Brooklyn Man's $400 Light Saber Stolen From Bar

The saber! Courtesy of Flynn Michael

How many times do we have to tell you? Never take your light saber to a bar. Bad, bad idea. Today's lesson in leaving your light saber at home is courtesy of Flynn Michael, an engineer from Bed-Stuy who is now offering a $100 reward for the return of his saber. According to the Brooklyn Paper, back in September Michael put his custom made $400 light saber "beneath the bar" at Project Parlor, and when he went to grab it a little after 2 a.m., it was missing.

If you're wondering about that $400 light saber, now is a good time to mention that Michael is the founder of New York Jedi, an academy we've written about here before, where he's “teaching people how to be heroes."

So what's a Jedi to do? Michael told the paper, “Who steals somebody’s light saber? I finally got my uber custom saber, and then some jerk walks out with it. I guess that’s the joke—some Jedi I turned out to be." But there may be hope—he claims he caught the thief on the security camera, and convinced the cops won't be of any help, has been posting flyers around. He even came face to face with the alleged thief in December, but the man denied stealing the saber.

If you want to fight the Dark Side, keep an eye out for the alleged thief (the Brooklyn Paper has a photo) and send any intel to thrillsandskills@gmail.com.

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By Jen Carlson in News on February 7, 2012 11:12 AM

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"Tim Osman"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

spookywhite

What so called Jedi would allow drunkeness to impair his "common sense" and bring his toy light saber to a grown up bar? Don't fret...TOYS R' US has 'em in stock...

THe_Real_Dick_Jones

OH jesus this just made my day.

edgie168

lots of haters here, acting like they wouldn't want to own a real fuckin' lightsaber.

fuck you all, this is why america is going to the shitter.

THE SHITTER I SAY!

Dennis

I think everyone here would love a REAL light saber, but I doubt that dude had a real one....
it was a prop, or at the most an elaborate toy.

edgie168

do you know this for a fact?!?!?!?

"Tim Osman"

If it's a real light saber then it was likely agents of George Lucas that stole it and it will never be seen again, unless of course George can make a shitload of money off of it

Peanut_Butter

Shit don't even retract! You can't be a badass jedi if you can't hang that piece of equipment from your waist and swing it around as you walk...

edgie168

are we talking about lightsabers or penises here, i'm confused

"Tim Osman"

"How many times do we have to tell you? Never take your light saber to a bar. Bad, bad idea."

Ummm if old Ben Kenobi had listened to your advice we might all be under Imperial / Sith rule right now. Oh wait a minute maybe we are...

Mike Patterson

Has anyone checked to see if Gizmodo has it...they have a history with this type of thing after all.

RobertMosesSupposesErroneously

Bed-Stuy: you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villiany.

CurmudgeonNYC

Breaking news: some herb got his doofus toy stolen.

pun31

Only in Brooklyn would this happen.

da_phonz

I think you're wrong about that.

ToastNYC

He came face to face with the guy?? What happened???
"This is not the custom light saber you're looking for.."
"This is not the custom light saber I'm looking for.."

mdiesel

Also missing: His Prom Date from 1986 because "uh, you know - she lives in the Niagra Falls area and couldn't make it down between modeling gigs"