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  .               A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...   .
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              .   A terrible civil war burns throughout the  .        .     .
                 galaxy: a rag-tag group of freedom fighters   .  .
     .       .  has risen from beneath the dark shadow of the            .
.        .     evil monster the Galactic Empire has become.                  .
   .             Imperial  forces  have  instituted  a reign of   .      .
             terror,  and every  weapon in its arsenal has  been
          . turned upon the Rebels  and  their  allies:  tyranny, .   .
   .       oppression, vast fleets, overwhelming armies, and fear.        .  .
.      .  Fear  keeps  the  individual systems in line,  and is the   .
         prime motivator of the New Order.             .
    .      Outnumbered and outgunned,  the Rebellion burns across the   .    .
.      vast reaches of space and a thousand-thousand worlds, with only     .
    . their great courage - and the mystical power known as the Force -
     flaming a fire of hope.                                    .
       This is a  galaxy  of wondrous aliens,  bizarre monsters,  strange   .
 . Droids, powerful weapons, great heroes, and terrible villains.  It is a
  galaxy of fantastic worlds,  magical devices, vast fleets, awesome machi-  .
 nery, terrible conflict, and unending hope.