Aperture stuck trying to import from iPhoto

I just installed Aperture and told it to import my iPhoto library. I had to shut down my laptop before all of the import stuff was complete. Aperture asked if I wanted to quite and finish later and I clicked OK. I cam back and started things up again and left it running overnight to make sure it could get everything done. This morning I still have no images - just a lot of blank rectangles. When I try to quite I get a message that says "Do you want to stop processing previews and quit, or finish processing previews". Seems like it has gotten hung up somewhere in the preview processing. How do I fix?

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