Apr 23 2008Founder Of Jedi Church Attacked In Yard By A Drunk Man Dressed In Black Garbage Bag And Wielding Crutch Yelling "Darth Vader!"
Barney Jones is the founder of the Jedi Church. One afternoon he and his cousin were doing their typical thing, you know, filming themselves playing with lightsabers in the yard, when Arwel Wynne Hughes jumped over the garden wall donning a black garbage bag and cape. He had recently put down a 10 liter box of wine, and was wielding a metal crutch. He yelled "Darth Vader!" and hit Barney in the head with his makeshift lightcrutch. Laughing, he then beat Barney's cousin in the leg for good measure.
Hughes could not remember the incident and only realised what had happened when he read about it in local newspapers, the court told. Defending, Frances Jones said alcohol was "ruining (Arwel's) life" and he had no idea where he got the crutch from.
Arwel has since been convicted of two counts of assault, and one count of very poorly impersonating a Star Wars villain.
Drunk Darth Vader's Jedi assault [bbcnews]
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Reader Comments
1. MoTT - April 23, 2008 6:03 PM
haha that is pretty funny about him being dressed up, but kinda sad about his drinking problem hope he can fix that.
2. SmokingGirl - April 23, 2008 6:11 PM
Jesus, I've seen it all now. Time for a nap inorder to let everything soak in.
3. Ray - April 23, 2008 6:38 PM
Knocking back a box of wine, dressing in a trash bag, and beating people with a crutch? That doesn't sound like a problem at all. More like an average weekend. Or weekday, for that matter.
4. Jumpin_J - April 23, 2008 7:21 PM
Oh please, if there's a god let there be video of this. Any video. I'll settle for a camera phone version. Hell, even a dramatic re-enactment. Please oh please oh pleeeeeeeez!!!!
5. Freddy K - April 23, 2008 7:37 PM
I have to admit I fell a little guilty for laughing at this one... Ok not that guilty. Does that make me a bad person?
And thanks for posing the picture of him in his S&M Stormtrooper getup. AAAGHK!
6. Rod - April 23, 2008 7:47 PM
I feel sorry for the guy with the drinking problem, but as for the assaultee... if he were a real jedi, he would have easily deflected those attacks with his lightsaber.
7. constant drama - April 24, 2008 5:37 AM
AHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHHA!! Funniest shit I read all day!
8. Cyberwulf - April 24, 2008 5:42 AM
That was possible the most amusing thing I have *ever* read. Fools think they are jedi, only to get their asses handed to them by a drunk darth.
9. BA_Baracus - April 24, 2008 11:02 AM
BwaHA! I can just imagine this dude in the garbage bag leaping over the wall with this booming voice: "I have you now."
10. Jumpin_J - April 24, 2008 11:17 AM
The only thing that would have topped it is after beating the crap out of the "jedi" is having Darth yell "I am your father". Sweeet.
11. Yy - April 24, 2008 12:01 PM
"The only thing that would have topped it is after beating the crap out of the "jedi" is having Darth yell "I am your father"."
He should have done this while taking a leak on the two of them.
12. Bobba Fett is my bitch - April 24, 2008 11:45 PM
Dude, they got their ass kicked by a drunk Darth Vader in a garbage sack. WTF? Are you kidding me? Just the imagery alone is worth it. Long live the empire!
13. guate6 - April 25, 2008 9:45 PM
Pardon the pun, but I"m surprised no one else has said anything....he had alcohol, he had a cruch too. C'mon... alcohol IS a crutch. Oh the irony.
Sucks it happened, pretty funny, but that's what happens when you take things too far (drinking and star wars).
14. Master Morda Hehol - April 25, 2008 10:40 PM
there is a video on the BBC's site atthis link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7360871.stm
15. berlinmassive - April 28, 2008 8:40 AM
did the youtube-star wars kid get drunk and do this?