{"id":596554,"date":"2026-05-05T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596554"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:52:12","slug":"barack-obama-and-mark-hamill-team-up-to-put-out-a-cringe-inducing-video-for-star-wars-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596554","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama and Mark Hamill team up to put out a cringe-inducing video for Star Wars Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former President Barack Obama and Mark Hamill teamed up to put out a cringe-inducing video for Star Wars Day.<\/p>\n

While nerds everywhere were busy celebrating a day dedicated to their love of the sci-fi franchise, Obama and Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, got together to film a video promoting the Obama Presidential Center. The facility doesn\u2019t open until June 19, but tickets become available as soon as May 6, which is likely why they chose the timing of the promotion to coincide with such a popular date.<\/p>\n

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May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center.<\/p>\n

Opening June 19. @BarackObama<\/a> @MarkHamill<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OzhhUzD789<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHappy Star Wars Day from the Obama Presidential Center,\u201d the former president said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a very good feeling about this,\u201d Hamill quipped.<\/p>\n

\u201cMark, I am glad you are here. I want to tell you about someone, a young person born into ordinary circumstances, but restless, Unsatisfied,\u201d Obama continued. \u201cA kid with big dreams. A bit of a rebel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI like where this is going,\u201d the actor chimes in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey join a scrappy group of underdogs and set out to change things,\u201d Obama adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy blowing up a giant space laser?\u201d Hamill asks, mimicking an explosion.<\/p>\n

\u201cMark, this is not about you, as wonderful as you are; this is about them,\u201d Obama chided, pointing at the camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t a monument to my legacy, it\u2019s a gateway to yours. The Obama Presidential Center is much more than a museum; it is an entire campus built to empower you. A place to come together, get inspired and become a force\u2026 for change.\u201d<\/p>\n

X users did not like that:<\/p>\n

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Politicizing Star Wars is EXACTLY what killed the franchise.<\/p>\n

Well done, douches.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Moe\u2019s Place (@MeetYouAtMoes) May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Yeah doesn\u2019t everybody want to pay $30 to go to a monstrosity in a crimeridden area and have to show ID but not have to show ID to vote?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ultra MAGA Joyce Day (@Daytobehappy) May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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From the Obama trashcan that you can\u2019t even fucking read. How are you gonna make the outside of your library illegible?! Reeeetarrrrded!!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Turd_Furgeson75 (@turd_furg3son) May 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Cool. That building looks like an even more hideous Death Star.<\/p>\n

\u2014 \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\"Pat Mcdonaldson \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" (@pat_mcdonaldson) May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Weird how you designed your Center as the largest example of Soviet-era Brutalism architecture in North America.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jake West \u2013 A friendly ghost. (@JakeIsHere5x5) May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Posing with celebrities won\u2019t repair your legacy of failure and Marxism. History will not be kind to you.<\/p>\n

\u2014 \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" UltraMAGA Hillbilly \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" (@TruthingtonPost) May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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