Finally, Play as The Pope in ‘Star Wars: Battlefront II’

One of the most blessed trends of our current Mad Libs existence is how often video games and the Catholic Church keep inexplicably crossing paths. First The Pope got a copy of Undertale. Then someone developed digital rosaries. A tech journalist-turned priest spun up a Vatican Minecraft server. And we’re still waiting with baited breath for this upcoming game where you literally play as Jesus.

And now you can play as The Pope in Star Wars: Battlefront II. What a world!

Considering how skilled he is at smacking away his followers, you’d think the playable Pope here would be the current leader Pope Francis. But this PC mod actually adds the late Pope John John Paul II to the beleaguered 2017 multiplayer Star Wars game. Our conspiracy theory is that he was the easiest Pope character model to derive from official playable character Emperor Sheev Palpatine. But actually this is just one of several mods from creator xD0IT that add famous Polish historical figures into the game.

Instead of covering up abuse, this Pope gets right into the action with his Kylo Ren-esque cross-guard lightsaber. But its yellow color makes it look like a glowing heavenly cross. Combine that with his sick white cloth armor and he really does look like a holy warrior, someone ready to tell you that the real last Jedi was our lord and savior Jesus Christ.

For more on slightly less blasphemous video game fan mods, check out Skyrim Grandma finally making it into the game, the terrible goose honking its way into Resident Evil 2, Henry Cavill in The Witcher 3, Woody from Toy Story in Sekiro, and Keanu Reeves in Metal Gear Solid V.

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