On the Run From the Law

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Well...sort of. For my recent birthday, my son's girlfriend planned a fun weekend in Orlando visiting various theme parks, and one of the days was spent at Disney's Hollywood Studios. At the back of the theme park is a themed section called Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, which depicts a remote outpost on the planet Batuu that looks and feels like something straight out of a Star Wars movie. Inside Galaxy's Edge, there is a bar called Oga's Cantina that is very difficult to get into. We were able to snag reservations for the night of my birthday. First, a little back story: earlier in the day, we rode a ride in Galaxy's Edge called Rise of the Resistance. It is one of the most technologically advanced and innovative rides Disney has ever created, and it literally takes you into the action of a Star Wars movie. Anyway, the premise of the ride is that you are a recruit for the Resistance and you are on a mission when your ship is overtaken by the evil First Order. You are transported as a prisoner to an Imperial Star Destroyer, where you are held captive waiting for Kylo Ren to come force the secret information out of you. While in the holding cell, Resistance fighters sneak onto the Star Destroyer and break you out. You then have to navigate the many parts of the Star Destoyer trying to evade capture and safely make it to the escape pods to jettison down to Batuu. All while Resistance forces are attacking the Star Destroyer with X-wing fighters and attack cruisers. Of course, as the hero of the story, you make it safely down to the planet in your escape pod. When you exit the ride you are told that you are now officially part of the Resistance. Well, after we exited the ride, we were walking over to Oga's Cantina when we passed a First Order Stormtrooper. As I walked by, I taunted the Stormtrooper with "Long live the Resistance!" I didn't think nothing of it and we kept walking. Later, when we were having drinks at Oga's, two Stormtroopers walked in with a First Order officer and started asking questions of the staff. Within minutes, the Stormtroopers appeared at our table and the officer started throwing out accusations at me and calling me rebel scum. This went on for several minutes, and then thankfully we were saved by our waitress when she appeared, waved her hand at the Stormtroopers, and told them we were not the rebels they were looking for. It took me a second to recognize that she had used a Jedi mind trick on them. I was off the hook, and off they went in search of other rebel scums. I left our waitress a very generous tip.