WASHINGTON – “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill stopped by the White House on Friday for a visit with President Joe Biden and left wearing the president's aviator sunglasses and another tribute to the president.
What you need to know
- Both Hamill and the White House were vague about the reason for his visit.
- Hamill is a supporter of the Democratic Party and Biden, and has a large following on social media, posting about the president's re-election campaign this week.
- “It's the third kind of absurdity that a man who tried to steal a fair election could run again,” Hamill said Friday, referring to Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. ” he posted.
- May 4th is unofficially “Star Wars Day,” a nod to the famous Jedi phrase, “May the Force be with you.”
After his visit with Biden, he made a brief appearance at a regular White House press conference and said, “I love merchandise,'' while taking off his glasses. Hamill, 72, best known for his role as Luke Skywalker, joked to reporters that he would take some questions, as long as they weren't related to “Star Wars.”
“I was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the president,” he said. Although he had visited the White House during the Carter and Obama administrations, he said he had never looked into the Oval Office, which was a big deal. Hamill said Biden showed off photos and other items from the Oval Office.
Hamill said Biden told him to call him “Joe,” but Hamill suggested something else: “Can I call you Joe Be One Kenobi?”
“He loved it,” said Hamill, who voiced the Joker in “Batman: The Animated Series.”
Both Hamill and the White House were vague about the reason for his visit. But Hamill, a Democrat and Biden supporter with a large following on social media, has been posting about the president's re-election campaign this week.
“Don't let the firsts quench your thirst for Biden's re-election!” he wrote on May 1.
“It would be ridiculous that someone who tried to steal a fair election could run again,” he wrote on Friday, referring to Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. did.
May 4th is unofficially known as Star Wars Day, which may be a reference to the famous Jedi quote, “May the Force be with you.” It's a pun that says, “May the fourth be with you.”
Hamill also lent his voice to “Air Alert,” a downloadable app linked to Ukraine's air defense system. His voice urges people to evacuate every time Russia launches another airstrike into Ukraine.