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Kessel Run (phrase)

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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

The Kessel run was an expression in Deal-slang that referred to the act of engaging in potentially dangerous deals or deals of such magnitude that they were risky or too hard to handle. The phrase referenced the dangerous Kessel Run hyperlane many smugglers used when smuggling spice from Kessel.

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