Luke Sky Walker gets arrested, and Mark Hamill has thoughts
Luke Skywalker himself thinks naming someone after his fictional character is the real crime here.
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If you're going to carry the name of an iconic fictional character, do so proudly. A man named Luke Sky Walker, 21, was arrested in Tennessee Thursday, and the actor who inspired his name took note.
Luke Sky Walker was arrested on a probation violation charge, and as of Monday, was still being held at the Carter County jail, police records show. Unlike the Star Wars character played by Mark Hamill , Skywalker isn't his last name -- records list Sky as his middle name and Walker as his surname.
Close enough for Hamill, who tweeted on Sunday, "The real crime here is Mr. & Mrs. Walker saddling this poor guy with that name in the first place," hashtagging his message with "#MisbegottenMoniker," and "#AlsoTooShortForAStormtrooper." (Jail records list Walker as 5-foot-6-inches tall.)
The real crime here is Mr. & Mrs. Walker saddling this poor guy with that name in the first place. #MisbegottenMoniker #AlsoTooShortForAStormtrooper https://t.co/mj3GknabQQ
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 2, 2018
WJHL-TV in Johnson City, Tennessee, reported the arrest on Friday, noting that Walker was on probation due to a felony theft charge. A 2017 story in the Elizabethton Star listed Walker as one of four people arrested in April of that year for stealing 46 road signs.
The Twitter replies to Hamill's call-out cracked numerous jokes, but perhaps the best one declared, "Now we're starting to see what happened to Luke between Episodes 6 and 7."
