This page is a list of all articles I can find that analyze Star Wars through the prism of our galaxy. This is not an analysis of the Star Wars movies as entertainment as much as these articles use Star Wars to reflect our human condition. This list is updated as needed and the latest articles are in bold. If you have any suggestions, please email me at jordiscrubbings(at)gmail.com. Thanks.
This Is Why The Pentagon Could Never Build A Death Star - 10/12/2018, TaskAndPurpose.com
Rebel Insurgency: Without Hope or Method - 10/12/2018, Jared James, AngryStaffOfficer.com
If the Hoth Crash was an Air Force Investigation - 9/18/2018, Matt Wright, AngryStaffOfficer.com
Star Wars and American Strategic Myths - 5/30/2018, ML Cavanaugh, Modern War Institute
What DoD can learn from this Star Wars lightsaber - 5/4/2018, Dan Ward, C4ISRNet
A Military Analysis of The Last Jedi (or why is everyone incompetent?) - 1/19/2018, King Emperor Penguin, YouTube.com
Hybrid Star Wars: Lessons from The Battle of Endor - 1/6/2018, James Stavridis, DefenseOne.com
Clausewitz as The Last Jedi? Culminating Points of Victory, Civil-Military Relations, and Strategy In Star Wars - 12/25/2017, Theo Milonopolous, War On The Rocks.com
Why 'The Last Jedi' Teaches Us That the Battleship Is Truly Dead - 12/23/2017, Robert Farley, National Interest.com
Four Moments of Warrior Wisdom from "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" - 12/22/2017, ML Cavanaugh, Modern War Institute
Star Wars’ Vice-Admiral Holdo and Our Expectations for Female Military Power - 12/21/2017, Arkady Martine, Tor.com
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – A Review of the First Order’s Military Incompetence - 12/19/2017, Joshua Huminski, Diplomatic Courier.com
A Leadership Vacuum: “The Last Jedi” and Mission Failure - 12/18/2017, PPTSapper, AngryStaffOfficer.com
From Princesses to Generals: Leia and the Evolution of Women at War - 12/14/2017, Erica Iverson and ML Cavanaugh, Modern War Institute
Star Wars Walkers: Do They Have a Fighting Chance? - 12/13/2017, Jamie Seidel, Australian News Network
The Force Awakens to High Risk HUMINT - 12/3/2017, Rustic Intel, AngryStaffOfficer.com
The Star Wars Bomber Gap - 10/29/2017, Eamon Hamilton, AngryStaffOfficer.com
Warfighter: Hoth - 7/11/2017, PPTSapper, Angry Staff Officer.com
Everything Wrong with the Battle of Geonosis - 6/19/2017, Generation Tech, YouTube
Star Wars Tactics Examined: Battle of Hoth - 5/26/2017, Generation Tech, YouTube
Star Wars Tactics Examined: Battle of Yavin - 5/25/2017, Generation Tech, YouTube
Star Wars by Other Means: Rogue One and Foreign Policy - 3/28/2017, PPTSapper, Angry Staff Officer.com
What Rogue One Teaches Us About the Rebel Alliance’s Military Chops - 12/21/2016, Angry Staff Officer, Wired.com
‘Rogue One’ Shows Us the Dark Side of the Rebellion - 12/17/2016, Matthew Gault, War Is Boring.com
Rogue One highlights an uncomfortable fact – military robots can change sides - 12/15/2016, Jonathan Roberts, Phys.org
Give the Empire Its Due: Can the Fate of the Death Star Tell Us Anything About Aircraft Carriers? - 4/27/2016, Noah Kanter, WarOnTheRocks.com
First Order After Action Review for Operations on Jakku - 1/12/2016, powerpointsapper, AngryStaffOfficer.com
Re-Fighting the Battle of Hoth: An Engineer's Perspective - 12/18/2015, Angry Staff Officer, CIMSEC.org
In a Counterinsurgency Far, Far Away - 12/16/2015, Paul D. Miller and Michael Boyle, Foreign Policy
The destruction of Alderaan was completely justified - 10/29/2015, Sonny Bunch, Washington Post
Militarily speaking, how incompetent is the Empire in Star Wars? - 5/17/2014, Kyle Murao, Quara.com
Ewok Hearts and Minds: The Failure of Imperial Counterinsurgency on Endor - 5/3/2014, Angry Staff Officer, Medium.com
