Star Wars: Light of the Jedi
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Long before the First Order， before the Empire， before even The Phantom Menace 。 。 。 Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in The High Republic
It is a golden age。 Intrepid hyperspace scouts expand the reach of the Republic to the furthest stars， worlds flourish under the benevolent leadership of the Senate， and peace reigns， enforced by the wisdom and strength of the renowned order of Force users known as the Jedi。 With the Jedi at the height of their power， the free citizens of the galaxy are confident in their ability to weather any storm But the even brightest light can cast a shadow， and some storms defy any preparation。
When a shocking catastrophe in hyperspace tears a ship to pieces， the flurry of shrapnel emerging from the disaster threatens an entire system。 No sooner does the call for help go out than the Jedi race to the scene。 The scope of the emergence， however， is enough to push even Jedi to their limit。 As the sky breaks open and destruction rains down upon the peaceful alliance they helped to build， the Jedi must trust in the Force to see them through a day in which a single mistake could cost billions of lives。
Even as the Jedi battle valiantly against calamity， something truly deadly grows beyond the boundary of the Republic。 The hyperspace disaster is far more sinister than the Jedi could ever suspect。 A threat hides in the darkness， far from the light of the age， and harbors a secret that could strike fear into even a Jedi's heart。
It is a golden age。 Intrepid hyperspace scouts expand the reach of the Republic to the furthest stars， worlds flourish under the benevolent leadership of the Senate， and peace reigns， enforced by the wisdom and strength of the renowned order of Force users known as the Jedi。 With the Jedi at the height of their power， the free citizens of the galaxy are confident in their ability to weather any storm But the even brightest light can cast a shadow， and some storms defy any preparation。
When a shocking catastrophe in hyperspace tears a ship to pieces， the flurry of shrapnel emerging from the disaster threatens an entire system。 No sooner does the call for help go out than the Jedi race to the scene。 The scope of the emergence， however， is enough to push even Jedi to their limit。 As the sky breaks open and destruction rains down upon the peaceful alliance they helped to build， the Jedi must trust in the Force to see them through a day in which a single mistake could cost billions of lives。
Even as the Jedi battle valiantly against calamity， something truly deadly grows beyond the boundary of the Republic。 The hyperspace disaster is far more sinister than the Jedi could ever suspect。 A threat hides in the darkness， far from the light of the age， and harbors a secret that could strike fear into even a Jedi's heart。
Reviews
Jeremy
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[VERY SLIGHT SPOILERS]Got better as it went on。 Like The Last Jedi， it's littered with plot holes based on poor understanding of simple physics and no grasp of the mind-bogglingly empty vastness of space。 The cast of characters is broad and we rarely get to see further than the surface， not to mention the frustrating tendency to kill off any character that even hints at having some future plans or rendezvous with another person。 WE GET IT， THIS TALE IS TRAGIC。 Maybe next time we could get more t [VERY SLIGHT SPOILERS]Got better as it went on。 Like The Last Jedi， it's littered with plot holes based on poor understanding of simple physics and no grasp of the mind-bogglingly empty vastness of space。 The cast of characters is broad and we rarely get to see further than the surface， not to mention the frustrating tendency to kill off any character that even hints at having some future plans or rendezvous with another person。 WE GET IT， THIS TALE IS TRAGIC。 Maybe next time we could get more time spent actually making us care and ratcheting up the tension while they're still alive。 Also， the book establishes some fairly rigid rules of hyperspace that future Star Wars must adhere to if this is to be taken as "canon。" Maybe some of these principles have been established in the past in other extended universe works， but more knowledgeable fans than I may have some serious objections with the lore continuity。Still， it kept me interested and is worth a read for Star Wars fans if only for the "thumbnail sketches" of some pretty cool Jedi and allies。 。。。more
Flinn
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Very good
caitlin
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I really enjoyed this book。 I think that I wanted a little less POV’s overall， though I understood why each POV was a POV。I didn’t really like the main antagonist， though he is sort of created to be unlikable， but I just found him annoying a lot of the time。
Tani
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8/13/21 - I tried listening to this on audible but I just could not do it。 There's ambiance background sounds which I assume is supposed to be the sound of the ship's engines。 It's a low rumble and completely distracting。 The story sounds interesting but the unnecessary extra noise really turned me off from doing this one as an audiobook。 I love audiobooks but I do not like when they have atmospheric noise in the background or dramatizations。 We'll do this one as a paper copy instead。 8/13/21 - I tried listening to this on audible but I just could not do it。 There's ambiance background sounds which I assume is supposed to be the sound of the ship's engines。 It's a low rumble and completely distracting。 The story sounds interesting but the unnecessary extra noise really turned me off from doing this one as an audiobook。 I love audiobooks but I do not like when they have atmospheric noise in the background or dramatizations。 We'll do this one as a paper copy instead。 。。。more
