{"id":9923,"date":"2006-10-10T06:54:09","date_gmt":"2006-10-10T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/10\/10\/star-wars-vs-battlestar-galactica.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:53:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:53:38","slug":"star_wars_vs_battlestar_g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/10\/star_wars_vs_battlestar_g.html","title":{"rendered":"<i>Star Wars<\/i> vs. <i>Battlestar Galactica<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, this isn&#8217;t some in-depth, culturally relevant, or even witty comparison between the two &#8212; just a pointer to some passel of folks who put together a short kick-ass &#8220;I would have sold my soul to see this twenty years ago&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/tableofmalcontents\/2006\/10\/star_wars_vs_ba.html\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a>.  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