Heathrow pranks travellers with fake Star Wars departures board for ‘May the 4th Be With You’
The airport messed about for Star Wars Day - and even put up flights numbered WOOK1E, LE1A, R2D2 and BB8
PASSENGERS travelling from Heathrow today noticed that something very strange had happened to the departure boards when they got there.
To celebrate May the 4th they were pranked with a board which promised to transport them to a galaxy far, far away.
Destinations such as Tatooine, Kamino, Hoth and Jakku were up on the board in a tribute to Star Wars Day.
A note below the 11.40am flight to Jakku announced that it had been “delayed due to sandstorms”.
Jakku is of course a lawless planet in the films where many battles take place – and is the home of Rey.
There’s even a flight to the Death Star – although anyone boarding that has been warned to “allow extra time for boarding… possibly a trap”.
Flight numbers are also a nod to characters in the films.
There’s are R2D2 and a BB8 flights in reference to classic robot characters.
And there’s also a WOOK1E flight – as well as a flight to Alderaan with the number LE1A.
The photo was posted on a , and users sung the praise of Heathrow.
One said: “As a Brit I don't have many reasons to be proud of Heathrow but this is definitely one of them.”
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Another said: “This is my favourite thing.”
Let’s just hope that nobody actually tried to board the Death Star flight.
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