"Pentagon Scraps ‘Lightsaber’ Weapons Program After Gross Misconduct, Numerous Injuries"

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[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN — A top secret weapons development program has been scrapped after countless allegations of misconduct and numerous injuries were sustained by soldiers and Marines in Afghanistan, The Duffel Blog has learned.

Dubbed “The Lightsaber,” the weapon (nomenclature MR2D2) was a near perfect imitation of those carried by Jedi Knights in the iconic Star Wars movies.

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Less than 30 minutes after being issued the new weapon, one soldier severed his hand reenacting the infamous “Star Wars kid” YouTube video. Another had his confiscated for sketching sexually explicit images on the side of concrete bunkers and two Marines were arrested for poking lightsaber peep holes into female showers.

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Despite being carried on numerous missions, the lightsaber was never once used for its intended purpose. Allegations of detainee abuse have surfaced after special forces raided a suspected IED bomb makers house and threatened to ‘Dooku his ass.’

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http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/11/pentagon-scraps-lightsaber-weapons-program-gross-misconduct-numerous-injuries

[petronius]

1. And that is why we can't have nice things...