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Mark Hamill has taken a swipe at Ivanka Trump after she attempted to make a Star Wars reference in a tweet.
In a picture posted on Twitter and Instagram, the daughter of the US president was shown in evening dress with her husband, Jared Kushner, with one of her sons wearing a Storm Trooper costume.
“The Force is strong in my family,” she wrote in the caption.
Hamill, famous for his role as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise, quote-tweeted the image and commented: “You misspelled ‘Fraud’” and added the hashtag #GoForceYourself.
The tweet has been shared more than 70,000 times and received more than 381,000 likes at the time of writing.
Hamill is a vocal critic of Trump and his administration, and has compared his leadership unfavourably with past presidents.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer shot-by-shot breakdown The return of the lightsaber Rey still has the blue lightsaber she inherited from Luke! And it works!
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer shot-by-shot breakdown Co-pilot Look at Chewbacca flying the Millenium Falcon with Lando Calrissian!
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer shot-by-shot breakdown Wreckage It looks like Rey is staring at the Death Star II here, possibly on Endor.
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He next stars in the forthcoming film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker , which is scheduled for release on 19 December 2019.
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