Long Island bank yesterday - and walked out with a wad of cash. The villain looked ready for Halloween, wearing the "Star Wars" scoundrel's signature mask and sweeping black cape. He lost some authenticity points for a pair of camouflage pants. The get-up struck one customer as so funny that he started joshing with the Darth Robber after he strode into the Chase bank in Setauket. "The customer thought it might have been a joke, and not a serious attempt at a robbery," said Suffolk County police Detective Sgt. William Lamb. But Darth wasn't kidding - and he wasn't going to be stopped by a non-Jedi Knight. He won a "shoving match" against the incredulous customer before using his piece to order him to the floor, Lamb said. And his weapon was no joke. He was carrying a pistol instead of a lightsaber. Cops released a surveillance camera image yesterday showing Darth at the teller counter, loading bills into a bag, while the customer cowers on the floor. The fake Darth made a quick-footed getaway, and the bank was still checking its drawers late yesterday to figure out how large his take was, Lamb said. It was the second recent off-the-wall bank robbery. On Wednesday, NYPD cops arrested a man dubbed the "Bouquet Bandit," saying he brought flowers and potted plants into banks he robbed.