In honor of Star Wars Day, the Russian Embassy in the U.K. decided to send out this cheeky tweet.
Come to our side – follow us on twitter on #StarWarsDay pic.twitter.com/zAuPQRFMi7
— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) May 4, 2017
That’s right. The Russian Embassy essentially just admitted that they’re on the Dark Side. In fact, they seem rather proud of it.
The not-so-subtle tweet definitely took some Twitter users by surprise.
Wait, this is a Verified account. Is the Russian Embassy REALLY being so blatant about being the Dark Side? ?? https://t.co/wCLJ6lAmxQ
— IBBoard (@IBBoard) May 4, 2017
The Russian Embassy is asking people to come over to the dark side for #StarWarsDay. Umm...at least they're honest? https://t.co/8RMRlMlBOR
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) May 4, 2017
Others were quick to point out just how spot on it was.
The Russian Embassy's May the 4th tweet is *extremely* on-brand https://t.co/S6BNIhbbu9
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) May 4, 2017
Unfortunately for the Embassy, a picture of Darth Vader taking a selfie with corpses in the background wasn’t enough to convince the world to make the switch. Go figure.
@RussianEmbassy pic.twitter.com/a0KF047Y9q
— #NoBanNoWall#NoTrump (@MarkSweeney) May 4, 2017
@RussianEmbassy A rare moment of candid self-awareness for the #Putin régime.
— O.T. Ford (@ot_ford) May 4, 2017
Still not worth a follow.#russia #starwarsday #evilhttps://t.co/i55KKhZM0E
@RussianEmbassy Nothing like out and out admitting you ARE the dark side. I follow you like I follow tornado warnings on my weather app. #the4thiswithUS
— jswebster (@jswebster) May 4, 2017
And let's not forget...@RussianEmbassy You mean the side that kills civilians in Syria? No thanks.
— Arran Skinner (@arranskinner) May 4, 2017
@RussianEmbassy We'd rather not choose the Dark side. The Dark side ALWAYS loses. #StarWarsDay pic.twitter.com/ONP21fY7D3
— Save Our Syria (@SaveOurSyria) May 4, 2017