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Everyone’s Favorite Star Wars Character Is … Pole!
YouTuber Jenny Nicholson and a very inconvenient support beam are the breakout sci-fi characters of the week.
The Starcruiser offered two-night stays in a spacecraft-themed environment where guests could interact with walk-around characters, participate in activities like light-saber training, and experience a plot line involving Rey, Kylo Ren, and a Yoda hologram. The pole is a big, fat supporting beam who lives in the spaceship’s dining room, blocking the sight lines of whichever guests were seated at the table behind it. Pole is a brilliant character because they illustrate so many larger themes and messages at the core of Nicholson’s Halcyon story, like the gulf between the extreme-luxury pricing and less-than-luxury experience that some guests were dealt.
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