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TSA confiscates Chewbaccas 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 its large (because hes large). And to add to the fun, the cane looks like a light saber. The TSA was having none of it.
They took Chewbaccas light saber.
http://americablog.com/2013/06/tsa-tries-to-confiscate-aging-chewbacca-actors-light-saber-cane.html
Robb
(39,665 posts)Mayhew is awesome.
formercia
(18,479 posts)if not already.
Drale
(7,932 posts)one of his hands could encase a normal mans skull
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)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
(46,179 posts)brooklynite
(94,727 posts)reports "cane released to go home" in the last tweet in the article.
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)While it makes a great headline, Chewie was allowed to continue on with his Jedi Cane...
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)Heywood J
(2,515 posts)Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Response to kpete (Original post)
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SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Because its significantly longer, and heavier, than an average cane.
Sid
Dr. Strange
(25,923 posts)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!