Record details

• ISBN: 9780062484222
• ISBN: 9780062484239
• Physical Description: xii, 223 pages ; 20 cm
• Edition: First edition
• Publisher: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers, [2016]
• Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-206) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Episode I I Am Your Father: The Heroic Journey of George Lucas 9 -- Episode II Movie No One Liked: An Expected Flop Becomes the Defining Work of Our Time 31 -- Episode III Secrets of Success: Was Star Wars Awesome, Well-Timed, or Just Very Lucky? 39 -- Episode IV Thirteen Ways of Looking at Star Wars: Of Christianity, Oedipus, Politics, Economics, and Darth Jar Jar 65 -- Episode V Fathers and Sons: You Can Be Redeemed, Especially If Your Kid Really Likes You 91 -- Episode VI Freedom of Choice: It's Not About Destiny or Prophecy 103 -- Episode VII Rebels: Why Empires Fall, Why Resistance Fighters (and Terrorists) Rise 113 -- Episode VIII Constitutional Episodes: Free Speech, Sex Equality, and Same-Sex Marriage as Episodes 145 -- Episode IX Force and the Monomyth: Of Magic, God, and Humanity's Very Favorite Tale 161 -- Episode X Our Myth, Ourselves: Why Star Wars Gets to Us 177.

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Star Wars films > Miscellanea.
Popular culture.

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Motion pictures.
Trivia and miscellanea.