Soon, the Rebel ship was captured and commandeered by Darth Vader, who was on the bridge of the ship interrogating a Rebel officer: "Where are those ransmissions you intercepted? What have you done with those plans?" Vader""s iron grip crushed the man""s throat, and he ordered the ship torn apart to locate the plans.The film""s scrolling prologue described the historical background: the Hundred Years"" War (1337 to 1453), between France and England) had just ended:"With the end of the 15th century, the Middle Ages came to a close.Disgusting.He reported the intoxicated ""Santa"" to Doris: "Your Santa Claus is intoxicated." When the ""Santa"" Claus collapsed on he float and went unconscious, Doris immediately hired the ""Santa"" look-alike as a last minute substitute and replacement: "Could you be Santa Claus? Have you had any experience?" He responded reluctantly ("I am not in the habit of substituting for spurious Santa Clauses"), but hen gladly agreed to help out: ("The children mustn""t be disappointed").]Unbelievably, Humphrey Bogart""s quintessential role as a paranoid, vicious, and murderous gold-prospector named Fred C.