Alex Ovechkin is dressing up as Darth Vader to raise money for a sick child

Over the last few years, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has dedicated much of his free time to raising money and awareness for sick, disabled, or orphaned children. Today, he’s at it again.

In an auction run by friend Lena Perminova, Ovi is offering to dress up as Darth Vader to raise money for a sick child. Darthvechkin will go to a party of the highest bidder’s choice along with several other people dressed up as Star Wars characters.

The auction started at $865, and, five hours later, reached $17,241. Yana Rudkovskaya has the top bid.

Ovechkin even filmed a 50-second commercial acting out a battle with fellow Star Wars characters.

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English version is below ‼️Внимание! Аукцион продлится до 23.00 ч по Москве ‼️И долгожданный ответ: кто же скрывается под маской Дарта Вейдера? Потрясающий Александр Овечкин @aleksandrovechkinofficial настоящий супер герой и живая легенда, один из самых титулованных хоккеистов современной истории , трехкратный чемпион мира ,в конце 2009 Года Александр вошёл в число 10 лучших игроков HХЛ десятилетия , Он 6 раз завоевывал приз " Лучший снайпер " " Морис Ришар Трофи" в января 2017 был включён в список 100 величайших хоккеистов за всю историю НХЛ , впервые и только для @sos_by_lenaperminova эффектно появится со всеми героями из "звёздных воин"на детском празднике победителя нашего аукциона! Спешите делать Ваши ставки!!! ____________________________________________________ The auction ends today at 23.00 PM Moscow time. And finally the answer: who is Dart Weider? The world famous Russian hockey player, champion and live legend! He will come as the super hero from #StarWars with all other heroes to the winner of our auction! Give your bids! The starting price is : 865$

A post shared by Instagram-аукцион (@sos_by_lenaperminova) on Jun 7, 2017 at 6:34am PDT

“Hi, everybody. This is Alexander Ovechkin. For the first time, only for ‘SOS by Lena Perminova,’ I am Darth Vader. With all other heroes of Stars Wars, we will come to your party. Our main goal is to save the life of a young child. Place your bids right now.”

Translation by Igor Kleyner.