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What the fuck did they think he was going to do with it?! Incompetent morons.
Peter Mayhew — known for playing Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films — challenged a different sort of Galactic Empire at the Denver Airport on June 3, and walked away with his lightsaber cane in hand.
While passing through the airport after attending Denver Comic Con, the 7-foot-2-inch actor tweeted a picture of Transportation Security Administration agents holding the cane, which looks like a Star Wars lightsaber. According to Yahoo, the 69-year-old actor tweeted that TSA wouldn't allow him through with his cane and asked for retweets to spread the word.
"Giant man need giant cane... small cane snap like toothpick... besides... my light saber cane is just cool... I would miss it..." Mayhew tweeted.
Mayhew later tweeted that TSA decided to let the lightsaber can go through, and that the magic words to TSA were not "please" or "thank you," but rather, "Twitter."
The encounter naturally spawned a host of Star Wars jokes on Twitter at the time.
"TSA just learned Star Wars lesson #1," astronomer Ray Sanders tweeted. "Let the Wookie win."
Or perhaps, more fitting in this situation, the advice would be, "Let the Wookie fly," @imac76 suggested.
When American Airlines checked in on the actor after the incident, Mayhew assured them it was entirely TSA's fault and thanked the airline for its concern, saying it is "a class act."
"That and they didn't want their arms ripped off by a wookie," @GreatDaneUJ weighed in.
"It's not wise to upset a Wookie," @Fractal_Pattern tweeted.
"Chewie hijacks plane with light saber takes passengers to Kashyyyk. Story tonight at 10!" @TheDorkyShane tweeted.
Peter Mayhew — known for playing Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films — challenged a different sort of Galactic Empire at the Denver Airport on June 3, and walked away with his lightsaber cane in hand.
While passing through the airport after attending Denver Comic Con, the 7-foot-2-inch actor tweeted a picture of Transportation Security Administration agents holding the cane, which looks like a Star Wars lightsaber. According to Yahoo, the 69-year-old actor tweeted that TSA wouldn't allow him through with his cane and asked for retweets to spread the word.
"Giant man need giant cane... small cane snap like toothpick... besides... my light saber cane is just cool... I would miss it..." Mayhew tweeted.
Mayhew later tweeted that TSA decided to let the lightsaber can go through, and that the magic words to TSA were not "please" or "thank you," but rather, "Twitter."
The encounter naturally spawned a host of Star Wars jokes on Twitter at the time.
"TSA just learned Star Wars lesson #1," astronomer Ray Sanders tweeted. "Let the Wookie win."
Or perhaps, more fitting in this situation, the advice would be, "Let the Wookie fly," @imac76 suggested.
When American Airlines checked in on the actor after the incident, Mayhew assured them it was entirely TSA's fault and thanked the airline for its concern, saying it is "a class act."
"That and they didn't want their arms ripped off by a wookie," @GreatDaneUJ weighed in.
"It's not wise to upset a Wookie," @Fractal_Pattern tweeted.
"Chewie hijacks plane with light saber takes passengers to Kashyyyk. Story tonight at 10!" @TheDorkyShane tweeted.
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