Hollywood stars like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mark-hamill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Hamill</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mandy-moore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mandy Moore</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-woods" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Woods</a> and others have opened up about leaving and losing their homes as the wildfires in Southern California continue to burn.
In a post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEjZIqvR3uE/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, Hamill wrote that he evacuated his Malibu home where there were “fires on both sides of the road” burning as LA County firefighters battled the fire blazing thanks to high speed Santa Ana winds, leading to tens of thousands of evacuations in the Palisades Fire, Hurst Fire, and Eaton Fire, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-fires-blaze-throughout-la-county-prompting-thousands-of-evacuations">reported</a>.
He also posted that he, his wife, and his dog were able to safely evacuate to his daughter Chelsea’s home in Hollywood, adding that it was the “most horrific fire since ’93. STAY SAFE!”
Actress Mandy Moore took to her social media account and wrote in an Instagram Story, “Evacuated and safe with kids, dog, and cats. Praying and grateful for the first responders,” <a href="https://ew.com/mark-hamill-other-stars-detail-evacuating-la-amid-horrific-palisades-fire-8771183">Entertainment Weekly</a> noted. “Grateful for the kindness of friends that we had a place to land last night. Trying to shield the kids from the immense sadness and worry I feel. Praying for everyone in our beautiful city. So gutted for the destruction and loss. Don&#8217;t know if our place made it.&#8221;
Actor James Woods was one of the stars whose home didn’t make it after he initially posted on <a href="https://x.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1876780073845408023">X</a> that he had safely evacuated the area, only to share later that his home was gone. Later Tuesday night, Woods broke down in tears during his appearance on CNN about the fire that had burned up his entire street, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mark-hamill-la-fire-malibu-evacuation-dog-trixie-1236104022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Hollywood Reporter.
“There was so much chaos, it was like an inferno. Every house was on fire around us,” Woods said. “We were evacuated with the clothes on our back.”
“One day you are swimming in your pool, and the next day it’s all gone,” Woods said as he broke down.
He then <a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/1877038067543900278">recalled</a> how his wife Sarah last night was on the phone with her 8-year-old niece who came out with her Yeti piggy bank “for us to rebuild our house,&#8221; he said as he got even more emotional.
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Reality TV stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag also lost their Palisades homes in the fire and shared on social media that the “Nightmare came true,” along with a video of their home being engulfed in flames, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/entertainment/jamie-lee-curtis-home-possibly-affected-from-palisades-fire/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost">Page Six</a> noted.
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt had nothing but praise for the first responders trying to battle the blaze to save homes like hers.
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&#8220;I have no words. Only prayers and holding as much hope as I can for our home and our kids while we watch everything burn,&#8221; Hewitt’s post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEkUTRrJmyQ/?img_index=2">Instagram</a> read. &#8220;Thank you to every first responder fighting so hard for all of us. Thank you to every friend who reached out and new person I have hugged in tears in the last 24 hours.&#8221;
Chris Pratt and Candace Cameron Bure also took to Instagram pleading for people to pray for the firefighters and those with homes in the area.
&#8220;Please send prayers and strength tonight to everyone in Los Angeles affected by these devastating fires. Los Angeles is in a state of emergency and over 30,000 have been ordered to evacuate,&#8221; Pratt’s post <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEjHSkbpWYT/?img_index=1">read</a>. &#8220;Thank you to the brave firefighters and first responders who are working tirelessly to protect lives, homes, and wildlife as they battle fast-moving wildfire fueled by fierce winds. You are true heroes, and we are endlessly grateful for your sacrifice and courage.”
The “Full House” star wrote in her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEjKrH5pxTS/">post</a> on Wednesday, “Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Sylmar and Sepulveda pass are still burning. I woke up to the same flames. Our sweet Palisades is destroyed. So many memories. We are praying God pours rain down on Los Angeles. Thank you firefighters and first responders for everything you’re doing to keep people safe and fight these fires. You are true heros. So many memories.”
Actor and director <a href="https://x.com/hwinkler4real/status/1877039729192902999">Henry Winkler</a> called the scenes of the devastating fire surreal and biblical. “So many people have lost everything. Across this country, the suffering by nature alone is unimaginable, everybody who is alive and safe, thank the Lord.”
<a href="https://x.com/mariashriver/status/1877042569999237354">Maria Shriver</a> posted on Wednesday that they had to evacuate the area as well, writing, “Heartbreaking, devastating, beyond belief. Everything is gone. Our neighborhood, our restaurants. All our friends have lost everything. We have evacuated, but are safe. But people have lost everything. The firefighters have and are doing their best, but this fire is massive and out of control, and now there are multiple fires burning across Los Angeles.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-fires-blaze-throughout-la-county-prompting-thousands-of-evacuations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Multiple Fires Blaze Throughout L.A. County Prompting Thousands Of Evacuations</a>

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Numerous Democratic politicians and celebrities will join a &#8220;White Dudes for Harris&#8221; call on Monday evening to promote Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign.
More than 80,000 people have signed up, <a href="https://x.com/dudes4harris/status/1817977115528265920" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the virtual event&#8217;s organizers, who said participants would &#8220;welcome Vice President Harris to the presidential race and pledge to help get her elected.&#8221; Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, who is being floated as a potential VP pick, and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) are expected to <a href="https://x.com/harris_wins/status/1817960396327903534" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headline</a> the virtual event, which begins at 8:00 p.m. ET on Monday.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper — another VP contender — gun control activist David Hogg, &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; actor Mark Hamill, and singer Josh Groban are also expected to make appearances.
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TODAY-Join me along w/Pete Buttigieg-Gov. Roy Cooper-Rep. Adam Schiff-Bradley Whitford-Jimmy Williams-David Hogg-George Goehl-Ben Wikler-Josh Gad-Jon Cooper-Rory O’Malley-Michael Kelly-Misha Collins-Scott Galloway-Josh Groban &amp; countless others ALL dedicated to electing… <a href="https://t.co/mt2QAzhjLP">pic.twitter.com/mt2QAzhjLP</a>
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&#8220;Together, we aren’t going to sit around and let the MAGA crowd bully other white guys into voting for a hateful and divisive ideology because we understand that under MAGA everyone loses,&#8221; the event&#8217;s sign-up form states. &#8220;We know that as white dudes, we have both a strong, and positive role to play in America’s shared future, and it begins with all of us cutting through the MAGA crap and reminding the folks who have co-opted American symbols what America actually means. We are excited to join together with you in this fight.&#8221;
Team Trump blasted the &#8220;White Dudes for Harris&#8221; event as &#8220;more desperate pandering&#8221; from the Harris campaign.
