What the Hell is the point of having an 'Off-beat' section if not for weird and zany news, tenuously tied to a film property?  Thus I bring you this story about David Canterbury.  While at a Toys R Us this past week, he must have been having some sort of weird Star Wars flashbacks, and grabbed two plastic toy Lightsabers off the shelf and began attacking customers with it.

He must have thought they were evil Sith, seeing as he was utilizing dual blue Lightsabers (so he obviously thought himself the good guy here).  But wait, this story gets even better.  After assaulting people in the store, the police were called and met Canterbury outside in the parking lot.  There, he continued to attack officers with the Lightsabers before the police finally tried to tazer him.

But, like a true Jedi, crude weapons were no match for the elegant sabers, as Canterbury was able to swat the wires of the tazer away from him (all this according to police blotters and the local papers).  Police did finally get ahold of the man, take his weapons away, and place him into custody.  Fortunately none of the people he attacked were injured in any way, and he's currently sitting in a hospital awaiting a mental evaluation.

No reason was given for the random attack, but I'm willing to bet it had something to do with the upcoming release of the new Star Wars game.  The dude just couldn't wait to live the life of a Jedi and so did it in real life.  Bad idea, but considering no one was hurt, it's something we can all laugh about.

-Jordan