E.T. is a Jedi

In "Star Wars: Episode II", there were representatives in the Galactic Senate that looked like the alien from "E.T."

 

This movie "easter egg," in connection with events in E.T., has led to the theory that the E.T. alien is actually a Jedi!

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This E.T. Theory Involving Star Wars 

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Here's the evidence:

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For the record, I vividly remember my parents taking me & my sister to see E.T. in the theater when we were little. I was around 5 yrs. old & my sister was 3. The movie scared the crap out of us & my sister was crying under her seat when E.T. popped up in the field for the first time.