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Alderaan Gone Missing: Fake News

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Alderaan is a fictional planet featured in the Star Wars franchise. It is blue-green in appearance, depicted as a terrestrial planet with humanoid inhabitants, and characterized by a peaceful culture. It is the home planet of Princess Leia Organa,
one of the lead characters in the film series. In the original 1977 film, Alderaan is destroyed by the Death Star super laser.[1]

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The destruction of Alderaan is considered by some as an artistic depiction of the danger of nuclear weapons during the Cold War[2] and some claim it is used as a pop-culture example of inadequate political and military action leading to negative effects.[3][4]

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