Perthville’s Astronomer duly informed the government when he saw Martians through his telescope who were about to attack him. And he earnestly petitioned the government for funds to build a death star.

A source close to the government said today the Astronomer was given a fair hearing. However, this source advises that policy constraints on funding mean the government does not ordinarily advance money to build death stars to laser whole planets, let alone a spaceship of alien visitors; and does not ordinarily provide anything much to daydreamers who see little green men everywhere.

To the disadvantage of our Astronomer, no government reps have seen Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope; the one in which the first death star surfaced, or any of the episodes in the series for that matter.