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Snow Wars: Jabba Spotted Just 2,500 Miles Away
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Jen Carlson
Published Dec 30, 2010
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If ice planet Hoth is in Williamsburg, is the desert planet in Spokane, WA? According to this photo, yes—yes it is... or maybe Jabba the Hutt has left Tatooine and is making his way to Brooklyn. Either way, someone make one of these in Greenpoint so we can stage a mock interstellar battle before the real thing goes down—surely some local young creative out there is dying to dress in Leia's gold bikini. Start by making a Pit of Carkoon in McCarren Park... may The Force be with you, etc.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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