Older fans love Chewbacca for his heroism, said Kathleen Saracen, the manager of Titan Games and Comics in Smyrna, Georgia.

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"We have a sold out match and we are fairly confident that the overwhelming majority of Saracens supporters will approve, " said Saracen's chief executive Edward Griffiths.

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Ludovico Ariosto's 16th-century epic Orlando Furioso is set during the conflict between Charlemagne's paladin warriors and the invading Saracen army, but Ariosto is more concerned with romance than history.

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"What they're shooting for is the opportunity for readers to jump on at an issue No. 1, " said Kathleen Saracen, manager of Titan Games and Comics in Smyrna, Georgia.

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"We really grew up with these movies, " Saracen said.

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