91裸聊视频淎ttention. Air raid alert,91裸聊视频� the voice says with a Jedi knight91裸聊视频檚 gravitas. 91裸聊视频淧roceed to the nearest shelter.91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 a surreal moment in : the grave but calming baritone of actor Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker of 91裸聊视频淪tar Wars,91裸聊视频� urging people to take cover whenever Russia unleashes another aerial bombardment on Ukraine.

The intrusion of Hollywood science-fiction fantasy into the grim daily realities of war in Ukraine is a consequence of Hamill91裸聊视频檚 decision to lend his famous voice to 91裸聊视频淎ir Alert91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� a downloadable app linked to Ukraine91裸聊视频檚 air defense system. When air raid sirens start howling, the app also warns Ukrainians that Russian missiles, bombs and deadly exploding drones may be incoming.

91裸聊视频淒on91裸聊视频檛 be careless,91裸聊视频� Hamill91裸聊视频檚 voice advises. 91裸聊视频淵our overconfidence is your weakness.91裸聊视频�

The actor says he91裸聊视频檚 admired 91裸聊视频� from afar, in California 91裸聊视频� how Ukraine has 91裸聊视频渟hown such resilience 91裸聊视频� under such terrible circumstances.91裸聊视频� Its fight against the Russian invasion, , reminds him of the 91裸聊视频淪tar Wars91裸聊视频� saga, he says 91裸聊视频� of plucky rebels battling and ultimately defeating a vast, murderous empire. Voicing over the English-language version of the air-raid app and giving it his 91裸聊视频淪tar Wars91裸聊视频� touch was his way of helping out.

91裸聊视频淎 fairy tale about good versus evil is resonant with what91裸聊视频檚 going on in Ukraine,91裸聊视频� Hamill said in an interview with The Associated Press. 91裸聊视频淭he Ukrainian people rallying to the cause and responding so heroically 91裸聊视频� It91裸聊视频檚 impossible not to be inspired by how they91裸聊视频檝e weathered this storm.91裸聊视频�

When the dangers from the skies pass, Hamill announces via the app that 91裸聊视频渢he air alert is over.91裸聊视频� He then signs off with an uplifting: 91裸聊视频淢ay the Force be with you.91裸聊视频�

Hamill is also to buy reconnaissance drones for Ukrainian forces on the front lines. He autographed 91裸聊视频淪tar Wars91裸聊视频�-themed posters that are being raffled off.

91裸聊视频淗ere I sit in the comfort of my own home when in Ukraine there are power outages and food shortages and people are really suffering,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚t motivates me to do as much as I can.91裸聊视频�

Although the app also has a Ukrainian-language setting, voiced by a woman, some Ukrainians prefer to have Hamill breaking the bad news that yet another Russian bombardment might be imminent.

On the worst days, sirens and the app sound every few hours, day and night. Some turn out to be false alarms. But many others are real 91裸聊视频� and often deadly.

Bohdan Zvonyk, a 24-year-old app user who lives in the repeatedly struck western city of Lviv, says he chose Hamill91裸聊视频檚 voiceover rather than the Ukrainian setting because he is trying to improve his English. He91裸聊视频檚 a 91裸聊视频淪tar Wars91裸聊视频� fan, too.

91裸聊视频淏esides,91裸聊视频� he said, 91裸聊视频渨e could use a little bit of the power that Hamill wishes us.91裸聊视频�

After one alert, Zvonyk was riding a trolley bus when Hamill91裸聊视频檚 voice rang out from his phone. He said the man in front 91裸聊视频渢urned to me and said, smiling: 91裸聊视频極h, those damn Sith,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� to describe Russian forces. The Sith are the malevolent enemies of the do-gooding Jedi.

Olena Yeremina, a 38-year-old business manager in the capital, Kyiv, said Hamill91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淢ay the Force be with you91裸聊视频� signoff at first made her laugh. Now its enduring humor gives her strength.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a very cool phrase for this situation,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 wouldn91裸聊视频檛 say that I feel like a Ukrainian Jedi, but sometimes this phrase reminds me to straighten my shoulders and keep working.91裸聊视频�

Sometimes it can be wise to shut Hamill off. Yeremina forgot to do that on a trip outside Ukraine 91裸聊视频� to Berlin 91裸聊视频� and paid for the error when the alarm started shrieking at 6 a.m. and, again, when she rode the subway in the German capital. She wasn91裸聊视频檛 alone. Another person in the subway car also had the app and it erupted, too. The two of them first cursed, but then 91裸聊视频渋t made both me and that person smile,91裸聊视频� Yeremina recalled.

Ajax Systems, a Ukrainian security systems manufacturer that co-developed the app, hopes Hamill91裸聊视频檚 star power will encourage people outside Ukraine to download it 91裸聊视频� so they get a taste of the angst heaped on Ukrainians by nerve-shredding alarms and airborne death and destruction.

91裸聊视频淲ith Mark91裸聊视频檚 approach, it won91裸聊视频檛 be so terrifying,91裸聊视频� said Valentine Hrytsenko, the chief marketing officer at Ajax. 91裸聊视频淏ut they will understand somehow the context.91裸聊视频�

In the invasion91裸聊视频檚 first year, air-raid alarms sounded more than 19,000 times across the country, so 91裸聊视频渙f course people are getting tired,91裸聊视频� he said. The app has been downloaded more than 14 million times. Hrytsenko is among those who use its English-language setting to hear Hamill91裸聊视频檚 voice.

91裸聊视频淔or Star Wars fans, it sounds really fantastic,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 kind of a Ukrainian mentality to find some humor even in the bad situation or to try to be positive.91裸聊视频�

Hamill is pleased that the sci-fi saga is again transporting people, even if just temporarily, to its galaxy far, far away.

91裸聊视频淚t does inspire people,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淓veryone flashes back to being 6 years old again. And if the movie can help people get through hard times, so much the better.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频擩ohn Leicester, The Associated Press

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