Three miniature houses stand on a low blue mound beside a small black spherical bomb with a curved fuse.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi

When they find us, they will crush us, grind us into little pieces, then blast us into oblivion!

— Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ‧ 1999

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What it means

Our 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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