The Death Star Strikes Back After White House Snub

Having refused to build a moon-sized battle station in space -- and worse, invoking the power of the Force without so much as a nod to the Dark Side -- the Obama administration should have expected some mockery at the hands of the Galactic Empire.

It got that Tuesday, in the form of an unusual press release on the official Star Wars website. Datelined "Imperial City, Couruscant," the post crows about the "overwhelming superiority" of Imperial forces over the United States.

The post quotes one Governor Wilhuff Tarkin (not yet promoted to Grand Moff): "Such destructive power can only be wielded to protect and defend by so enlightened a leader as Emperor Palpatine.

Tarkin wouldn't…
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