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• Mexican human rights commission condemns killing of reporter

  15-04-2017 23:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Mexico's human rights commission on Saturday condemned the killing of a police beat reporter in western Mexico, the latest in a string of journalists shot down in acts that may be connected to their work.Reporter Maximino Rodriguez was gunned down while in his car in a shopping center parking lot on Friday afternoon in the state capital of La Paz, about 100 miles (160 km) from the beach resort of Cabo San Lucas.A journalist with news and opinion website Colectivo Pericu, Rodriguez was in the car
  
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• Warriors ready to start another special postseason run

  15-04-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — That chase for 73 wins and breaking the Chicago Bulls' record last season generated so much scrutiny when the Golden State Warriors failed to win it all at the end.
  
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• Bodyguard of El Chapo's sons killed after jailbreak

  15-04-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Culiacán (Mexico) (AFP) - The head bodyguard of the sons of captured Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been killed by soldiers while on the run following a jail break last month, officials said Saturday.Francisco Javier Zazueta Rosales died in a gunfight with Mexican marines on Friday near the northwestern town of San Cayetano in Sinaloa, the state that was El Chapo's stronghold, according to a statement by local prosecutors.Zazueta had been locked up in February but escaped
  
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• Former NFLer Heap kills daughter in accident in Arizona: media

  15-04-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  The unidentified girl was hit at about 4 p.m. in Mesa, Arizona.Rescue workers took the girl to the hospital where she died, an ABC affiliate reported.Heap was not impaired and there was no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident, police told ABC 15 Arizona.
  
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• Roaming alligator walks right up to doorstep in *drumroll* ... Florida

  15-04-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Today's hopefully unnecessary PSA: do not answer the door for an alligator. Police in Sarasota County, Florida, shared photos Wednesday of a rogue alligator that, while wandering a neighborhood, trudged right up to the front door of a house. It later tried its luck at the garage door, too, but no one let it in. Imagine! SEE ALSO: Fisherman finds a terrifying surprise at the end of his line We do not think it was invited. Perhaps it had the wrong address."Let this be a reminder that not all repti
  
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• Turks vote in historic referendum on expanding Erdogan's power

  15-04-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  By Tuvan GumrukcuANKARA (Reuters) - Turks vote in a hotly contested referendum on Sunday that could place sweeping new powers in the hands of President Tayyip Erdogan and herald the most radical change to the country's political system in its modern history.Opinion polls have given a narrow lead for a "Yes" vote, which would replace Turkey's parliamentary democracy with an all-powerful presidency and may see Erdogan in office until at least 2029.The outcome will also shape Turkey's strained rela
  
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• 3,000 migrants rescued off Libya coast Saturday: NGO

  15-04-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  The Italian coastguard and other boats rescued some 3,000 migrants from unseaworthy boats off the Libyan coast on Saturday, as the good weather pushes the numbers up, a participating NGO said.In all 35 rescue operations were launched during the day, with 15 of them still underway as night fell, the coastguard said.German NGO Jugend Rettet, which took part in the rescue operations on Saturday, said 3,000 people had been plucked to safety during a particularly busy day due to the fine Spring weath
  
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• Thousands at U.S. rallies demand Trump release tax returns

  15-04-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through midtown Manhattan and dozens of U.S. cities on Saturday to demand that President Donald Trump release his tax returns and to dispute his claim that the public does not care about the issue.Organizers of "Tax March" in more than 150 cities across the country and beyond wanted to call attention to Trump's refusal to disclose his tax history, as his White House predecessors have done for more than 40 years.The marches coinc
  
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• Star Wars director confirms the The Last Jedi is singular

  15-04-2017 22:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has made his pronouncement and one of the weirdest, geekiest grammar debates ever is settled: The Last Jedi is singular no matter what all the foreign language translations indicate
  
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• Star Wars 8 director confirms the The Last Jedi is singular

  15-04-2017 22:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has made his pronouncement and one of the weirdest, geekiest grammar debates ever is settled: The Last Jedi is singular no matter what all the foreign language translations indicate
  
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• Star Wars 8 director confirms that The Last Jedi is singular

  15-04-2017 22:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has made his pronouncement and one of the weirdest, geekiest grammar debates ever is settled: The Last Jedi is singular no matter what all the foreign language translations indicate
  
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• AP Interview: Iran's Ahmadinejad sees no threat from US

  15-04-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday he does not view recent U.S. missile strikes on ally Syria as a message for Iran, which he called a "powerful country" that the U.S. cannot harm.
  
