Padmé Amidalahas a subtle dark side in Star Wars, and it's a bit too close to Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious for comfort.

And let's face it -- even if he had done your play on Broadway, he'd only have ended up working for, like, one week longer.-Leah, he's not Asian!-David, no one is Asian enough for you.

Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Tuesday, May 6, 2025.