This was not the droid they were looking for.
Boston transit police responding to reports of a “person armed with a long rifle” were stunned when it turned out to be a person in Star Wars cosplay.
Around 6 p.m., multiple units from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police responded to the alarming report at Boston’s Back Bay station.
When they arrived, they found a person dressed as Star Wars’ iconic Mandalorian bounty hunter, Boba Fett, holding a “replica firearm.”
“Officers conversed with the individual and the scene was safe,” MBTA Transit Police tweeted.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police responded to a report of a man armed with a rifle — only to find out the man was in Star Wars cosplay dressed as Boba Fett. MBTA Transit Police, /Twitter
The bounty hunter Boba Fett is shown from Star Wars. © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TMThe agency posted a picture of the person, whose face was characteristically hidden behind a Boba Fett mask while holding up the replica gun in question.
The annual Anime Boston convention is taking place this weekend at the nearby Hynes Convention Center.
