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The Empire Strikes Back Makes a Surprisingly Good Telenovela

By Tara Ariano at

The (original) Star Wars trilogy has been fairly described as a space opera, what with the shocking reveals of various characters' parentage, sudden reversals of romantic fortune, and surprise dismemberments. So when you think about it, there's not such a long way to go from the source material to this fan-made reimagining of The Empire Strikes Back in the style of a Spanish telenovela (via io9):

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