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\u201cAttention. Air raid alert,\u201d the voice says with a Jedi knight\u2019s gravitas. \u201cProceed to the nearest shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a surreal moment in an already surreal war<\/a>: the grave but calming baritone of actor Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker of \u201cStar Wars,\u201d urging people to take cover whenever Russia unleashes another aerial bombardment on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intrusion of Hollywood science-fiction fantasy into the grim daily realities of war in Ukraine is a consequence of Hamill\u2019s decision to lend his famous voice to \u201cAir Alert\u201d \u2014 a downloadable app linked to Ukraine\u2019s air defense system. When air raid sirens start howling, the app also warns Ukrainians that Russian missiles, bombs and deadly exploding drones may be incoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be careless,\u201d Hamill\u2019s voice advises. \u201cYour overconfidence is your weakness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A man takes a photo of his smartphone in Kyiv, Ukraine Monday, March 27, 2023 showing the “Air Alert” application which shows regions currently under Russian rocket attacks. (AP Photo\/Evgeniy Maloletka)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The actor says he\u2019s admired \u2014 from afar, in California \u2014 how Ukraine has \u201cshown such resilience … under such terrible circumstances.\u201d Its fight against the Russian invasion, now in its second year<\/a>, reminds him of the \u201cStar Wars\u201d saga, he says \u2014 of plucky rebels battling and ultimately defeating a vast, murderous empire. Voicing over the English-language version of the air-raid app and giving it his \u201cStar Wars\u201d touch was his way of helping out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA fairy tale about good versus evil is resonant with what\u2019s going on in Ukraine,\u201d Hamill said in an interview with The Associated Press. \u201cThe Ukrainian people rallying to the cause and responding so heroically … It\u2019s impossible not to be inspired by how they\u2019ve weathered this storm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the dangers from the skies pass, Hamill announces via the app that \u201cthe air alert is over.\u201d He then signs off with an uplifting: \u201cMay the Force be with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamill is also raising funds<\/a> to buy reconnaissance drones for Ukrainian forces on the front lines. He autographed \u201cStar Wars\u201d-themed posters that are being raffled off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere I sit in the comfort of my own home when in Ukraine there are power outages and food shortages and people are really suffering,\u201d he said. \u201cIt motivates me to do as much as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the app also has a Ukrainian-language setting, voiced by a woman, some Ukrainians prefer to have Hamill breaking the bad news that yet another Russian bombardment might be imminent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People sit in the subway, using it as a bomb shelter during an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Francisco Seco\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the worst days, sirens and the app sound every few hours, day and night. Some turn out to be false alarms. But many others are real \u2014 and often deadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bohdan Zvonyk, a 24-year-old app user who lives in the repeatedly struck western city of Lviv, says he chose Hamill\u2019s voiceover rather than the Ukrainian setting because he is trying to improve his English. He\u2019s a \u201cStar Wars\u201d fan, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBesides,\u201d he said, \u201cwe could use a little bit of the power that Hamill wishes us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After one alert, Zvonyk was riding a trolley bus when Hamill\u2019s voice rang out from his phone. He said the man in front \u201cturned to me and said, smiling: \u2018Oh, those damn Sith,\u2019\u201d to describe Russian forces. The Sith are the malevolent enemies of the do-gooding Jedi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olena Yeremina, a 38-year-old business manager in the capital, Kyiv, said Hamill\u2019s \u201cMay the Force be with you\u201d signoff at first made her laugh. Now its enduring humor gives her strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very cool phrase for this situation,\u201d she said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that I feel like a Ukrainian Jedi, but sometimes this phrase reminds me to straighten my shoulders and keep working.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes it can be wise to shut Hamill off. Yeremina forgot to do that on a trip outside Ukraine \u2014 to Berlin \u2014 and paid for the error when the alarm started shrieking at 6 a.m. and, again, when she rode the subway in the German capital. She wasn\u2019t alone. Another person in the subway car also had the app and it erupted, too. The two of them first cursed, but then \u201cit made both me and that person smile,\u201d Yeremina recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People use their phones while they gather in a metro station during an air raid alarm. (Felipe Dana\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ajax Systems, a Ukrainian security systems manufacturer that co-developed the app, hopes Hamill\u2019s star power will encourage people outside Ukraine to download it \u2014 so they get a taste of the angst heaped on Ukrainians by nerve-shredding alarms and airborne death and destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith Mark\u2019s approach, it won\u2019t be so terrifying,\u201d said Valentine Hrytsenko, the chief marketing officer at Ajax. \u201cBut they will understand somehow the context.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the invasion\u2019s first year, air-raid alarms sounded more than 19,000 times across the country, so \u201cof course people are getting tired,\u201d he said. The app has been downloaded more than 14 million times. Hrytsenko is among those who use its English-language setting to hear Hamill\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor Star Wars fans, it sounds really fantastic,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a Ukrainian mentality to find some humor even in the bad situation or to try to be positive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamill is pleased that the sci-fi saga is again transporting people, even if just temporarily, to its galaxy far, far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt does inspire people,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone flashes back to being 6 years old again. And if the movie can help people get through hard times, so much the better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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