"Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been?": The Alientation of the Administered Society, Running to Freedom, and the Dystopianism of George Lucas's THX 1138

Droids, Minds, and Why We Care

Grief and Masculinity: Anakin the Man

Kinda Sorta in the Fandom

On Science Fiction

Celebrate the Love: An Introduction

Star Wars Tale

A Strategist, Yoda Was Not

Sabacc Fans Playable Representations of Star Wars Cultural Memory

From Bikinis to Blasters: The Role of Gender in the Star Wars Community

"Cowboys in Space": Star Wars and the Western Film

Jedi Mind Tricks: From the Reel to the Real

Lightsabers and Death Stars: Military Technology Lessons from Star Wars

Introduction: Being Sith Lord Sexypants

Introduction (Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Can We Define Good and Evil?

So You Want to Be a Jedi? Learning the Ways of the Force Through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

From Phantom Menace to Phantom Limbs: Amputation, Neuroprosthetics, and Darth Vader's Brian

A Discussion with Darth Maul: Sam Witwer Interview on the Antithesis of Self-Actualization

Openness versus Closedness

The Intergalactic Guide to Girls and Gender Psychology

The Force of Relationships: Tie Strength in Star Wars

Conscientiousness versus Recklessness

These Archetypes You're Looking For

Feel the Force: Jung's Theory of Individuation and the Jedi Path

A Distressing Damsel: Leia's Heroic Journey

Faith and the Force: Star Wars and the Psychology of Religion

Extraversion versus Introversion

Explaining the Empire: Why Good People Do Bad Things

Lando's Choice: Anatomy of a Moral Decision

Anxiety Disorder's Need for Imperial Control: Was Darth Vader Evil or Scared?

The Skywalker Way: Values in the Light and Dark

Agreeableness versus Disagreeableness

Samurai, Star Wars, and Underdogs

Yoda: Little Big Mentor

A Symphony of Psychology: The Music of Star Wars

Neuroticism versus Emotional Stability

Final Word: Our Last Hope

Introduction: Lights in the Dark Side

Shooting, Striking, Returning: Returning the Universes in Our Heads

A Long Time Ago, On a Couch on a Sidewalk

The Mark Hamill Award

Darth Solo

Reading Star Wars

Mind on the Force

If My Mother Had Lived: A Poem by Luke Skywalker

There is Good In You

Star Wars Memories

Kate and Star Wars

My Love for Star Wars

Tom's Collection of Awesome

In Defence of Jar Jar Binks

Craftus Interruptus: or Hot Glue is Not the Force

Opening Night

Star Wars Mom

I Never Wanted to Be Leia: What Han Solo Taught Two Women About Gender and Sexuality

Introduction By David Brin

Introduction By Matthew Woodring Stover

Opening Statement for the Prosecution

Opening Statement for the Defense

Charge #1: The Politics of Star Wars are Anti-Democratinc and Elitist, For the Defense

Charge #2: While Claiming Mythic Significance, Star Wars Portrays No Admirable Religious or Ethical Beliefs, For the Prosecution

Charge #2: While Claiming Mythic Significance, Star Wars Portrays No Admirable Religious or Ethical Beliefs, For the Defense

Charge #3: Star Wars Novels are Poor Substitutes for Real Science Fiction, For the Proscution

Charge #3: Star Wars Novels are Poor Substitutes for Real Science Fiction, For the Defense (Resnick)

Charge #3: Star Wars Novels are Poor Substitutes for Real Science Fiction, For the Defense (Traviss)

Charge #3: Star Wars Novels are Poor Substitutes for Real Science Fiction, For the Defense (Rusch)

Charge #4: Science Fiction Filmaking has been Reduced by Star Wars to Poorly Written Special Effects Extravanganzas, For the Prosecution

Charge #4: Science Fiction Filmaking has been Reduced by Star Wars to Poorly Written Special Effects Extravanganzas, For the Defense

Charge #5: Star Wars has Dumbed Down the Perception of Science Fiction in the Popular Imagination, For the Prosecution