Defense Nerds Strike Back: A Symposium on the Battle of Hoth - 2/15/2013, Crispin J. Burke & Kelsey Atherton & Daniel Nexon & Adam Elkus & Caitlin Fitz Gerald & Robert Farley, Wired
Inside the Battle of Hoth: The Empire Strikes Out - 2/12/2013, Spencer Ackerman, Wired
The Tarkin Doctrine and the Sith Way of War - 8/6/2012, Grand Blog Tarkin
The Jedi Way of War - 7/31/2012, Grand Blog Tarkin
May the IHL be with You... Star Wars vs. Real Wars - The Rebellion vs. Guerrilla Movements - UNK 2011 - Shawheen Saffari, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Star Wars and Counter Insurgency: Application of COIN doctrine with regards to the Rebel Alliance - 11/1/2010, Adam Phaley, Weapons of Media Destruction
Why is there no counterinsurgency in "Star Wars"? - 9/1/2009, The Economist
Star Wars and the Limits of Counterinsurgency - 8/31/2009, Matthew Yglesias, ThinkProgress
COIN in Space? - 8/31/2009, Patrick Barry, DemocracyArsenal.org
The Galactic Way of Warfare - 1/1/2006, Stephen P. McVeigh, Ch 3 of Finding the Force of the Star Wars Franchise: Fans, Merchandise, & Critics - Google Preview - accessed 12/18/2015
George Lucas' Strategic Defense Initiatives - 6/1/1988, Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner, Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film
Why Darth Vader Is The Archetypal Liberal Fascist - 10/12/2018, Warren Henry, The Federalist
What Han Solo Tells Us About American Heroes - 5/27/2018, ML Cavanaugh, The Gazette
Star Wars The Last Jedi Takes a Side in the Class War - 12/24/2017, Kate Aronoff, The Intercept.com
The Politics of the Last Jedi - 12/22/2017, Peter Bolland, InsidetheBeltway.com
The politics of “The Last Jedi” - 12/20/2017, Ilya Somin, LearnLiberty.org
Anti-empire, pro-activist … The Last Jedi is as left wing as Jeremy Corbyn - 12/19/2017, Toby Moses, The Guardian.com
The Populism Of The Last Jedi: The Next Step In Star Wars Politics - 12/19/2017, Joshua Patton, Medium.com
The good, the bad, and the politics of The Last Jedi - 12/18/2017, Dan Drezner, The Washington Post
The Last Jedi: latest Star Wars is a fable for our post-truth times - 12/16/2017, Rebecca Harrison, The Conversation.au
Lessons of Loss and Leadership in the Last Jedi - 12/16/2017, Revaim, Anti-Imperialism.org
The Last Jedi Is the Most Populist Star Wars Movie Yet - 12/15/2017, Abraham Reisman, Vulture.com
What Star Wars can tell us about rebel movements - 12/8/2017, Costantino Pischedda, Vox.com
‘Star Wars’ is the ultimate conservative morality tale - 6/6/2017, Craig Shirley and Scott Mauer, Washington Post
Rogue One and the Politics of Star Wars - 12/29/2016, Ilya Somin, LearnLiberty.org
The Empire Is Us: The Politics of ‘Rogue One’ - 12/25/2016, Ian Doescher, Politico.com
It May Be an Accident, but ‘Rogue One’ Is the Most Politically Relevant Movie of the Year - 12/24/2016, Owen Gleiberman, Variety.com
Be Wary of Star Wars' Politics of Violence - 12/14/2016, Abraham Riesman, Vulture.com
Star Wars in a Time of Rogue Politics - 12/14/2016, Robert Schlesinger, USNews.com
Star Wars Is and Always Has Been Political - 12/12/2016, Katharine Trendacosta, Gizmodo.com
Star Wars and the Fantasy of American Violence - 7/2/2016, Roy Scranton, New York Times
Star Wars, Science Fiction, and the Constitution - 6/27/2016, Ilya Somin, Constitutional Law Jotwell
Lessons from 'Star Wars' on the Fight for Democracy - 1/12/2016, Tyler Roylance, Freedom House
The Politics of Star Wars - 12/18/2015, Ilya Somin, Free Thoughts Podcast (audio)
Why The Politics Of The 'Star Wars' Universe Makes No Sense - 12/17/2015, Brett Neely & Scott Detrow & Tamara Keith, NPR
The brief ‘Star Wars’ guide to international politics - 12/17/2015, Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Democracy to Dictatorship Through Star Wars - 12/17/2015, LearnLiberty.org
