It is a dark time for The Verge. Although Thanksgiving dinner has been destroyed, high caloric intake has driven The Verge editorial from their comfortable office chairs and pursued them across the globe.

Evading the dreaded lethargic day nap and other forces against productivity, a group of Senior Editors led by Adrianne Jeffries has established a new secrt regime on the remote ice world of Midtown Manhattan.

The evil lord Darth Otter, obsessed with finding young Jeffries for reasons you won't really understand until the third act, has dispatched thousands of Mustelidae into the far reaches of the city...

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• 'Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi' writer hired for new 'Star Wars' trilogy
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