A Texas seventh grader who wore a Star Wars t-shirt to school was told it has been banned because 'it has a gun on it.'

Colton Southern from Rosenberg had worn the shirt to school on Thursday which is emblazoned with the Star Wars: The Force Awakens logo and features a Stormtrooper holding a gun.

Administrations at George Junior High School told him to cover up the shirt, which he was told was banned because it has a picture of 'what in the movie is a weapon,' KTRK reported.

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Colton Southern, a Texas seventh grader who wore a Star Wars t-shirt to school was told it has been banned because 'it has a gun on it'

'It's political correctness run amok,' Colton's dad, Joe, said.

'You're talking about a Star Wars t-shirt, a week before the biggest movie of the year comes out.

'It has nothing to do with guns or making a stand. It's just a Star Wars shirt.'

The district's secondary school handbook apparently details potential violations of dress code, which includes 'symbols oriented toward violence,' a Lamar Consolidated Independent School District spokesperson said.

Administrators said Colton was not reprimanded and was only required to zip up his jacket.

Joe Southern (pictured), Colton's dad, referred to the ban as 'political correctness run amok'

Administrations at George Junior High School (shown above) told Colton to cover up the shirt, which was banned because it had a picture of 'what in the movie is a weapon'

However, they told KTRK that they could have required him to change, assigned him in-school suspension or have had him face other consequences.

On Thursday, following the incident, Colton's dad posted about it on Facebook and called the whole thing 'absurd'.

He wrote: 'Star Wars shirt banned at school! My son came home from George Junior High School in Rosenberg, TEXAS, and informed me he could no longer wear this shirt to school (which he has many times) because the Stormtrooper has a gun! How absurd!'

Joe Southern said to him the incident is a violation of the first amendment and that the weapon shown on the shirt and the character holding it are both fictional, according to KTRK.

He added that any implication that his son would hurt anyone is incorrect, saying there is not a violent bone in his son's body.

The next installment in the Star Wars saga (scene from the film pictured above) premieres in Los Angeles on Monday, one of the most highly anticipated movie releases of the year

'He's a Boy Scout, active in church, volunteers at Brazos Bend State Park. There's not a violent bone in his body. He's just an excited kid for the movie,' he said.

The next installment in the Star Wars saga, one of the most highly anticipated movie releases of the year, premieres in Los Angeles on Monday for VIP audiences in three separate theaters amid tight security.

At one of the Hollywood Boulevard locations - the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre, where the first 'Star Wars' premiered in 1977 - fans are already camped out this weekend, eagerly awaiting their turn when the film opens for regular folks next Friday.

The Force Awakens, the first Star Wars film in 10 years, has been cloaked in secrecy, with few details released.

Old hands Harrison Ford, who played Han Solo, Carrie Fisher, who portrayed Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill return in the movie.