--- title: Mindy Kaling Trolls Star Wars Fans: Tonight Show Video description: "Who's Luke Skywalker? What's his deal?" canonical: https://time.com/4136357/mindy-kaling-trolls-star-wars-fans/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-04T15:50:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:58.272Z og:title: Here's How Mindy Kaling Messes With 'Star Wars' Fans og:description: "Who's Luke Skywalker? What's his deal?" og:url: https://time.com/4136357/mindy-kaling-trolls-star-wars-fans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Mindy Kaling Messes With 'Star Wars' Fans twitter:description: "Who's Luke Skywalker? 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Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set with Adam Driver_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 4, 2015 3:50 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 4, 2015 3:50 PM UTC Mindy Kaling stopped by _The Tonight Show_ Thursday, decked out in a sparkly dress, to talk about her latest book, _Why Not Me?_ She also talked quite a bit about _Star Wars_. The topic came up after host Jimmy Fallon showed a photo Kaling had shared on Twitter, which featured her book mistakenly displayed beneath a “Star Wars” label. Turns out Kaling loves the _Star Wars_ franchise — but she _really_ loves trolling superfans by pretending she’s never seen the movies. “What’s Han Solo?” she’ll say. “Who’s Luke Skywalker? What’s his deal? I’m so busy getting my nails done. I’m an actress.” Kaling says it’s fine to make fun of _Star Wars_ “because it’s so pervasive and so popular.” But Kaling really does love it — so much that she’ll soon moderate a panel with the new cast. She thought that would mean she’d get to see the film early, but she’ll actually have to wait until Dec. 18 like the rest of us. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4136357/mindy-kaling-trolls-star-wars-fans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4136357/mindy-kaling-trolls-star-wars-fans/"},"headline":"Here's How Mindy Kaling Messes With Star Wars Fans","datePublished":"2015-12-04T15:50:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:58.272Z","description":"\"Who's Luke Skywalker? 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