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In Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the fictional planet Mustafar serves as a volcanic backdrop for the final duel between the characters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.

"To make this compatible with contemporary life is a challenge. It's really tricky to imagine that you would have oxygen here," said Bruce Betts, a scientist at the Planetary Society in California. "But, hey, they're Jedi—they can probably control their breath."

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