Recently, Ajit Pai, the Chairman of the FCC, invoked Star Wars in celebrating his successful bid to repeal extant net neutrality laws. And Mark Hamill, donning his Master Skywalker robes at least in spirit, did not approve.
Taking to Twitter, Hamill called Pai out for playing with a lightsaber in his Daily Caller video, wherein he dances to “Harlem Shake” alongside Daily Caller staffers, because his understanding of memes is as archaic as his policy ideas. Here’s what Hamill had to say about that:
Cute video Ajit "Aren't I Precious?" Pai 🤮-but you are profoundly unworthy 2 wield a lightsaber-A Jedi acts selflessly for the common man-NOT lie 2 enrich giant corporations. Btw-did you pay John Williams his royalty? @AjitPaiFCCorpShill #AJediYouAreNOT pic.twitter.com/SpIcOEySUY
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) December 16, 2017
It’s not the first time Hamill has used his resume to intervene in conservative politics this year—in January he gave voice to select tweets of President Trump as The Joker. Comparing harsh political realities to fiction can be tricky; do it wrong and you risk trivializing or muddying the lines of real, serious problems. But Hamill does a nice job of staying on the better end of that line, using his fictional histories to point out the authentic bad things done by people who suck.
Also, we learn a fabulous fact about Mark Hamill, thanks of an intrepid Twitter interlocutor, inspired by his Pai call out. Does Mark own a Star Wars themed fidget spinner?
no
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) December 16, 2017
Good to know. Good to know.
UPDATE 2:28PM 12/17/17:
Ted Cruz responded to Hamill, and Mark got salty:
Thanks for smarm-spaining it to me @tedcruz I know politics can be confusing, but you'd have more credibility if you spelled my name correctly. I mean IT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU! Maybe you're just distracted from watching porn at the office again❤️-mh https://t.co/nHpJVG1Wpe
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) December 17, 2017
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