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• Egypt's Christian minority in somber mood for Easter holiday

  15-04-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  
  By Osama NaguibALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Members of Egypt's Christian minority flocked to traditional services this Easter weekend in somber mood following attacks last Sunday that killed 45 people, and security was especially tight at the two churches hit by the bombers.Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks on Palm Sunday targeting Egypt's nearly 2,000-year-old Coptic Christian community and has warned of more attacks to come.The militants are waging an insurgency against sec
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 Won't Have a Season Pass

  15-04-2017 22:05
  Star Wars Battlefront II won't feature a season pass, developer DICE has confirmed.
  Battlefront II creative director Bernd Diemer confirmed the absence of a season pass in an interview with Mashable. "We don't want to segment our community," he said with regard to why the team opted to forgo a season pass.
  Upon looking back at how Battlefront changed over time following its launch in 2015 with the addition of DLC, Diemer said the team came to the conclusion that "for this typ
  
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• Italian Emma Morano, last known survivor of 19th century, dies at 117

  15-04-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Emma Morano, an Italian woman believed to have been the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century, died Saturday at the age of 117, Italian media reported.Morano, born on November 29 1899, died at her home in Verbania, in northern Italy, the reports said."She had an extraordinary life, and we will always remember her strength to move forward in life," said Silvia Marchionini, the mayor of Verbania, a small village of some 2,000 residents.
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 includes maps and heroes from every era of Star Wars

  15-04-2017 21:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first Star Wars Battlefront from EA had a laser (blaster?) focus on the original trilogy, but Star Wars Battlefront 2 lets you play through all 40 years of Star Wars canon
  
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• Italy's Emma Morano, the world's oldest person, dies at 117

  15-04-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Emma Morano, at 117 the world's oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died Saturday at her home in northern Italy, her physician said.
  
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• Dozens dead as car bomb hits Syria evacuees

  15-04-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  A suicide car bomb attack on buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns killed 43 people on Saturday, as US-backed fighters advanced in their push towards the Islamic State group's Raqa stronghold.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast targeted buses carrying residents evacuated from the northern towns of Fuaa and Kafraya under a deal reached between the regime and rebels.It said most of the dead in the explosion in rebel-held Rashidin, west of Alepp
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 pre-order bonuses include The Last Jedi costumes and ships

  15-04-2017 21:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Battlefront 2 will release November this year, so a month ahead of Star Wars The Last Jedi
  
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• Anti-Trump sentiment, ad blitz motivate Georgia voters

  15-04-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Republicans in Georgia's conservative 6th district don't agree which of their party's 11 candidates should represent the area in Congress. They're united on one thing: it won't be the Democrat trying for a massive upset fueled by anti-Trump sentiment and millions of dollars from around the country.
  
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• Retired NFL Star Todd Heap Accidentally Hits and Kills 3-Year-Old Daughter In Driveway

  15-04-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  
  She died at the hospital.
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2's release date is officially set for November 17, 2017

  15-04-2017 21:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Star Wars Battlefront 2 release date is finally official: EA plans to release the game worldwide on November 17, 2017
  
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• Bombing of Syrian bus convoy kills dozens outside Aleppo

  15-04-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  
  By John DavisonBEIRUT (Reuters) - A bomb blast hit a bus convoy waiting to cross into government-held Aleppo in Syria on Saturday, killing dozens of people evacuated from two Shi'ite villages the day before in a deal between warring sides.The agreement had stalled, leaving thousands of people from both government-besieged and rebel-besieged areas stranded at two transit points on the city's outskirts, before the explosion occurred.Late on Saturday buses began crossing into both government-held a
  
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• The Last Jedi Characters Are Battlefront 2 Preorder Bonus

  15-04-2017 21:19
  
  During Star Wars Celebration today, EA confirmed that anyone who preorders Battlefront II will also receive The Last Jedi-themed content including “exclusive Kylo Ren and Rey themed looks” based on the characters’ appearances in the upcoming film.Kylo Ren's The Last Jedi look in Battlefront IIThose skins are unlocked for the game's multiplayer mode, and will include "epic ability upgrades." Alongside that, preorders will also unlock a new First Order ship and The Last Jedi's ve
  
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• 5 Of Our Solar System’s Most Important Moons

  15-04-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  
  If we are going to find aliens in our solar system, we might have a better shot exploring moons rather than other planets.
  
