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Hypernews Ep 016 - Celebration Panels, Hayden Returns & Taika Waititi's Droid Role

Clare Stribling from The Imperial Senate Podcast joins us to talk about the new hotly debated announcements about Star Wars Celebration, Hayden is announced as the last announced guest and Takia Waititi voices an IG droid in The Mandalorian. 

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