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$\"Jason$ <\/p>\n

Some\u00a0have tried to separate the serious from the frivolous on their blogs, but I have always sought to keep the two together here. I am happy when I\u00a0see that others do likewise. I was revisiting the history of the very early blogging about the Gospel of Jesus\u2019 Wife, in preparing a conference paper on the subject. And I came across the gem above on Tom Verenna\u2019s blog<\/a>. He says that it was his first real attempt at adding lightsabers to something \u2013 in this case, a scene from Jason and the Argonauts.<\/p>\n

In case anyone missed it, here is the very brief trailer that was shared on Instagram recently, with just a couple more glimpses of scenes from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some\u00a0have tried to separate the serious from the frivolous on their blogs, but I have always sought to keep the two together here. I am happy when I\u00a0see that others do likewise. 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