Does Fear Cost Us Our Liberty (video) - 12/17/2015, LearnLiberty.org
Decoding the Politics of Star Wars (video) - 12/16/2015, Georgetown University
Conservatives Are Rewriting Star Wars as a Battle Against Terrorism - 12/15/2015, Jeet Heer, New Republic
The Radicalization of Luke Skywalker: A Jedi’s Path to Jihad - 12/11/2015, Comfortably Smug, Decider.com
Star Wars in the Public Square: The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy) - 12/1/2015, Derek R. Sweet (Author) & Donald E. Palumbo (Editor) & III (Editor) & Michael Sullivan (Editor) - Google Books Preview - accessed 12/18/2015
Why Conservatives Love the Galactic Empire - 10/20/2015, Asawin Suebsaeng, The Daily Beast
Is Star Wars a right-wing parable – or a call to solidarity? - 10/20/2015, Stephen Bush, New Statesman
The Star Wars Galactic Senate needed a minority party - 10/6/2015, Seth Masket, Vox.com
The Personal and Political in Star Wars - 12/8/2014, Ross Douthat, New York Times
‘Star Wars, Episode VII': Please, for the love of God, as little politics as possible - 12/4/2014, Daniel Drezner, Washington Post
The Institutions of Star Wars - 12/3/2014, Seth Masket, Washington Monthly
In ‘Star Wars,’ politics is always personal - 12/1/2014, Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post
Corruption, Exploitation, and Decay: The Politics of Star Wars - 11/6/2012, Eric Gellar, Star Wars.com
The politics of the Jedi - 7/27/2010, Seth Masket, Enik Rising
Let's Be Fair to the Jedi - 7/24/2010, Daniel Drezner, Foreign Policy
'Sith' Invites Bush Comparisons - 5/16/2005, Ellen Creen, Associated Press
The Politics of Star Wars - 10/12/2003, Karen Winter, belladonna.org
The Case for the Empire - 5/15/2002, Jonathan V. Last, The Weekly Standard
Democracy, Tyranny, and Star Wars - 4/25/2002, Paul Davidson, IGN.com
Star Wars: Not so long ago, not so far away - 8/1/1978, Dan Rubey, Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media
The Last Jedi and the Power of Failure - 1/12/2018, Mira Singer, MythCreants.com
Tradition, Myth, and Failure in ‘The Last Jedi’ - 12/28/2017, Paul Miller, Medium.com
Why The Last Jedi Is More 'Spiritual' Than 'Religious' - 12/27/2017, Chaim Saiman, The Atlantic.com
Martyrdom in The Last Jedi - 12/22/2017, Alexi Sargeant, First Things.com
The Last Jedi and Leading from Failure - 12/20/2017, Joshua Pease, Church Leaders.com
Three lessons on love in 'The Last Jedi' - 12/18/2017, Amy Wright Glenn, Philly Voice
The Christian Message Within Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 12/18/2016, Philip Kosloski, Aleteia.org
The Star Wars Truth - 2016, Vigilant Christian
9 Ways Star Wars Parallels the Bible - 12/18/2015, Paul Kent, OnFaith.co
The Irresistible Force of Star Wars: 3 Theological Approaches - 12/8/2015, Michael J. Sviegel
From Jediism to Judaism: Star Wars as Jewish Allegory - 12/5/2015, Daniel Perez, Aish.com
Restoring religion to the ‘Star Wars’ movies - 11/20/2015, Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post
Star Wars and Religion - 8/24/2015, Sarah Waters, Feeling the Force
May the Force Bewitch You: Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview - 2015, Robert Velarde, Christian Research Journal
Many Faiths See Religious Allegory in Star Wars - 6/11/2005, Knight Rider Tribune News
The Apocalyptic Cosmology of Star Wars - 4/1/2000, John Lyden, The Journal of Religion & Film
Unchecked fake news gave rise to an evil empire in Star Wars - 5/5/2017, Ben Guarino, Washington Post
Did Han Solo Use A Trick Of Einstein’s Relativity To Make The Kessel Run? - 6/8/2018, Ethan Siegel, Medium.com
Don't Tell Me Star Destroyers Can't Accelerate - 5/3/2018, Brandon Weigel, Medium.com
