HOLYHEAD, Wales, March 28 (UPI) -- A Holyhead, Wales, "Star Wars" fan said he was filming a TV interview in his backyard when a man dressed as Darth Vader jumped his fence and assaulted him.

Barney Jones, 36, known in the Jedi church as Jedi Master Jonba Hehol, said a man wearing a black garbage bag and a mask resembling the one worn by villain Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" films jumped over the fence into his garden and attacked him with a metal crutch, The Telegraph reported Friday.

Jones, who founded the first-ever British Jedi Church as a tribute to the popular movie franchise, said the masked assailant also struck the camera crew and a hairdresser.

"This wasn't a joke. This was serious," he said.

Police said they are investigating the incident.