“White Dudes for Harris is more desperate pandering from the same campaign that thinks cooking collard greens and making cringy, inauthentic calls into the BET awards is outreach to the Black community. Kamala Harris is the most unpopular Vice President in history because she’s inauthentic and dangerously liberal,&#8221; Team Trump Black Media Director Janiyah Thomas said in a statement to The Daily Wire. &#8220;On the contrary, President Trump’s engagement with diverse communities is completely authentic as he shows up in our neighborhoods, meets people where they’re at, and offers solutions to fix the problems created by the Biden-Harris Administration’s failed policies. That’s why President Trump continues to increase his support from Americans of all backgrounds across the country.”
Anyone can RSVP for the call by submitting their name and email, and the sign-up form does not ask any questions about race or sex. The organizers also urge people who RSVP to donate to the Harris Victory Fund and direct them to ActBlue, a fundraising platform used by Democrats.
The &#8220;White Dudes for Harris&#8221; call was organized by political activist Ben Wessel and <a href="https://x.com/MikeNellis/status/1817209765405032533" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Nellis</a>, a former advisor to Harris, according to the <a href="https://www.nysun.com/article/white-dudes-for-harris-zoom-call-draws-celebrity-attendees-and-tens-of-thousands-of-sign-ups" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Sun</a>. Wessel previously <a href="https://www.climateone.org/people/ben-wessel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worked</a> as the Director of NextGen Rising where he pushed for &#8220;progressive policies with a focus on mobilizing the voters who care most the issues: young people.&#8221; Wessel also worked on the campaigns of Sen. Cory Booker and former President Barack Obama. Wessel is currently the Director of State and Local Political Affairs for the <a href="https://www.emersoncollective.com/collective" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emerson Collective</a>, an activist organization focused on the environment, education, immigration, and race and equity.
Nellis is the founder of Authentic, a digital marketing agency that has been used by the campaigns of<a href="https://authentic.org/case-studies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Democrats</a> such as Rep. Schiff, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, the Senate Majority PAC, and President Joe Biden.
Harris supporters have also held calls targeting other specific groups based on race and sex. &#8220;Win With Black Women&#8221; said that it has raised more than $1.5 million in support of Harris since she became the presumptive Democratic nominee. A &#8220;Win With Black Men&#8221; call also reportedly raised $1.3 million for Harris&#8217; campaign, while a &#8220;White Women: Answer the Call&#8221; virtual event attracted nearly 200,000 people over Zoom and raised more than $11 million, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-grassroots-organizers-raise-millions-online-campaign-first-week/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Harris supporters have also held calls for Latinas and South Asian women to boost the vice president&#8217;s campaign.
The Daily Wire has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.

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Pete Buttigieg, Adam Schiff To Speak At ‘White Dudes For Harris’ Virtual Event

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Actor Mark Hamill crashed Friday&#8217;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&#8217; 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&#8217;s staff.
He opened with a joke, saying that when Biden had invited the actor to call him &#8220;Joe,&#8221; he&#8217;d asked whether he could call him &#8220;Joe-Bi-Wan-Kenobi.&#8221;
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“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&#39;t have to go through the list of bipartisan infrastructure law, the PACT… <a href="https://t.co/6BuWLHEJ9g">pic.twitter.com/6BuWLHEJ9g</a>
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&#8220;I was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the president, the most legislatively successful president in my lifetime,&#8221; Hamill began, listing off a series of legislative actions that he counted as Biden wins. &#8220;And you know, I don&#8217;t have to go through the list of bipartisan infrastructure law, the PACT Act, the Chips Act, all of that inflation — 15 million jobs.&#8221;
&#8220;Look, it&#8217;s all good,&#8221; Hamill continued, praising Biden&#8217;s staff and raving about how much work the president did day-to-day. &#8220;I mean, I was really thrilled to meet the entire staff because, you know, it&#8217;s not just one person. It&#8217;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.&#8221;
&#8220;So, that&#8217;s pretty much it. I&#8217;m open to questions, although no Star Wars questions, please,&#8221; Hamill concluded. &#8220;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.&#8221;
&#8220;Hamill was born in 1951,&#8221; Mike Cote pointed out in an X post. &#8220;Even for his personal politics, Biden isn&#8217;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.&#8221;
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Hamill was born in 1951. Even for his personal politics, Biden isn&#39;t remotely close to the most legislatively successful president of his lifetime. LBJ, anyone?
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&#8220;Star Wars&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-hamill-uses-star-wars-voice-to-warn-ukrainians-about-air-raid-on-app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Hamill</a> was slammed over the weekend for showing support for Israel following the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-death-toll-skyrockets-following-iran-backed-terror-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unprovoked terrorist attacks</a> from Hamas.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pos-human-being-mark-hamill-mocks-pro-lifers-with-joker-tweet-they-pummel-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">72-year-old actor</a> posted images of American and Israeli flags on social media with the caption, &#8220;America stands with Israel [fist emoji] #ALWAYS.&#8221;
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America stands with Israel ✊<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ALWAYS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ALWAYS</a> <a href="https://t.co/kM3e9S125s">pic.twitter.com/kM3e9S125s</a>
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At the time of this publication, Hamill&#8217;s post has been viewed 23.7 million times and counting.
Hamill learned quickly he was followed by many accounts that did not agree with his support of Israel, calling America and Israel the evil &#8220;empire.&#8221;
&#8220;Free Palestine,&#8221; one person wrote.
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Another added, &#8220;The Palestinians are literally the Rebellion &#8211; bro if you were this age when the original trilogy first came out, even when George Lucas explicitly stated how the movies were inspired by the Vietnam War, you&#8217;d think South Vietnam and the USA were the good guys.&#8221;
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The Palestinians are literally the Rebellion &#8211; bro if you were this age when the original trilogy first came out, even when George Lucas explicitly stated how the movies were inspired by the Vietnam War, you&#39;d think South Vietnam and the USA were the good guys.
