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Dec 17, 2015 · The tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, with the threat of nuclear annihilation lurking in the background, was hardly history when Star Wars first premiered in 1977 ...
There's a careful balance to be struck in a book that tries to tie historical fact to any aspect of fandom. I love Star Wars and am interested in history, so the two are intriguing together, but I ...
Nov 28, 2020 · The Republic Is Ancient Rome. Star Wars owes quite a lot to ancient Rome, seen in such things like Naboo’s classic-styled architecture and space versions of Roman entertainment, like pod racing in The Phantom Menace (i.e. chariot racing) and the arena in Attack of the Clones (i.e. gladiators). The biggest Roman takeaway would be the galaxy ...
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Dec 12, 2012 · Check out the Star Wars and History Facebook for a chance to win a free book! Lucasfilm executive editor J. W. Rinzler is the author of The Making of Star Wars and The Complete Making of Indiana Jones. He is now writing The Making of Return of the Jedi (and really looking forward to finishing it) for a fall 2013 release.
May 25, 2017 · The iconic scrolling opening title, "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away …”, vividly establishes Lucas’s idea: Star Wars is both history and fantasy. It provides audiences with an ...
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The Star Wars science fiction media franchise is acknowledged to have been inspired by many sources. These include Hinduism, Buddhism, Qigong, philosophy, classical mythology, Roman history, Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, parts of the other Abrahamic religions, Confucianism, Shintō and Taoism, and countless cinematic precursors.
Jul 6, 2022 · One word for that is narrative. Another is history. The canonical Star Wars currently spans 12 movies, three television series, and about 68 years of in-universe chronology. (The deuterocanonical and non-canonical Star Wars sprawls far beyond that, in expanded universes of books, comics, and videogames.)
