Stormtrooper with a gun: Alberta police take down restaurant worker in costume
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Police in southern Alberta are being investigated after a restaurant worker in a “Star Wars” stormtrooper costume who was carrying a plastic gun was forced to the ground and ended up with a bloody nose.
“All the signs say ‘Star Wars.’ The music that was playing in the parking lot was ‘Star Wars,'” said Brad Whalen, owner of the Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina in Lethbridge.
“If a duck’s a duck, it’s a duck, right. It should have been common sense and it should have stopped there.”
Whalen said the 19-year-old employee of the “Star Wars”-themed restaurant had agreed to carry a toy blaster and wear the elaborate white uniform of the soldier of the Galactic Empire to get the attention of people celebrating May 4. The day is popular among fans of the movie franchise because of the famous line, “may the force be with you.”