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Gravity Plus Astronaut Equals Jar Jar Binks #MayThe4thBeWithYou
Jar Jar Binks, Star Wars, NASA, gravity and New Jersey astronaut Scott Kelly combine in a single Twitter video.
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Jar Jar Binks, Star Wars, NASA, gravity and New Jersey astronaut Scott Kelly. These are the joke components; the punchline is all yours.
On Thursday, May 4 – in a nod to the Star Wars fan holiday of #MayThe4thBeWithYou – Essex County native Scott Kelly posted a video to his Twitter account which shows the astronaut attempting to adjust to the Earth’s gravity after returning from a year-long space voyage.
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“I feel like Jar Jar Binks,” Kelly quips as he lumbers across the floor, referring to the oft-maligned, hate-him-or-love-him Star Wars character.
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May the 4th be with you, Scott. And you too, Jar Jar.
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#StarWarsDay The force after a #YearInSpace. Gravity is. #Maythe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/6iSZ5E17ia
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) May 4, 2017
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