The White House Cleverly Responds to Petition to Build a Death Star

In case you didn’t know, the United States government created a website called We the People that allows citizens to create any given petition, and if it gets enough support, the White House staff will review it, ensure it’s sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response. Well, in a short amount of time, a petition quickly garnered over 34,000 signatures to “secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016” which meant it was going to be reviewed by government officials. Now a statement has been released responding to the petition, and while it’s disappointing, it’s also great. Sadly, the government will not be building a Death Star anytime in the near future, but their response is certainly amusing and was crafted with Star Wars fans in mind. Beginning with the headline, “This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For,” the government lists …