Charge #5: Star Wars has Dumbed Down the Perception of Science Fiction in the Popular Imagination, For the Defense

Charge #6: Star Wars Pretends to be Science Fiction but is Really Fantasy, For the Prosecution (Wharton)

Charge #6: Star Wars Pretends to be Science Fiction but is Really Fantasy, For the Defense (Metzger)

Charge #6: Star Wars Pretends to be Science Fiction but is Really Fantasy, For the Prosecution (Bethke)

Charge #6: Star Wars Pretends to be Science Fiction but is Really Fantasy, For the Defense (Roberts)

Charge #7: Women in Star Wars are Portrayed as Fundamentally Weak, For the Prosecution

Charge #7: Women in Star Wars are Portrayed as Fundamentally Weak, For the Defense

Charge #8: The Plot Holes and Logical Gaps in Star Wars Make it Ill-suited for an Intelligent Viewer, For the Prosecution

Charge #8: The Plot Holes and Logical Gaps in Star Wars Make it Ill-suited for an Intelligent Viewer, For the Defense

Closing Statement for the Prosecution

Closing Statement for the Defense

The Verdict

Hearing the Force: Manifestations and Transformations of Music from Far, Far Away

The Space Community and the Princess: Reworking the American Space Program's Public Image from "Miss Nasa" to Princess Leia

Feminist Icons Wanted; Damsels in Distress Need Not Apply

Jedi Knights, Dark Lords, and Space Cowboys: George Lucas's Re-Imagined and Redefined Masculine Identities

Jedi Knights and Epic Performance: Is the Force a Form of Western-African Epic Mimicry

Deconstructing the Desert: The Bedouin Ideal and the True Children of Tatooine

Periodizing a Civil War: Reaffirming an American Empire of Dreams

An Elegant Weapon for a More Civilized Age: Star Wars, Public Radio, and Middlebrow Cold War Culture

Part of Our Cultural History: Fan-Creator Relationships, Restoration, and Appropriation

Fan Phenomena Introduction

Star Wars as a Character-Oriented Franchise

Fans, Fics, & Films"Thank the Maker(s)!"

Immersive and Interactive Adaptoins and Extensions of Star Wars

Jediism as Religion? The Force as Old/New Religious Philosophy

Greater than the Sum of its Parts: The Singular Emergent Language of the Star Wars Universe

Star Wars Generations: A Saga for the Ages, for All Ages

The Marketing of the Force: Fans, Media, and the Economics of Star Wars

The Influence of the Force

Moving Away from Myth: Star Wars as Cultural Analysis

The Fall of the Rebellion: or, Defiant and Obedient Heroes in a Galaxy Far, Far Away - Individualism and Intertextuality in the Star Wars Trilogies

Apocalyptic Determinism in Star Wars

The Star Wars Trilogies and Global Capitalism

May the Force (Not) Be With You: "Race Critical" Readings and the Star Wars Universe

Seduced by the Dark Side of the Force: Gender, Sexuality, and Moral Agency in George Lucas's Star Wars Universe

Kill Binks: Why the World Hated its First Digital Actor

"Your Father's Lightsaber": The Fetishization of Objects Between the Trilogies

The Emperor's New Clones: or, Digitization and Walter Benjamin in the Star Wars Universe

Feminism and the Force: Empowerment and Disillusionment in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

I Have a Good Feeling About This: An Introduction

The Power Showed Us the Light: An Introduction

Luke, Dorothy, and the Hero's Journey: We're Not on Tatooine Anymore, (Ar)To-(Dee)To

The Ecology of Tatooine as the Epicenter of the Star Wars Films

Star Tours, or: How to Make a Theme Park Attraction from Existing Resources

What's So Dark About the Dark Side? Good, Evil, and the Spectrum of Compassion in the Star Wars Saga