David Buchholz
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Good start to an new era。 Only complaint is the vast number of new characters are hard to keep track of。
Drea
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It is a solid Star Wars book。 I loved seeing the Jedi at their most influential and learning about events outside of the original time line。 THIS IS NOT A CHILDREN'S BOOK。 It is very violent and deals with some really heavy themes。 （Other than order 66 I've never seen so may Jedi's die）。 That being said， I found it hard to immediately get into it but once I did it was worth it！！ Will definitely be reading the rest of the High Republic books！！CW: Death， Kidnapping， Murder， and Violence It is a solid Star Wars book。 I loved seeing the Jedi at their most influential and learning about events outside of the original time line。 THIS IS NOT A CHILDREN'S BOOK。 It is very violent and deals with some really heavy themes。 （Other than order 66 I've never seen so may Jedi's die）。 That being said， I found it hard to immediately get into it but once I did it was worth it！！ Will definitely be reading the rest of the High Republic books！！CW: Death， Kidnapping， Murder， and Violence 。。。more
Hunter
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Probably enjoyable if you're still obsessed with Star Wars I guess。Star Wars used to be my everything when I was a kid。 I still loved it into my early 20's。 I just turned 27， and frankly， I think my time with Star Wars is over。 It's been a few years since I'd say I was "in the fandom" hardcore， but this novel represented a fresh start。 Removing itself from the timeline we're familiar with， and doing something new。 I was excited for that。 Part of the reason I lost interest in Star Wars was how fo Probably enjoyable if you're still obsessed with Star Wars I guess。Star Wars used to be my everything when I was a kid。 I still loved it into my early 20's。 I just turned 27， and frankly， I think my time with Star Wars is over。 It's been a few years since I'd say I was "in the fandom" hardcore， but this novel represented a fresh start。 Removing itself from the timeline we're familiar with， and doing something new。 I was excited for that。 Part of the reason I lost interest in Star Wars was how focused it was on the same ten people and their family drama。 It's a huge universe and I wanted to see more of it。 I was hoping this would be that。 It's really not。So let's begin with characters。 They're flat and dull。 They're just a bunch of generic jedi。 They （and I'm saying they because this was 100% not written by just Charles Soule， but by a committee approving which characters are doing what and where， just look at the videos marketing it。） don't really do much to distinguish them from each other。 They kind of have personalities， but the book bounces around so often that no one really gets focused on， leaving the story with little room to properly invest the reader into the characters。 You can have an ensemble cast， but books like that are rarely as short and padded with filler as this one。 This also immediately jumps into the member berries with Sequel Trilogy tie-ins。 'Member For San Tekka？ The guy that died four minutes into Force Awakens？ Well here， now his family is the most important family in the history of space travel。 Star Wars can't escape the weird cycle of everything relating to everything。Oh and there are space pirate villains。 They suck though。 One dude is named Marchion。 I remember him cause I couldn't help but laugh at his dumb name the whole time。 They constantly quicker and feel like power ranger villains。 Even their concept art is just goofy looking。 The writing style leaves a lot to be desired too。 From the aforementioned lack of character development， to what I found the most frustrating aspect， the lack of care to anyone reading who doesn't have an encyclopedic knowledge of Star Wars races， ships， planets， and technology。 Large swaths of the book were just a beige pudding in my minds eye because they just list off ship types， alien species， etc without any description of what the hell they are and expect you to just understand or wookiepedia it。 The aliens are especially bad。 Things like "Master Bragabah is a Xyzxtilpic so he naturally could see in the dark。" Oh。 Is he now？ That's cool。 What the hell is that exactly？ "Master Bragabah piloted his X-232727 using its wings shaped like a Bragabah Tangela to pivot around the wreckage。" Oh。 Did he now？ That's cool。 What the hell is that exactly？ People who care enough to still be obsessed with Star Wars will likely love all the tie-ins， references， and other junk。 To anyone looking to get away from that side of Star Wars and lose themselves into a new story， where there's developed characters and an interesting conflict。。。 pick up Dune。 。。。more
Mandi Jackson
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I really wanted to like this， but alas， I really didn’t。
Windelchus
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Al principio me perdía ya que son muchos nuevos personajes pero al no parar la acción te mantenía enganchado
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Emily Hebert
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4。5 rounded up。Might write a proper review later
Graham Blair
