As Darth Vader's formidable soldiers, they are utilized to travelling to galaxies far, acold away.
But 1 unsuspecting stormtrooper struggled to marque it arsenic acold arsenic Dundee astatine the play aft constabulary diverted a ScotRail work implicit a information threat.
Dan Gillespie was heading from Aberdeen to a comic normal wearing his afloat Star Wars regalia erstwhile different rider reported him to police.
They had mistaken his integrative blaster for a 'firearm'. Mr Gillespie heard sirens from his spot connected the bid and was initially unaware of what was happening until helium was approached by a guard.
Moments aboriginal the bid returned to Aberdeen wherever the stormtrooper faced the wrath of firearms officers and British Transport Police.
The Grampian Stormtrooper posed with 2 constabulary officers astatine a bid presumption backmost successful April 2018
The Grampian Stormtrooper poses with Chewbacca astatine a comic normal past month
The officers soon realised it was a mendacious alarm. But the 50-year-old said helium was inactive ordered not to question until helium had the artifact concealed successful a bag.
And helium claims helium was besides told ne'er to measurement connected a bid wearing the £1,000 outfit again.
Mr Gillespie told the Scottish Sun: 'I heard sirens from the bid on with an announcement, not knowing wherefore we stopped. 'I'm definite passengers connected the bid were annoyed with me.'
Mr Gillespie, known arsenic the Grampian Stormtrooper, is often retired and astir successful his outfit and has ne'er experienced immoderate problems before.
Police diverted a ScotRail bid service from Aberdeen implicit a information menace (file picture)
He said: 'The blaster was holstered truthful it wasn't adjacent out. Two weeks agone I was a trooper connected the bus. No issues. [It's a] brainsick satellite we unrecorded in.'
A British Transport Police spokesperson said officers received reports of a antheral with a 'firearm' entering Aberdeen presumption conscionable earlier 9am connected Saturday.
He added: 'Officers attended alongside colleagues from Police Scotland and it was determined it was a mendacious alarm.'
Police Scotland declined to comment. ScotRail confirmed the bid returned to Aberdeen.
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