The Science of Silence in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ - 1/2/2018, Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian.com
The Physics Behind The Last Jedi's Coolest Scene - 1/1/2018, M. Arbeiter, Nerdist.com
What 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' got wrong (and right). An astronomer weighs in. - 12/18/2017, Tom Avril, Philly.com
Star Wars’ last Jedi may use the Force of quantum science - 12/17/2018, Christopher Wiebe, The Conversation.com
The Physics of Ramming an Imperial Star Destroyer, Explained - 5/31/2017, Rhett Allain, Wired
The Physics in Star Wars Isn’t Always Right, and That’s OK - 12/17/2015, Rhett Allain, Wired
I Calculated the Mass of a Star Wars Blaster Bolt for You - 12/14/2015, Rhett Allain, Wired
What Are the Odds of Successfully Navigating an Asteroid Field? - 8/5/2015, Math Dude Jason Marshall, Scientific American
The Energy of Star Wars - 6/12/2015, US Department of Energy video
Cascading planetary-wide ecosystem effects of the extirpation of apex predatory Krayt dragons on Tatooine - 7/24/2014, David Shiffman, Southern Fried Science
Tatooine Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Assessment Report 1: Summary For Tatooine Policymakers - 7/24/2014, David Ng, The Science Creative Quarterly
Diary of An Interplanetary Naturalist - The Sarlacc - 7/24/2014, Joe Hanson, ItsOkayToBeSmart
The limits of animal life on Tatooine - 7/22/2014, Maggie Koerth-Baker, BoingBoing
Science of Tatooine: Water - 7/22/2014, Adrienne M. Roehrich, GeekGirlCon
An Analysis of Blaster Fire in Star Wars - 5/24/2012, Rhett Allain, Wired
May the 4th Be With You: Could Han Shoot Second? - 5/4/2011, Rhett Allain, Wired
The Science of Star Wars: The Clone Wars--Q&A with Author Jeanne Cavelos - 8/11/2008, Adam Hadhazy, Scientific American
The World According to Star Wars - 8/1/2016, Cass R. Sunstein, Ilya Somin, Michael F. Cannon, & Aaron Ross Powell, CATO Institute (video)
Star Wars, Science Fiction, and the Constitution - 6/27/2016, Ilya Somin, Jotwell.com
Lessons for the Supreme Court from the Jedi Council - 2/18/2016, Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
How Star Wars Illuminates Constitutional Law (and Authorship) - 2015, Cass R. Sunstein, The New Rambler
The Force' as Law: Mythology, Ideology and Order in George Lucas's Star Wars - UNK Date, Timothy Peters, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
The Last Jedi shows what it means to fail as a teacher - 1/1/2018, Ben Kuchera, Polygon.com
How to Train Your Jedi - 12/19/2017, Seth Masket, Vox.com
The Last Jedi Has Some Important Business Insights for Entrepreneurs - 12/19/2017, John Boitnott, Entrepreneur.com
22 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 12/15/2017, Brian Dodd, BrianDoddonLeadership.com
5 Takeaways for Entrepreneurs From the 'Star Wars' Franchise - 12/8/2017, Rachel Hentsch, Entrepreneur.com
Han Solo is the Ultimate Uber Driver - 12/19/2015, Andrew J. Hawkins, TheVerge.com
Star Lords - 12/15/2015, James Douglas, TheAwl.com
Death Star II: A Project Management Case Study - 11/30/2015, Michael Lortz, Medium.com
How Star Wars Will Help You Raise Capital for Your Company - 11/27/2015, David Teten, Entrepreneur.com
Project Management Lesson From Star Wars - 11/15/2014, Liza Wood
What a Piece of Junk! : Imperial investigators report weaknesses in Death Star management, performance. - 5/3/2013, Michael Peck, Foreign Policy
The Death Star: A Pentagon Purchasing Nightmare - 9/8/2011, Adam Rawnsley, Wired
Don't Come to the Dark Side: Acquisition Lessons from a Galaxy Far, Far Away - 9/2011, Defense AT&L, Lt. Col. Dan Ward, ASAF
The Death Star: Poor Project Management in Practice - 1/9/2011, Cory Cowgill, Achievement Unlocked
What C-3PO Can Teach You About Job Security - 1/12/2009, CodeSqueeze
