Marco Rubio Doesn’t Know Which Star Wars Film Is Which

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio doesn’t know his Star Wars filmography all that well. As in, he doesn’t really know which film is which.

During a campaign stop in New Hampshire last week, the junior senator from Florida opened up about his childlike fandom for the films. According to ABC News, however, Rubio uttered a gaffe to end all gaffes during his nostalgic trip down memory lane.

“I think I had the Death Star, but it kept breaking just like it did in part two. In Empire Strikes Back when it blew up because that guy got that rocket to go into that hole,” he said. “Remember that?”

No, we don’t remember that Sen. Rubio, because that never happened. At least, it didn’t happen in Empire Strikes Back.

Most media outlets who carried the clip focused on Rubio’s apparent sympathizing with the original trilogy’s villain, Darth Vader. The attraction to such an emphasis is understandable, but at the cost of sidelining this faux nerd’s massive narrative screw up?

Sen. Rubio totally botched his retelling of A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back in a single breath. He did more damage to the memory of Star Wars than George Lucas did with his re-edited “Special Editions.” (It’s a close second to the prequel trilogy, otherwise known as Lucas’ magnum opus of horribleness.)

Check out the clip above, via ABC News.

[h/t ABC News]
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