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Plenty of people are playing hooky from work on Friday so they can catch a showing of the new Star Wars flick, but the chance to see what Admiral Ackbar has been up to since Return of the Jedi reportedly isn’t the reason why quarterback Tom Brady missed Patriots practice on Friday.

Brady wasn’t spotted at the portion of practice open to the media and Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports, via a team source, that Brady is under the weather. There’s no word on the severity of the illness or if Brady’s at any risk of missing the game, leaving the release of the team’s official injury report later on Friday to shed any more light on the absence.

Tight end Rob Gronkowski and center Bryan Stork were also missing at practice Friday. Tom Curran of CSN New England reports that the reason Gronkowski wasn’t there isn’t injury related.

Safety Devin McCourty was on the field after missing the first two practices of the week with an ankle injury. Reports have suggested McCourty will miss some time, although the Patriots have been predictably silent about his outlook for this weekend.