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The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
- Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
Does it take faith to be a Jedi? Are droids capable of thought? Should Jar Jar Binks be held responsible for the rise of the Empire? Presenting entirely new essays, no aspect of the myth and magic of George Lucas's creation is left philosophically unexamined in The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy.
- The editors of the original Star Wars and Philosophy strike back in this ultimate volume that encompasses the complete Star Wars universe
- Presents the most far-reaching examination of the philosophy behind Star Wars - includes coverage of the entire film catalog to date as well as the Expanded Universe of novels, comics, television series, games, and toys
- Provides serious explorations into the deeper meaning of George Lucas's philosophically rich creation
- Topics explored include the moral code of bounty-hunter favorite Boba Fett, Stoicism and the Jedi Order, the nature of the Dark Side, Anakin and Achilles in a nihilism face-off, feminism and being chained to a giant slug, cloning, de-extinction, fatherhood, Wookiees, loyalty, betrayal, guardians, republics, tyrants, terrorism, civic duty, friendship, family, and more...
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- NotaBene
- 29-09-23
Very interesting
I was not sure what I would get from this book, but I was pleasantly surprised. I learned a lot of philosophical ideas using the Star Wars focus: it made the content more interesting than if I had read the concepts from the original philosophers. I also rediscovered theories that I knew but never applied to the Star Wars universe. Finally, it was obvious that the various studies were made by true Star Wars fans and it gave this book a nice flavour of nostalgia and anecdotes. Great reading!
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- Dan shave
- 04-02-24
Why don't they teach these things in school
if teachers used star wars to teach us lessons in life we may be galaxies ahead by now. I'm glad I listened to this.
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- Davie
- 14-06-23
MUCH better than I was expecting!
I've been watching the Star Wars movies for the first time this past month and I wanted to learn more about this universe.
The long title and dull cover made this feel like a generic self help book and I wasn't planning on listening to it at all, but I gave it a chance as it's in the plus catalogue. I am SO glad I gave this a listen - the author and even narrator are clear star wars fans, the narrator does an outstanding job reading this book. the topics are really deep and the chapters are short, making it an easy listen.
There's a lot of philosophy in the star wars universe and this book really delves into absolutely everything and I now appreciate the star wars movies a lot more after listening to this book. There's a few star wars philosophy books on audible but this one covers almost all the movies and some behind the scenes stuff. if you love star wars give this a listen, Absolutely perfect.
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