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While another used a Star Wars gif and wrote, &#8220;Nooo! Didn’t expect you would join the dark side so easily Mark!#FreePalastine.&#8221;
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Nooo! Didn’t expect you would join the dark side so easily Mark! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalastine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreePalastine</a> 🇵🇸 <a href="https://t.co/9aQHK8rK1r">pic.twitter.com/9aQHK8rK1r</a>
&mdash; AlmoXGame (@MontherVII) <a href="https://twitter.com/MontherVII/status/1711143496403284011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Many comments were related to his &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; character, Luke Skywalker, who fights against the empire and leads the rebels to defeat Darth Vader and destroy the Death Star. The fact that the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; franchise was fictional compared to the hundreds of real people murdered over the weekend in the attacks seemed to miss many of Hamill&#8217;s followers.
&#8220;I loved in Star Wars when Luke said &#8216;we need to stand with the Empire against these rebel terrorists,'&#8221; one person wrote sarcastically.
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I loved in Star Wars when Luke said “we need to stand with the Empire against these rebel terrorists” <a href="https://t.co/xcQ1xcahtL">https://t.co/xcQ1xcahtL</a>
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&#8220;Star Wars is literally about a small resistance &#8216;terror&#8217; cell overthrowing an empire,&#8221; another account posted, suggesting the rebels in &#8220;Star Wars,&#8221; who fought for freedom, were terrorists.
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While another wrote, &#8220;Luke Skywalker rooting for the empire. Wild times.&#8221;
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Luke Skywalker rooting for the empire. Wild times. <a href="https://t.co/CCTIJNQnHX">https://t.co/CCTIJNQnHX</a>
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And another opined, &#8220;Luke Skywalker joined the dark side and supports apartheid &amp; illegal occupation.&#8221;
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The &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&#8221; star has yet to respond to the criticism nor to delete his post, unlike reality star <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/08/kylie-jenner-deletes-instagram-post-supporting-israel-after-backlash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kylie Jenner</a>, who posted support for Israel but, after facing a backlash from followers, deleted her post.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-hamill-uses-star-wars-voice-to-warn-ukrainians-about-air-raid-on-app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Hamill Uses &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Voice To Warn Ukrainians About Air-Raid On App</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood</a> reacted to the news Wednesday of the death of Tina Turner, calling her &#8220;iconic,&#8221; &#8220;legendary,&#8221; and so much more.
The official Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/tinaturner/status/1661463646139023362?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">account</a> for the legendary singer tweeted, &#8220;It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner.” The singer battled health issues in recent years, including intestinal cancer, a stroke, and needing a kidney transplant, <a href="https://people.com/music/tina-turner-dead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> reported. She died &#8220;peacefully&#8221; at her home near Zurich in Switzerland after a long illness, publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed.
&#8220;With her music and boundless passion for life, she enchanted fans worldwide and inspired future stars,&#8221; the message added. &#8220;We say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us her greatest work; her music. Tina, we will miss you dearly.&#8221;
Shortly after the news broke, celebrities like Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Mariah Carey, and others took to social media share their memories of the &#8220;Rock and Roll Hall of Fame&#8221; singer.
&#8220;Shocked. Saddened. Sending condolences to Tina Turner&#8217;s family and loved ones,&#8221; Ross tweeted, along with a photo of the two at an event.
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Shocked. Saddened. Sending condolences to Tina Turner’s family and loved ones. <a href="https://t.co/FGlQfjxaGh">pic.twitter.com/FGlQfjxaGh</a>
&mdash; Ms. Ross (@DianaRoss) <a href="https://twitter.com/DianaRoss/status/1661462242108538892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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82-year-old Jones wrote, &#8220;Tina, an incredible woman, a genuine singer, a one of a kind talent, I am honored to have known her. RIP Tina.&#8221;
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Tina, an incredible woman, a genuine singer, a one of a kind talent, I am honoured to have known her. RIP Tina <a href="https://t.co/70iceQjLxm">pic.twitter.com/70iceQjLxm</a>
&mdash; Tom Jones (@RealSirTomJones) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSirTomJones/status/1661464835987501061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The words legendary, iconic, diva, and superstar are often overused and yet Tina Turner embodies them all and so many more &#8211; an incredible performer, musician and trailblazer,&#8221; 54-year-old Carey wrote. &#8220;To me, she will always be a survivor and an inspiration to women everywhere. Her music will continue to inspire generations to come. Rest in Peace, Queen.&#8221;
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The words legendary, iconic, diva, and superstar are often overused and yet Tina Turner embodies them all and so many more &#8211; an incredible performer, musician and trailblazer. To me, she will always be a survivor and an inspiration to women everywhere. Her music will continue to… <a href="https://t.co/ur7djmFHnW">pic.twitter.com/ur7djmFHnW</a>
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Podcast host Megyn Kelly tweeted that &#8220;it doesn&#8217;t seem possible&#8221; Turner was gone. &#8220;She seemed like too strong a life force. She overcame…everything. Embodied strength, resilience, beauty, sass, warmth, dignity, TALENT! Along w/so many, I will treasure her music &amp; legacy forever.&#8221;
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Tina Turner, dead at 83 &#8211; it doesn’t seem possible. She seemed like too strong a life force. She overcame…everything. Embodied strength, resilience, beauty, sass, warmth, dignity, TALENT! Along w/so many, I will treasure her music &amp; legacy forever.
