Yahoo Movies Return of the Jedi officer 'dead ringer' for US politician Ted Cruz
Before Ted Cruz unsuccessfully challenged Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, he was an Imperial Officer of the Galactic Empire, it appears.
We’re talking a very long time before, obviously. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, in fact.
The Texan senator has been spotted in the opening scenes of ‘Return of the Jedi’, when crew assemble for the arrival of Darth Vader on the all-new Death Star.
Impressively, he barely even flinches when Lord Vader marches off with his commander, promising to find ‘new ways to motivate’ his staff ahead of a site visit from The Emperor himself.
It’s a shame he didn’t show such steely resolve battling Trump at the Indiana primary, which he lost in May this year, and which ended his presidential ambitions.
Nevertheless, this amusing doppelgänger is now doing the rounds on social media.
Whether or not Ted Cruz's #StarWars doppelganger from Return of the Jedi is legit, I still blame the Special Editions. pic.twitter.com/HpuLGTRkXS
— Andrew Husband (@AndrewHusband) December 12, 2016
wtf is @tedcruz doing in Return of the Jedi? (Far left) pic.twitter.com/tbpJn3DqBi
— xmas will (@bornneude) November 5, 2016
Are we just going to ignore the fact that Ted Cruz was in Return of the Jedi? pic.twitter.com/AHMWJeSP5n
— Compost (@CommonWheatBoy) October 18, 2016
It’s all the more apt following ‘Rogue One’ writer Chris Weitz’ comments on Twitter which inflamed alt-right groups criticising the movie for its diversity, drawing the movie into a political debate.
Following Donald Trump’s US election win, he tweeted: “Please note that the Empire is a white supremacist (human) organization.”
Fellow writer Gary Whitta added: “Opposed by a multicultural group led by brave women.”
Bob Iger, boss of Disney, even deemed to broach the #DumpStarWars hashtag and talks of a boycott from the far-right.
Speaking at the Hollywood premiere of ‘Rogue One’, Iger was asked about the so-called controversy, and said: “I think the whole story has been overblown and, quite frankly, it’s silly.
“[Rogue One] has one of the greatest and most diverse casts of any film we have ever made and we are very proud of that, and that is not a political statement, at all.”
‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, starring Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker and Felicity Jones, is out across the UK on December 15.
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