it has come to this: TSA confiscates Chewbacca’s light saber

[kpete]

TSA confiscates Chewbacca’s light saber
6/10/2013 6:26pm by John Aravosis




Famed Star Wars actor Peter Mayhew, who played the Wookie “Chewbacca” in the original Star Wars films, found himself in a bit of trouble last week in Denver when he was preparing to fly back home to Dallas. You see, the 7 foot 3 inch actor has a walking stick, that he needs to, you know, walk, and it’s large (because he’s large). And to add to the fun, the cane looks like a light saber. The TSA was having none of it.

They took Chewbacca’s light saber.

http://americablog.com/2013/06/tsa-tries-to-confiscate-aging-chewbacca-actors-light-saber-cane.html

[Robb]

1. LOL! "Giant man need giant cane! Small cane snap like toothpick!"

Mayhew is awesome.

[formercia]

2. Soon to be auctioned on Fleabay

if not already.

[Drale]

3. I met him at Chicago Comic Con and

one of his hands could encase a normal mans skull

[brooklynite]

4. NO-THEY-DIDN'T

"Because of the unusual weight of the passenger's cane, a security officer alerted a supervisor. Less than five minutes later the passenger and cane were cleared to travel."

http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10957764/not-even-chewbacca-and-his-light-saber-get-a-free-pass-with-airport-security-before-being-cleared-to-travel

[LWolf]

6. This article didn't claim that they kept it. nt

[brooklynite]

7. That's how I interpret "confiscate"

[LWolf]

8. Mayhew

reports "cane released to go home" in the last tweet in the article.

[SomethingFishy]

9. +1

While it makes a great headline, Chewie was allowed to continue on with his Jedi Cane...

[pinboy3niner]

13. Kept his lightsaber, he did

[Javaman]

5. more security performance art. nt

[Heywood J]

10. When I fly...

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. I suggest a new strategy, TSA: let the Wookie win.

[SidDithers]

14. For about 5 minutes...

Because its significantly longer, and heavier, than an average cane.

Sid

[Dr. Strange]

15. Two things:

First, Chewbacca is not a Jedi, so I don't know why he feels entitled to have a light saber.

But, perhaps more importantly, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of 2-foot-tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!