'If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers.'

That guy knows more about Star Wars than the founder of the fricking Jedi religion and he can still joke about the guy's nerdiness. I love him for that.

I'm impressed that he has a job.
Or maybe I shouldn't jump to conclusions, he said he was on "lunch break" maybe it was only a break from YiffStar.com.

Holy shit, will these people never learn.

Oh yeah don't blame the English for this. This Muppet is from North Wales. Whole different country.

*backs away and waits for the Welsh backlash.*

I bet he was standing there waving his hand in front of the clerks saying "It is a religion.

"No, it's not."

[wave]"It is a religion."

"No, it's not."

[wave]"It is!

Wow... it was just amusing until the final bit, with the official Tesco stance. Whiney punk just got his ass handed to him.

I am just confused as to why a grocery store bans head coverings? Is it a Welsh thing? I see people in grocery stores with various headgear all the time. If the crazy lady with the puppy in her bag can wear a shower cap to my local store then why is a Jedi hood offensive?

@BorgQueen
Maybe they don't want anyone to hide their identity or something?
Can't wait until a crazed Jedi follower makes a genuine lightsaber

He was wearing the Jedi Hooded robe thing. Covering most of his face with the hood. Shoplifters tend to wear baggy clothes and try to cover their faces. That's the normal reason that I see that this incident could have happened.
The other one is that the Jedi are famous for ripping off People.

I meant his head and can cover parts of the face.

Best. Corporate. Rebuttal. EVAR. I am in awe.

That is briiliant. I love how tesvo handeld the matter. Owned!

Taking legal action against a chainstore for being "emotionally humiliated" does not sound like the Jedi way.
Aren't they supposed to control their emotions or be led down the path or the darkside?

I'd be pissed off if this were a Sikh or a real religion that was being violated, but Jedi? That's just funny.

If I recall, the only reason the religion was started was to mock the religion section of the census in Whales. It's like if someone affiliated with the FSM was angered that they couldn't do something with they're joke-of-a-religion in public.

Oh man, I ALMOST felt bad for the dude until I read Tesco's
rebuttal. I can't think of a more concise argument in my life.
Good show, Tescos! Good show!

Jedi run on Moutain Dew, so this guy's just cuttin' off his own hand, ya ask me.

Agreed, the Tesco rebuttal was fantastic.

The Jedi Religion is quite active in Canada as well. Something like 30k 'worshipers' of it here or something like that.

Further proof that any religion is a retarded fucking establishment.

"But really, my biggest problem is that AT NO POINT IN STAR WARS DOES IT SAY JEDI HAVE TO COVER THEIR HEAD IN PUBLIC. IN FACT, THIS IS SHOWN TO BE PATENTLY UNTRUE IN ALL SIX STAR WARS MOVIES."

So you're saying that the Jedi church dogma is inconsistent with the source document/material? Holy shit! It is a real religion after all.

Does anyone have a kilo of salt lying around? I realized this article was from the Daily Mail, so a mere pinch of salt won't do.

I've lived in Wales and have seen Druids in Tesco with their hoods on (although this was before the Revenge of the Hoodies so feared by the Great British Public) - why the double standard, eh?

But seriously, if this guy were not such a loser, he'd have just used a Jedi mind trick on the store employees - sorted!

I am just confused as to why a grocery store bans head coverings? Is it a Welsh thing? I see people in grocery stores with various headgear all the time. If the crazy lady with the puppy in her bag can wear a shower cap to my local store then why is a Jedi hood offensive?

I think it's a UK thing as a whole. I remember reading about a British guy who sued a gas station after they got on his case for wearing a hoodie while filling up his car. Seems across the pond hoods and hoodies are seen as going with troublemakers.

BANNED FOR LIFE!

Fluffernutter, biscuits... a Jedi craves not these things.

See dead horse. Must kick it.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii151/spamweez/Misc/Tesco_WRTd.jpg

I'm very sorry, but the proper term is not "OWNED", is "PWNED".

Just to enhance awesomeness to both the rebutall and the article.

KX.

What the fuck?

