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USA TODAYView CommentsWASHINGTON&nbsp;–&nbsp;Donald Trump's re-election campaign is comparing itself to a famous "Star Wars" space station, the Death Star&nbsp;– the weapons facility that is blown up at the end of at the end of the 1977 epic."For nearly three years we have been building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star)." tweeted . "It is firing on all cylinders. Data, Digital, TV, Political, Surrogates, Coalitions, etc. In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time."It didn't take long for the campaign of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden to respond with a tweet showing the scene in which rebel Luke Skywalker destroys the Death Star."11/3/20," tweeted Biden aide Andrew Bates, a reference to the date of Election Day.The Star Wars political battle lit up Twitter.David Rothkopf, an anti-Trump commentator, cited the coronavirus pandemic in telling Parscale "you should have considered the term 'Death Star'&nbsp;a little more carefully-what with the 100,000 or more people who are likely to die because of your candidate's failed leadership."Parscale, who also spent Thursday tweeting out anti-Biden ads, said reporters gave him the idea, and he is happy to oblige."I&nbsp;didn’t give our campaign the name, Death Star, the media did," he tweeted in a follow-up. "However, I am happy to use the analogy. The fact is, we haven’t used it yet. Laugh all you want, we will take the win!"The back-and-forth comes three days after "Star Wars Day," as proclaimed by the many fans of the film series. The symbolic holiday is always May 4 – as in, "may the Force be with you."This is far from the first time that Star Wars themes have been applied to politics.For years,&nbsp;critics dubbed Vice President Dick Cheney "Darth Vader," an identity&nbsp;.Some analysts said there may be method to movie madness&nbsp;– after all, a lot of people talked about Parscale's tweet.Tommy Vietor, a national security spokesman for President Barack Obama, tweeted: "Hey maybe Brad Parscale knows how Star Wars ends and he knows that a million WELL ACTUALLY tweets drives up engagement and virality of content."View Comments

USA TODAYView CommentsWASHINGTON&nbsp;–&nbsp;Donald Trump's re-election campaign is comparing itself to a famous "Star Wars" space station, the Death Star&nbsp;– the weapons facility that is blown up at the end of at the end of the 1977 epic."For nearly three years we have been building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star)." tweeted . "It is firing on all cylinders. Data, Digital, TV, Political, Surrogates, Coalitions, etc. In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time."It didn't take long for the campaign of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden to respond with a tweet showing...

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