Twitter Cracks Up Over Jake Tapper’s Photo With Chewbacca: ‘CNN’s Reboot of Crossfire Seems Promising’

So, this is a thing that happened today.

CNN’s Jake Tapper apparently ran into a man-purse carrying Chewbacca at some point and decided to pose for a picture with the Wookie. The anchor then posted the photo, showing the two standing back-to-back with arms crossed, to his Twitter account.

pic.twitter.com/YtRIRVL31R

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 27, 2018

Naturally, media folks noticed right away, and hilarity ensued.

There was a poll, asking what was the bigger mistake in the picture — Jake’s shorts or Chewie’s murse:

Biggest mistake in picture:

— CeaseAndDesistHat (@Popehat) March 27, 2018

And of course, there were a ton of Star Wars mentions:

wow, "Solo" looks weird https://t.co/YMR25VMnJV

— DO NOT CONGRATULATE (@russbengtson) March 27, 2018

Man Harrison Ford really has aged hasn’t he https://t.co/H9Kca9rinZ

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 27, 2018

I look forward to your appearance in the next Star Wars Holiday Special. Life Day is coming up soon!

— Scott Whitlock (@ScottJW) March 27, 2018

The "Solo" reshoots have gotten insane. https://t.co/JGYwOdkUgG

— DJ Judd (@juddzeez) March 27, 2018

this deal is getting worse all the time

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 27, 2018

Laugh it up, Fuzzball. https://t.co/fKjyUbcOh4

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) March 27, 2018

i knew things had gotten bad with the Han Solo prequel spinoff but come on. https://t.co/9YPj88VRou

— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) March 27, 2018

Time to change your Twitter bio to "Scruffy-looking nerf herder."

— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) March 27, 2018

At least one person recycled a meme that had taken over Twitter earlier this month:

Marvel: 'Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history

Me: https://t.co/I6jpm7be6H

— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair (@senatorshoshana) March 27, 2018

There were a couple of Wolf Blitzer name-drops for good measure:

Wolf Blitzer before makeup. https://t.co/EF74EmgC1v

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 27, 2018

Wolf Blitzer’s mail order hormone pills were a HUGE mistake. https://t.co/3k95xt9ihV

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) March 27, 2018

We also got some references to Crossfire, CNN’s old debate program:

CNN reinstates Crossfire with new hosts https://t.co/0pOMLvKVJs

— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) March 27, 2018

CNN’s reboot of “Crossfire” seems promising. https://t.co/MzhtcZlDmY

— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) March 27, 2018

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