Hamill said that he asked Biden if he could call him „Joe-bi Wan Kenobi“ during a visit to the Oval Office on Friday.
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill praised President Joe Biden as „Joe-bi Wan Kenobi“ during a surprise appearance at the White House.
Hamill, best known for portraying Luke Skywalker in the iconic sci-fi franchise, praised the president during a brief and seemingly impromptu visit to a regular media briefing, alongside White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday.
The actor arrived to the press conference wearing Biden-supplied sunglasses and hailed the president’s legislative track record before recalling that he had just compared him to the Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi during a meeting in the Oval Office.
„How many of you had ‚Mark Hamill will lead the press briefing‘ on your bingo card?“ Hamill asked the reporters, prompting laughter. „I just got to meet the president and he gave me these aviator glasses. I love the merch, love it all.“
„I was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the most legislatively successful president of my lifetime,“ he continued. „It just shows you, one person can be so influential and so positive in our lives.“
Hamill went on to describe his visit with Biden as „so amazing,“ while revealing that he had previously made shorter White House visits during the administrations of former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama.