&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1661462461524983811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Singer John Fogerty said, &#8220;So deeply sad to hear about Tina Turner&#8217;s passing… I loved her version of Proud Mary! It was different and fantastic. I was also so happy because she chose my song and it was her breakthrough record.&#8221;
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So deeply sad to hear about Tina Turner&#39;s passing… I loved her version of Proud Mary! It was different and fantastic. I was also so happy because she chose my song and it was her breakthrough record. <a href="https://t.co/pH1Qt8u25Y">pic.twitter.com/pH1Qt8u25Y</a>
&mdash; John Fogerty (@John_Fogerty) <a href="https://twitter.com/John_Fogerty/status/1661466818903523339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Singer/songwriter Deborah Harry, aka Blondie, wrote, &#8220;I was a benefactor of the energy, creativity and talents of Tina Turner. A woman who started in rural Nutbush, TN cotton fields and worked her way to the very top. Tina was a great inspiration to me when I was starting out and remains so to this day. Love you Tina. RIP.&#8221;
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&quot;I was a benefactor of the energy, creativity and talents of Tina Turner. A woman who started in rural Nutbush, TN cotton fields and worked her way to the very top. Tina was a great inspiration to me when I was starting out and remains so to this day. Love you Tina. RIP.” —DH <a href="https://t.co/2sqg0biujc">pic.twitter.com/2sqg0biujc</a>
&mdash; Debbie Harry/BLONDIE (@BlondieOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlondieOfficial/status/1661463750451294211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rocker Mick Jagger shared a series of snaps, referring to Turner as a wonderful friend, &#8220;I&#8217;m so saddened by the passing of my wonderful friend Tina Turner. She was truly an enormously talented performer and singer. She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her.&#8221;
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I’m so saddened by the passing of my wonderful friend Tina Turner. She was truly an enormously talented performer and singer. She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her. <a href="https://t.co/TkG5VrdxXO">pic.twitter.com/TkG5VrdxXO</a>
&mdash; Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) <a href="https://twitter.com/MickJagger/status/1661459867876356101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Star Wars&#8221; franchise star Mark Hamill wrote simply, &#8220;Rest in Power, Queen.&#8221;
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Rest in Power, Queen. 💔 <a href="https://t.co/QLPgeWfcNH">pic.twitter.com/QLPgeWfcNH</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1661463603940327426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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While &#8220;Monty Python&#8221; alum John Cleese tweeted a clip of him and Turner on stage and wrote, &#8220;Very sad to hear about the passing of Tina Turner. Her talent was beyond measure.&#8221;
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Very sad to hear about the passing of Tina Turner. Her talent was beyond measure. <a href="https://t.co/suRy2ytY9M">pic.twitter.com/suRy2ytY9M</a>
&mdash; John Cleese (@JohnCleese) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1661463692347867138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A private funeral ceremony will be &#8220;attended by close friends and family. Please respect the privacy of her family at this difficult time,&#8221; a statement from Turner&#8217;s publicist added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/singer-tina-turner-dead-at-83" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Legendary Singer Tina Turner Dead At 83</a>

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mark-hamill">Mark Hamill</a> has lent his voice as a Jedi from &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; to a new air-raid app being used in Ukraine to warn residents of an incoming aerial bombardment from Russia.
The 71-year-old actor—best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in George Lucas&#8217; hit franchise—urges people to seek shelter in his familiar voice as a Jedi knight, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-star-wars-luke-hamill-app-08ec03bf1a2c9c0378857090079f00f9">Associated Press</a> reported.
&#8220;Attention. Air raid alert,&#8221; Hamill tells people when the downloadable app linked to Ukraine&#8217;s air defense system goes off. &#8220;Proceed to the nearest shelter.&#8221;
&#8220;Don’t be careless,&#8221; Hamill&#8217;s voice advises. &#8220;Your overconfidence is your weakness.&#8221;
And when it is safe for residents to come out from their shelter, the famed &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; star announces in his Jedi voice &#8220;the air alert is over. May the Force be with you.&#8221;
Once air raid sirens start howling, the &#8220;Air Alert&#8221; app not only tells Ukrainians to seek cover but that Russian missiles, bombs and deadly exploding drones may be incoming, the report noted.
The use of a Hollywood star — from movies about the universe being involved in a fictional war — being used in a real war between Russia and Ukraine is almost surreal. However, Hamill said he&#8217;s admired the resilience of Ukraine &#8230; &#8220;under such terrible circumstances&#8221; and he is glad to help in any way he can.
&#8220;A fairy tale about good versus evil is resonant with what&#8217;s going on in Ukraine,&#8221; Hamill said. &#8220;The Ukrainian people rallying to the cause and responding so heroically &#8230; It&#8217;s impossible not to be inspired by how they&#8217;ve weathered this storm.&#8221;
&#8220;Here I sit in the comfort of my own home when in Ukraine there are power outages and food shortages and people are really suffering,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It motivates me to do as much as I can.&#8221;
A 38-year-old business manager in the capital, Kyiv, Olena Yeremina, said hearing Hamill&#8217;s &#8220;May the Force be with you&#8221; first made her laugh, and now that humor has given her strength.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a very cool phrase for this situation,&#8221; Yeremina added. &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t say that I feel like a Ukrainian Jedi, but sometimes this phrase reminds me to straighten my shoulders and keep working.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SlavaUkraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SlavaUkraine</a> 🇺🇦 <a href="https://t.co/ly99uOqsJe">https://t.co/ly99uOqsJe</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1641166399937843200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The &#8220;Star Wars: The Last Jedi&#8221; star also shared the news on Wednesday about being part of the air-raid app, writing to his 5.2 million followers, &#8220;SlavaUkraine&#8221; and including a retweet of the headline from the AP.

Mark Hamill Uses ‘Star Wars’ Voice To Warn Ukrainians About Air-Raid On App

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Over the weekend, actor Mark Hamill, mocked pro-life advocates in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, catalyzing them to fire back hard.
Hamill, whose fame is dependent on his career as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise films, taunted pro-life advocates by tweeting a picture of The Joker from Batman and his lover, Harley Quinn.
“We will adopt your baby,” Hamill tweeted with the picture.
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We Will Adopt Your Baby <a href="https://t.co/IP4YC54YYa">pic.twitter.com/IP4YC54YYa</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1543317524908949504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Hamill’s taunt engendered responses such as these:
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It&#39;s easy for Mark Hamill to mock religious conservatives who want to adopt children. But does he make fun of his colleagues in Hollywood who do the same?
