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“Attention. Air raid alert,” the voice says with a Jedi knight’s gravitas. “Proceed to the nearest shelter.” It’s a surreal moment in an already surreal war: the grave but calming baritone of actor Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker of “Star Wars,” urging people to take cover whenever Russia unleashes another aerial bombardment on Ukraine. The intrusion…
m Actor Mark Hamill lent his voice to "Air Alert" an app linked to Ukraine s air defense system. In the invasion s first year, air-raid alarms sounded more than 19,000 times across the country, said Valentine Hrytsenko, the chief marketing officer at Ajax Systems, a Ukrainian security systems manufacturer that co-developed the app. Although the app also has a Ukrainian-language setting, voiced by a woman, some Ukrainians prefer to have the baritone of Hamill, Luke Skywalker of "Star Wars," breaking the bad news that a Russian bombardment might be imminent. When the dangers from the skies pass, Hamill announces via the app that "the air alert is over." He then signs off with an uplifting: "May the Force be with you." When air raid sirens start howling, the app warns Ukrainians that Russian missiles, bombs and deadly exploding drones could be incoming. Hamill is also raising funds to buy reconnaissance drones for Ukrainian forces. "In Ukrain
Hamill is also raising funds to buy reconnaissance drones for Ukrainian forces on the front lines. He autographed “Star Wars”-themed posters that are being