Can Mark Hamill help Biden's dwindling polls? Luke Skywalker himself shows up at White House for Star Wars day on May the Fourth ... and gives Joe a new nickname

 Is determination 'a caller hope' for President Joe Biden's reelection campaign? 

Star Wars prima Mark Hamill made a astonishment quality Friday successful the White House briefing country and revealed to reporters helium had conscionable gotten a circuit of the Oval Office from Biden himself. 

Hamill, a vocal wide connected Twitter, praised the president's grounds and debuted a imaginable caller Biden nickname. 

'Well, you know, I called him Mr. President. He said, "You tin telephone maine Joe." And I said, "Can I telephone you Joe B.-Wan Kenobi?' the Luke Skywalker histrion said. 'He liked that,' Hamill added. 

While property caput Karine Jean-Pierre didn't wholly explicate wherefore Hamill was successful town, Saturday marks Star Wars Day nationally - arsenic May the 4th resembles the sci-fi movie franchise's slogan: 'May the unit beryllium with you.' 

During the briefing, Hamill entered the country with Jean-Pierre and stood down her sporting a brace of shades.

'How galore of you person Mark Hamill volition pb the property briefing connected your BINGO card,' helium asked amazed journalists. 'Yeah, maine neither,' the histrion joked.

'I conscionable got to conscionable the president and helium gave maine these aviator glasses,' Hamill went on. 'I emotion the merch, I emotion it all.'

He past explained wherefore helium was a continued protagonist of the Biden administration.

'But perceive I conscionable privation to accidental I was honored to beryllium asked to travel to the White House to conscionable the president, the astir legislatively palmy president successful my lifetime,' said the 72-year-old. 'And I don't person to spell done the list, the bipartisan infrastructure law, the PACT Act, the CHIPS Act. 15 cardinal jobs. It's each good.'

Hamill said helium was besides 'thrilled' to conscionable galore members of the White House unit too.

'I'm unfastened to questions although, nary Star Wars questions, please,' helium joked, adding, 'I want to accidental erstwhile again, however grateful I americium and that conscionable shows you that 1 idiosyncratic tin beryllium truthful influential and truthful affirmative successful our lives,' helium said of Biden.

'And again, convey you truthful much. And Peter Baker, I loved your book,' Hamill said, giving a shout-out to the salient New York Times reporter. 

The histrion was asked what helium talked astir with the president. 

He answered that helium lone expected to with Biden for 5 minutes - but revealed the gathering lasted longer. 

'He showed america each of his photographs. And you know, it was truly astonishing to maine due to the fact that you cognize I was invited to the Carter White House. And I came. And past I came to the Obama White House. But I ne'er was invited into the Oval Office ... truthful this 1 was truly other special,' Hamill said. 

Once helium left, Jean-Pierre chuckled, 'I don't adjacent cognize wherever to spell from there,' arsenic unit could beryllium heard applauding the histrion arsenic helium walked backmost into the White House property office. 

'They had a gathering astir what the president has been capable to bash connected behalf of the American people. Mark Hamill was successful town. They met,' Jean-Pierre said, calling it 'important.' 

'You each cognize Mark Hamill,' she continued, noting however he's 'invested' successful the country. 

'And we thought it would beryllium amusive for him to travel up present and lighten up, lighten up the country connected a Friday, we besides judge that you guys - determination are immoderate Star Wars fans successful here,' Jean-Pierre said.