there might be a student election with more than 25% of students actually voting!
Will the Ackbar people be offering rides to class in exchange for votes?
but for the tens of thousands of completely unplugged, clueless, 50-80 yr old geritolers, there's no way it's acceptable. And, anyway, George f'n Lucas would darth vader you bunch of crunchy mikers over the copyright problem.
I mean, a joke would just having the character up for the vote and nobody voting for him.
A joke doesn't have a website, twitter account, and printable flyers promoting. Nobody that has talked about this happening has said to the media it is a joke. I'm sure there are some OM fans who think it is a joke and just good fun, but I'd wager there are a lot more that are serious about it (even though they might also think it's a bit silly).
the gun by presuming that Akbar will be chosen as the new mascot. I think its hilarious and I would love for him to do the "are you ready" for the first game regardless of who the school picks as a mascot.