The real-life hero who became a Jedi Master After 21-year-old Riley Howell died tackling a gunman during the 2019 UNC Charlotte shooting, Lucasfilm honored the

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The real-life hero who became a Jedi Master After 21-year-old Riley Howell died tackling a gunman during the 2019 UNC Charlotte shooting, Lucasfilm honored the lifelong Star Wars fan by creating Ri-Lee Howell, a Jedi Master and historian in official Star Wars lore

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