{"id":1738,"date":"2010-01-13T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/01\/star-wars-a-cappella\/"},"modified":"2010-01-13T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T13:03:00","slug":"star-wars-a-cappella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/01\/star-wars-a-cappella.html","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars A Cappella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

There\u2019s clearly going to be a lot of geeky humor this semester within and around my religion and science fiction class \u2013 and I\u2019m not going to be responsible for all of it. For instance, I had the following video pointed out to me today: it is lyrics about Star Wars sung a cappella to melodies by John Williams. Its official title is \u201cStar Wars (John Williams is the Man)\u201d:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>If that\u2019s not your cup of tea, you can always try <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5447003\/skynets-terminator-2-symphony-of-abuse\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Skynet\u2019s Terminator 2 Symphony of Abuse<\/a>. 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