SCREENGRAB from Star Wars Facebook page
“The Force is strong with this one.”
This was what the official Facebook page of movie franchise “Star Wars” posted on Tuesday with a photo congratulating the Philippines.
The photo, which bore the text “Congratulations Philippines,” showed two characters from the series, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, wearing medals during an award ceremony.
Below the congratulatory greeting were the numbers 29, 36, and 66, alongside images of gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively—a seeming reference to the Philippines’ medal tally in the recently concluded Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
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Netizens from other countries like Malaysia also shared similar “Star Wars”-themed greeting on the Internet, prompting social media users to speculate that the congratulatory message was customized according to one’s location or IP address.
Bagging a total of 131 medals, the Philippines ended its SEA Games campaign at sixth place overall, one notch higher than its 2013 finish.
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