Death Star Costs $15.6 Septillion, 1.4 Trillion Times the US Debt - 2/4/2009, Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo
Silicon Valley's Misplaced Star Wars Lust - 1/12/2002, Michael Kanellos, CNet.com
Star Wars and Warfare
Rebel Insurgency: Without Hope or Method - 10/12/2018, Jared James, AngryStaffOfficer.com
If the Hoth Crash was an Air Force Investigation - 9/18/2018, Matt Wright, AngryStaffOfficer.com
Star Wars and American Strategic Myths - 5/30/2018, ML Cavanaugh, Modern War Institute
What DoD can learn from this Star Wars lightsaber - 5/4/2018, Dan Ward, C4ISRNet
A Military Analysis of The Last Jedi (or why is everyone incompetent?) - 1/19/2018, King Emperor Penguin, YouTube.com
Hybrid Star Wars: Lessons from The Battle of Endor - 1/6/2018, James Stavridis, DefenseOne.com
Clausewitz as The Last Jedi? Culminating Points of Victory, Civil-Military Relations, and Strategy In Star Wars - 12/25/2017, Theo Milonopolous, War On The Rocks.com
Why 'The Last Jedi' Teaches Us That the Battleship Is Truly Dead - 12/23/2017, Robert Farley, National Interest.com
Four Moments of Warrior Wisdom from "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" - 12/22/2017, ML Cavanaugh, Modern War Institute
Star Wars’ Vice-Admiral Holdo and Our Expectations for Female Military Power - 12/21/2017, Arkady Martine, Tor.com
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – A Review of the First Order’s Military Incompetence - 12/19/2017, Joshua Huminski, Diplomatic Courier.com
A Leadership Vacuum: “The Last Jedi” and Mission Failure - 12/18/2017, PPTSapper, AngryStaffOfficer.com
From Princesses to Generals: Leia and the Evolution of Women at War - 12/14/2017, Erica Iverson and ML Cavanaugh, Modern War Institute
Star Wars Walkers: Do They Have a Fighting Chance? - 12/13/2017, Jamie Seidel, Australian News Network
The Force Awakens to High Risk HUMINT - 12/3/2017, Rustic Intel, AngryStaffOfficer.com
The Star Wars Bomber Gap - 10/29/2017, Eamon Hamilton, AngryStaffOfficer.com
Warfighter: Hoth - 7/11/2017, PPTSapper, Angry Staff Officer.com
Everything Wrong with the Battle of Geonosis - 6/19/2017, Generation Tech, YouTube
Star Wars Tactics Examined: Battle of Hoth - 5/26/2017, Generation Tech, YouTube
Star Wars Tactics Examined: Battle of Yavin - 5/25/2017, Generation Tech, YouTube
Star Wars by Other Means: Rogue One and Foreign Policy - 3/28/2017, PPTSapper, Angry Staff Officer.com
What Rogue One Teaches Us About the Rebel Alliance’s Military Chops - 12/21/2016, Angry Staff Officer, Wired.com
‘Rogue One’ Shows Us the Dark Side of the Rebellion - 12/17/2016, Matthew Gault, War Is Boring.com
Rogue One highlights an uncomfortable fact – military robots can change sides - 12/15/2016, Jonathan Roberts, Phys.org
Give the Empire Its Due: Can the Fate of the Death Star Tell Us Anything About Aircraft Carriers? - 4/27/2016, Noah Kanter, WarOnTheRocks.com
First Order After Action Review for Operations on Jakku - 1/12/2016, powerpointsapper, AngryStaffOfficer.com
Re-Fighting the Battle of Hoth: An Engineer's Perspective - 12/18/2015, Angry Staff Officer, CIMSEC.org
In a Counterinsurgency Far, Far Away - 12/16/2015, Paul D. Miller and Michael Boyle, Foreign Policy
The destruction of Alderaan was completely justified - 10/29/2015, Sonny Bunch, Washington Post
Militarily speaking, how incompetent is the Empire in Star Wars? - 5/17/2014, Kyle Murao, Quara.com
Ewok Hearts and Minds: The Failure of Imperial Counterinsurgency on Endor - 5/3/2014, Angry Staff Officer, Medium.com
Defense Nerds Strike Back: A Symposium on the Battle of Hoth - 2/15/2013, Crispin J. Burke & Kelsey Atherton & Daniel Nexon & Adam Elkus & Caitlin Fitz Gerald & Robert Farley, Wired
Inside the Battle of Hoth: The Empire Strikes Out - 2/12/2013, Spencer Ackerman, Wired
