LONDON – Jeremy Corbyn was elected as the new leader of the Labour party on Saturday, but before we can even broach the subject of policies or the future of the party itself, we've got a more pressing issue to discuss.
Namely, the fact that Jeremy Corbyn and Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi are clearly the same person.
Jeremy Corbyn is a spitting image of Obi Wan Kenobi from the original Star Wars trilogy pic.twitter.com/IluK7UFNLr— chode (@HarrisonChapper) September 12, 2015
The similarity between the two has been commented on by quite a few people now.
correct me on this if i'm wrong, but: doesn't corbyn kinda look like obi-wan kenobi? may he be our only hope? pic.twitter.com/TkfF18rbK8— Georgia L Luckhurst (@glluckhurst) September 12, 2015
The only way Corbyn is getting my vote is if he just goes full Ben Kenobi. pic.twitter.com/VxLrUlCuHw— Mark Harrison (@MarkHarrison23) September 12, 2015
It's been going on for some time.
Watching Star Wars with my 2yo & I thought Jeremy Corbyn looks just like Obi Wan Kenobi... But someone beat me to it pic.twitter.com/CO4r6Y2rSu— Paul Mackenzie Ross (@pmross) September 6, 2015
Does anyone notice the similarities to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jeremy Corbyn? Hmm.. pic.twitter.com/J7cQf8dwAd— Jonathon Poole-Smith (@JPooleSmith) August 15, 2015
Obi Wan Kenobi and Jeremy Corbyn look very similar. I trust them both. There's Only One Corbynobi. @jeremycorbyn pic.twitter.com/6u2jI2zj9K— Martin Lodziak (@MartinLodz) July 11, 2015
Some people are suggesting the similarity might be helping Corbyn's popularity.
Jeremy Corbyn is passionate, left, an activist AND he looks like Obi Wan Kenobi and if those things don't get your vote idk what to say.— lauren greyjoy (@_sandorclegane) September 12, 2015
It's just instinctive nature to trust Corbyn because he looks like Ben Kenobi— Crap Bag (@_ConnorODonnell) September 12, 2015
While others are just keen to keep the Star Wars connection going.
If Jeremy Corbyn is elected it'll be like in Star Wars when Old Ben Kenobi reawakens the Jedi to fight against the Sith.— Scott Ferguson (@sanny_ferguson) September 10, 2015
If Jeremy Corbyn becomes PM and Donald Trump becomes president it will be similar to when Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader had a fight.— Ste(ph)en (@stephenjmolloy) September 12, 2015
Oh, and someone's started a Twitter account too.
Don’t call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.— Jeremy Kenobi (@CorbynKenobi) September 10, 2015
"You can't win, Murdoch," reads Jeremy Kenobi's bio. "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
You're silly, Internet.