Breitbert.com reports that
George Lucas, the man behind such iconic characters as Indiana Jones and Han Solo (and Jar-Jar Binks and the Ewoks), has declared Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama a "hero."
During a press tour for
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in Japan Wednesday, the creator of
Star Wars said of Obama "for all of us who have hopes and
dreams, is a hero."
Lucas went on to discuss his homage to space aliens in
Crystal Skull and once again defended Jar-Jar Binks as the logical future leader of the Galactic Senate.