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• Star Wars: Rogue One Sequel Novel Is a Battlefront 2 Tie-In

  15-04-2017 21:08
  
  At Star Wars Celebration today, it was revealed that a previously announced Star Wars novel is actually a tie-in to Star Wars Battlefront II.
  During the Battlefront II reveal panel, Christie Golden's novel Inferno Squad was revealed to actually be called Star Wars Battlefront II: Inferno Squad, which is currently . Inferno Squad commander Iden Versio was revealed as the protagonist of Battlefront II, and the tie-in novel will follow, according to Golden, how the Imperial squad met, their first m
  
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• Mexican navy guns down top bodyguard to eldest son of 'El Chapo'

  15-04-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  The chief bodyguard to the eldest son of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was killed in the northern coastal state of Sinaloa.Mexico's navy said on Saturday that troops killed Francisco Zazueta, suspected of helping launch an ambush of soldiers last year, during a shootout on Friday afternoon in the town of Badiraguato, a hotbed of support for the Sinaloa Cartel and not far from where Guzman grew up.Zazueta, also known as "Pancho Chimal," was Ivan Archivaldo Guzman's top bodygu
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 Multiplayer Preview

  15-04-2017 21:05
  Where Battlefront II’s new single player mode is attempting something different (both the mode and its content), the focus for the returning multiplayer component seems to be more about refinement. The last Battlefront got a lot right, but it also occasionally felt like gorgeous blueprints for something better to come. This could well be it.
  Burnout creators Criterion have stepped in to take on the game’s vehicles and head up a much-requested new feature; a full space combat mode. Wh
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 Single-Player Preview

  15-04-2017 21:00
  
  All EA really had to do to make people happy with Battlefront 2’s single-player was announce that they had one. It was an obvious missing piece in 2015’s Battlefront, and in part because of that, I expected Battlefront 2’s campaign to play things safe and avoid overlapping with anything happening in the current films or presenting any challenging controversies of its own. I’m pretty sure I was wrong.
  Check out the brand new reveal screenshots below - click right to see th
  
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• Science proves that training AI to be ‘human’ makes it sexist and racist, too

  15-04-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  
  As we get closer and closer to create artificial intelligence that can think and reason in ways that mimic a human brain it's becoming increasingly clear that allowing a machine mind to learn from humans is a very bad idea. We've seen examples of it in the past, but a new study on AI biases reveals that not only does training an artificial brain create biases, but those leanings reinforce many societal issues regarding race and gender that plague humanity today. 
  The study, which was c
  
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• First Details For The Campaign And Multiplayer

  15-04-2017 21:00
  
  Star Wars: Battlefront II is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on November 17. A small taste of what this sequel has to offer leaked in a teaser trailer last week, but the extent of just how big the game is was revealed today at this year's Star Wars Celebration. Electronic Arts has heard the demands of fans and is turning Battlefront II into a robust experience that spans both single and multiplayer.Star Wars is at its best when it focuses on a group of unlikely heroes coming together
  
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• 8 Star Wars Battlefront 2 things you need to know: being the bad guy, customisable heroes and every era's playable

  15-04-2017 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  We now have all the Star Wars Battlefront 2 details after that leaked trailer
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2’s 'hero' is Sleepy Hollow star Janina Gavankar… like, honestly, who knew?

  15-04-2017 20:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Obvious likeness aside, the True Blood actor teased fans with Twitter clues… before confirmation of her Star Wars role
  
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• Watch Star Wars Battlefront 2's full-length reveal trailer and get ready to avenge the Emperor

  15-04-2017 20:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  The full-length reveal trailer for Star Wars Battlefront 2 is here and it's set from an unexpected perspective
  
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• Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Release Date, Story Details Announced

  15-04-2017 20:44
  At Star Wars Celebration today, EA announced that Star Wars Battlefront II will be released worldwide on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 17 and is now available for preorder.
  Battlefront II’s campaign will take place in the 30-year period between the end of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The story will follow protagonist Iden Versio, who leads an elite Imperial unit called Inferno Squad, and players will get the chance to play as well-known characters like Luke Skywalker and K
  
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• Arkansas execution plan major test for drug secrecy measures

  15-04-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — If Arkansas succeeds in executing multiple inmates by the end of the month, despite several setbacks in court, it will show that states have found an effective way of repelling some legal challenges that have thwarted or delayed executions in recent years.
  