I'm mean, ha ha, he's a jedi, I get it. But what if he was muslim? Well, and a she. You get my point.

How about Stormtroopers? Can they wear their suits into the grocery store? The helmets have eye amplicication stuff built in, so they won't miss any of the sales. Plus, they can communicate with each other, via their helmet comlinks, so they can alert fellow troopers to the awesome sales!

Obi Wan owned and Luke owned a hood (Obi in episode IV, Luke in VI), but that's about it.

I totally want to rock out with that Tesco rep.

back in 1999 when i was eight years old, me and my friend went to the local tesco wearing jedi costumes our mums had made us. we were not asked to leave, although we were distictly aware of a large group of teenagers laughing at us.

boy, i hope the grocery store doesn't push him to the darkside. wearing yellow-red contacts all the time can be a drag, not to mention wad of cash to keep them in supply.

I love Tesco's.

What an awesome manager, he deserves a pay raise.

The Brits have a no hood rule for the same reason Yanks take off their shoes before getting on an airplane. The combined policies have saved a little less than 1 life so far.

the store proably kicked him out for they thought he would rob the place. they did not want to take the chance and this proves that someone can like something so much they lose all reality and make the thing their own reality and claiming star wars as real reliqion is going there to the extreme

Robert> That's just to get through security. After that, you can put them back on and wear them the rest of the trip.

There's a guy near me who wanders round dressed as a Druid with a Black Cat perched on his shoulder.

He was asked to switch on the Chritmas Lights in his home town last year and the Religious Nut Brigade stopped it happening.

Crazy old world.

Man. That was true ownage...

Know you not of the Wrath... of my Shwartz...

Know you not of the Doom... you shall face.

Know you not of the Pain... you will feel.

Know you not of the Suffering... the force will inflict.

Know you not of the Compassion... that a Jedi has not.

Wait... how did I become Sith all of a sudden... this is embarrassing... man... I am sorry guys... *picks up Jedi stuff and leaves*...

Told this funny thing to my mom. Had a 30 minute long discussion about how it wasn't right that some religions get benefits and others not, even if they are 5 years old, since they are all made up any way. Branched of into discrimination, what a bad child I was for not accepting harmless weirdos etc.

Must never speak to family again about what I do on internetz...

But apparently they, at least, will accept me if I decide to convert^^

"AT NO POINT IN STAR WARS DOES IT SAY JEDI HAVE TO COVER THEIR HEAD IN PUBLIC. IN FACT, THIS IS SHOWN TO BE PATENTLY UNTRUE IN ALL SIX STAR WARS MOVIES."
But Martin Luther think about all the great cathedrals we'll build.

YO BLOG SUCKS MAN11
WE JEDI,MOTHAFUCKA,WE BE KEEPIN' IT LIKE OUR RELIGION SAYS IT
YOU BE TALKIN BOUT CHRISTIANITY AND STAR WARS AN SHIT LIKE DAT BUT THINK MAN-WE DELEVOPING WE AINT NOT CARING BOUT SHIT LIKE IF SHIT WE DOING IS FITTING WITH THINGS IN THE MOVIE AND SHIT
EVERYTHING CHANGES BITCH CHANGE YO OPINION BOUT US

I wonder if the Jedi asked WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?

The Tesco Representitive owned him. I love it when Corporations have a sense of humor

Daniel Jones, 23, who has 500,000 followers worldwide

Uh, does this mean they worship him?

It is as valid as any other religion.

The first report I read had the Jedi point out a veiled Muslim who was allowed in the stroe.

Sure he's made up his own crazy religion and it goes beyond the original source material. So does every other religion out there.

I'm fine with Tesco not respecting his crazy beliefs, but let's have some consistency and not respect any of them.

"If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers."
Jesus, I don't even know what to say to this absurd sentence.

Weird, weird, weird, weird, weird. Although it is also strange that the grocery store doesn't allow head coverings.

humerously according to one source he wasn't wearing jedi robes but just a hoodie. If that's the case He may as well have lit up a joint and claimed to be a rastafarian, just sad really.

