TSA bans Star Wars Coke bottles from flights because they look like bombs

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Media Preview At The Disneyland Resort

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It’s common sense that you shouldn’t bring replicas of firearms or explosives onto a flight, but now, that rule also applies to fictional weapons. The Transportation Security Administration confirmed to a Twitter user earlier this month that souvenir Coke bottles shaped like thermal detonators from Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge theme park would not be allowed in carry-on or checked bags.

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened at Disneyland in May, and it offers guests some neat souvenirs like custom droids and lightsabers. On the more affordable end of the keepsake spectrum are the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, and Sprite bottles with logos translated into Aurebesh. Unfortunately, the Imagineers that worked on the packaging did too good of a…

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