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This book had me hooked， I'm not going to lie I didn't want to put it down。 The characters they introduced were likeable and you start to really feel for them。 So when certain things happen in the story you do feel sad，elated， excited or proud。 The villains felt a bit like the gangs from mad max and you can imagine them being crazy and suicidal！ I kept imagining the story like a clone wars season and trying to think what the characters would look like。 I've since seen some images of what the wri This book had me hooked， I'm not going to lie I didn't want to put it down。 The characters they introduced were likeable and you start to really feel for them。 So when certain things happen in the story you do feel sad，elated， excited or proud。 The villains felt a bit like the gangs from mad max and you can imagine them being crazy and suicidal！ I kept imagining the story like a clone wars season and trying to think what the characters would look like。 I've since seen some images of what the writers and artist and I can say they look very similar to how I thought they would look so now it feels like I've just seen a new episode of a 'The High Republic' animated show。 I honestly expected this to be a stand alone story but it's actually part of a series， before reading I wasn't sure I wanted to commit to a new saga。。。 however I think I may be now！ 。。。more
Lisa Bono
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Not a fan。 It was cold and not a joy。 Listened to the audiobook and ended up putting it on 1。5x to get through it， hoping it would get better。 It didn’t。 It’s the second book I’ve listened to in this High Republic series， and I’m not inclined to listen to more。 Joyless。 I fast forwarded some scenes with the big bad， because they were so boring/annoying。
Kat Marko
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Very enjoyable！ However， the amount of characters and perspective switch every chapter sometimes made it hard to connect with。 It was interesting to see it unravel and I can’t wait to see how this story develops。
Jackson Roderick
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A very good introduction to a new era of Star Wars！ So many fresh and interesting characters。 The main plot starts a little slow but quickly grips you。 I can’t wait to read the rest of the high republic books。
Sean Mobley
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The second half of the book doesn't live up to the strong first act。 The book does what it needs to in terms of setting up a new era within Star Wars， but does so with so many characters it's easy to lose track of who's who and starts to feel more like the pilot for a TV show where they're already planning 5 spinoff series。 I don't mind setup for more books - Star Wars films come in trilogies， after all - but it just felt like too much stuffed into one novel。 That said， I appreciate overall what The second half of the book doesn't live up to the strong first act。 The book does what it needs to in terms of setting up a new era within Star Wars， but does so with so many characters it's easy to lose track of who's who and starts to feel more like the pilot for a TV show where they're already planning 5 spinoff series。 I don't mind setup for more books - Star Wars films come in trilogies， after all - but it just felt like too much stuffed into one novel。 That said， I appreciate overall what the book is doing。 Some of it was pretty subtle， like what felt like a recalibration of the Jedi from how they've been misrepresented in books in the past （I'm looking at you， Kevin J。 Anderson）。 The era itself feels like a course correction from the lore nightmare that is the thankfully non-canonical Old Republic era， which can only be a good thing， and I'm excited to see what happens with it。 I just wish Soule had been given more reign over his story， because it started off so promising - only to get mired in what felt like the "work" or setting things up for others。 。。。more
Dee
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This was a birthday present from a dear friend that knew how big of a Star Wars geek I am， lol XD I'm so glad she knows me so well :D Yes， there were a lot of characters to keep track of， but there were some shining points that really made it feel like a Star Wars movie。 Some parts I was about to start shouting in glee or dismay like a movie and some that made me groan in disappointment when the bad guy manages to slip out。。。for this， the book was really amazing！ I got invested in some of the ch This was a birthday present from a dear friend that knew how big of a Star Wars geek I am， lol XD I'm so glad she knows me so well :D Yes， there were a lot of characters to keep track of， but there were some shining points that really made it feel like a Star Wars movie。 Some parts I was about to start shouting in glee or dismay like a movie and some that made me groan in disappointment when the bad guy manages to slip out。。。for this， the book was really amazing！ I got invested in some of the characters， and I'd like to read more about them， and what happens next。 （Book 2， you can land in my hot little hands。 Annnnnny time now。 *wiggly fingers*） There was SOMETHING of a cliffhanger， but not a terrible one。。。just enough for me to want to keep an eye if I can find the second book。 XD All but for mentions of Yoda， this was a book of entirely original characters， of the Jedi， the Chancellor， the Republic members， those that helped the Jedi， the enemy。。。and I didn't mind at all！ ;） 。。。more
aspeccharactersoftheday
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Ian
