The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy

2015 "In That Time" in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Epic Myth-Understandings and Myth-Appropriation in Star WarsCommentary (Essay) 2015 "Know the Dark Side": A Theodicy of the ForceCommentary (Essay) 2015 "Like My Father before Me: " Loss and Redemption of Fatherhood in Star WarsCommentary (Essay) 2015 "Never Tell Me the Odds": An Inquiry Concerning Jedi UnderstandingCommentary (Essay) 2015 "You Are Asking Me to Be Rational": Stoic Philosophy and the Jedi OrderCommentary (Essay) 2015 Anakin and Achilles: Scars of NihilismCommentary (Essay) 2015 Can Chewie Speak? Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of LanguageCommentary (Essay) 2015 Can the Zillo Beast Strike Back? Cloning, De-Extinction, and the Species ProblemCommentary (Essay) 2015 Chasing Kevin Smith: Was it Immoral for the Rebel Alliance to Destroy Death Star II?Commentary (Essay) 2015 Dark Times: The End of the Republic and the Beginning of Chinese PhilosophyCommentary (Essay) 2015 Docile Bodies and a Viscous Force: Fear of the Flesh in Return of the JediCommentary (Essay) 2015 Gospel, Gossip, and Ghent: How Should We Understand the New Star WarsCommentary (Essay) 2015 Guardians and Tyrants in the Republics of Star Wars and PlatoCommentary (Essay) 2015 How Guilty is Jar Jar BinksCommentary (Essay) 2015 Introduction: "The Circle Is Now Complete"Commentary (Essay) 2015 Light Side, Dark Side, and Switching Sides: Loyalty and Betrayal in Star WarsCommentary (Essay) 2015 Mindless Philosophers and Overweight Globs of Grease: Are Droids Capable of Thought?Commentary (Essay) 2015 Of Battle Droids and Zillo Beasts: Moral Status in the Star Wars GalaxyCommentary (Essay) 2015 Pregnant Padme and Slave Leia: Star Wars' Female Role ModelsCommentary (Essay) 2015 Star Wars Emotions, and the Paradox of FictionCommentary (Essay) 2015 The Ballad of Boba Fett: Mercenary Agency and Amoralism in WarCommentary (Essay) 2015 The Friends of a Jedi: Friendship, Family, and Civic Duty in a Galaxy at WarCommentary (Essay) 2015 The Jedi Knights of Faith: Anakin, Luke, and Soren (Kierkegaard)Commentary (Essay) 2015 The Mind of Blue Snaggletooth: The Intentional Stance, Vintage Star Wars Action Figures, and the Origins of ReligionCommentary (Essay) 2015 The Platonic Paradox of Darth Plagueis: How Could a Sith Lord Be Wise?Commentary (Essay) 2015 What Is It Like to Be a Jedi? A Life in the ForceCommentary (Essay) 2015 Why the Force Must Have a Dark SideCommentary (Essay)