Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has lent his voice to a Ukrainian air raid app to warn citizens of incoming attacks during the ongoing conflict with Russia. The Verge reports: “Attention. Air raid alert. Proceed to the nearest shelter,” says Hamill over Air Alert, an app linked to Ukraine’s air defense system. When the threat has passed, Hamill signs off with “The alert is over. May the Force be with you.”<\/p>\n
Invoking his beloved Luke Skywalker character, some of the lines contain recognizable quotes from the Star Wars franchise like “Don’t be careless. Your overconfidence is your weakness.” You can hear a few lines in the following video starting around 56 seconds in [here].<\/p>\n
The crossover of sci-fi fandom might feel like it’s trivializing the real-world conflict, but some Ukrainian residents have found solace — or perhaps the Force! — in Hamill’s Star Wars-influenced voiceover. “It’s a very cool phrase for this situation,” said Olena Yeremina, a business manager in Kyiv, in an interview with The Associated Press. “I wouldn’t say that I feel like a Ukrainian Jedi, but sometimes this phrase reminds me to straighten my shoulders and keep working.”<\/p>\n
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