Surrounding Us and Binding Us Together: Star Wars Across the Generations

Adventures Beyond the Greatest Space-Fantasy Film of All: An Introduction

Playing in Uncle George's Sandbox: A Foreword

Mapping the British Invasion: Marvel UK's Star Wars Comics

How Marvel Brought Complex Literary Themes to the Star Wars Universe

Star Wars: The Early Media Tie-In Universe Chronology

Traveling through Hyperspace: Charting the Star Wars Webcomics

Comic Bookends of the Expanded Universe: From Dawn of the Jedi to Legacy

Introduction: The Force is With Youbut You're not a Jedi Yet

"You Cannot Escape Your Destiny" (Or Can You): Freedom and Predestination in Star Wars

Stoicism in the Stars: Yoda, the Emperor, and the Force

The Far East of Star Wars

Moral Ambiguity in a Black-and-White Universe

The Aspiring Jedi's Handbook of Virtue

"A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy": Star Wars and the Problem of Evil

"Be Mindful of the Living Force": Environmental Ethics in Star Wars

A Technological Galaxy: Heidegger and the Philosopher of Technology in Star Wars

"If Droids Could Think": Droids as Slaves

"Size Matters Not": The Force as the Causal Power of the Jedi

The Force is With Us: Hegel's Philosophy of Spirit Strikes Back at the Empire

"What is Thy Bidding, My Master?": Star Wars and the Hegelian Struggle for Recognition

"A Certain Point of View": Lying Jedi, Honest Sith, and the Viewers Who Love Them

Introduction: "The Circle Is Now Complete"

The Platonic Paradox of Darth Plagueis: How Could a Sith Lord Be Wise?

"You Are Asking Me to Be Rational": Stoic Philosophy and the Jedi Order

The Jedi Knights of Faith: Anakin, Luke, and Soren (Kierkegaard)

Anakin and Achilles: Scars of Nihilism

Dark Times: The End of the Republic and the Beginning of Chinese Philosophy

Chasing Kevin Smith: Was it Immoral for the Rebel Alliance to Destroy Death Star II?

The Ballad of Boba Fett: Mercenary Agency and Amoralism in War

"Know the Dark Side": A Theodicy of the Force

"Like My Father before Me: " Loss and Redemption of Fatherhood in Star Wars

The Friends of a Jedi: Friendship, Family, and Civic Duty in a Galaxy at War

Light Side, Dark Side, and Switching Sides: Loyalty and Betrayal in Star Wars

Guardians and Tyrants in the Republics of Star Wars and Plato

Pregnant Padme and Slave Leia: Star Wars' Female Role Models

Of Battle Droids and Zillo Beasts: Moral Status in the Star Wars Galaxy

Why the Force Must Have a Dark Side

What Is It Like to Be a Jedi? A Life in the Force

"Never Tell Me the Odds": An Inquiry Concerning Jedi Understanding

Mindless Philosophers and Overweight Globs of Grease: Are Droids Capable of Thought?

Can Chewie Speak? Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Language

"In That Time" in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Epic Myth-Understandings and Myth-Appropriation in Star Wars

Star Wars Emotions, and the Paradox of Fiction

The Mind of Blue Snaggletooth: The Intentional Stance, Vintage Star Wars Action Figures, and the Origins of Religion

Gospel, Gossip, and Ghent: How Should We Understand the New Star Wars

Introduction: Jedi Mind Tricks

Pale Starship, Pale Rider: The Ambiguous Appeal of Boba Fett

Dagobah, Nebraska

A Night Out at the Memeplex

Works Every Time

The Chrysanthemum and the Lightsaber

The Force Visits Willoughby, Ohio

Becoming Darth Vader

Planet Rock: Star Wars and Hip-Hop

Jedi Uber Alles

A Star Wars Miscellany: Extracts Culled from Various Media

Married to the Force

Introduction: "Of That Time, of That Place

Is Star Wars a Modernized Fairy Tale?

