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Article: IN A GALAXY NOT FAR FROM LOCH LOMOND THE BALFRON REBELS CRIED SAVE US FROM ALL THESE POTTY STAR BORES.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- January 6, 2001
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Byline: EUAN McCOLM
A SHORT time ago in a galaxy not far from Loch Lomond, a small group of rebels found their homes threatened by invasion.
Huge armies of stormtroopers, well, sci-fi buffs, actually, planned to take over.
The rebel force united and leapt into action.
And so it was, the people of Balfron enlisted the Force of the internet to strike back at barmy Star Wars fans, obsessed with the fact the village shares a name with a tiny planet featured briefly in the hit movie series.
Residents of the Stirlingshire village have ...