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Attack of the Clones: Star Wars Crimes
I stumbled on a rather amusing little collection of reports on how some people have been influenced by the powerful saga that is Star Wars.
I don't think there's a 100% guarantee of truthfulness to all of them, but you may judge that for yourself by clicking through the short reports at this link:
Here are a few examples,
So not all of them are villains. Some are just plain stupid.
I don't think there's a 100% guarantee of truthfulness to all of them, but you may judge that for yourself by clicking through the short reports at this link:
Here are a few examples,
Ben stealin'
Though some might consider North Dakota a galaxy far, far away, police in Bismarck didn't believe a car thief who identified himself as Obi-Wan Kenobi. When officers captured the culprit in 2001, he claimed he was the venerable Jedi knight, saying, "I was just obeying orders from The Force," according to Road & Track. The thief went so far as to sign a police document as "Obi-Wan Kenobi," but officers resisted the apparent Jedi mind trick and arrested him anyway.
Though some might consider North Dakota a galaxy far, far away, police in Bismarck didn't believe a car thief who identified himself as Obi-Wan Kenobi. When officers captured the culprit in 2001, he claimed he was the venerable Jedi knight, saying, "I was just obeying orders from The Force," according to Road & Track. The thief went so far as to sign a police document as "Obi-Wan Kenobi," but officers resisted the apparent Jedi mind trick and arrested him anyway.
Android hostage crisis
Although Darth Vader is usually the bad guy, he became a victim in a San Antonio library in 1996. The aggressor? C-3PO, the lovable, if slightly annoying, droid. Jeff Cole, a 23-year-old man wearing a Superman T-shirt, pulled a gun on a teenage student and forced him to don a Vader mask while he put on a C-3PO mask. Police were called in to end the hostage standoff, according to the San Antonio Express-News. They arrested Cole, but not before he made a phony bomb threat and yelled "Monkeys! Monkeys!" at the gathered crowd.
Although Darth Vader is usually the bad guy, he became a victim in a San Antonio library in 1996. The aggressor? C-3PO, the lovable, if slightly annoying, droid. Jeff Cole, a 23-year-old man wearing a Superman T-shirt, pulled a gun on a teenage student and forced him to don a Vader mask while he put on a C-3PO mask. Police were called in to end the hostage standoff, according to the San Antonio Express-News. They arrested Cole, but not before he made a phony bomb threat and yelled "Monkeys! Monkeys!" at the gathered crowd.
Blinded by the light saber
Two Star Wars fans in England were severely burned after engaging in a mock battle with homemade light sabers. Police say Mark Webb, 20, and Shelley Mandiville, 17, filled fluorescent light tubes with gasoline and lit them on fire, according to The Sun. The makeshift swords exploded and covered the would-be Jedis with burning fuel. Neither were charged with a crime.
Two Star Wars fans in England were severely burned after engaging in a mock battle with homemade light sabers. Police say Mark Webb, 20, and Shelley Mandiville, 17, filled fluorescent light tubes with gasoline and lit them on fire, according to The Sun. The makeshift swords exploded and covered the would-be Jedis with burning fuel. Neither were charged with a crime.
So not all of them are villains. Some are just plain stupid.
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