In "Young Adult, " he's Matt Freehauf, who lives with his sister, builds mutant action figures, and names the whiskey he distills in the garage after a "Star Wars" cantina.

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"The last time we saw Jack, he was drowning his sorrows in the 'Doctor Who' version of the 'Star Wars' cantina, " said Jennifer Steele, a 29-year-old Whoverse fan and Alta Language Services project manager in Atlanta.

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Among the more memorable sequences in the "Star Wars" film is the Mos Eisley Cantina, which Freeborn and his team populated by creating Greedo, Walrus Man and Snaggletooth.

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