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Darth Vader attacks the Jedi Church

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  1. Skywalker18 Skywalker18 is offline

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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:30pm)

    haven't seen this posted yet, and I even searched. So GTFO if it hath been posted before. It's almost hard to believe...

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_britain_vader_raider

    HOLYHEAD, Wales - A man who dressed up as <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1210796123_0>Darth Vader</SPAN>, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.

    Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, attacked Jedi church founder Barney Jones — aka Master Jonba Hehol — with a metal crutch, hitting him on the head, prosecutors told Holyhead Magistrates' Court.

    He also whacked Jones' 18-year-old cousin, Michael Jones — known as Master Mormi Hehol — bruising his thigh in the March 25 incident, prosecutors said.

    The two cousins and Barney Jones' brother, Daniel, set up the Church of Jediism, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1210796123_1>Anglesey</SPAN> order, last year. Jedi is the faith followed by some of the central characters in the "Star Wars" films.

    The group, which claims about 30 members, says on its Web site that it uses "insight and knowledge" from the films as "a guide to living a better and more worthwhile life."

    "We all love the films and what they stand for. Obviously some people are going to laugh about it," the Wales on Sunday newspaper quoted Barney Jones as saying last month. "But a lot of people do take it seriously."

    Unfortunately for Hughes, his March attack was recorded on a video camera that the cousins had set up to film themselves in a light saber battle.

    "Darth Vader! Jedis!" Hughes shouted as he approached.

    Hughes claimed he couldn't remember the incident, having drunk the better part of a 2 1/2-gallon (10-liter) box of wine beforehand.

    "He knows his behavior was wrong and didn't want it to happen but he has no recollection of it," said Hughes' lawyer, Frances Jones.

    District Judge Andrew Shaw sentenced Hughes to two months in jail but suspended the sentence for one year. He also ordered Hughes to pay $195 to each of his victims and $117 in court costs.

    In the 2001 <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1210796123_2>United Kingdom census</SPAN>, 390,000 — 0.7 percent of the population — listed Jedi as their religion.
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:34pm) in reply to Skywalker18

    okay.. maybe its just me, but im getting sick of the copy and pasted article threads.

    Threads should contain cliff-notes then a link. I dont want to have to read an entire page or two to realize is something sucks or not.

    if you guys dont agree... ill just stfu.
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:34pm) in reply to Skywalker18

    In the 2001 <span id="lw_1210796123_2">United Kingdom census</span>, 390,000 — 0.7 percent of the population — listed Jedi as their religion.

    Well, I guess it makes more sense than Christianity.
     
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:36pm) in reply to Skywalker18

    obv the force was weak in him
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:37pm) in reply to Jaybone2315

    ya can't win...people bitch when ya just post the link...people bitch when ya cut and paste the article.

    This place is starting to get way past the point of being more of a nuisance than it is worth to find the one good thread a day.
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:38pm) in reply to Skywalker18

    Darth Vader is such a dick.

    But, don't you think the Jedi kinda enjoyed it? I mean, you screw around pretending to be Jedis and-BOOM- Darth Vader walks in and is trying to kick your ass. Pretty damn cool, imo
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:38pm) in reply to Jaybone2315

    I'd rather not follow a link. I just won't read the article if the first couple of sentences aren't interesting.

    All posts like this should have Cliffs Notes and/or some commentary though.
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:40pm) in reply to tek85

    I thought it was pretty funny. Drunk guy with a garbage bag cape hits "jedis" with a crutch.
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:42pm) in reply to Skywalker18

    No you did it right. Copy and paste right here. No links.
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:42pm) in reply to mozzer

    there is no commentary that could add to this ridculousness of this story, only take away.
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 3:56pm) in reply to dams

    hilarious! i clicked this link by accident and never would have gone to a link for this in the thread so i am glad it was pasted. i usually avoid all that is nerds thinking movies are real life.

    i did not even know darth vader HAD a crutch so i learned something here.
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 4:00pm) in reply to Jaybone2315

    I prefer copy and pasted articles over having just link. A lot of times, when I click on the link, I am blocked because of the filter or firewall or whatever the fuck they have here where I work.
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