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Star Wars  is an American  epic   space opera  franchise, centered on a  film series  created by  George Lucas . It depicts the adventures of various characters "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away". The franchise began in 1977 with the release of the film  Star Wars  (later subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981), which became a worldwide  pop culture   phenomenon . It was followed by the successful sequels  The Empire Strikes Back  (1980) and  Return of the Jedi (1983); these three films constitute the original Star Wars trilogy. A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005, which received mixed reactions from both critics and fans. A  sequel trilogy  began in 2015 with the release of  Star Wars: The Force Awakens . All seven films were nominated for  Academy Awards  (with wins going to the first two films) and have been commercial successes, with a combined box office revenu...

Tracer is a Damage hero in Overwatch Toting twin pulse pistols, energy-based time bombs, and rapid-fire banter, Tracer is able to "blink" through space and rewind her personal timeline as she battles to right wrongs the world over. https://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Tracer ------------------------------ Overwatch  is a team-based  online   multiplayer   first-person shooter   video game  developed and published by  Blizzard Entertainment . It was released in May, 2016, for  Windows ,  PlayStation 4 , and  Xbox One . Overwatch assigns players into two teams of six, with each player selecting one of 24 pre-defined characters, called heroes, each with unique movement, attributes, and abilities, whose roles are divided into four categories: Offense, Defense, Tank, and Support. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control points on a map or escort a payload across the map in a limited amount of time. Play...

Bartholomew JoJo  "Bart" Simpson  is a fictional character in the American animated television series  The Simpsons  and part of the  Simpson family . He is voiced by  Nancy Cartwright  and first appeared on television in  The Tracey Ullman Show   short  " Good Night " on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist  Matt Groening  created and designed Bart while waiting in the lobby of  James L. Brooks ' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip,  Life in Hell , but instead decided to create a new set of characters. While the rest of the characters were named after Groening's family members, Bart's name is an  anagram  of the word brat. After appearing on The Tracey Ullman Show for three years, the Simpson family received its own series on  Fox , which debuted December 17, 1989. At ten years old, Bart is the eldest child and only son of  Homer  and  Marge ,...

Boba Fett  is a fictional character in the  Star Wars franchise . In  The Empire Strikes Back  and  Return of the Jedi , he is a  bounty hunter hired by  Darth Vader  and also employed by  Jabba the Hutt . He was also added briefly to the original film  Star Wars  when the film was digitally remastered.  Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones  establishes his origin as an unaltered clone of the bounty hunter  Jango Fett  raised as his son, but was a genetic clone. His aura of danger and mystery has created a  cult following  for the character. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boba_Fett ------------------------------- Bounty hunters were individuals who could be hired to capture or kill a designated target. The target would have a price or bounty on their heads that would be collected by the bounty hunter upon successful capture or proof of death . Bounty hunters would sometimes team t...

Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family . He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short " Good Night " on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed Bart while waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks ' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip, Life in Hell , but instead decided to create a new set of characters. While the rest of the characters were named after Groening's family members, Bart's name is an anagram of the word brat. After appearing on The Tracey Ullman Show for three years, the Simpson family received its own series on Fox , which debuted December 17, 1989. At ten years old, Bart is the eldest child and only son of Homer and Marge , and the brother of Lisa and Maggie . Bart's most prominent and popular cha...

The throwable weapon type is perhaps the most consistently misused in the game. While they can do immediate damage, especially the Frag Grenade and Molotov Cocktail , they're best used as a denial weapon. By laying down fire and tossing these weapons into an area, you're denying this area to your adversary, allowing for greater control of their movement and their basic abilities. For instance, the Smoke Grenade can help obscure your movements, and the Stun Grenade can help to remove sight and sound from your adversary, at least temporarily. Throwables are a type of weapon in BATTLEGROUNDS . https://pubg.gamepedia.com/Throwables ------------------------------ PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)  is an  online multiplayer   battle royale game  developed and published by  PUBG Corporation , a  subsidiary  of South Korean video game company  Bluehole . The game is based on previous  mods  that were created by Brendan "Pl...

Marvel Comics  is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, an American publisher of  comic books  and related media. In 2009,  The Walt Disney Company  acquired  Marvel Entertainment , Marvel Worldwide's parent company. Marvel started in 1939 as  Timely Publications , and by the early 1950s had generally become known as  Atlas Comics . Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, the year that the company launched  The Fantastic Four  and other superhero titles created by  Stan Lee ,  Jack Kirby ,  Steve Ditko  and many others. Marvel counts among  its characters  such well-known superheroes as  Iron Man ,  Captain America ,  Hulk ,  Thor ,  Doctor Strange ,  Spider-Man ,  Deadpool ,  Wolverine ,  Ms. Marvel  and  Ant-Man , such teams as the  Avengers , the ...