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May the funk be with you: Obamas throw a bumpin' stormtrooper dance party

R2-D2 and a handful of stormtroopers were invited.
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As Uptown Funk, Michelle Obama's favorite song, blared, the Obamas boogied in celebration of Star Wars Day on Wednesday with a couple of stormtroopers and of course, fun-loving R2D2.

Artoo mostly swirled his head back and forth as President Barack Obama raised the roof, commanding his space underlings to groove along.

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Brittany Levine Beckman

Brittany Levine Beckman was Mashable's managing editor. She enjoys crafting feature ideas, learning new things, and party parrots. Before working at Mashable, she covered community news at the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register. That's how she met a zonkey and the tallest man in the world.

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