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We’ve blogged before about how many Star Wars fans think President Obama is secretly a Jedi Knight. But this is the first time we’ve been handed photographic proof of Obama showing off his Force powers.
Sith Lords and bounty hunters beware!
According to Newsweek:
Here’s President Obama dueling with, yes, a Star Wars lightsaber at an event held this afternoon at the White House to promote Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics.
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The President looks a bit like Roth-Del Masona
the should have put him with a red lightsaber as a sith because that’s what he is, a destroyer of justice peace and the republic!!!!!!!!!1
I KNEW IT!
That explains why he’s such a cool guy. I love having an intelligent President.
I really want to see President Obama appearing on hero movies too, specially on DC superheroes movies.
Hey its blue, at least hes a jedi, I wonder what kind of crud he’d get if it was red?
May the force be with him deciding our health plan!!!!!!!!
“How come his lightsaber has no American flag on it!!??!? Because he is a Muslim Terrorist Communist from Kenya!!”
On a more serious note, if the Democrats had their way, lightsabers would be illegal. And if lightsabers were outlawed, only Sith Lords would have lightsabers.
His mind tricks don’t work on me.
that is awesome
i wanna duel him lol
Looks like Obamas fencing with a lightsaber
I read a story that he used a foam sword–cool to see pics that it was instead a lightsaber!! That last picture is the best pose IMO.
use the force
Anyone else notice it’s Qui-Gon’s lightsaber with a blue blade?
Maybe he ain’t that bad after all.
cool! and Olympics in Chicago in 2016?? F Yea!
Sith Lord, not Jedi Knight or Master.
Tokyo 2016 FTW!
He is Star Wars fan too? Good… Our man.
OMG!!! who knew Obama was obsessed with Star Wars??? lol
Someone ask Sam L Jackson to go to the White House and present Obama with a Force FX proper green bladed lightsabre worthy of the President.
Jedi Knight?
I thought that the Coalition for Progress was an Imperial arm. President Obama is a Progressive, wouldn’t he be better qualified as a Sith Lord?
Darth Sidious had a lightsaber too.
“Power! Unlimited power!”
Just when I thought I couldn’t love him any more…
Kudos to lazypadawan…
i so wanna see him in full jedi robes at a star wars convention lol thatd be so awesome
That is so cool having the President of this great country wield a lightsaber, and he even seems to have great foot work too. Maybe George can get him to do a voice in the Clone Wars.
I loved Michelle’s comment- “Asked about her husband’s fencing abilities, first lady Michelle Obama was simply unsparing in her critique. “It was pathetic,” she told reporters, per CBS’s Mark Knoller.”
The Force is strong in this one.
Darth Vader would laugh at such foolishness
You can base an entire episode of the Clone Wars around him.
He looks like a younger Jolee Bindo or Qu Rahn here.
Light sabers duels should be an Olympic sport jk
Neat pics though
Color me not impressed. When a president wields a RED lightsaber, then we’ll know we have a real leader in power.
Give me a minute, I simply HAVE to add the glow.
I highly doubt Obama is a jedi because i don’t think jedi spend 10s of billons of dollars on things that won’t work. The bottom line is that apperently, there is this crazy jedi that is spending all of the Amercans hard-earned money. He’s selfish & He’s Greedy + He’s a Liberal Democrat.
Here we go, Obama knight with saber glow, much better. (My name is the link)
2016 Olympics in Chicago?? That would be so cool!! But not as cool as President Obama with Obi-Wan’s lightsaber!!
Fight for the Strong Public Option, Master Obama-Wan!
Jedi where, in the white house WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know, this love fest that LucasFilm apparently has with Obama is very disgusting. It’s pretty obvious where their political affiliations lie, and it is very disturbing. And please, stop trying to imply that Obama has the same values about peace and justice that the Jedi do. Someone like Obi-Wan would never trust a politician like Obama. Look at how many czars he’s already appointed! That sure doesn’t like the acts of a leader who is into peace, justice, and liberty. The guy is a thug, and should never have been allowed to be President in the first place.
I also suggest that whoever keeps posting these pro-Obama Blogs on SW.com to wake up and smell the coffee. You’re living in denial if you actually think Obama is a good President. He’s done more to ruin the economy, undermine the Constitution, and divide the country during his first six months in office than any other President has done during his whole term!
Fascinating. Republicans claim he’s a Sith. Democrats claim he’s a Jedi. And even more hilarious, Darth Sion claims that jedi don’t spend 10s of billons of dollars on things that won’t work.
You mean like Bush’s missile shield, (which Obama has now cancelled) ? Or like a war to invade a country which didn’t have WMD’s? Who was it who raised the deficit through the roof again?
Sane people know who the Jedi is, my friend.
Obi Wan Kenobi inspires others to help people and leads by example; he gives of himself. President Obama wants to give what is not his by relying on the force of government. He is a despot.
This Jedi can’t agree more with Z-score and Bohica. Please leave politics out of SW blogs – politicians, no matter which side they claim to support, cannot be trusted.
The other guys gonna lose with just a blaster or sword!
Z-score-Obama’s done a fine job in his first six months. The economy is rebounding. In Iraq our troops are no longer patroling the cities. Healthcare is being addressed (though it may no pass, because he’s encouraging debate) and the projections of our deficet decreased from what they were under Bush. (though they are still bad) We (US Citezens)blame our Presidents for to much, and have become way to partisan. There hasn’t been a bad president in this country since Carter, and before that Nixon. The problem is that we’ve become so partisan that we refus to see facts, or work with other people that have different points of views.
clearly don’t be fooled by his deception. We’ve all wittnessed what can happen when we are missled by such darkness. reminds me of Sidious. Hard to see is the Dark side.
i think he needs a better lightsaber. like a force-action lightsaber, or a force FX replica. not that cheap peace of crap.
All you anti-Obama people need to get a life. Geez….
Sith, Jedi, dont matter which he is claimed to be. both are pathetically weak orders. for true power is in “He who cares nothing for the Sith or its teachings…or the Jedi. and when the Jedi are dead he will feed on the galaxy, the Republic, and eventually, consume existence as well.” your legions await Lord Nihilus. we stand ready to fulfill your will, to eradicate all existience.
Meesim tinks Obama need to smack down Conservative Teabaggers wit ‘da Force…
If George W. Bush or anyone else prior to Obama-lama-dingdong had engaged in this sort of geekish behavior, he’d have been blitzed by the media in no time flat. This idiot has been glamorized and glorified like no one else in history and George Lucas’s and Lucasfilm’s love affair with Barrack Obama is worse than a sore tooth so please nip it in the bud!!!