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Barack Obama + Luke Skywalker = Star Wars Day 2026: “Strong, The Dad Jokes Are!”

Deadline·Dominic Patten·28 days ago
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It’s Star Wars Day today, but it is starting to feel a lot like Barack Obama Week too. One day before a much hyped sit-down with Stephen Colbert , the 44th POTUS teamed up with Luke Skywalker himself Monday to celebrate May The 4th Be With You, as well as the upcoming opening of the Obama Presidential Center. In a video posted today on social media the ex-POTUS insists to Mark Hamill that the Chicago-based Obamalisk, as the over 200-feet tall granite structure has been nicknamed, is “much more than a museum.” Shifting to pun-o-rama, Obama goes on to say: “It is an entire campus built to empower you. A place to come together, get inspired, and become a Force — for change.” Pausing for effect, the greatest orator of his political generation adds to Hamill: “See what I did there?” Watch on Deadline “Strong, the dad jokes are,” replies the Jedi with a nod to no less than Yoda himself. “That’s perfect!” laughs Obama, looking off camera.…

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