“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill arrived at the White House for a meeting with President Joe Biden on Friday and walked away with a pair of the president’s aviator sunglasses and more respect for the office. Watch Hamill’s visit in the video above “I like ‘the merch,'” he said, taking off his glasses during a quick appearance at the White House’s daily press briefing following his visit with Biden. Hamill, 72, best known for playing Luke Skywalker, joked to reporters that he would answer few questions — as long as they weren’t about “Star Wars.” “I felt honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the President,” he said. He said he had been to the White House before during the Carter and Obama administrations, but he had never inspected the Oval Office and that was a big deal. Biden showed photos and other items from the Oval Office, Hamill said. Hamill said Biden asked him to call him “Joe”, to which Hamill suggested an alternative: “Can I call you Joe-B-Wan Kenobi?” Hamill, who also voiced the Joker in “Batman: The Animated Series,” said Hamill and the White House were vague about the reason for his visit. But Hamill, a Democrat and Biden supporter, has a large following. “May the first wait for Biden’s re-election!” he wrote on Friday. “May the Third be absurd that the man who tried to steal a fair election was unofficially allowed to run again on May 4,” he posted, referencing his efforts to overturn the election. Known as “Star Wars” Day, partly because of the famous Jedi phrase “May the Fourth be with you.” Voiced – a downloadable app connected to the air defense system of Ukraine. His voice urges people to hide whenever Russia launches another aerial bombardment of Ukraine.
“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill arrived at the White House for a meeting with President Joe Biden on Friday and walked away with a pair of the president’s aviator sunglasses and more respect for the office.
Watch Hamill’s journey in the video above
“I love the stuff,” she said, taking off her glasses during a quick appearance at the White House’s daily press briefing following her visit with Biden. Hamill, 72, best known for playing Luke Skywalker, joked to reporters that he would answer few questions — as long as they weren’t about “Star Wars.”
“I am honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet with the President,” he said. He said he had been to the White House before during the Carter and Obama administrations, but he had never inspected the Oval Office and that was a big deal. Biden showed photos and other items from the Oval Office, Hamill said.
Hamill said Biden asked him to call him “Joe”, to which Hamill suggested an alternative: “Can I call you Joe-B-Wan Kenobi?”
“He loved it,” said Hamill, who also voiced the Joker in “Batman: The Animated Series.”
Both Hamill and the White House were vague about the reason for his visit. But Hamill, a Democrat and Biden supporter with a large following on social media, has been posting about the president’s re-election campaign this week.
“May your thirst for Biden’s re-election not be quenched for the first time!” He wrote on 1 May.
On Friday, he posted, “Maybe the third one is absurd that the man who tried to steal a fair election should be allowed to run again,” referencing Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. “
May 4 is informally known as “Star Wars” Day, in part because of the famous Jedi phrase “May the Force be with you”. The sentence is, “May the fourth be with you.”
Hamill also lent his voice to “Air Alert” – a downloadable app connected to Ukraine’s air defense system. His voice urges people to hide whenever Russia launches another aerial bombardment of Ukraine.
