LAPD officers arrested "Star Wars" street performer Frederick Evan Young, 44, of Los Angeles in his furry brown wookiee costume Thursday on a charge of misdemeanor battery for allegedly head- butting a tour guide who complained about Young's treatment of two visitors from Japan.

Nearby, Chris Mitchell posed for tourists snapshots in a Darth Vader costume. Lifting his mask, he switched off the microphone device that gives his voice a deep, gravelly Darth Vader sound and said Chewbacca often had run-ins with other performers.

WOOKIEE UNLEASHED: Hollywood Starline Tours guide [Brian Sapir] says he was attacked by a street performer outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times; BOARDING THE CRUISER: The "Star Wars" performer is arrested. The victim said Chewbacca attacked after yelling: "Nobody tells this wookiee what to do!"; PHOTOGRAPHER: Jimmy Kimmel Live