I read this as, it's "an eggplant weapon, from a more civilized age."

The rest of this thread is just a bit of a ramble.

Oh, and I'm not sorry about your butt!

Oh, great, eggplant weapons. There's another thing we won't be allowed to take on planes.

The best way to use an eggplant as a weapon is to bake it then eat the whole thing with some garlic.

Your arse will produce many weapons of mass destruction which are particularly useful in confined spaces. ;)

I think there's a hijack-movie spoof in that.

Actually, the Obi Wan quote was meant to antagonize the vehemently anti-Star Wars Clodfobble. Unfortunately, she was too busy daydreaming about steamy Nathan Fillion/NPH slash fic to notice. Troll gambit epic fail.