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14th May 2015

VIDEO: Star Wars meets GAA in the greatest Championship promo this side of Tatooine

Hats off to all involved

Patrick McCarry

A marker has been laid down.

The GAA Championship season is already underway but, as the Sunday Game debuts this weekend, All-Ireland summer is really kicking off.

To mark the first set of Ulster Championship games, the folks at Squareball have put together a promo that brilliantly touches on the upcoming Star Wars film.

We knew we were in for a treat, when this sparkled across the scene:

Star Wars GAA

The voiceover begins:

‘The force is strong in my county. I have it, my father has it, my sister has it.’

Then this pops up:

GAA helmet

Utterly magnificent. Here is the full video:

Hat-tip: Chris Colhoun, who sent the clip on to JOE.ie 

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