Cultural Boundary Of Star Wars

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A tale as old as time itself, star crossed lovers, separated by forces bigger than themselves, crossing cultural boundaries to be together and paying the ultimate price. Our story starts in New York, New York, 1936. Joseph and Kelly had always been together, and now Joseph was going to study abroad and visit family in Germany. The two hugged and said their goodbyes as Joseph boarded the boat and took off. Kelly heard from him every day, until all at once the letters came with part blacked out with thick, heavy ink. Kelly became very concerned with the censorship of the letters and received no communication from Joseph about it, or maybe they did, and it was just redacted by the German censor bars. Things continued like this for awhile, then

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