9 Phantom memorabilia.

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The actor Mark Hamill has seen it all too often: movie fans with posters or other memorabilia they bought believing the items were signed by him. Hamill, who portrayed Luke Skywalker in four "Star Wars" films, including last year's "The Force Awakens," says the signatures often are fake. "The public is being swindled on a daily basis and the numbers are huge," he told the Los Angeles Times. Now, like a Jedi fighting for justice, Hamill is teaming up with California Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang (R) to...