The Dark Lord of the Sith has been given a suspended sentence for his attack on the Jedi Church on Tuesday, Luke Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi unavailable for comment.
A Holyhead, Wales, man, Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, was given a one-year suspended sentence for attacking members of the Jedi Church while wearing a Darth Vader costume, complete with a cape made from plastic trash bags.
Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, attacked Jedi church founder Barney Jones — aka Master Jonba Hehol — with a metal crutch, hitting him on the head, prosecutors told Holyhead Magistrates' Court.
He also whacked Jones' 18-year-old cousin, Michael Jones — known as Master Mormi Hehol — bruising his thigh in the March 25 incident, prosecutors said.
The Church of Jediism, Anglesey order, was founded by Hughes, Jones, and Jones brother, Daniel, last year, based upon the Jedi order from the Star Wars movies. The intention is to promote a "more worthwhile life" through "insight and knowledge."
Hughes, who claimed not to remember the incident (apparently from seeking insight in nearly 2 1/2 gallons of wine beforehand) was caught on film by the camera the cousins had set up to record a light saber duel they had planned for the day. "He knows his behavior was wrong and didn't want it to happen but he has no recollection of it," said Hughes' lawyer, Frances Jones.
Hughes was sentenced by District Judge Andrew Shaw, suspended for one year, and was ordered to pay each victim of his attack $195 as well as $117 court costs.
According to the 2001 census, 390,000 residents of the United Kingdom list Jediism as their religion. There is no mention of how many residents of the U.K. list Sith as their religion.
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