Only in Canada eh!
Police tackle a 19 year old woman wearing a Storm Trooper Costume at the Grand Re-Opening of a Star Wars Themed Restaurant “Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina” in Alberta during May the Fourth Gala Celebrations. The woman, an employee of the Restaurant, was carrying a plastic Empire Strikes Back issue toy blaster water pistol and some over zealous Snitch reported seeing a menacing masked marauder with a massive semi automatic.
I wonder if the Snitch reported that they were notorious for bad aim....
This was a very unpleasant May the 4th Celebration.
Please Stay safe out there people.
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 fourth be with you.”
The restaurant, which serves Jabba the Gut pizza and Yoda soda, opened at the end of January and has been struggling due to restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently open again, Whalen was hoping to get some attention by having a stormtrooper walking out front of the business.