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 [email protected].