From Disneyland to Modesto: George Lucas and Walt Disney

May the Myth Be With You, Always: Archetypes, Mythic Elements, and Aspects of Joseph Campbell's Heroic Monomyth in the Original Star Wars Trilogy

Not So Long Ago not Far Away: New Variations on Old Themes and Questioning Star Wars' Revival of Heroic Archetypes

From Sky Walking to Dark Knight of the Soul: George Lucas's Star Wars Turns to Tragic Drama

Under the Infulence of Akira Kurosawa: The Visual Style of George Lucas

Balancing the Force: How Media Created by Star Wars Now Defines the Franchise

A Long Time Ago on a Newsstand Far, Far Away: The Mythic Comic Book Hero in Marvel Comics' Star Wars

The Jedi Network: Star Wars' Portrayal and Inspirations on the Small Screen

Gaming in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: The History of the Expanded Worlds, Canon Conflicts, and Simplified Morality of Star Wars Video Games

Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars?: Digital Cinema, Media Convergence, and Participatory Culture

Star Wars and the Technophobic Imagination

Introduction (Sex, Religion, and Politics)

A Rocky Road to Star Wars: The Early Life and Career of George Lucas

Star Wars in Black and White: Race and Racism in a Galaxy Not So Far Away

Beyond Judeo-Christianity: Star Wars and the Great Eastern Religions

May the Force Be with Jew: The Jedi-Hebraic Connection

Star Wars: An Exhibition in Cold War Politics

Fighting the Evil Empire: Star Wars, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and the Politics of Science Fiction

Lightsabers, Political Arenas, and Marriages for Princess Leia and Queen Amidala

The Over-Soul of the Force: Emersonian Transcendentalism in the Star Wars Saga

George Lucas and Freud's Anal Stage Manifetations of Excretory and Vaginal Fear in THX 1138 and Star Wars

The War for Star Wars

Defining the Jedi Order: Star Wars' Narrative and the Real World

Homosexual Romance and Self-Realization in Star Wars

Foreword: I Have a Bad Feeling About This

"Thank the Maker" - George Lucas, Lucasfilm, and the Legends of Transtextual Authorship across the Star Wars Franchise

Another Canon, Another Time - The Novelizatoins of the Star Wars Films

Franchising Empire - Parker Brothers, Atari, and the Rise of Lucasarts

Transmedia Character Building - Textual Crossovers in the Star Wars Universe

The Digitizing Force of Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game

How Star Wars Became Museological - Transmedia Storytelling in the Exhibition Space

Invoking the Holy Trilogy - Star Wars in the Askewniverse

From Transmedia Storytelling to Transmedia Experience - Star Wars Celebration as a Crossover/Hierarchical Space

Space Bitches, Witches, and Kick-Ass Princesses - Star Wars and Popular Feminism

The Kiss Goodnight from a Galaxy Far, Far Away - Experiencing Star Wars as a Fan-Scholar on Disney Property

Formatting Nostalgia - IMAX Expansions of the Star Wars Franchise

Afterword: "You'll Find I'm Full of Surprises" - The Future of Star Wars

Why Rebels Triumph: How "Insignificant" Rebellions Can Change History

"Part of the Rebel Alliance and a Traitor": Women in War and Resistance

Elegant Weapons for Civilized Ages: The Jedi and Warrior Monks Throughout History

"A House Divided": The Causes and Costs of Civil War

I, Sideous: Historical Dictators and Senator Palpatine's Rise to Power

Teen Queen: Padme Amidala and the Power of Royal Women

"There's Always a Bigger Fish": Power, Politics, and the Rule of Rebellion

"Fear is the Path to the Dark Side": Nuclear Weapons and the Death Star

From Slavery to Freedom in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

"Greed Can Be a Powerful Ally": The Trade Federation, the East India Company, and Chaotic Worlds of Trade

Coruscant, the Great Cities of Earth, and Beyond

Introduction: The Forces of History and the History of the Force

Expanding on Legends: An Introduction

Glory, We Found Glory: An Introduction

Expanding the Universe: A Foreword

The Canon Question: A Slight Return

Smugglers, Bounty Hunters, and Radio Days: The Star Wars Works of Brian Daley

A Wild Ride of the Die: The Star Wars Roleplaying Game

War and Peace: Star Wars and the Myth of Redemptive Violence

A History of Star Wars Action Figures

The Will of the Force: by George, William Shakespeare's Star Wars

Universes Expanded: Guardians of the Galaxy Far, Far Away

Finding Our Lack of Blind Faith Refreshing: Why the Love of the Saga Means Being Critical

Foreword (Strategy Strikes Back)

Preface (Strategy Strikes Back)

Introduction (Strategy Strikes Back)

The Jedi and the Senate

Distant Warriors: Are Clones and Troops too Separate from the Societies They Serve?