The Tarkin Doctrine and the Sith Way of War - 8/6/2012, Grand Blog Tarkin
The Jedi Way of War - 7/31/2012, Grand Blog Tarkin
May the IHL be with You... Star Wars vs. Real Wars - The Rebellion vs. Guerrilla Movements - UNK 2011 - Shawheen Saffari, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Star Wars and Counter Insurgency: Application of COIN doctrine with regards to the Rebel Alliance - 11/1/2010, Adam Phaley, Weapons of Media Destruction
Why is there no counterinsurgency in "Star Wars"? - 9/1/2009, The Economist
Star Wars and the Limits of Counterinsurgency - 8/31/2009, Matthew Yglesias, ThinkProgress
COIN in Space? - 8/31/2009, Patrick Barry, DemocracyArsenal.org
The Galactic Way of Warfare - 1/1/2006, Stephen P. McVeigh, Ch 3 of Finding the Force of the Star Wars Franchise: Fans, Merchandise, & Critics - Google Preview - accessed 12/18/2015
George Lucas' Strategic Defense Initiatives - 6/1/1988, Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner, Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film
Star Wars and Politics
Why Darth Vader Is The Archetypal Liberal Fascist - 10/12/2018, Warren Henry, The Federalist
What Han Solo Tells Us About American Heroes - 5/27/2018, ML Cavanaugh, The Gazette
Star Wars The Last Jedi Takes a Side in the Class War - 12/24/2017, Kate Aronoff, The Intercept.com
The Politics of the Last Jedi - 12/22/2017, Peter Bolland, InsidetheBeltway.com
The politics of “The Last Jedi” - 12/20/2017, Ilya Somin, LearnLiberty.org
Anti-empire, pro-activist … The Last Jedi is as left wing as Jeremy Corbyn - 12/19/2017, Toby Moses, The Guardian.com
The Populism Of The Last Jedi: The Next Step In Star Wars Politics - 12/19/2017, Joshua Patton, Medium.com
The good, the bad, and the politics of The Last Jedi - 12/18/2017, Dan Drezner, The Washington Post
The Last Jedi: latest Star Wars is a fable for our post-truth times - 12/16/2017, Rebecca Harrison, The Conversation.au
Lessons of Loss and Leadership in the Last Jedi - 12/16/2017, Revaim, Anti-Imperialism.org
The Last Jedi Is the Most Populist Star Wars Movie Yet - 12/15/2017, Abraham Reisman, Vulture.com
What Star Wars can tell us about rebel movements - 12/8/2017, Costantino Pischedda, Vox.com
‘Star Wars’ is the ultimate conservative morality tale - 6/6/2017, Craig Shirley and Scott Mauer, Washington Post
Rogue One and the Politics of Star Wars - 12/29/2016, Ilya Somin, LearnLiberty.org
The Empire Is Us: The Politics of ‘Rogue One’ - 12/25/2016, Ian Doescher, Politico.com
It May Be an Accident, but ‘Rogue One’ Is the Most Politically Relevant Movie of the Year - 12/24/2016, Owen Gleiberman, Variety.com
Be Wary of Star Wars' Politics of Violence - 12/14/2016, Abraham Riesman, Vulture.com
Star Wars in a Time of Rogue Politics - 12/14/2016, Robert Schlesinger, USNews.com
Star Wars Is and Always Has Been Political - 12/12/2016, Katharine Trendacosta, Gizmodo.com
Star Wars and the Fantasy of American Violence - 7/2/2016, Roy Scranton, New York Times
Star Wars, Science Fiction, and the Constitution - 6/27/2016, Ilya Somin, Constitutional Law Jotwell
Lessons from 'Star Wars' on the Fight for Democracy - 1/12/2016, Tyler Roylance, Freedom House
The Politics of Star Wars - 12/18/2015, Ilya Somin, Free Thoughts Podcast (audio)
Why The Politics Of The 'Star Wars' Universe Makes No Sense - 12/17/2015, Brett Neely & Scott Detrow & Tamara Keith, NPR
The brief ‘Star Wars’ guide to international politics - 12/17/2015, Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Democracy to Dictatorship Through Star Wars - 12/17/2015, LearnLiberty.org
Does Fear Cost Us Our Liberty (video) - 12/17/2015, LearnLiberty.org
Decoding the Politics of Star Wars (video) - 12/16/2015, Georgetown University
Conservatives Are Rewriting Star Wars as a Battle Against Terrorism - 12/15/2015, Jeet Heer, New Republic
