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When they find us, they will crush us, grind us into little pieces, then blast us into oblivion!
— Obi Wan ‧ Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker predicts that if their pursuers catch up, the result will be total: being crushed, ground into fragments, and then blasted out of existence. The escalating list sounds fearful and exaggerated, a panicked forecast of complete annihilation.
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