Lucas' clones are created by strange-looking aliens on a fantastic, stormy water planet.

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How thousands of disparate parts and nearly as many scientists had come together in building this strange beast, and managed to convey it safely to another planet.

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It tells of a strange child's forlorn travels through the universe after quitting his native planet, B-612, to escape a vain, capricious rose.

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So it came as some strange comfort on Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court surprised just about every legal scholar on the planet and said it would hear the Bush petition that these ongoing recounts were unconstitutional.

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