The Radicalization of Luke Skywalker: A Jedi’s Path to Jihad - 12/11/2015, Comfortably Smug, Decider.com
Star Wars in the Public Square: The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy) - 12/1/2015, Derek R. Sweet (Author) & Donald E. Palumbo (Editor) & III (Editor) & Michael Sullivan (Editor) - Google Books Preview - accessed 12/18/2015
Why Conservatives Love the Galactic Empire - 10/20/2015, Asawin Suebsaeng, The Daily Beast
Is Star Wars a right-wing parable – or a call to solidarity? - 10/20/2015, Stephen Bush, New Statesman
The Star Wars Galactic Senate needed a minority party - 10/6/2015, Seth Masket, Vox.com
The Personal and Political in Star Wars - 12/8/2014, Ross Douthat, New York Times
‘Star Wars, Episode VII': Please, for the love of God, as little politics as possible - 12/4/2014, Daniel Drezner, Washington Post
The Institutions of Star Wars - 12/3/2014, Seth Masket, Washington Monthly
In ‘Star Wars,’ politics is always personal - 12/1/2014, Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post
Corruption, Exploitation, and Decay: The Politics of Star Wars - 11/6/2012, Eric Gellar, Star Wars.com
The politics of the Jedi - 7/27/2010, Seth Masket, Enik Rising
Let's Be Fair to the Jedi - 7/24/2010, Daniel Drezner, Foreign Policy
'Sith' Invites Bush Comparisons - 5/16/2005, Ellen Creen, Associated Press
The Politics of Star Wars - 10/12/2003, Karen Winter, belladonna.org
The Case for the Empire - 5/15/2002, Jonathan V. Last, The Weekly Standard
Democracy, Tyranny, and Star Wars - 4/25/2002, Paul Davidson, IGN.com
Star Wars: Not so long ago, not so far away - 8/1/1978, Dan Rubey, Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media
Star Wars and Religion
The Last Jedi and the Power of Failure - 1/12/2018, Mira Singer, MythCreants.com
Tradition, Myth, and Failure in ‘The Last Jedi’ - 12/28/2017, Paul Miller, Medium.com
Why The Last Jedi Is More 'Spiritual' Than 'Religious' - 12/27/2017, Chaim Saiman, The Atlantic.com
Martyrdom in The Last Jedi - 12/22/2017, Alexi Sargeant, First Things.com
The Last Jedi and Leading from Failure - 12/20/2017, Joshua Pease, Church Leaders.com
Three lessons on love in 'The Last Jedi' - 12/18/2017, Amy Wright Glenn, Philly Voice
The Christian Message Within Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 12/18/2016, Philip Kosloski, Aleteia.org
The Star Wars Truth - 2016, Vigilant Christian
9 Ways Star Wars Parallels the Bible - 12/18/2015, Paul Kent, OnFaith.co
The Irresistible Force of Star Wars: 3 Theological Approaches - 12/8/2015, Michael J. Sviegel
From Jediism to Judaism: Star Wars as Jewish Allegory - 12/5/2015, Daniel Perez, Aish.com
Restoring religion to the ‘Star Wars’ movies - 11/20/2015, Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post
Star Wars and Religion - 8/24/2015, Sarah Waters, Feeling the Force
May the Force Bewitch You: Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview - 2015, Robert Velarde, Christian Research Journal
Many Faiths See Religious Allegory in Star Wars - 6/11/2005, Knight Rider Tribune News
The Apocalyptic Cosmology of Star Wars - 4/1/2000, John Lyden, The Journal of Religion & Film
Star Wars and Media
Unchecked fake news gave rise to an evil empire in Star Wars - 5/5/2017, Ben Guarino, Washington Post
Star Wars and Science
Did Han Solo Use A Trick Of Einstein’s Relativity To Make The Kessel Run? - 6/8/2018, Ethan Siegel, Medium.com
Don't Tell Me Star Destroyers Can't Accelerate - 5/3/2018, Brandon Weigel, Medium.com
The Science of Silence in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ - 1/2/2018, Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian.com
The Physics Behind The Last Jedi's Coolest Scene - 1/1/2018, M. Arbeiter, Nerdist.com
