Following his controversial comments on World War I and Blackadder Goes Forth, Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove has spoken out once again. In a radio interview with Gardeners’ Question Time, Gove denounced the popular Star Wars film series as “insidious Jedi propaganda” and called upon academics to “see the whole picture”. “The Republic was already crumbling! Senator Palpatine had to do something to ensure the government’s capability to act!” the 47-year-old Tory teacher-botherer said in the interview. Gove added that “today we only see one side of the story: that of those bloody Jedi do-gooders who have infiltrated academia and the media. They make the war look like a series of catastrophic mistakes perpetrated by an out-of- touch Sith elite. Alderaan was an inside job! Ben Kenobi faked his own death! Where’s Luke’s birth certificate?!” The minister concluded that “really, it was all like: ‘Luke, I am your... what’s that behind you? Oh no, it’s Michael Gove! Bz-shoooo. Kschhhh, kschhhh! Argh. Oooh, Michael, you’re so cool! I love you! Pew, pew! Yeah! Rebels suck, end of story.”
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