Star Wars: The force is strong with Singapore's athletes

Did the official "Star Wars" Facebook page just congratulate Singapore's performance at the SEA Games?

Jeanette Tan| June 17, 12:43 AM

We did not know that an Asian regional sports meet is a matter of concern for the celestial beings of Star Wars.

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Indeed, this is The Real Singapore Star Wars page.

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Sure enough, we saw that unmistakeable blue "Verified account" tick.

Guess our athletes must've indeed done something right at this Games.

(Now, excuse us while we take a moment to flip out, please.)

It's worth noting, though, that this isn't the first time the Jedi Masters have acknowledged the presence of tiny Singapore.

The film franchise changed their signature yellow-on-black Facebook profile picture to black and white as Singapore mourned the passing of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

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Maybe Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Darth Vader are good friends.

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that Disney has bought over Lucasfilm, and plans to produce a new Star Wars movie in 2015, and one every few years...

Posted by Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

 

That notwithstanding, we sure hope they didn't piss off Thailand's 67 million potential fans just to please Singapore's 5 million potential fans.

 

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