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TIL- There is a Star Wars comic where Han Solo and Chewbacca crash into Earth after using Hyperspace blindly. Native American’s kill Han and his body is discovered by Indiana Jones 126 years later while searching for Bigfoot, which turns out to be Chewbacca.

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