FORT IRWIN — Staff Sgt. Darren Eden has reportedly turned down a 6 month deployment to an "undisclosed location in Southwest Asia" in order to avoid feeling compelled to see an early viewing of the new Star Wars film, Rise of Skywalker.
Eden has a long history of avoiding Star Wars like the plague since childhood, when his older Star Wars-obsessed brother made him be an Ewok during their make-believe games of Rebels and Stormtroopers.
"You don't even know, guy," said Eden. "If I spot a lightsaber at the mall, I run the other way. Just the thought of that Jar-Jar thing gives me anxiety."
