1. “You deserve a refund. Student organizations deserve increased, timely funding. We all deserve a new, effective student association that works for us.”
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
Answer: The entitled repetition of “deserve” should be a dead giveaway that this was written by a Harvard student!
2. “In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire for a safe and secure society.”
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
Answer: If you guessed A, I don’t blame you. It turns out the first Galactic Empire is not a cute nickname for the proposed Harvard Undergraduate Association. This was spoken by the esteemed Chancellor Palpatine!
3. “They empower ordinary people, not insider politicians, and bypass powerful, vested interests that often exert undue influence on policy outcomes.”
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
Answer: Harvard doesn’t really have many normal people compared to the Star Wars universe, but nope, this was directly pasted from a UC email.
4. “We are an Empire ruled by the majority! An Empire ruled by a new Constitution! An Empire of laws, not of politicians! An Empire devoted to the preservation of a just society.”
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
Answer: Another tricky one! We’re pretty sure this quote from the Revenge of the Sith novelization (2005) has been plagiarized by the UC at least a few times.
5. "Power! Unlimited POWER!!!"
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
Answer: This may have been spoken by Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith, but we’re pretty sure you could find it in any UC member’s inner monologue, their instagram bio, or their secret third twitter account.
6. “With a new constitution, the UC will be defunded, because it won’t exist.”
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
Answer: It won’t exist because I AM THE SENATE.
7. “The Republic is not what it once was. There is no interest in the common good. There is no civility, only politics.”
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
Answer: If you’ve ever read the UC meeting minutes, you’ll know that this is really a hard one. But surprise — this line is from Chancellor Palpatine.
8. “There’s no filibuster, no complex parliamentary procedures, and winning an internal election no longer shields you from external elections.”
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
Answer: We suffered through an entire trilogy of prequel movies that centered on trade negotiations in the Galactic Senate, with way too much jargon we didn’t care for… so of course, this is from today’s Harvard email!
9. “We don’t pick fights we can’t win.”
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
Answer: Spoiler alert! Palpatine destroyed the Jedi, overthrew the Senate, formed an empire, died, and was resurrected. He won nearly every fight he was in. The UC may have written this, but they could learn a thing or two about picking fights from good old Palps.
10. “Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.”
A) UC Email
B) Chancellor Palpatine
C) Larry Bacow
Answer: We’re truly not sure anymore.