What I can't get over is the Jedi at a grocery store, which is too perfect. The grocery store is the only place I ever play Jedi, by waving my hand in front of the automatic doors to make it look like I opened them with the Force. I hope that all followers of this officially internet-sanctioned religion just hang out at grocery stores pretending to force-open the doors.

Natalie, over here in the UK, there's been a long running Horror Story whipeed up by the NeoNazi Tabloids about 'Hoodies'.

Basically anyone wearing a hooded Sweatshirt is presumed to be some kind of Alcohol Fuelled Maniac who beats up Old People, Urinates in Public, Steals, Plays 'That Damn Hippity Hop' Too Loud etc.

OK there are some problems with da yoots here but, it has reached the point that even if you have your hood down, you're presumed to be up to something (It's happened to me, although I've yet to see a Chav who's a Biohazard Fan).

Anywhere now has a real problem whith hoods, Children as young as 5 have had their Parents pulled aside in Shops and told to pull down the hoods or else.

Have this "Jedi" submit a blood and urine sample.......
if he has metachlorine flowing through him, then I say let him be the leader of the Jedi religion, I mean really.....isn't that what makes a Jedi a Jedi?
I am now taking advice for religions that I can start up. Any suggestions? I guess Jedi is taken.

This guy is stupid. Your 'blog' still sucks.

This guy's religion is no dumber than Christianity, Islam, and Mormonism.

Whats up the with the store demanding that people not wear hoods? The dude is weird but should be allowed to shop around in his daily clothes. It's not like he was walking around with no shirt or shoes on.

I dont understand this why isnt more things focuseed on then what a erson wears there are all types out there and if was a storm trooper walking into a grocery store would that be better some people now a days just dont make sense. they need to let people be and focus on other isses instead of what someone might be wearing.

Jedi, Christian, Muslim, Jew or whatever, they are all ridiculous. If someone can believe that some kind of being with supernatural powers created the world in 7 days, why can't someone believe in the force? Both are farfetched and a creation of imagination still they would never dare throw out a priest for wearing a cross.

USA USA EVERYONE wears hoodies over here what is up with the uk?

Jedi > Christianity

P.S. -Dear Blog Writer,
Your writing is childish. You should honestly just give up now as you are so far-off from the persona you are trying to emulate it isn't even funny. I consider my intelligence insulted after reading this rubbish.

Jedi > Christianity

P.S. -Dear Blog Writer,
Your writing is childish. You should honestly just give up now as you are so far-off from the persona you are trying to emulate it isn't even funny. I consider my intelligence insulted after reading this rubbish.

its s supermarket. who cares if a guy wears a hood? the hat hat nazi's are who :P

Regardless of whether you think the Jedi religion qualifies as a religion, what would the outcry be if Tesco forced a female Muslim to remove her burkha upon entering? You can't have it both ways. You can't have rules for different sub-sets of the population, otherwise we are back to feudal times with the class system.

You do realize that the point is not how silly his religion is but how silly ALL religions are. He's basically saying, okay, all these other people get away with stuff because they claim a certain set of beliefs completely unconfirmed by science. Why can't I do the same thing?

All religions are made up. That's a fact. He's just being up-front about it and trying to jostle us out of our tendency to accommodate other people just because they claim to "believe" something, as if a belief confers rights.

Do some fact checking before claiming that some 23 year old from the UK is the founder of the movement to make Jedi a religion.

The movement started in New Zealand in the lead up to the national census in 2001/2002. This puts this idiot on the other side of the world, aged approximately 14 or 15 years old.

Do some fact checking before claiming that some 23 year old from the UK is the founder of the movement to make Jedi a religion.

The movement started in New Zealand in the lead up to the national census in 2001/2002. This puts this idiot on the other side of the world, aged approximately 14 or 15 years old.

And this is how it began for the real jedis. They were thrown out of Republic Superstars! We must stop this discrimination NOW before all of the world's jedis are destroyed.

And this is how it began for the real jedis. They were thrown out of Republic Superstars! We must stop this discrimination NOW before all of the world's jedis are destroyed.

And this is how it began for the real jedis. They were thrown out of Republic Superstars! We must stop this discrimination NOW before all of the world's jedis are destroyed.

Do some fact checking before claiming that some 23 year old from the UK is the founder of the movement to make Jedi a religion.

The movement started in New Zealand in the lead up to the national census in 2001/2002. This puts this idiot on the other side of the world, aged approximately 14 or 15 years old.

That guy should totally move to Portland, OR, USA. We're practically issued hoodies once we move here, to separate the residents from the tourists. The other big warning sign is the wierdos who use umbrellas.

yoda likes jedi religion, fantasy tough but a burka muslim person can do it because England may not want to further offend a religious people. War issue in the middle east is still playing out and cards are looking good for the gods of war... i'm kidding now i sound like the new religion nerdy dude that got thrown out of Englands grocery store, so if new religions like scientology be accepted as genuine who gets the patent, rights, or credits like jesus with christianity! Than the guy in the grocery store will be very famous because he just invented an authentic religion for morons, all religions made up from now will be cast out as offensive, or just plain stupid - a moron religion and lucky scientology made the deadline!

" Can I help you, sir ?"

" Yes, hello, I'd like to register a complaint please."

" Ah, there's lovely. And what would be the name, sir ?"

" I am Jedi Master Morda Hehol "

" Ah, lovely. Well, Mr Hellhole, what is the nature of your complaint ?"

" No - Jedi Master Morda Hehol. Learn it well, young padwan "

" Riiiighhht...OK, Mr - um - Heyho - what is the problem ?"

" This droid will not perform the tasks I have assigned to it."

" What droid ?"

" This droid here ...it simply stands in ther corner, blinks its lights at me and refuses to move."

" That's because it's a children's ride. If you want it to move, you have to put money in it."

" Money ? Money, say you ? I am a Jedi Master of the Fisr Order. I stood with Grand Master Windu when we faced off against the evil spider-monkey-crab thing of Count Dooku...and I do NOT put money into droids. Kindly make it perform...or I'll fry you with my Jedi hex vision. Though, obviously, I don't want to do that because anger is the path to the Dark..."

" Look, why don't you use one of those - er- droids over there...the ones with the wire exo-skeleton, the four independently operating wheel units and the handy bar for pushing -er...for stearing it to the desired place...and let the kids ride the Noddy car, eh ? "

" Ah, a solution. You have pleased me, young female padwan. Were I not forbidden by the demands of the Order to which I belong, I might reward you in an appropriate manner...however, since you're clearly a perfumed houri who seeks to lure me from the pure path to enlightenment I must be away...aside, young kiddlings ! I said - STAND ASIDE"

" SECURITY TO THE FRONT DOOR PLEASE !!!"

its s supermarket. who cares if a guy wears a hood? the hat hat nazi's are who..

If he was doing something to endanger the store customers I would totally support this but why the hell would you toss him out for wearing a hood? People supporting this are just crazy sure it may be a bit far to sue for religious beliefs but still it "is" a religion just as much Scientology IS a religion. If you say he has no right to sue them than Scientology has no right to ether, or Christianity. Its all FAITH, who cares if his faith is based on movies while christens is based on a 2000 year old book. Just don't think its fair.

Very disappointing commentaries by the author of this 'article'. You should accept the official laws, which states that jedi is a religion(however strange that might be, but for me it's as equal and ridiculous like scientology, judaism, islam and christianity). Timeline is not a factor here.. Accept all stupid religions or none.

This story may be silly, but what kind of a grocery store has a "No Hoods" policy? Do they have a no hats policy to? What about funny t-shirts? Sneakers?

I don't know about Wales, but when I review security camera footage for the police here in California, it's just _amazing_ how many people committing crimes near cameras wear hoodies. It's almost as if they don't want to be identified and charged with a crime... Eerie, the way they all think the same way. Maybe even Wales has crime, ya think?

Yeah, lets make all those god damn muslims remove their hijabs too! You people disgust me with how disrespectful you are to somebody's religion. Religion doesn't have to hold a mystic property which is bullshit and bogus anyways in order to be meaningful to the person practicing it. You are a disgraceful person promoting religious discrimination on the basis that you don't believe his religion to have merrit. Well guess what, I don't believe ANY religions have merrit, so does that mean I get to tell muslims to take their hijabs off in my store? NO. Its about respect. You need to be respectful to peoples religions, regardless of how you personally feel about them.

Some Jedi he turned out to be. Why didn't he just use the force to let himself pass?

T: Halt! This supermarket is off limits to Jedi scum!
J: (waves hand) You will let me pass. Clearly, I am not a Jedi. My business is welcome here.
T: You can pass. Clearly, you are not a Jedi. Your business is welcome here.

Leaving aside the validity of various religions, or the reaction of the guy involved, IS other concealing headgear not on at Tesco, either..? And how have they avoided a massive lawsuit from more conservative element of the Muslim community?

Don't get me wrong: I can understand a UK rule (or law) requiring that an individual's face not be concealed in a public place (just as I could understand that in a conservative Muslim country, I might be expected to cover a good deal of myself publicly), but it would be a bit odd to demand that a minimally concealing hood be removed, if a woman of whom nothing is visible but the eyes could get in without a murmur.

If it's sauce for the goose, it's sauce for the gander.
Frankly, I think things would be much more peaceful if people were altogether forbidden to display ANY evidence of their religions outside their homes or houses of worship.

It is a registered Church. And no freak church where People go naked or so. So Tesco should pay up and deliver an Apology.

If a Priest goes shopping, no one says he is wearing strange Things.

Part of being Religious is wearing "Costumes". just think about the Muslims. A couple of Years back, real Christian Woman did not wear Miniskirts or see through Blouses. It was thought of being offense.

So if we are tolerant today, it must go both ways. If we think that being half naked today is Ok, we also have to accept the Opposite.

BTW I am a Christian ( not devout ) and a Man.

... Seriously? If it wasn't covering/obscuring a good view of his face then there shouldn't be a problem. And some of you people need to tone it down about accepting other people's beliefs. Because obviously the blog writter is expressing his. And besides. "AT NO POINT IN STAR WARS DOES IT SAY JEDI HAVE TO COVER THEIR HEAD IN PUBLIC. IN FACT, THIS IS SHOWN TO BE PATENTLY UNTRUE IN ALL SIX STAR WARS MOVIES" If they're basing it off the star wars movies, shouldn't they at least make it acurate?
There are some sports centers that do not allow people to enter if their face is covered. That includes women in burkas. Or any other facial coverings, religous or not.

Welsh backlash... here it comes.

nah. Seriously though Bangor is pretty much a traditionalist place so it doesnt surprise me. Hoodies are the new punks who can hide their faces from cctv.. thats all. In the same way if you go into a bank with your bike helmet on you'll be asked to take it off... no biggie.

Furthermore.. for the Sais idiot who said it was the Welsh... so are the folks who turned him away... who saw he was an idiot and had the approachability and down to earth view enough to have a little joke about it.
I dunno.. maybe the English wouldve got all uppity and called their area manager to show some nuts for em. but thats just jingoistic nonsense too i guess. funny though..
"Please mr area manager... this is above my pay scale.. can you come and tell this customer to go away?"

Oh and 'Ah, there's lovely' is what you might hear in the valleys of south wales... not the same at all. Shiny?
(Waits for English backlash)

The Burka point made by others is well made however.

Next time i go past I might post a sticker on the language description by the door:

English
Cymraeg (Welsh)
Botthan
Huttese
Mon-Calamri
&
The 'Rim Dialect'
In store

or maybe-

Mastercard
Visa
Maestro
and Republic Credits accepted here

i am so joining that for fun. good on him i say. it would be so funny hearing that tesco was sued for religious discrimination. L-O-L!

Dude, if you're a freakin' Jedi, where are the mind tricks?
I mean, a bit of discussion an politeness... and, in all the movies Yoda only wears his hood a couple of times, and Obi wan never in bars...

well...

May The Force be with him and enlight his devious ways...