Advertisement

The Empire's Right Back: It's your Star Wars footballers XI

Today is Star Wars day, so we’ve gone to the dark side of puns to bring you the Empire’s staring XI.

MAY THE FOURTH be with you.

On this date, Star Wars Day is celebrated around the world and, to mark the occasion, we’ve put together a list of a galaxy far, far away’s 11 most pun-tastic footballers.

Hope Solo – Sister of Han

Image: Don Ryan/AP/Press Association Images & Wikipedia

Stephen Carr2D2

Image: John Walton/EMPICS Sport & Wikipedia

Kyle Sky-Walker

Image: Nick Potts/PA Archive/Press Association Images & Wikipedia

Boba Fett Baldé

Image: Sydney Mahlangu/Sports Inc/Press Association Images & Wikipedia

Marcelo Bi Wan Kenobi

Image: Adam Davy/EMPICS Sport & Wikipedia

Andy Van Darth Vader

Image: Barry Coombs/EMPICS Sport & Wikipedia

Jar Jar Toure

Image: Nick Potts/PA Archive/Press Association Images & Wikipedia

Xavi the Hutt

Image: Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport & Wikipedia

Yoda Cruyff

Image: Peter Robinson/EMPICS Sport & Wikipedia

Peter C-3POdemwingie

Image: Neal Simpson/PA Wire/Press Association Images & Wikipedia

Millennium Falcao

Image: Andres Kudacki/AP/Press Association Images & Wikipedia

For what it’s worth, the team will be playing a 4-3-3 but we still haven’t come up with a name for it yet.

Let us know in the comments below if you’ve a moment of inspiration or if there’s anyone we’ve missed.

Knee injury forces Stephen Carr to retire (and this time it’s for real)

Off The Ball 5 to make an announcement about new programme on Tuesday

Close
4 Comments
    Submit a report
    Please help us understand how this comment violates our community guidelines.
    Thank you for the feedback
    Your feedback has been sent to our team for review.