What 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' got wrong (and right). An astronomer weighs in. - 12/18/2017, Tom Avril, Philly.com
Star Wars’ last Jedi may use the Force of quantum science - 12/17/2018, Christopher Wiebe, The Conversation.com
The Physics of Ramming an Imperial Star Destroyer, Explained - 5/31/2017, Rhett Allain, Wired
The Physics in Star Wars Isn’t Always Right, and That’s OK - 12/17/2015, Rhett Allain, Wired
I Calculated the Mass of a Star Wars Blaster Bolt for You - 12/14/2015, Rhett Allain, Wired
What Are the Odds of Successfully Navigating an Asteroid Field? - 8/5/2015, Math Dude Jason Marshall, Scientific American
The Energy of Star Wars - 6/12/2015, US Department of Energy video
Cascading planetary-wide ecosystem effects of the extirpation of apex predatory Krayt dragons on Tatooine - 7/24/2014, David Shiffman, Southern Fried Science
Tatooine Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Assessment Report 1: Summary For Tatooine Policymakers - 7/24/2014, David Ng, The Science Creative Quarterly
Diary of An Interplanetary Naturalist - The Sarlacc - 7/24/2014, Joe Hanson, ItsOkayToBeSmart
The limits of animal life on Tatooine - 7/22/2014, Maggie Koerth-Baker, BoingBoing
Science of Tatooine: Water - 7/22/2014, Adrienne M. Roehrich, GeekGirlCon
An Analysis of Blaster Fire in Star Wars - 5/24/2012, Rhett Allain, Wired
May the 4th Be With You: Could Han Shoot Second? - 5/4/2011, Rhett Allain, Wired
The Science of Star Wars: The Clone Wars--Q&A with Author Jeanne Cavelos - 8/11/2008, Adam Hadhazy, Scientific American
Star Wars and Law
The World According to Star Wars - 8/1/2016, Cass R. Sunstein, Ilya Somin, Michael F. Cannon, & Aaron Ross Powell, CATO Institute (video)
Star Wars, Science Fiction, and the Constitution - 6/27/2016, Ilya Somin, Jotwell.com
Lessons for the Supreme Court from the Jedi Council - 2/18/2016, Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
How Star Wars Illuminates Constitutional Law (and Authorship) - 2015, Cass R. Sunstein, The New Rambler
The Force' as Law: Mythology, Ideology and Order in George Lucas's Star Wars - UNK Date, Timothy Peters, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
Star Wars and Business
The Last Jedi shows what it means to fail as a teacher - 1/1/2018, Ben Kuchera, Polygon.com
How to Train Your Jedi - 12/19/2017, Seth Masket, Vox.com
The Last Jedi Has Some Important Business Insights for Entrepreneurs - 12/19/2017, John Boitnott, Entrepreneur.com
22 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 12/15/2017, Brian Dodd, BrianDoddonLeadership.com
5 Takeaways for Entrepreneurs From the 'Star Wars' Franchise - 12/8/2017, Rachel Hentsch, Entrepreneur.com
Han Solo is the Ultimate Uber Driver - 12/19/2015, Andrew J. Hawkins, TheVerge.com
Star Lords - 12/15/2015, James Douglas, TheAwl.com
Death Star II: A Project Management Case Study - 11/30/2015, Michael Lortz, Medium.com
How Star Wars Will Help You Raise Capital for Your Company - 11/27/2015, David Teten, Entrepreneur.com
Project Management Lesson From Star Wars - 11/15/2014, Liza Wood
What a Piece of Junk! : Imperial investigators report weaknesses in Death Star management, performance. - 5/3/2013, Michael Peck, Foreign Policy
The Death Star: A Pentagon Purchasing Nightmare - 9/8/2011, Adam Rawnsley, Wired
Don't Come to the Dark Side: Acquisition Lessons from a Galaxy Far, Far Away - 9/2011, Defense AT&L, Lt. Col. Dan Ward, ASAF
The Death Star: Poor Project Management in Practice - 1/9/2011, Cory Cowgill, Achievement Unlocked
What C-3PO Can Teach You About Job Security - 1/12/2009, CodeSqueeze
Death Star Costs $15.6 Septillion, 1.4 Trillion Times the US Debt - 2/4/2009, Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo
Silicon Valley's Misplaced Star Wars Lust - 1/12/2002, Michael Kanellos, CNet.com