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The first novel of the multimedia High Republic publishing programme， set two centuries before The Phantom Menace。 The Republic is experiencing a golden age and Chancellor Lina Soh has set in motion several Great Works， the most recent of which is the construction of Starlight Station; a hub of Republic culture in the Outer Rim。 As a result， Republic ships and numerous Jedi are near at hand when a disaster threatens the destruction of an entire star system。 But the Great Disaster is just the fir The first novel of the multimedia High Republic publishing programme， set two centuries before The Phantom Menace。 The Republic is experiencing a golden age and Chancellor Lina Soh has set in motion several Great Works， the most recent of which is the construction of Starlight Station; a hub of Republic culture in the Outer Rim。 As a result， Republic ships and numerous Jedi are near at hand when a disaster threatens the destruction of an entire star system。 But the Great Disaster is just the first event in a chain that will pit the Republic and the Jedi against a vicious new enemy; the Nihil。First off， I'll say that I'm a big fan of the High Republic Era as a concept （although this is the first story of it I've read so far）， steering Star Wars publishing away from the shambles that is the Sequel Trilogy， whilst also tactfully avoiding overriding any of the old Expanded Universe （AKA 'Legends'） stories of the Old Republic。 A whole new era of storytelling which allows for great narrative freedom， whilst still being able to include the odd familiar face （three members of the Episode I Jedi Council make brief appearances）。Unfortunately， this book tries to do too much all at once in establishing this new era and is very poorly paced as a result。 Things start well， with the Great Disaster and the various Jedi and Republic forces rushing to avert an even worse calamity， but then the book grinds to a halt and more of less starts all over again。 There's also too much exposition going on， with characters stopping to lay out organisational details or technical specifications that are clearly for our benefit but which feel completely forced into the narrative。 On top of that， there are simply too many new characters to get to grips with。 It's not that they're bad characters but constantly being thrown between the POVs of about half a dozen new Jedi， plus several Republic figures and the leaders of the Nihil means that there's little opportunity for us， the readers， to actually engage with any of the characters in any meaningful way。 Honestly， I probably couldn't even name all of the 'main' characters in this book because they're so generic and we're given so little time to get to know them。It's certainly not a bad book and I very much look forward to finding out how the High Republic series will develop， but this isn't the perfect launch point that I'd hoped it would be。* More reviews here: https://fsfh-book-review2。webnode。com * 。。。more
Jacob
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Very enjoyable plot for the first 3/4 of the book。 Didn't appreciate the antagonists much， but they were well-written。 Higher body count than I was expecting Very enjoyable plot for the first 3/4 of the book。 Didn't appreciate the antagonists much， but they were well-written。 Higher body count than I was expecting 。。。more
Jorge Pino Motta
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Mucho antes de la Primera Orden， antes del Imperio， incluso antes de La Amenaza Fantasma， existió la edad de oro。 Dos siglos antes de la saga Skywalker。。。Vivimos una época dorada。 Intrépidos exploradores hiperespaciales expanden los límites de la República hasta las estrellas más remotas， los mundos prosperan bajo el benévolo liderato del Senado y reina la paz en la galaxia， defendida por la sabiduría y fuerza de la célebre orden de usuarios de la Fuerza conocidos como Jedi。 Con los Jedi en la c Mucho antes de la Primera Orden， antes del Imperio， incluso antes de La Amenaza Fantasma， existió la edad de oro。 Dos siglos antes de la saga Skywalker。。。Vivimos una época dorada。 Intrépidos exploradores hiperespaciales expanden los límites de la República hasta las estrellas más remotas， los mundos prosperan bajo el benévolo liderato del Senado y reina la paz en la galaxia， defendida por la sabiduría y fuerza de la célebre orden de usuarios de la Fuerza conocidos como Jedi。 Con los Jedi en la cima de su poder， los ciudadanos libres de la galaxia confían en su habilidad para capear cualquier temporal。 Pero incluso la luz más brillante proyecta alguna sombra y algunos temporales desafían cualquier preparación。Cuando una impactante catástrofe en el hiperespacio hace pedazos una nave， la lluvia de metralla que emerge del desastre amenaza a todo un sistema。 Los Jedi acuden a toda velocidad cuando llega su petición de auxilio。 Sin embargo， el alcance de la emergencia lleva a los Jedi hasta su límite。 Cuando el cielo se abre y la destrucción llueve sobre la pacífica alianza que ellos mismos ayudaron a construir， los Jedi deben confiar en la Fuerza para superar un día en que un solo error puede costar miles de millones de vida。Pero， mientras los Jedi combaten valerosamente contra la calamidad， algo realmente letal florece más allá de los confines de la República。 El desastre hiperespacial es mucho más siniestro de lo que los Jedi podían sospechar。 Una amenaza se esconde en la oscuridad， lejos de la luminosidad de la época， y guarda un secreto capaz de infundir terror incluso en el corazón de un Jedi。 。。。more
Rob
