You know things are bad when Mark Hamill mixes up Steve Bannon and Darth Vader
Mark Hamill felt a great disturbance aboard Air Force One over the weekend.
It all started on April 6 when Donald "45" Trump popped into the press cabin aboard the presidential airliner to answer some questions about his missile strike in Syria. And in a truly "truth is stranger than fiction" twist, he delivered his remarks just as Darth Vader made his Rogue One debut on the monitor next to Trump's face.
I can't make this stuff up.
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The internet predictably chuckled at this momentous photo opp. But one Twitter hero -- journalist and Star Wars toy collector Brent Ashcroft -- went a step further on Friday: He asked Mark Hamill for a reaction.
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The Luke Skywalker actor hasn't been shy about knocking the Trump White House. He's even taken to recording audio of himself reading Trump's more problematic tweets in the voice of the Joker, the Batman arch-nemesis whom Hamill has famously voiced in animated features and video games.
He responded to Ashcroft's tweeted query with feigned confusion. "Rogue One?" Hamill asked. "I thought they were just screening Steve Bannon's home movies."
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Bannon, of course, is Trump's controversial Chief Strategist and the former executive chair of "platform for the alt-right" Breitbart News. He is also, by his own admission, an admirer of those who attain power through "darkness."
"Darkness is good," Bannon said in a 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power. It only helps us when they" -- THR believed Bannon's use of "they" was a reference to liberals and the media -- "get it wrong. When they're blind to who we are and what we're doing."
Sigh. Let's just go back to appreciating Hamill's tweet.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
