Addressing lightsaber colors, ‘Star Wars’ creator George Lucas once said, “Good guys are green and blue, bad guys are red”
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- The White House posted an AI-generated image of Donald Trump in honor of Star Wars Day
- Star Wars fans quickly noticed that Trump is wielding a red lightsaber, the weapon of choice for dark side characters such as Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul and Darth Sidious
- Star Wars creator George Lucas once said, “Good guys are green and blue, bad guys are red,” regarding lightsaber colors
The Trump administration is celebrating Star Wars Day with another AI-generated image of President Donald Trump.
On Sunday, May 4, the White House’s accounts on Instagram, X and Facebook posted an apparent message for Democrats, who it unfavorably referred to as “radical left lunatics,” to coincide with Star Wars festivities.
As part of the post, it shared an AI image of Trump wielding a red lightsaber while surrounded by bald eagles. But fans quickly spotted that, despite the saber in hand, the president’s galactic depiction appeared to have more in common with Darth Vader than Obi-Wan Kenobi.
“Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & well known MS-13 Gang Members, back into our Galaxy,” the message read. “You’re not the Rebellion — you’re the Empire. May the 4th be with you.”
While the statement apparently compared Democrats to the Galactic Empire and suggested the White House was anti-Sith — the antagonists in the series — Star Wars fans quickly noticed an inconsistency in the Trump administration’s messaging.
The president wasn’t holding a blue or green lightsaber in the AI-generated photo as a Jedi would. Instead, he was holding a red saber, the weapon of choice for Sith Lords when they succumb to the dark side of the force.
“‘Radical left is trying hard to bring the Sith Lords…’ while holding the Sith Lords lightsaber is crazy work,” one commenter wrote on Instagram, while another added: “Imagine watching Star Wars your whole life and still thinking the guy with the red lightsaber is the good guy.”
In the Star Wars universe, the red blade is carried by the likes of Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul and Darth Sidious — while Obi-Wan, Luke Skywalker, Yoda and Mace Windu’s weapons featured colors like blue, green and purple.
George Lucas, the franchise’s creator, himself put it simply enough in a behind-the-scenes clip from the prequel series: “Good guys are green and blue, bad guys are red,” he said. “That’s just the way it works.”
The Department of Defense’s Rapid Response account also shared an image in the likeness of the president on Sunday, instead holding a green lightsaber alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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The latest AI move by the White House comes just two days after Trump shared an image on his Truth Social account depicting himself as the pope, after jokingly stating he should succeed the late Pope Francis.
In the image, the president could be seen sporting a cross necklace and holding up one finger while wearing white and gold papal attire. Days before, Trump joked he was the “number one choice” to succeed the late Francis. “I’d like to be pope. That would be my number one choice,” he told reporters at the White House, before clarifying he has “no preference” about the upcoming papal conclave.
