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E.T. may belong in the Star Wars universe

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To repay Steven Spielberg for including Yoda in ET, Lucas snuck a delegation of Asogians into the Galactic Senate scene in The Phantom Menace. This essentially implies that when the wrinkly botanist was pointing at the sky, he wasn't just phoning home; he was trying to contact a galaxy far, far away that was actively dealing with a massive Sith lord infestation and terrible trade disputes.

E.T. may belong in the Star Wars universe
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