Barack Obama is using items from both Star Trek and Star Wars to criticize Republicans on failing to negotiate on the sequester:
“I know that this has been some of the conventional wisdom that’s been floating around Washington that somehow, even though most people agree that I’m being reasonable, that most people agree I’m presenting a fair deal, the fact that they don’t take it means that I should somehow, you know, do a Jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what’s right.”
Obama has come under attack by those who do not understand the brilliance of his comment. In the Gene Roddenberry Star Trek universe there were Vulcan mild melds. The George Lucas Star Wars universe used Jedi mind tricks. Both can be seen in the video above. Neither had a Jedi mind meld. The Roddenberry/Lucas days, and divide between the Star Trek/Star Wars universe is now over. There is intergalactic rapprochement, with J.J. Abrams taking control of both. We’ve already seen Abrams move a more common Star Wars, theme blowing up entire planets, to Star Trek. Don’t leave Star Trek Into Darkness before the end of the credits. You just might see Kirk, Spock, and Sherlock at a Shawarma restaurant.
Put your lightsabers on stun and forget the criticism of Obama for mixing the two franchises. Obama was just ahead of the curve in combining features of both, and he continued to embrace this when the White House tweeted this image:
Go to Whitehouse.gov/JediMindMeld and see Obama’s budget proposals. This isn’t the first time the White House made references to Star Wars—see their response to the petition to build the Death Star.
Mixtures such as this are not unheard of. Look at Iron Man 2 after Disney bought Marvel. The video of Tony Stark’s father looked just like old videos of Walt Disney promoting Epcot and Stark Expo sure looked a lot like Future World. Just wait until the next Star Wars movie now that Disney owns the franchise. Death Star will look like a giant Spaceship Earth and Imperial Stormtroopers will look like Green Army Men.
