Moment Darth Vader is hauled out of Ashes test match in front of bemused fans
The referee strikes back! Moment when Darth Vader is pulled from the Ashes test match in front of stunned fans
- A fan dressed as Darth Vader was ejected from Edgbaston Cricket Ground
- The scene played out during this afternoon’s Ashes test match as fans watched
This is the bizarre moment when a cricket fan in a Darth Vader costume was kicked out of today’s Ashes test match.
Confused fans watched as a disguised Star Wars villain was taken from Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham.
Videos show two match stewards walking the Sith Lord lookalike out of the stadium as stunned spectators watch.
The bizarre scene unfolded as cricket fans watched day three of the first Test of the Ashes at Birmingham Stadium this afternoon.
It remains unclear why Darth Vader’s lookalike, wearing a black cloak and holding a lightsaber, was forcibly removed from the UK’s fourth-largest cricket stadium.
Darth Vader’s lookalike walked out of Birmingham’s Edgbaston Stadium during the third day of the Ashes’ first test
BBC Sport commentators asked ‘Has Darth Vader been arrested?’ while the fan was escorted out
As the scene played out on TV, BBC Sport commentators asked, “Has Darth Vader been arrested?”
“I just saw the back of that. Darth Vader, I think, being escorted out of the ground. That will cause problems,” said the BBC commentator.
During the test match between England and Australia, the two national teams faced each other for one more day.
However, fans were quick to express their bewilderment on Twitter, joking that such a scene “could only happen at the cricket.”
One Twitter user suggested that such weird incidents are the reasons why fans love to watch cricket.
Cricket watchers chimed in with jokes and puns about the strange incident as they suggested the person taken out was a ‘pitch in-Vader’.
Two stewards walked the person out dressed as Darth Vader as thousands of stunned onlookers watched
Confused cricket fans watch the strange scene unfold as the Darth Vader lookalike walks out of the stadium
Fans joked that weird scenes like today’s ‘could only happen at the cricket’
Twitter users asked if the Darth Vader lookalike was a “pitch in-Vader.”
They made Star Wars puns and called the bizarre scene “The umpire strikes back”
One Twitter user joked that Darth Vader was a “very naughty boy…again.”
Twitter users began referring to the scene as the ‘Revenge of the Six’ in a nod to Star Wars Episode III
Fans also offered a flurry of cricket-related puns as they began referring to the unusual scene as “The Umpire Strikes Back.”
Twitter users also chimed in by describing the scene as “Revenge of the Six” – a reference to the Star Wars Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
They also referenced “The Force” while saying on Twitter, “May the Fours be with you.”
A spokesman for West Midlands Police told MailOnline the situation was ‘not a police matter’.
Egbaston Cricket Ground and the England and Wales Cricket Board have been contacted for comment.