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Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

CorduroyBRsp — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:01:46 EST

Putz.. coitado do bom velhinho, se quiserem temos aqui no Brasil o PCC e o Comando Vermelho para reintegração de posse e manter a ordem. kkkkkk

CorduroyBRsp

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

girtherobot — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:46:59 EST

"I am surprised, though, that they can carry rifles around and not get in trouble. I'm aware that they're either nonfunctional or are only loaded with blanks (if loaded with anything) but still, doesn't that tend to get SWAT teams chasing you?"

Actually, depending on where the photo was taken, if it's a sanctioned event of some sort it's perfectly acceptable. I'm not certain, but those LOOK like the 165th, a nation wide group that takes their dressup pretty seriously, cool group of guys to hang out with though.

girtherobot

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halloweenjack — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:46:18 EST

@King of the Wild Frontier: er, I meant 7 PM Eastern on Virtue.

halloweenjack

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halloweenjack — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:45:30 EST

@Buran: This holiday season, I'd like to give you the gift of getting over yourself. "Quashed"? Nerd, please. I answer to "Trekkie" and feel as free to make fun of other people's hobbies as they do to make fun of mine. My heart will go on, as I'm sure theirs will.

Speaking of roleplaying, do you still play City of Heroes? The Paladins of the Night are having their holiday party at 7 PM on Eastern.

halloweenjack

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TimeTourist — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:25:13 EST

"Don't act so surprised, Claus, you weren't on any mercy mission..."

TimeTourist

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Buran — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:55:42 EST

@MichaelS: Where's this museum located? I would like to visit it, being an aviation nut.

Buran

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

Buran — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:54:15 EST

@King of the Wild Frontier: Spoken by someone who doesn't seem to have a sense of fun. What, exactly, is wrong with costuming and re-enacting whatever sort of military/historical era/genre fascinates you? War reenactors do it, SF fans do it, etc. etc. and they enjoy it. How is their fun impinging on your day?

I guess other peoples' hobbies have to be offensive and must be quashed at the drop of a hat. Don't like it? Choose your own hobby.

I am surprised, though, that they can carry rifles around and not get in trouble. I'm aware that they're either nonfunctional or are only loaded with blanks (if loaded with anything) but still, doesn't that tend to get SWAT teams chasing you?

Buran

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chaoslink — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:22:49 EST

What gives? My totally insightful comparison between jawas and Santa's elves never showed up here!

chaoslink

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

halloweenjack — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:17:11 EST

You know... one thing that has to be said in the eternal Star Trek/Star Wars debate is that even the Klingon wannabes don't march around in their costumes the way that these "stormtroopers" do at the least excuse. I mean, we know that you probably paid a lot for your shiny white plastic codpieces, guys, but come on.

halloweenjack

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stonefry — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:44:31 EST

There are 7 Stormtroopers in that picture. Don't give me any bull crap about slivers.

stonefry

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iscangel — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:11:33 EST

@jesusdiaz:
Any chance to get pictures or video of that?

iscangel

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dufus — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:04:43 EST

Maybe it was Santa who taught the rebels to survive on Hoth?

dufus

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skyone10 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:40:01 EST

Santa - may the force be with you...

skyone10

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

whiskey — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:10:11 EST

They weren't invading the North Pole, they were overthrowing an evil reign over the Holidays. The Easter Bunny may be next, now that he has spoken ill about the Turkeys and Thanksgiving.

So to summarize, the stormtroopers might be out of the North Pole some day, we just don't know when; they are liberating the North Pole, because of the threat of Weapons of Mass Delightfulness; a video of Santa's trial shall begin after the Galactic Empire gets his mugshot exposed to the galaxy.

Does this song sound familiar?

(In all seriousness, this might as well be related to the incident where Santa saves the Xmas from the Martians, as told by Archives.org)

whiskey

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AqueousBeef — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:03:22 EST

you could sell this to the onion

AqueousBeef

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That Girl Hates You — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:32:10 EST

LOL must share with starwars fanatic friends

That Girl Hates You

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

Parker. A — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:03:38 EST

"of this assault and Santa Claus' detention, Mr. Kwazansky pointed out"

What!
First they tell me there is a Santa.
At the age of 23 I figure out there is no Santa.
Now I found that there is multiple Santas.
Now I am a confused young man!

Parker. A

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

ZonzoMaster — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:44:52 EST

There's a spy there, clearly the shortest stormtrooper is some rebel scum in disguise!

ZonzoMaster

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Jesus Diaz — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:13:26 EST

@nintendude: Sorry. Maybe I should have explained it better. It's not a true story. Only the photo is real.