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• Watch Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 live here - Battlefront 2 reveal incoming

  15-04-2017 20:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chocolate eggs won't be the only thing dominating your weekend - Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 kicks off on Thursday, April 13 and runs until Sunday, April 16
  
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• Watch Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 live here

  15-04-2017 20:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chocolate eggs won't be the only thing dominating your weekend - Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 kicks off on Thursday, April 13 and runs until Sunday, April 16
  
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• Russia arrests two suspected 'terrorist' recruiters

  15-04-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Two suspected recruiters of "terrorists" from Central Asia were arrested in Saint Petersburg, justice authorities said on Saturday, in connection with a deadly bomb attack on the Russian city's metro.One suspect, aged 32, is accused of recruiting for the Islamic State group, while the other, aged 39, faces allegations of being a recruiter for "terrorist organisations in Syria".One of the two is from the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan, an area known for the number of recruits it has provided for Islami
  
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• Yemen fight for Red Sea base leaves 25 dead

  15-04-2017 19:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Mokha (Yémen) (AFP) - At least 25 soldiers and rebels have died in clashes around a key military base near Yemen's west coast, military and medical sources said Saturday.Loyalist forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition launched an assault to seize the Khaled Ibn Al-Walid base from Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies who had controlled it for over two years, military sources said.After seizing a mountain overlooking the camp in recent days, forces loyal to internationally recognised presid
  
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• Ronaldo resting, Isco's 2 goals keeps Madrid on title track

  15-04-2017 19:31 via yahoo.com
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Francisco "Isco" Alarcon scored his second goal of the match in the 90th minute to salvage a 3-2 win for Real Madrid at Sporting Gijon on Saturday, keeping it on course for its first Spanish league title in five years.
  
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• What Is Open/Closed For Easter Sunday

  15-04-2017 18:50 via yahoo.com
  
  A refresher on what might be open and closed for Easter Sunday so you can plan your weekend accordingly.
  
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• Star Wars Rebels will end with season 4, watch the new trailer and see how it all comes together

  15-04-2017 18:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lucasfilm confirmed that Star Wars Rebels' fourth season will be its last and released a trailer with a distinct air of finality, all within the space of a single Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 panel
  
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• 'A few dozen' US troops deployed to Somalia: Pentagon

  15-04-2017 18:33 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States is deploying "a few dozen" troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified security operations, a US military spokeswoman said Saturday.The soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, a light infantry unit trained for air assaults, will mainly train and equip Somalia's army "to better fight Al-Shabab," an Al-Qaeda linked extremist group, the spokeswoman for the US Africa Command based in Germany, Samantha Reho, told AFP.
  
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• Goleadores y marcador de la 33ª jornada de la Premier League

  15-04-2017 18:03 via es-us.noticias.yahoo.com
  Goleadores y marcador de la trigésimo
  tercera jornada de la Premier League:
  
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• Lucasfilm boss says Star Wars 9 won't be the end of the Skywalker saga 'if it inspires new ideas'

  15-04-2017 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  It probably doesn't surprise you to hear that Disney and Lucasfilm plan to keep making movies past Star Wars 9, but this might: the Skywalker saga may keep going, too
  
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• Yes or No? Final day of campaigning before tight Turkey vote

  15-04-2017 17:50 via yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — In the last day before Turkey's crucial referendum on whether to expand the president's power, both "yes" and "no" campaigners addressed flag-waving supporters Saturday in Istanbul and Ankara.
  
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• Coast-to-Coast Marches to Demand Pres. Trump’s Tax Returns

  15-04-2017 17:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Marches billed as peaceful “Patriots Day” rallies ended in some arrests as pro- and anti-Trump protesters clashed on the streets.
  
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• Protesters to take to streets to demand Trump release tax returns

  15-04-2017 17:27 via yahoo.com
  
  By Peter SzekelyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets across the United States and beyond on Saturday to press President Donald Trump to release his tax returns and to dispute his claim that the public does not care about the issue.The demonstrations, organized by a loose coalition of labor and left-leaning groups with various economic agendas, are intended to focus on Trump's refusal to disclose his tax-paying history, something his predecessors in
  
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• Sorry Lando fans, Billy Dee Williams says he's not in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

  15-04-2017 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  With all the love for Lando coming out around the Han Solo movie, you might have hoped to see the charismatic scoundrel/mayor/Rebel hero appear in Star Wars: The Last Jedi as well
  
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