Star Wars and Popular Culture

See article on “Star Wars” in ST. JAMES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POP CULTURE by Craig T. Cobane and Nicholas A. Damask: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419101151http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Star_Wars

Star Wars Year by Year

• http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100815/LIFESTYLES0105/8140340/-Star-Wars-chronology-illustrates-effect-of-movie-on-pop-culture

• http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700057141/Star-Wars-Year-by-Year-illustrates-effect-on-pop-culture.html

Star Wars: Year by Year edited by Lucy Dowling; DK Publishing, New York ($320 pages, $50)

Merchandising

Star Wars merchandising became a business unto itself.

See: http://popculturestore.com/dw-starwars.html

CollectingNearly everything linked with the original Star Wars trilogy is valuable, from bottle caps to

shoelaces to posters. Star Wars: From Concept to Screen to Collectible

by Stephen J. Sansweet, Steve Essig, David Tucker

The first illustrated Star Wars book to feature the multitude of merchandising spin-offs generated by the film. Full-color photographs throughout. Even casual fans will be delighted by dozens of photos of toys they wanted, toys they had, and toys they wish had been made.

Art: Mario vs. Star Wars

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Misha's Pop Culture Mash-Up Paintings

Movie Spin-OffsOne set of books focused on the adventures of Lando Calrissian; two made-for-television movies featured the Ewoks (characters introduced in Return of the Jedi). The movies, The Ewok Adventure: Caravan of Courage (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

Book Spin-OffsIn 1991, Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire became the first in a series of books based upon the Star Wars universe

“Scholarship”

This collection of essays (2005) tackles philosophical questions from these blockbuster films, pondering such issues as whether Anakin as predestined to fall to the Dark Side, if the Jedi are truly role models of moral virtue, and the meaning of being mindful of the "living force."

Computer GamesRebel Assault (1993) sold 1.5 million copies, and the sequel Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire (1995); and Dark Forces (1995).

The Video Game Critics Star Wars Game Review Extravaganza

AstronomySee Astrophysical Concerns

Cultural IconsPrincess Leia's Metal Bikini

The Leia's Metal Bikini website features pictures of female fans modeling the costume, ranging from some who could pass for actress Carrie Fisher, to others who look nothing like her.

Satire: Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs

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Ten years after the first Star Wars movie was released, comedy guru Mel Brooks created the spoof comedy Spaceballs, starring Rick Moranis as the Darth Vader-inspired "Lord Dark Helmet" and the late John Candy as a Chewbacca takeoff named "Barf." While not the box-office extravaganza that Star Wars had been, Spaceballs remains a quotable cult classic and has seen success on DVD.

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Star Wars Gansta Rap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEeAjy-05OI

Yoda Music Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyxstgk8oM

Politics: The Evil EmpireRonald Reagan’s “Evil Empire Speech” presented at the annual convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Fla., March 8, 1983:

“I urge you to beware the temptation of pride - the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire, to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil.”

Regan and Star Wars

SenateWars: Revenge of the Frist

Cartoon by Mike Mikula

The Empire Strikes Back. In ARRA News Service, drawn by William Warren. 9 Oct. 2010. http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2010/10/empire-strikes-back.html

And even Star Wars and Sisyphus!

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The Future of Star Wars

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