Saturday, February 03, 2007

Ersatz Chewbacca succumbs to dark side

"He yelled at me, 'Nobody tells this wookiee what to do!' "

The buzz on Hollywood Boulevard on Friday was over the Chewbacca who police say crossed over to the dark side in front of hundreds of tourists at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

LAPD officers arrested "Star Wars" street performer Frederick Evan Young, 44, of Los Angeles in his furry brown wookiee costume Thursday on a charge of misdemeanor battery for allegedly head-butting a tour guide who complained about Young's treatment of two visitors from Japan.

The force arrests Chewbacca - Los Angeles Times