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1. Man who played Darth Vader theme sues over arrest

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:01 PM

Oct 2025

Eric Berger
Thu 23 Oct 2025 12.47 EDT

A Washington DC resident who was detained last month for following a national guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme from the Star Wars films has filed a lawsuit alleging that his constitutional rights were violated.

Sam O’Hara, represented by an American Civil Liberties Union attorney, filed the complaint against four local police officers, a member of the Ohio national guard and the District of Columbia.

O’Hara was protesting against the Trump administration’s deployment of national guard troops by walking behind them and playing The Imperial March, the song used in Star Wars as a theme for Darth Vader and other figures of the hated Galactic Empire ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/vaders-theme-washington-dc-protest-national-guard-lawsuit

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