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Boy named after Star Wars character denied passport

Mark Frauenfelder
Sep 24, 2024
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A wax figure of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker at the Berlin Madame Tussauds. Photo: Massimo Todaro / Shutterstock
A wax figure of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker at the Berlin Madame Tussauds. Photo: Massimo Todaro / Shutterstock

Loki Skywalker Mowbray, 7, was denied a passport by the UK Home Office because it considered his to be a copyright infringement of the Star Wars franchise, reports The New Zealand Herald.

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