Adoption is a gift for many adults &amp; children
Shame on anyone who belittles adoption to score points in the abortion debate <a href="https://t.co/RM182Ub1bD">pic.twitter.com/RM182Ub1bD</a>
&mdash; Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joelmpetlin/status/1543638669516574721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The point is <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarkHamill</a> is a really POS human being. He’s obsessed with abortion. Him and his wife tried to force their son’s baby mama to have an abortion. <a href="https://t.co/JJTfOTlopV">https://t.co/JJTfOTlopV</a>
&mdash; Rebecca Downs🇺🇸🟦🇮🇱 (@RebeccaRoseGold) <a href="https://twitter.com/RebeccaRoseGold/status/1543417127188709377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Learning Luke Skywalker is a tone deaf a-hole is in no way a surprise if you understand the Jedi. <a href="https://t.co/lhK5NPWZz2">https://t.co/lhK5NPWZz2</a>
&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1543410544878575616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The fixation on this is super weird because &quot;we will adopt your baby&quot; is a statement directly tied to choice. They are asking women to choose to not abort by offering to adopt their baby. This doesn&#39;t contradict the system of choice &#8211; it operates within its boundaries. <a href="https://t.co/XVr4TakRbq">https://t.co/XVr4TakRbq</a>
&mdash; Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href="https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1543367695265107970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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This is&#8230; Really bad. <a href="https://t.co/ZhLePUixND">https://t.co/ZhLePUixND</a>
&mdash; L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryOConnor/status/1543407810960130049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Mocking those offering to adopt children rather than celebrating their killing. This is what you have become. <a href="https://t.co/IKbYFGT9B7">https://t.co/IKbYFGT9B7</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1543590449146896384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2016/09/11/hamills-pressured-me-to-have-an-abortion-nathan-hamills-ex/">reported</a> in 2016 that Maegan Chen, then 30, a former adult movie star, was suing in a California court to establish paternity, saying Hamill’s son Nathan, then 37, fathered the child and joined Hamill and his wife Marilou to pressure Chen to have an abortion.
“Mark Hamill told me that I shouldn’t bring a child into the world that nobody wants,” Chen told The Post, adding that Mark Hamill told her Nathan was “not ready to be a father.”
Chen said Nathan Hamill told her to end the pregnancy; she took two pills in order to do so, but they didn’t work. Chen showed the Post a text message after the pills failed that allegedly was sent by Nathan Hamill that stated, “If you keep it, we won’t hang out anymore.”
Other alleged texts from Nathan Hamill Chen shared:
“No money from a trust fund and no money from my parents. And you could be paying me child support if I have custody.”
“Just told my dad. My mom is really upset now. Today’s been a nightmare. I don’t know how I’m gonna last in this house with my family until July.”
Chen said she visited the Hamills in London and that Marilou Hamill arranged a medical appointment for her.
“I thought I was going to get an ultrasound of the baby, not a referral for an abortion,” she stated, adding that when she refused and returned to the United States, she received an email from an account linked to Mark Hamill written by Marilou, the CFO of Hamill’s production company, “Meagan, you blew it. &#8230; I don’t want you to think this is a money making endeavor because you will be extremely disappointed.”
A spokesman for the Hamills told the Post, “This matter is of a sensitive nature, as well as confidential, and as such, the Hamill family is unable to provide a comment at this time.”
Chen’s daughter Autumn was born on October 31, 2016, <a href="https://radaronline.com/videos/mark-hamill-son-nathan-in-child-custody-war-with-baby-mama/">Radar Online</a> reported in May 2017, adding, “On March 13, 2017, Nathan filed court documents in Clark County, Nevada, attempting to put the matter to rest legally.”
Chen stated, &#8220;Nathan originally told me he’d pay $500 a month in child support. Now he has blocked me on social media and blocked my email and phone number. &#8230; I have only seen him in court.&#8221;
&#8220;He is trying to run me down financially,” she claimed. “I had to sell my dog and cats, piano, and camera equipment just to pay for baby supplies and her stroller. &#8230; Whatever the court says is fair for child support, I’m fine with. But I want Nathan to put Autumn under his insurance. He needs to be responsible.
“As for Nathan, he&#8217;s claimed in court papers obtained by Radar that Chen lives in Nevada and is attempting to maintain a residence in California in order to get more money,” Radar Online reported.

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Maybe now they know how conservatives on Twitter feel.
After a final deal was announced Monday about billionaire Elon Musk buying Twitter, a slew of liberals came out to bemoan lost followers.
“Just lost 2000 followers. Anyone else losing followers?” Neera Tanden, a Biden nominee who withdrew and longtime supporter of Hillary Clinton, wrote on Twitter.
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Just lost 2000 followers. Anyone else losing followers?
&mdash; Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) <a href="https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/1518718919242133504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Gun control activist David Hogg joined in the sobfest, saying, &#8220;Oh I thought it was just some really bad takes I posted but guess I’m not alone -3000 today.&#8221;
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Oh I thought it was just some really bad takes I posted but guess I&#39;m not alone -3000 today
&mdash; David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1518726536437764096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill retweeted Tanden’s tweet, adding: “I just lost more than 8,000 followers in the last couple of hours. Was it something I said?&#8221;
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Weird. I just lost more than 8,000 followers in the last couple of hours. Was it something I said? <a href="https://t.co/TS3vwDephc">https://t.co/TS3vwDephc</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1518724468406767616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Another Twitter user, Christopher Bouzy, wrote: &#8220;Exclusive: Over the past 24 hours, Democrats have experienced a significant decrease in followers, while Republicans have experienced a significant increase in followers&#8230;&#8221; He posted a chart not on liberals but only former President Barack Obama, which showed he lost roughly 5,000 of his 131 million followers.
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🤖Exclusive: Over the past 24 hours, Democrats have experienced a significant decrease in followers, while Republicans have experienced a significant increase in followers&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/jOg0or4bKS">pic.twitter.com/jOg0or4bKS</a>
&mdash; Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy) (@cbouzy) <a href="https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1518953731961802752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“I’m down about the same (proportionately) &#8211; around 1800. Can’t tell if it’s dead bots or people afraid that Elon will find out they were following me,” former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann tweeted.
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I&#39;m down about the same (proportionately) &#8211; around 1800. Can&#39;t tell if it&#39;s dead bots or people afraid that Elon will find out they were following me
&mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1518726296494292995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The social media site is overrun with bots. Way back in 2017, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/10/nearly-48-million-twitter-accounts-could-be-bots-says-study.html">reported</a> that &#8220;as many as 48 million Twitter accounts aren’t people.&#8221; But Musk plans to change that. Last week, he tweeted: &#8220;If our twitter bid succeeds, we will defeat the spam bots or die trying!&#8221;
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If our twitter bid succeeds, we will defeat the spam bots or die trying!
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1517215066550116354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Conservatives are well aware of how Twitter limits their accounts. The social media giant can “shadow-ban” accounts, which means their posts don&#8217;t even appear on their followers newsfeeds. Plus, Twitter can simply purge an account&#8217;s followers and censor any content they choose by labeling it &#8220;hate speech” or “harassment.”
Other Twitter users claimed liberals&#8217; plunging numbers were simply people shutting down accounts over Musk&#8217;s acquisition.
&#8220;Its [sic] people leaving because of Elon most likely,&#8221; one user <a href="https://twitter.com/shouxing3/status/1518810447419363329">wrote</a>.
