Mark Hamill Surprises White House Briefing to Express Admiration for Biden

Actor Mark Hamill crashed Friday’s White House press briefing — the day before Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) — and instead of taking questions about the popular Sci-Fi/Fantasy franchise, all he wanted to do was gush about President Joe Biden.

Hamill, who played the role of Jedi Luke Skywalker in George Lucas’ original trilogy, joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the lectern and told reporters how happy he had been to meet the president’s staff.

He opened with a joke, saying that when Biden had invited the actor to call him “Joe,” he’d asked whether he could call him “Joe-Bi-Wan-Kenobi.”

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Mark Hamill is at the White House press briefing today making cringe Star Wars jokes.

Not like there’s anything important going on in the world at the moment!
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— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 3, 2024

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.@MarkHamill at the White House press briefing:

“I was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the President, the most legislatively successful president in my lifetime. And you know, I don’t have to go through the list of bipartisan infrastructure law, the PACT… pic.twitter.com/6BuWLHEJ9g

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 3, 2024

“I was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the president, the most legislatively successful president in my lifetime,” Hamill began, listing off a series of legislative actions that he counted as Biden wins. “And you know, I don’t have to go through the list of bipartisan infrastructure law, the PACT Act, the Chips Act, all of that inflation — 15 million jobs.”

“Look, it’s all good,” Hamill continued, praising Biden’s staff and raving about how much work the president did day-to-day. “I mean, I was really thrilled to meet the entire staff because, you know, it’s not just one person. It’s like a composite endeavor and all these people, my goodness, you know, I mean, I have no idea — I — I had no idea. Just what went into what is on his plate on a daily basis.”

“So, that’s pretty much it. I’m open to questions, although no Star Wars questions, please,” Hamill concluded. “But I want to say once again how grateful I am, and it just shows you that just one person can be so influential and so positive in our lives and, again thank you so much. And @PeterBakerNYT, I loved your book.”

“Hamill was born in 1951,” Mike Cote pointed out in an X post. “Even for his personal politics, Biden isn’t remotely close to the most legislatively successful president of his lifetime. LBJ, anyone? Very sad to see a Jedi turn into a Sith before our eyes.”

Hamill was born in 1951. Even for his personal politics, Biden isn’t remotely close to the most legislatively successful president of his lifetime. LBJ, anyone?

Very sad to see a Jedi turn into a Sith before our eyes. https://t.co/7gLEWGahxz

— Mike Coté (@ratlpolicy) May 3, 2024

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