In case you missed it, Santa actually died quite a few years ago. He broke his neck while trying to get down the chimney at the parent's house of that Gremlins dude's girlfriend.

Jesus Diaz

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nintendude — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:13:08 EST

I don't get it.

nintendude

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doofusgumby — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:58:47 EST

@lunarstreaker: "I stopped putting itching powder on my ex-wives tampons." I snorfed.

doofusgumby

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jackfrost132 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:23:38 EST

"This is not the jolly fat man you are looking for" *waves hand*

jackfrost132

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

lunarstreaker — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:23:26 EST

Dammit!!!! I worked all year to make the 'good' list....and for what? No pandering little boys, no RC camera cars peering up womens skirts, didn't kill one single, bastard, who desperatly deserved it, and, only one (or three) wild, drunken binges. I, even, stopped putting 5W-30 motor oil on the hand-rails, at the 'old folks home'. At great risk to myself, I released a mouse from a trap! I resolved, i would not put 'roofies' in Santa's milk, this year, and real chocolate chips, in his cookies; rather than the traditional hampster effluvulent. I took a bath---at least once, every couple of weeks. I stopped putting the 'out of order' sign on my parking meters. Just last Tuesday, i, already, had three of the lug-nuts off the right front tire, of the ambulance, when i remembered my goal---i replaced them. I stopped putting itching powder on my ex-wives tampons. AND, NOW, YOU TELL ME THE FAT PERV IS GONNA BE IN THE POKEY?????? Life just ain't fair!

lunarstreaker

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oakie — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:01:47 EST

looks like someone's parents left the spiked egg nog out again.

oakie

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ntrgc89 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:51:08 EST

@kyanges:

I find your lack of faith disturbing!

ntrgc89

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strider_mt2k — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:42:12 EST

@jesusdiaz: You know...he's rich.

strider_mt2k

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Jesus Diaz — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:26:27 EST

@discounteggroll: it's the corn flakes. They have funny cartoons painted on them.

Jesus Diaz

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

chaoslink — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:23:53 EST

You know, there may be something to this. I always thought the Jawas looked a little too much like Santa's Elves in hoods and ski masks. Hmm...

chaoslink

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

Jesus Diaz — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:22:36 EST

@KenK: Last weekend. Santa was arrested last weekend.

He'll be executed on tuesday.

Jesus Diaz

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

discounteggroll — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:19:14 EST

JD-what pills did you take prior to writing this story, and where can I get some of them

discounteggroll

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youngfiles — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:13:50 EST

Now witness the awesome power of this fully-operational toy factory.

This is payback for what the jolly men in red put down the Death Star's chimney back in A New Hope...

youngfiles

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Kyang — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:08:05 EST

"""Lord Darth Vader was unavailable to comment at the time of this report."""

Wuss. As usual...

Kyang

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

gadgetfanatic — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:59:16 EST

Ah crap, it was a joke. Here I am believing that, I'm such an asshole.

gadgetfanatic

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MichaelS — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:53:10 EST

@KENK,

The photo was taken at the Strategic Air & Space Museum last weekend.

Great story Gizmodo! Made my day.

MichaelS

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

KenK — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:39:23 EST

Whats with the Air Force SAC logo (Strategic Air Command) in the bottom right corner of the pic? How old is this? SAC was going away when I joined the USAF in 1992!

KenK

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Windhawk — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:33:42 EST

- And these blast points, too accurate for SnowMen ...only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise

And now we have the photographic proof!

Windhawk

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jbhitter24 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:32:20 EST

you said 'palpable'! get it? the emperor? star wars? LOLZ!

jbhitter24

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Erzengel — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:26:25 EST

@Taime: Because there were a lot of elves!!!
Its a basic sci-fi/anime laws, that states that enemy fire only works if they are outnumbered/equal to the number of targets. the moment that there are less targets than enemies, enemy fire will stop working automagically :D.

Erzengel

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Le0nidas — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:21:49 EST

"He is also a perv, you know," he added, "a guy who goes around his house clad in red velvet and has underaged boys assisting him all day long. Illegal sex? Forced labor? You gotta be kidding. We have the patent on forced labor too. Ask the wookies."

hahaha. This made my morning. It might not be a gadget, but it's a damn funny post.

Le0nidas

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

Taime — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:11:40 EST

So how did these stormtroopers kill these elves if they fail to hit a target a mere meter infront of them?

Taime

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

bombastinator — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:09:24 EST

I can't quite put my finger on it but it feels like there's a homeland security joke in there somewhere

bombastinator

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Rekno — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:08:22 EST

I thought I got on the wrong website this morning.

Rekno

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astrograph — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:00:31 EST

haha...

astrograph