- this happened in Odessa, Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OYfioDIzrc

- the Wookie was arrested as police justified the action saying the hairy alien was in violation of laws against campaigning on election day when he showed up supporting Darth Vader, according to The Guardian

- however, an Instagram statement in the Ukrainian Instagram page translates:

https://instagram.com/p/9StPaBMBvA/

reads:

Nothing unusual here, just Chewbacca detained for being without documents while driving Darth Vader to the elections in Odessa. The Sith Lord has already claimed this was illegal as Chewbacca is his pet and general servant and thus does not require documents.

- Journalist Christian Borys tweeted a picture of the Wookie as he/it awaited sentence in court

- May appear as a joke, this whole story, but the joke runs deeper as Darth Vader is an actual candidate running for mayor through the Internet Party in Ukraine

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/26/chewbacca-detained-for-lack-of-id-while-driving-darth-vader-to-ukraine-election

Yep.

Clearly excessive force.

That's what you get for rooting for the lesser evil.

Use the excessive Force, Luke!

#WookieLivesMatter!

I hope The Force Awakens explains this new way of using the Force by actually touching what you want to move, it's a revolutionary concept.