Others speculated that Twitter was purging bots as part of the sale.
&#8220;Its [sic] a bot purge. They have to do some due diligence for the sale. I bet having millions of fake accounts will be a problem so they are deleting,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/FPWellman/status/1518742818822496259">wrote</a> one user.
&#8220;However, largely missing from the list of users complaining about a loss of Twitter followers were conservative and right-wing accounts. In fact, a number of users in this group actually gained followers in the last 24 hours,&#8221; Fortune magazine <a href="https://fortune.com/2022/04/26/twitter-accounts-left-losing-followers-right-gaining-musk-buyout-sealed/">reported</a>. &#8220;While users like Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez all lost more than 10,000 followers overnight, according to data from social media analytics tracker SocialBlade, conservatives like Ted Cruz, Newt Gingrich, and Laura Ingraham all gained.&#8221;
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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On Tuesday, actor Mark Hamill, famed for playing the iconic Luke Skywalker in Stars Wars films, delivered what he thought was an eloquent speech bashing the Florida “Parental Rights In Education” law that has been deliberately and insidiously mis-nicknamed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a bill that, <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dont-say-dont-say-gay/">in truth</a>, bars schools from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade classrooms and never mentions the word “gay” anywhere.
The silver-tongued Hamill tweeted one word almost 70 times, like this:
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gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gaygay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay 🌈 <a href="https://t.co/8IroJDi5bN">https://t.co/8IroJDi5bN</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1501323467353833474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Hamill’s one word diatribe was mocked by conservatives:
Podcast host Dave Rubin: “A strange part of growing up is watching your childhood heroes become bats*** bananas lunatics.”
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A strange part of growing up is watching your childhood heroes become batshit bananas lunatics. <a href="https://t.co/c3bs5m4j8C">https://t.co/c3bs5m4j8C</a>
&mdash; Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1501390070120595458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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National Review’s Dan McLaughlin: “oh no he let Lucas write his dialogue again.”
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oh no he let Lucas write his dialogue again <a href="https://t.co/eJs7YMioXX">https://t.co/eJs7YMioXX</a>
&mdash; Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) <a href="https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1501407957552185346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Washington Examiner’s Christopher Tremoglie: “Tell me you didn&#8217;t read the bill and listened to lies and propaganda without telling me you didn&#8217;t read the bill and listened to lies and propaganda.”
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Tell me you didn&#39;t read the bill and listened to lies and propaganda without telling me you didn&#39;t read the bill and listened to lies and propaganda <a href="https://t.co/FogVLHVsQ8">https://t.co/FogVLHVsQ8</a>
&mdash; ChrisWilliam (@BadAccountCTrem) <a href="https://twitter.com/BadAccountCTrem/status/1501364670866894859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro: “So I take it you wish to indoctrinate small children into gender and sexual ideology. Because that&#8217;s the only reason you&#8217;re parroting idiotic propaganda.”
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So I take it you wish to indoctrinate small children into gender and sexual ideology. Because that&#39;s the only reason you&#39;re parroting idiotic propaganda. <a href="https://t.co/DeWYQHGaYf">https://t.co/DeWYQHGaYf</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1501389915468312582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In 2016, after the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Hamill said that Luke Skywalker could be gay.
The film’s director, J.J. Abrams told <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/26/j-j-abrams-gay-characters-coming-to-star-wars.html">The Daily Beast</a>, “When I talk about inclusivity it&#8217;s not excluding gay characters, it’s about inclusivity. So of course.&#8221; &#8220;
&#8220;I would love it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;To me, the fun of Star Wars is the glory of possibility. So it seems insanely narrow-minded and counter-intuitive to say that there wouldn’t be a homosexual character in that world.”
According to the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3478443/Star-Wars-hero-Luke-Skywalker-gay-says-actor-plays-Mark-Hamill.html">Daily Mail</a>, Hamill said in an interview, &#8220;&#8216;Fans are writing and asking all these questions: &#8216;I’m bullied in school… I’m afraid to come out.&#8217; They say to me: &#8216;Could Luke be gay?'&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;I’d say it is meant to be interpreted by the viewer. If you think Luke is gay, of course he is. You should not be ashamed of it. Judge Luke by his character, not by who he loves.&#8221;
Hamill has an apparent penchant for weighing in when Southern states pass conservative laws; in March 2021, after Georgia passed a law banning abortion following the detection of a fetal heartbeat, Hamill cheered those who supported a boycott of the state:
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Hashtag correction: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoMoreFilminginGeoRgia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoMoreFilminginGeoRgia</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1376065418947821573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In March 2019, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) hilariously used images from the Star Wars series to trash the “Green New Deal” championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies, including an image of Luke Skywalker atop a tauntaun on the ice planet Hoth in “The Empire Strikes Back.” Lee quipped, “Not only are tauntauns carbon-neutral, but according to one report &#8216;a long time ago&#8217; and &#8216;far, far away,&#8217; they may even be fully recyclable for their warmth on especially cold nights.”
That prompted Hamill to snipe, “I was foolish to think this was photoshopped. Had I recognized that this guy was a Republican, I would have instantly realized this was his argument against Global Warming. #CongressSmellsBadOnTheInside.”
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I was foolish to think this was photoshopped. Had I recognized that this guy was a Republican, I would have instantly realized this was his argument against Global Warming. ❄️🌨️☃️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CongressSmellsBadOnTheInside?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CongressSmellsBadOnTheInside</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ofbk1h7GxM">https://t.co/Ofbk1h7GxM</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1110624400464740352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Asked the next day if he saw Lee’s presentation, Hamill tweeted, “I did see that crap. Don&#8217;t worry about it! I&#8217;m using an oversized photo of @SenMikeLee as a prop to push my #MAGA (#MoronsAlwaysGaslightAmericans) #TrustTheScientists agenda. #ClimateChange.”
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Dena <a href="https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrDenaGrayson</a>, I did see that crap. Don&#39;t worry about it! I&#39;m using an oversized photo of <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenMikeLee</a> as a prop to push my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MAGA</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoronsAlwaysGaslightAmericans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoronsAlwaysGaslightAmericans</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrustTheScientists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrustTheScientists</a> agenda.😛 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://t.co/wccpTEk3Sc">https://t.co/wccpTEk3Sc</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1110974246883201024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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In November 2018, Hamill lauded the hard-Left Democratic women comprising “The Squad,” including Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley, tweeting, “For centuries, men have had their chance to rule government with middling-to-poor results. Who&#8217;s ready to let women take charge completely? Just women. I know I am.”