Civil-Military Relationships in Star Wars

From Princess to General: The On- and Offscreen Rise of the Woman Warrior

Tarkin Doctrine: The Empire's Theory of Victory

How Not to Build an Army: The Empire's Flawed Military Force

The Jedi and the Profession of Arms

The Right Fleet: Starships for Strategic Purpose

Why We Need Space Marines

The Logic of Strategy in Space

Darth Vader and Mission Command

Why Military Forces Adapt, Even in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Darth Vader's Failed Counterinsurgency Strategy

Why the Jedi Won Fights, Not Wars

Why the Galactic Republic Fell: An Imperial Network Perspective

Why the Empire Failed

Star Wars, Cyclical History, and Implications for Strategy

Suffer, the Weak Must: A History of the Galactic Civil War

Epilogue: The Lessons of Star Wars

The Brightest Shadow: From Fighting Darkness to Seekng It

Leia "the hutt slayer" and Rey "the next generation badass boss bitch"

The Racism Awakens

Do or Do Not, There is No Try: Race, Rhetoric, and Diversity in the Star Wars Universe

Ritual, Repetition, and the Responsibility of Relaying the Myth

Memory, History, and Forgetting in Star Wars Fandom

The Ion Canon Will Fire Several Shots to Make Sure Any Enemy Ships Will Be Out of Your Flight Path

Introduction (Transmedia Franchise of Star Wars TV)

Foreword (Transmedia Franchise of Star Wars TV)

Rebel Violence

The Dark Side of the Rebel Alliance

Beyond Light and Darkness: A Generation Awakens

The Galaxy's Military-Industrial Complex

There is Another: The Decline and Fall of Leia Organa

Gender, Social Norms, and Disney's Star Wars

Leia and Rey Through the Male Gaze

An Object of Rebellion: Princess Leia's Sexualized Feminism

Galactic Orientalism

Exoticizing Otherness: The Latent Racism of Star Wars

Star Wars and the Conditions of Ethnocentrism

Oppressive Languages: Galactic Basic and Global English

It's Our Lot in Life: The Marginalization of Droids

How the Subaltern Interact

Clones and Hybridity

Artificial Intelligence: A New Hope?

Star Wars and Gothic Marxism

Acts of Rebellion: Justifiable Murder

Gothic Rebellion

The Strange Case of Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader

"The circle is now complete": Transmedia Storytelling and Nostalgia in Star Wars Television Adverts

The Princess Strikes Back: Forces of Destiny and the Capitalization of the Disney Princess

Canonical Legends: How the Expanded Universe (Selectively) Lives On in TV

Who Owns Carrie Fisher: A Complicated Embodiment of Manufactured Commodity and Avatar of Resistance

Gatekeeping the Past: Fandom and the Gendered Cultural Memory of Star Wars

"My Body Hasn't Aged As Well As I Have. Blow Us.": Carrie Fisher and the Unruly Aging Actress

"Carrie Fisher Sent Me": Gendered Political Protest, Star Wars, and the Women's March

Comedy from the Edge: Carrie Fisher's Autobiographical Writing

Postcards from the Valley of the Broads: Carrie Fisher, Jacqueline Susann, and Feminist Camp Authorship

"Stay Afraid, but Do It Anyway": Carrie Fisher's Mental Health Advocacy

Threshold Guardian to Space Mom: Here but for the Sake of Carrie, Go I

The Struggle Between the Light and Dark Sides: The Ideology of Star Wars

The Political Economy of Star Wars

The Connection of the Star Wars Film Series to the Ancient Roman Civilization of the Meditteranean

