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Star Wars hero was asked to ‘say something’ in Spanish. So he did

Mark Hamill who reprises his role of Luke Skywalker in the latest Star Wars epic thrilled a fan with his sardonic reply.

Published: 28 December 2015 10:06 CET
Star Wars hero was asked to 'say something' in Spanish. So he did
Mark Hamill promoting the film earlier this year. Photo: AFP

A woman who calls herself Natalia on Twitter sent a tweet to her hero. “Hola Mark, love the last scene in The Force Awakens, very intense, can you say something in Spanish? Un saludo.”

The 64-year-old actor, who has once again taken the role of Jedi knight in the latest of the Star Wars films after appearing in the original trilogy, did just that.

“Algo” – the word 'something' translated into Spanish – was his sardonic reply, a response that was retweeted more than 13,000 times within  24 hours.

The film “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” has broken box-office records since opening in Spain. 

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German observatory goes viral after Star Wars re-styling

A German professor has brought international attention to Zweibrücken in the country’s southwest after repainting an observatory to look like Star Wars robot R2D2.

Published: 27 March 2019 10:56 CET
Updated: 27 March 2019 17:07 CET
German observatory goes viral after Star Wars re-styling
Image: Facebook (Hochschule Kaiserslautern)

Hubert Zitt, an electrotechnology professor at the Zweibrücken University of Applied Sciences in Rhineland-Palatinate, is known for giving his lectures a science fiction feel. 

For decades Zitt has discussed the real-life possibilities of science fiction technology and how they could be achieved.

He came to international prominence by discussing the potential for beaming and warp-drive technologies in his class “The Physics of Star Trek” at universities and science fiction conventions around the globe. 

The observatory in Zweibrücken. Image: Facebook

Thinking that he needed to bring a little science fiction flavour to the observatory, he got together a team of painters – including his father and several of his students. 

The tower’s transformation actually took place in late 2018, but it has only recently gone viral in the American media. 

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill gave professor Zitt a shoutout on Twitter, thanking him for turning Germans into “Giant Nerds”.

Hamill’s predictions seem to be coming to fruition, with Star Wars fans from around the world travelling  to the small town on the French border to get their own slice of viral fame. 

 

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