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"Star Wars" character Mark Hamill dropped by nan White House connected Friday for a sojourn pinch President Joe Biden and walked distant pinch a brace of nan president's aviator sunglasses and a greater respect for nan office.
"I emotion nan merch," he said, taking disconnected nan glasses during a speedy quality astatine nan White House regular property briefing pursuing his sojourn pinch Biden. Hamill, 72, celebrated for playing Luke Skywalker, kidded pinch reporters that he'd return a fewer questions — arsenic agelong arsenic they weren't astir "Star Wars."
MARK HAMILL MULLS 'STAR WARS' RETIREMENT: 'THEY DON'T NEED LUKE'
"I was honored to beryllium asked to travel to nan White House to meet nan president," he said. He's been to nan White House before, during nan Carter and Obama administrations, but he'd ne'er checked retired nan Oval Office, and that was rather something, he said. Biden showed disconnected photographs and different Oval Office items, Hamill said.
Actor Mark Hamill takes disconnected sunglasses fixed to him by President Joe Biden, arsenic he joins White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre arsenic she speaks pinch reporters successful nan James Brady Press Briefing Room astatine nan White House, Friday, May 3, 2024, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Hamill said Biden told him to telephone him "Joe," to which Hamill offered an replacement suggestion: "Can I telephone you Joe-bi-Wan Kenobi?"
"He liked that," said Hamill, who besides voiced nan Joker successful "Batman: The Animated Series."
Both Hamill and nan White House were vague astir his logic for visiting. But Hamill, a Democrat and Biden protagonist pinch a immense societal media following, has been posting astir nan president's reelection run this week.
"May The First Not Quench Your Thirst For Biden’s Re-election!" he wrote connected May 1.
On Friday he posted, "May The Third Be Absurd That The Guy Who Tried To Steal A Fair Election Is Allowed To Run Again," a reference to Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn nan 2020 statesmanlike election.
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May 4th is unofficially "Star Wars" Day, successful portion because of nan celebrated Jedi building "May nan unit beryllium pinch you." The pun goes, "May nan 4th beryllium pinch you."
Hamill besides lent his sound to "Air Alert" — a downloadable app linked to Ukraine’s aerial defense system. His sound urges group to return screen whenever Russia unleashes different aerial bombardment connected Ukraine.
