Stormtrooper Once Humiliated Lightsaber-Wielding Star Wars Fan At Disneyland

This is the moment a stormtrooper once shut down a lightsaber-wielding Star Wars fan at a Disneyland amusement park:

The encounter was caught on camera - much to the Star Wars fans' likely protest - where you can see the pair approach each other as the guy holds the energy sword upright in front of him like any good Jedi would.

At the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge park - which opened at Disneyland California in May 2019 and Disney World Orlando in August 2019 - the stormtrooper tells the man to move away.

It's not completely clear but looks as though Darth Vader (who is stood next to the stormtrooper) says: "A lightsaber... interesting."

Before the stormtrooper interjects and says: "If there's one Jedi left, it's not you." That's what you get for trying to have a nice day at Disneyland. Ouch.

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The guy's humiliation was not confined to the galaxy far, far away though, as the footage was shared far and wide on social media and has now been viewed more than five million times.

Judging by the response to the clip in a Reddit thread, it seems plenty of people have had memorable interactions with stormtroopers at the park before now - though admittedly, none quite so brutal.

One person said: "The Disneyland stormtroopers are hilarious - my sister was on a scooter in the park surrounded by a sea of people in Tomorrowland, and out of nowhere these two stormtroopers saddle up to each side of her scooter and began ordering everyone in the crowd to 'Step Aside!!' Best escort service ever."

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Another said: "The immersion at Galaxy's Edge is insane! When I went, a resistance member came up to me and told me that there was a group of stormtroopers patrolling the area, and she wanted me to signal her when they were coming her way.

"When I signalled her and she ran away, the stormtroopers came up to me (they obviously noticed that I signalled her) and said 'have you seen any resistance spies in the area?'

"In my many years of going to Disneyland, that was definitely my favourite day."

Well, one thing's for sure - he probably didn't hold his lightsaber up again.

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Rebecca Shepherd

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