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A book that took some time to sink its claws into me， The Light of the Jedi is， at least， an interesting point in time in the Star Wars universe。 Taking place some 200 years before the events of the Phantom Menace， you get a view into the beginning of the end of the last great republic。 One of the positives of reading any Star Wars book is familiarity with some of the characters， but， other than a brief mention of Yoda， we have an all new cast。 And， there’s a decent amount of them too， so I felt A book that took some time to sink its claws into me， The Light of the Jedi is， at least， an interesting point in time in the Star Wars universe。 Taking place some 200 years before the events of the Phantom Menace， you get a view into the beginning of the end of the last great republic。 One of the positives of reading any Star Wars book is familiarity with some of the characters， but， other than a brief mention of Yoda， we have an all new cast。 And， there’s a decent amount of them too， so I felt I needed time to flesh out those images and having to look up the specific races I wasn’t familiar with by name。 Once I saw what it was， I recognized it and was able to picture it fine moving forward。 As I mentioned， it took awhile to get invested in the events and story。 I went from wanting to just finish it to move on to something else to getting invested in the characters and events happening。 The author is great at pulling the rug away just at the right moment to keep you wanting to read。 By the end， I went from writing the series off to immediately putting a hold at my library for the next in the series。 If you’re a fan of Star Wars and would like something a little different than what you are use to， I would give this one a look。 。。。more
Cyrus
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Fairly interesting but writing isn’t that great。 This should be considered a staging ground for the rest of the High Republic era， and serves to introduce characters more than to develop them。
Chloe Thonus
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I didn't really have any issues reading this book。 The pacing was good， it was engaging， and the switching between settings with each chapter made sense and kept things tense。There were a lot of characters and not all of them I cared about， but I found Bell and Loden charming and thought the development of Marchion Ro was fascinating。 There's a lot of conflicting reviews that range in helpfulness。。。 greatly， but I don't see how this wasn't at the very least an enjoyable and engaging read about t I didn't really have any issues reading this book。 The pacing was good， it was engaging， and the switching between settings with each chapter made sense and kept things tense。There were a lot of characters and not all of them I cared about， but I found Bell and Loden charming and thought the development of Marchion Ro was fascinating。 There's a lot of conflicting reviews that range in helpfulness。。。 greatly， but I don't see how this wasn't at the very least an enjoyable and engaging read about the Old Republic at its height。 。。。more
Kyle Stewart
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It was really cool to experience something completely new for me in the Star Wars universe and I look forward to experiencing more high republic content in the future。
Kevin
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This is the first in the Star Wars High Republic series， which is supposed to be set a few hundred years before the prequels。 It has to do a lot of heavy lifting to set up the story， and jumping back and forth between multiple characters probably doesn't help。 It also doesn't help that the first hundred pages or so deal with a major cataclysm that introduces our major characters while jumping back and forth at a break-neck pace， then the story abruptly shifts gears and never returns to that urge This is the first in the Star Wars High Republic series， which is supposed to be set a few hundred years before the prequels。 It has to do a lot of heavy lifting to set up the story， and jumping back and forth between multiple characters probably doesn't help。 It also doesn't help that the first hundred pages or so deal with a major cataclysm that introduces our major characters while jumping back and forth at a break-neck pace， then the story abruptly shifts gears and never returns to that urgent pacing。 The story is also setting up multiple other High Republic stories， some of which are barely connected， but some will clearly be a continuation of the conflict。 All of that makes this harder to do well and it doesn't feel like a shining success。 I enjoyed the backstory on Jedi and simply being in the Star Wars world again， even if it's not quite familiar。 The set up for other High Republic stories is also helpful， as I've enjoyed some of those more。 。。。more
Ircel
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A Good StartActually very engaging。 Interesting characters and situations that encourage you to read on。 I look forward to other offerings in this series。
Chad Jarnigan
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This was a decent book， the Jedi however are not as big of a part as I hoped for。 But Marcion Roe is a good antagonist and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Jedi Greatstorm
John Lowe
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A good read， introducing a lot of new characters to the Star Wars universe （and a new era for those of us who are strictly Disney canon）。 Tense action， some mysteries， and an intriguing and dangerous new threat to the Galactic order。
Riley Thomson
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