A little known Star Wars fact about actor / comedian Ben Schwartz, a.k.a. Parks and Recreation‘s Jean-Ralphio: he was one of two comedians credited as “voice consultants” to BB-8 (the other was Bill Hader, which is too delightful for words).
Not long after, the ‘Jean-Ralphio as BB-8’ memes started coming:
That was a while ago now, but in the last 20 hours, Twitter user Jesse Carp has gifted unto the world a series of superbly cut memes and they are nothing short of art.
Rey Meets Jean-Ralph-E0… 1/4 pic.twitter.com/6R7S7GMcZu
— Jesse Crap (@jessecarp) April 12, 2016
Rey Meets Jean-Ralph-E0… 2/4 pic.twitter.com/dZpLBclUGO
— Jesse Crap (@jessecarp) April 12, 2016
Rey Meets Jean-Ralph-E0… 3/4 pic.twitter.com/9krrPFZTCt
— Jesse Crap (@jessecarp) April 12, 2016
Rey Meets Jean-Ralph-E0… 4/4 pic.twitter.com/UNAkoD8TqH
— Jesse Crap (@jessecarp) April 12, 2016
Carp even got a shout out from the big man himself:
The BB-8-J-R dialogue awakens. https://t.co/zSxK0djr43
— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) April 12, 2016
Source: Twitter.
Photo: NBC / Disney.