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For centuries, men have had their chance to rule government with middling-to-poor results. Who&#39;s ready to let women take charge completely? Just women. I know I am. <a href="https://t.co/VRTurft6DG">https://t.co/VRTurft6DG</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1062446349856075776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The Force may be with him, but not the Face.
Star Wars star Mark Hamill has announced that he is quitting Facebook. He criticized the company&#8217;s policy on political ads and said he was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; with Facebook&#8217;s founder Mark Zuckerberg.
&#8220;So disappointed that #MarkZuckerberg values profit more than truthfulness that I&#8217;ve decided to delete my @Facebook account. I know this is a big &#8216;Who Cares?&#8217; for the world at large, but I&#8217;ll sleep better at night,&#8221; he wrote — on Twitter. He hashtagged the post &#8220;#PatriotismOverProfits.&#8221;
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So disappointed that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarkZuckerberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MarkZuckerberg</a> values profit more than truthfulness that I&#39;ve decided to delete my <a href="https://twitter.com/facebook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Facebook</a> account. I know this is a big &quot;Who Cares?&quot; for the world at large, but I&#39;ll sleep better at night. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PatriotismOverProfits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PatriotismOverProfits</a> 🇲🇾&gt;💰 <a href="https://t.co/seb2eJMTo6">https://t.co/seb2eJMTo6</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1216482695061966848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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For some reason, Hamill included a Malaysian flag. He later corrected that with this post:
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🇺🇸&gt;💰
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1216552601841364992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hamill&#8217;s original tweet has drawn more than 6,000 replies and has been retweeted 21,000 times. More than 175,000 have liked the post.
Hamill&#8217;s move follows an announcement from Facebook last week that it would allow politicians to run advertisements on the social media platform without policing the veracity of their content. In his tweet, Hamill linked a New York Times story about Facebook&#8217;s decision.
Rob Leathern, Facebook&#8217;s director of product management, defended the move, saying, &#8220;Ultimately, we don’t think decisions about political ads should be made by private companies.&#8221;
&#8220;In the absence of regulation, Facebook and other companies are left to design their own policies. We have based ours on the principle that people should be able to hear from those who wish to lead them, warts and all, and that what they say should be scrutinized and debated in public,&#8221; Leathern said.
Other high-profile figures who have deleted their accounts include the singer Cher, comedian Will Ferrell, actor Jim Carrey and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
“Borat” actor Sacha Baron Cohen criticized Facebook in a November speech as he accepted an award from the Anti-Defamation League, saying that if Facebook had existed during Adolf Hitler’s reign atop the Third Reich, he could have posted “30-second ads on his ‘solution’ to the ‘Jewish problem.’”
Facebook fired back, saying Cohen “misrepresented Facebook’s policies” because Facebook bans hate speech.
Hamill deeply loathes President Trump. He even takes his animosity toward Trump out on his grandchildren.
In September, first daughter Ivanka Trump posted a photo of her family wherein her youngest son, three-year-old Theodore, was dressed as a Stormtrooper. She captioned the post, “The Force is strong in my family.”
Hamill responded: “You misspelled ‘Fraud,’” adding the hashtag #GoForceYourself.”
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You misspelled &quot;Fraud.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoForceYourself?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoForceYourself</a> <a href="https://t.co/ORY6eeyGgj">https://t.co/ORY6eeyGgj</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1178394628464070656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Weeks after Trump was elected, Hamill lashed out.
“I’m in total denial,” Hamill told The Daily Beast. The actor who played Luke Skywalker, who now hosts a show called &#8220;Pop Culture Quest,&#8221; said: “I’m glad I have [the show] to take my mind off what’s going on. Because if you look at what’s being assembled for our government it’s like, yikes. It’s a who’s-who of really despicable people.”
While he may have quit Facebook, Hamill remains active on Twitter and Instagram (which, by the way, is owned by Facebook). Twitter, though, has banned all political advertisements from its platform, with the company&#8217;s chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeting that he believed &#8220;political message reach should be earned, not bought.&#8221;

‘Star Wars’ Icon, Trump Critic Mark Hamill Quits Facebook Over Political Ads

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On Sunday, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, who famously portrayed Luke Skywalker, went after White House advisor and First Daughter Ivanka Trump and her children for a Star Wars-themed tweet. 
Ivanka posted a photo of her family on Saturday wherein her youngest son, three-year-old Theodore, was dressed as a Stormtrooper. She captioned the post, “The Force is strong in my family.” 
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The Force is strong in my family. ⭐️ <a href="https://t.co/oT0jFfy5Lb">pic.twitter.com/oT0jFfy5Lb</a>
&mdash; Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1178127374078140416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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This was enough to set off the actor-turned-left-wing Twitter troll. “You misspelled ‘Fraud,’” Hamill wrote, adding the hashtag #GoForceYourself.”
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You misspelled &quot;Fraud.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoForceYourself?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoForceYourself</a> <a href="https://t.co/ORY6eeyGgj">https://t.co/ORY6eeyGgj</a>
&mdash; Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1178394628464070656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Targeting a three-year-old child is pretty extreme, even for someone who hates President Donald Trump and Ivanka as much as Hamill seems to. Some folks disturbed by the post reacted in the replies. 
“You sure owned those kids, Mark,” said popular political Twitter account Neontaster, who has over 100,000 followers. “Good one.”
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You sure owned those kids, Mark. Good one.
&mdash; Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href="https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1178402274688851968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It’s a child in a Star Wars costume, Mark,” former MTV reality star Chet Cannon reminded Mr. Hamill. 
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“Come on man,” Human Events’ Ian Miles Cheong wrote. 
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Come on man.
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1178402789585645568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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“Dude, don&#8217;t get mad at kids for liking Star Wars,” remarked Andrew Follett, a research analyst at The Club for Growth.  
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Dude, don&#39;t get mad at kids for liking Star Wars. <a href="https://t.co/qQ7R6yo87x">pic.twitter.com/qQ7R6yo87x</a>
&mdash; Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewCFollett/status/1178405505045270529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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@PopularOpinion, a well-known political Twitter account with over 22,000 followers, outlined the interaction as such: 
<blockquote>Ivanka: Look at our kids being cute.
Weird old man: GO F*** YOURSELF
Bluecheck resistance grifters: If I may say, you are basically Oscar Wilde, sir.</blockquote>
https://twitter.com/ProperOpinion/status/1178462007403655168?s=20
Still, the tweet was a hit with most of the anti-Trump Twitter world, garnering nearly half a million likes. Others cheered on Hamill for the tweet in the replies, too. 
HuffPo contributor Kimberley Johnson enthusiastically posted her support: “I cannot love [Mark Hamill] more for this perfect tweet. #GoForceYourself,” she wrote.
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I cannot love @HamillHimself more for this perfect tweet. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoForceYourself?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoForceYourself</a>
&mdash; Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) <a href="https://twitter.com/AuthorKimberley/status/1178406248951222273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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“Mommy, why does Luke Skywalker hate us? Because we are terrible, terrible people, son,” mocked Democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko. 
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Mommy, why does Luke Skywalker hate us? Because we are terrible, terrible people, son.
&mdash; Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1178396368211193858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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“The farce is strong in this family,” biographer Brian Jay Jones added on. 
https://twitter.com/brianjayjones/status/1178394875932413953?s=20
Producer Kim Sherrell told Hamill, “Well played, sir,” and added a number hashtags: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoForceYourself?src=hashtag_click">#GoForceYourself</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IvankaTrump?src=hashtag_click">#IvankaTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fraud?src=hashtag_click">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpCrimeFamily?src=hashtag_click">#TrumpCrimeFamily</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GFY?src=hashtag_click">#GFY</a>.&#8221;
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Well played, sir. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoForceYourself?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoForceYourself</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IvankaTrump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IvankaTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fraud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpCrimeFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpCrimeFamily</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GFY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GFY</a> <a href="https://t.co/c7wOqx70KQ">pic.twitter.com/c7wOqx70KQ</a>
&mdash; Kim (@kim) <a href="https://twitter.com/kim/status/1178412992469204992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Hamill’s extreme hatred for President Trump has been promoted by the Left on numerous occasions, including in a special Christmas write-up from The Washington Post last December. Unsurprisingly, Hamill has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/luke-skywalker-asked-compare-trump-darth-vader-you-james-barrett">said</a> Trump is worse than fictional Star Wars villain Darth Vader. 
“Listen, I really get upset then when people compare [Trump] or even Dick Cheney to Darth Vader … ’cause Darth Vader repented. He saw the error of his ways. I don’t see either one of them doing that,” Hamill told the Post.
Hamill also made news for his hatred for Republicans back in March. As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-hamill-blasts-mike-lee-using-star-wars-paul-bois">The Daily Wire</a>, the actor took a shot a Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) for daring to use Star Wars imagery to fight freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s radical Climate Change proposal dubbed the &#8220;Green New Deal.&#8221;
“I was foolish to think this was photoshopped. Had I recognized that this guy was a Republican, I would have instantly realized this was his argument against Global Warming. #CongressSmellsBadOnTheInside,” Hamill posted to Twitter, captioning a photo of Sen. Lee using the Star Wars imagery. 
Hamill later added via Twitter, “I’m using an oversized photo of [Senator Mike Lee] as a prop to push my #MAGA (#MoronsAlwaysGaslightAmericans) #TrustTheScientists agenda. #ClimateChange.”

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Tremendous loss has hit Tinseltown this week with the deaths of director John Singleton and now actor Peter Mayhew, the man behind the crossbow-toting Han Solo sidekick, Chewbacca.
According to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/peter-mayhew-chewbacca-star-wars-dies-at-74-1207099">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, the 74-year-old Mayhew died on Tuesday in his North Texas home. No cause of death has been mentioned. His family, who remained by his side up until his final moments, officially announced his passing via his <a href="https://twitter.com/TheWookieeRoars/status/1124077256240967681" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">official Twitter account</a> on Thursday.
&#8220;He put his heart and soul into the role of Chewbacca and it showed in every frame of the films,&#8221; reads the statement. &#8220;But, to him, the &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; family meant so much more to him than a role in a film.&#8221;
A private memorial for Mayhew has been scheduled for June 29, with another gathering for fans scheduled in December at EmpireConLA. He is survived by his wife, Angie, and three children.
Members of the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; family, from Harrison Ford to Mark Hamill to George Lucas, have all paid tribute to the man they all considered a friend for over 40 years since &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; took the world by storm in 1977.
&#8220;Peter Mayhew was a kind and gentle man, possessed of great dignity and noble character. These aspects of his own personality, plus his wit and grace, he brought to Chewbacca,&#8221; Harrison Ford said in a moving statement to THR. &#8220;We were partners in film and friends in life for over 30 years and I loved him. He invested his soul in the character and brought great pleasure to the Star Wars audience.&#8221;
&#8220;Chewbacca was an important part of the success of the films we made together,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;He knew how important the fans of the franchise were to its continued success and he was devoted to them. I and millions of others will never forget Peter and what he gave us all. My thoughts are with his dear wife Angie and his children. Rest easy, my dear friend.&#8221;
Mark Hamill praised Mayhew as a gentle giant who made him a better person. &#8220;He was the gentlest of giants. A big man with an even bigger heart who never failed to make me smile &amp; a loyal friend who I loved dearly. I&#8217;m grateful for the memories we shared &amp; I&#8217;m a better man for just having known him. Thanks Pete,&#8221; Hamill <a href="https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1124093358798929920" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted</a> Thursday.
George Lucas said: &#8220;Peter was a wonderful man. He was the closest any human being could be to a Wookiee: big heart, gentle nature&#8230;and I learned to always let him win. He was a good friend and I&#8217;m saddened by his passing.&#8221;
A native to the United Kingdom, Mayhew worked as a hospital orderly before landing the role of Chewbacca. Lucas reportedly hired him for his tall physique, which stood at a gargantuan 7-foot-3 at the time. He would go on to play Chewbacca in five &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; movies, including &#8220;The Force Awakens&#8221; in 2015 before passing the baton off to actor Joonas Suotamo. Though Mayhew did not provide the voice of Chewbacca (iconic sound designer Ben Burtt created that), THR notes that fans &#8220;credit the body language and expressiveness of the eyes the actor brought to the role in making Chewbacca a beloved character.&#8221;
May he rest in peace.

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