Star Wars souvenirs bomb with TSA

Paul Heymont 8/30/192:00 PM

It's only a promotional soda can from Disney's new Star Wars land, Galaxy's Edge, but TSA goes by the rule that if it looks like... it's banned like.

The souvenir are sold as super sci-fi 'thermal detonators' with the familiar brand names of Coca Cola and Sprite on the label and only soda inside, even though in the films they are "thermal detonators are grenade-like weapons that pack tremendous explosive power into a small sphere, and are used by bounty hunters and military forces such as the Empire’s stormtroopers,"

Travelers headed home from Disneyland in California have had to ditch them; TSA rules ban "replica and inert explosives" in either checked bags or carry-ons, and that apparently applies even when it's a replica of a fictitious explosive. The Florida version of the new land opens tomorrow; no word on whether Disney is planning to warn buyers in advance.

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