Police said the man, armed with a plastic toy gun, entered the Mobil service station on Noosa Drive at 12.30am on Friday and threatened a male attendant.
But the thief was unable to open the till and left empty handed.
A police spokesman said the Star Wars fan returned nearly three hours later and scanned a packet of chewing gum in order to open the cash register.
He escaped with an unknown amount of cash.
The same man is believed to have struck at the Caltex petrol station on Aerodrome Rd Maroochydore at 2am yesterday.
"A man wearing a Darth Vader mask approached the Maroochydore Caltex but the doors were locked and the attendant refused to open the doors," the spokesman said.
A Noosa Heads Mobil employee jokingly suggested staff dress as Darth Vader's arch-enemy Luke Skywalker in order to scare the thief.
"We could come in dressed as Luke and have light swords and everything," he said.
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