Volkswagen Darth Vader Commercial Video: Best Super Bowl 2011 Ad?

Even if you aren’t a sports fan, the 2011 edition of the Super Bowl provided plenty of entertaining moments: from Christina Aguilera messing up the national anthem to the surprise performance of “Sweet Child of Mine” featuring Slash during halftime, there was a lot to behold. Then, there were the commercials, including Volkswagen’s Darth Vader commercial, which you can see below. Is the Darth Vader commercial the best Super Bowl 2011 commercial? Many people seem to think so -- check it out for yourself below.

You can find our pre-game picks for best Super Bowl 2011 commercials right here. For more humor, check out Lil Wayne‘s “Green and Yellow” freestyle promoting the Packers right here.

Let us know about your favorite commercials in the comments below!

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Volkswagen Darth Vader Super Bowl Commercial

This is another commercial that was just too cute to pass up. Is it destined to be the top 2011 Super Bowl commercial? Maybe not but the 30-second spot featuring Volkswagen and little Darth Vader is definitely a crowd-pleaser.

The mini Vader travels from room to room trying to force his “powers” without success, until he ventures outside and is finally able to start up his father’s Volkswagen. Funny!

Watch the video below.

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Darth Vader Super Bowl Commercial: Meet the 6-Year-Old Star (Video)

Max Page is the 6-year-old who plays Darth Vader in Volkswagen's Super Bowl commercial, which has been streamed more than 15 million times.

Page removed his mask on the Today show Monday morning with his mom, Jennifer, who explained that he first auditioned for the ad on Dec. 29, and was eventually chosen after several callbacks.

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"It wasn't until halfway through filming that we found out it was a Super Bowl commercial. We were just thrilled," she says. "We just thought it was his first national commercial. I was like, 'whoa, this is out of this world.'

Page -- who has also appeared in spots for Walgreens and Clear Channel -- admits he's never seen Star Wars, but looked up a photo of Darth Vader online. He also acts on The Young and the Restless.

"I can't even keep up with the messages and the calls," says Jennifer. "It's just overwhelming. The first night, [online views] were at 60,000. I went to bed and the next morning it was at 1 million. My mind couldn't comprehend!"

Page also reveals he was born with a congenital heart defect, but is doing well after having a pacemaker put in when he was three months old.

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Super Bowl Commercials 2011: Volkswagen Still Favored to Win

In the past 24 hours, several more advertisers have uploaded their Super Bowl commercials to YouTube. In addition, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Audi, and HomeAway are using Google AdWords campaigns to promote their Super Bowl ads.

A last minute check of the Viral Video Chart's list of most contagious global viral ads of the past 24 hours still has "Volkswagen Commercial: The Force" ranked #1 with 66,098 shares in the past 24 hours.


Volkswagen Commercial: The Force

If you click on the "VW Commercial Sneak Peak" pay-per-click ad on Google it will take you directly to the YouTube video.

"Volkswagen Commercial: Black Beetle" remains ranked #2 with 3,165 shares in the past 24 hours.

But the big surprised is "2011 GM Chevy Super Bowl Commercial 'Bumblebee,'" which wasn't ranked in the top 100 yesterday and is ranked #11 today.

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Super Bowl 2011 TV Time, Announcers, Odds And More

Steelers-Packers is almost here and we've been getting a lot of search referrals asking when does the Super Bowl start. So here it is right off the bat - Super Bowl 2011 kickoff time is at 6:29 p.m. (ET) on Fox. There is no official place to watch the Super Bowl online so you're on your own there if you want to find a streaming site.

Super Bowl pre-game coverage has already started on ESPN and other major networks. At some point in recent years, pre-game coverage became a 13 hour event. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are your Super Bowl XLV play-by-play announcers, while Chris Meyers and Pam Oliver broadcast from the sidelines.

The 2011 Super Bowl odds are still in the Green Bay Packers favor. The Pittsburgh Steelers haven't been favorites all week. The line has been holding steady around 3 points all week and that's about where it remains. Andrew Sharp of SB Nation has been blogging about Super Bowl prop bets all week if you're interested.

There are plenty of this year's Super Bowl commercials and ads already out there but I haven't spoiled it yet by watching any of them. If you want to catch the Super Bowl ads right after they happen, YouTube.com will be posting them immediately after they air tonight. Check out the link for that here.

As most of you already know courtesy of Joel's reports and others, this year's Super Bowl location didn't exactly work out as people had envisioned. Snow in Dallas and the surrounding areas has put a damper on the first Super Bowl game at Jerry Jones' new stadium. More snow is supposed to come today, which won't affect the game because the roof is going to be closed. But it will definitely affect people getting to and from the Super Bowl.

We've talked about predictions, recipes, Hall of Fame stuff and now I just want to get to the game. This is the last NFL football game for a long, long time. Enjoy it.

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