Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:33 PM EST

You can always count on Glenn to bring everything back to Star Wars – even the possible end of the country as we know it. While discussing last night’s State of the Union address, Glenn and the radio crew couldn’t help but notice the stunning parallels between the Star Wars prequels and Barack Obama’s call to consolidate bureaucracy under the Executive Office. Pat even added some of the Star Wars music to the speech to show just how spooky the scene compared to last night’s events. Of course, this led to a huge discussion over whether Jar Jar Binks was ultimately responsible for the fall of the Galactic Republic – but the comparisons are pretty strong. Watch the clip above and see if you agree or not.

And from Star Wars, Palpatine restructures the Republic into an Empire: