This tongue-in-cheek guide will tell you how to progress in your career, with advice taken from the great Dark Lords of the Sith.

In Star Wars, leaders of the Dark Side often demonstrate epic command and impressive conquering tactics, and it is only with a great deal of luck and unlikely heroism that they are defeated.

Despite their bad reputation, perhaps we could learn a thing or two from the Sith masters?

Christian Blauvelt is the managing editor at Indiewire. He has written extensively about Star Wars for Entertainment Weekly and discussed the saga on BBC World News and CBS New York.

In Be More Vader, Blauvelt makes an enticing and fun argument for the potential within all of us to unlock great power by honing the tactics of the great Sith Lords.