"Chewbacca" arrested for head-butting in Hollywood

Chiefs_Fan · 02-06-2007, 07:54 AM

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...CA.xml&src=rss

LOS ANGELES, Feb 3 (Reuters Life!) - A Chewbacca impersonator was arrested after being accused of head-butting a Hollywood tour guide who warned the furry brown Wookiee about harassing two Japanese tourists, police said on Saturday.
"Nobody tells this Wookiee what to do," "Chewie" from the "Star Wars" movies said before slamming his head into the guide's forehead, the Los Angeles Times newspaper reported.
The 6-foot, 5-inch-(1.96-metre-) tall 44-year-old man was charged on Friday with misdemeanor battery and later released on $20,000 bail, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
"Superman" and other movie and cartoon impersonators were reported to be witnesses to the aggression in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater amid concern that such behavior could endanger their livelihoods.
if(!CMSB_ID){var CMSB_ID=""} CMSB_ID+="012207_MIDART_editorschoice,";document.write('');Street performers at the world-famous cinema collect tips from tourists by posing for photos, but some are known to turn hostile if they don't get money.
Two years ago, Mr. Incredible, Elmo the Muppet and the dark-hooded character from the movie "Scream" were arrested for "aggressive begging", the L.A. Times reported."

**Dartgod** · 02-06-2007, 07:58 AM

Hmmmm, seems like the "Chewbacca Defense" might come into play here.

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Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

**Lzen** · 02-06-2007, 09:16 AM

Is that from a Seinfeld episode, Bob?

**Dartgod** · 02-06-2007, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

Is that from a Seinfeld episode, Bob?

South Park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense

Fish · 02-06-2007, 09:42 AM

Chewie was framed!!

Redrum_69 · 02-06-2007, 09:59 AM

Wait...two japanese tourists were attacked by Chewbacca...

in front of the Chinese theatre

oh the irony....

Chief Chief · 02-06-2007, 10:02 AM

Ya gotta figure that somehow this involved the E-woks.

Chiefs_Fan · 02-06-2007, 11:51 AM

The E-woks must have been behind the tour guide when Chewy head butted him.

**Gonzo** · 02-06-2007, 12:03 PM

"Nobody tells this Wookie what to do."

I wonder where Gochiefs was on the night in question?

**Easy 6** · 02-06-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

I wonder where Gochiefs was on the night in question?

I was waiting for somebody to work in a GC joke here.

Halfcan · 02-06-2007, 12:45 PM

Wow this is about as crazy as the space love triangle. The world has turned into the National Inquirer.

Nightwish · 02-06-2007, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiefs_Fan

"Nobody tells this Wookiee what to do," "Chewie" from the "Star Wars" movies said before slamming his head into the guide's forehead, the Los Angeles Times newspaper reported.

Was that really an accurate translation? How fluently does the tour guide actually speak Wookie? Maybe he was saying, "Me love you, Monkey Boy," and the headbutt was a show of affection?

**ShortRoundChief** · 02-06-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightwish

Was that really an accurate translation? How fluently does the tour guide actually speak Wookie? Maybe he was saying, "Me love you, Monkey Boy," and the headbutt was a show of affection?

all tour guides carry a current wookie to english dictionary

greg63 · 02-06-2007, 01:55 PM

Luke Skywalker will use a Jedi mind trick on the Judge to get Chewy acquitted.

Redrum_69 · 02-06-2007, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by greg63

Luke Skywalker will use a Jedi mind trick on the Judge to get Chewy acquitted.

Does it make me a geek that I ordered the Leia slave outfit on ebay...and my wife wears it on occasion.

I go all out rancor when she walks into the room wearing that thing

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