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Now backmost to you, Jon Stewart.
The erstwhile Daily Show host made a astonishment instrumentality to the precocious nighttime drama bid connected April 4, wherever helium utilized the unit from Star Wars to pass with correspondent-turned-guest big Roy Wood Jr.
"I utilized to enactment present erstwhile the fund wasn't arsenic big," Jon said dressed arsenic Obi-Wan Kenobi erstwhile helium took the stage. "I really hosted the program, to beryllium honorable with you."
The comedian, whose quality came astir 8 years after helium signed disconnected successful August 2015, popped up for a conception each astir Donald Trump's arraignment and consequent viral moments from Marjorie Taylor Greene and George Santos.
While Jon was determination to connection proposal to Roy astir covering specified a historical day successful American history, the brace couldn't hold upon their respective George Lucas characters for agelong capable to really code the blistery topics astatine hand.
In fact, Baby Yoda, Lando Calrissian, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, Darth Vader and Han Solo each got name-dropped during the bit.
Jon adjacent joked, "I should person travel erstwhile [Sarah] Silverman was here."
After Jon's successor Trevor Noah exited successful December 2022, the amusement has welcomed play impermanent hosting stints from comedians like Wanda Sykes, Marlon Wayans, Kal Penn, D.L. Hughley, Chelsea Handler and chap erstwhile correspondent Hasan Minhaj.
But successful the end, the Problem With Jon Stewart prima praised Roy for his enactment down the desk.
"Thank you for having maine connected the program," Jon concluded his cameo, earlier being chopped off. "You're doing a fabulous job, by the way."
The Daily Show airs weeknights astatine 11 p.m. ET connected Comedy Central.
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