A General Overview of Star Wars Characters as Archetypes

The Evolution of Women's Representations in Star Wars: Leia, Padme, and Rey

The Acousmatic Sounds of Star Wars

The Use of Visual Effects in Star Wars, Past and Present

The Creators of Star Wars: Writers, Directors, and Legends

Media Visibility in the Context of Storytelling: Research on Star Wars

The Music of Star Wars

The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy

Theology and the Star Wars Universe Introduction

The Word of God and the W(h)ill of the Force: Canon and Authority within the Star Wars Universe and Franchise

Use (the) Force: Jedi, Monks, and Unexpected Violence

And What More Shall I Say?: Heroism in Hebrews 11 and Star Wars

Rediscovering the Sith and the Jedi: A Spiritual Analogy in Renaissance Humanism and Desert Asceticism

From Padawan to Jedi: The Theological Premise for the Necessity of the Master-Aprrentice Relationship in the Path of the Spiritual Ascension

And Also With You: An Examination of the Demystification of the Jedi and the Clergy

Subverting the Ancient Religion: The Gray Ecclesiology of Ahsoka Tano and Old Man Luke

Undoing the Memory Wipe: Metz, Droids, and the Victims of History

Bringing Balance to the Force: George Lucas's Politico-Critical Refiguring of Salvation

The Modern Manicheans: Binaries of Light and Dark in Contemporary Culture

Thomas Aquinas's Account of Hope as a Hermeneutical Lens for Star Wars

An Arche not Anarchic Enouch: A Spirited Critique of the Force

Introduction (Star Wars & Philosophy Strikes Back)

Foreword (Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away)

The Evolution of Twileks in the Star Wars Universe

Saving What We Love: The Hope and Resistance of Makers and Craftspeople in Disneys Star Wars

The Dead Moms Peril: Star Wars and the Dispossession of the Mother Figure

The Map in the Mirror: Reflections of Time, Self, and Salvation in Star Wars and Harry Potter

From 'Utinni!' to 'Aliit Ori'shya Taldin': the Glossopoeiac Journey of Star Wars

Expanding Universes: Star Wars and the Cultivation of Canon

Introduction (Lucas: His Hollywood Legacy)

Reflections on George Lucas and Modesto

Marcia Lucas: Her Life and Hollywood Legacy

American Graffiti and More: The Scholarly and Aesthetic Legacies of an Inaugural Nostalgia Film

Writing About Star Wars: A Historiography of the Star Wars Original Trilogy

"Archaeology is the search for fact...not truth": How Indiana Jones Redefined Our Relationship with the Past

From Sass to Seduction: The Ambiguously Tough Ladies of Star Wars and Indiana Jones

Researching the Lucasfilm Yearbooks: "FAMILYONE WIFE, ONE DISCO-BOOGIE BABY, AND 425 FOSTER KIDS"

Notes on the Lucas-Spielberg Syndrome

The Dislocations of Skywalker Ranch

Lucas Meets Luxo: Lucasfilm's Computer Graphics Lab (CGL) and the Development of Pixar Animation Studios

The Audience Is Listening: The Film Sound Legacy of George Lucas

LucasArts and the Hollywoodization of Video Games

Franchise and Edutainment in the History of Lucasfilm Television

George and the Dinosaurs: George Lucas's Contributions to The Land Before Time and Jurassic Park

From Rebels to Emperors to Jedi Spirits: Walt Disney, George Lucas, and Their Fans

George Lucas in Museums

My Life With the Jedi: The Spirituality of Star Wars

Rebel Scum

Chewie, We're Home: A Foreword

From THX to Star Wars: Rethinking George Lucas's Place in American Science-Fiction Cinema

By Any Means Necessary: Tyranny, Democracy, Republic, and Empire

Introduction: A New Perpsective

21-87: Not Just a Number in Star Wars

Religious Pragmatism through the Eyes of Luke Skywalker

The Lean Years: When Star Wars Vanished

Anakin, Get Your Gun

About us

Contact Us

Pages