--- title: Man Jailed After Threatening Someone Over Star Wars Spoilers description: An 18-year-old in Montana was charged with felony assault with a weapon on Monday. canonical: https://time.com/4159217/man-jailed-after-threatening-someone-over-star-wars-spoilers/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-22T21:54:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:44.890Z og:title: A Man Was Jailed After Threatening Someone Over Star Wars Spoilers og:description: The alleged threat happened on Facebook og:url: https://time.com/4159217/man-jailed-after-threatening-someone-over-star-wars-spoilers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Man Was Jailed After Threatening Someone Over Star Wars Spoilers twitter:description: The alleged threat happened on Facebook twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Man Was Jailed After Threatening Someone Over _Star Wars_ Spoilers  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 22, 2015 9:54 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 22, 2015 9:54 PM CUT An 18-year-old in Montana was charged with felony assault with a weapon on Monday after allegedly threatening to shoot someone during an online conversation about [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/4145204/star-wars-reviews-history/ "undefined"). Arthur Charles Roy made the threat on Thursday when a Facebook friend revealed [information about the plot](http://time.com/4150271/star-wars-chrome-spoilers/ "undefined") of [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4156360/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office-record/ "undefined")to him, authorities said. According to Lewis and Clark County Justice Court records, Roy sent the friend a picture of himself with a gun and threatened to come to the victim’s school to shoot him. The Helena teenager was arrested on Friday afternoon after the victim called his high school’s resource officer Thursday afternoon to report the threat, according to the [Associated Press](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FSTAR%5FWARS%5FSPOILER%5FTHREAT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-12-22-12-57-15 "undefined"). 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