Why did most fans shun the prequel series, but embrace the recent spate of ‘Star Wars’ films? A recent study offers some clues.
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The Force in Star Wars may be a form of quantum entanglement. Here’s how.
In-app purchases and ‘loot boxes’ in mobile games deliver easy cash for developers and publishers of digital games - and kids are easily sucked in.
When it comes to robotics, the future is not two-legged.
Audience research suggests Star Wars has still ‘got it’.
Leia’s little-known academic standing can help challenge patriarchal notions about gender roles.
As it turns 40, it’s worth remembering that Star Wars was more than just a space film, it reframed America’s troubled history.
The Star Wars saga is interlinked with its merchandising success.
Scientists have found a way to pull water from the air using only energy from the sun.
After Brexit, we can expect a tax-breaks bonanza for the UK film industry. This has big implications for Scotland and the EU.
In the face of recent political events in Britain and America, sci-fi imaginings of the ‘citizens of the future’ have taken on a new resonance.
Despite the furore over the ‘ghosting’ of Peter Cushing in Rogue One, directors will continue to push for improved technology enabling digital replication of actors.
Star Wars fantasy or effective weapon system of the future?
Critics have portrayed ECT as a form of medical abuse. Yet many psychiatrists, and more importantly, patients, consider it to be safe and effective. Few medical treatments have such disparate images.
After the deaths of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher in the last days of 2016, the release of a new documentary about their lives, Bright Lights, feels serendipitous. Already shown to some film festivals…
Jediism is not a religion? Tell that to its worshippers.
The latest Star Wars films stirs up topical themes of resistance, empowerment and activism in the face of large-scale injustices.
Scientific breakthroughs in graphene production and nuclear fusion may help us build the super space stations of the future.
Rebel fighters in the latest Star Wars movie are helped by a droid that was captured from the enemy and reprogrammed. Could that happen in real life with today’s autonomous weapons?
Star Wars offshoot Rogue One was originally intended to be darker – but it looks like it might be rather vanilla.
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Communications Producer - Multimedia, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Law and Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
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Assistant Professor, Film; Department of Theatre, Film & Communication Arts, Whittier College
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Lecturer in Film and Television, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in Law, School of Law & Social Justice, University of Liverpool
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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James Martin Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Dean of Research (Creative), University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Academic Professional Development, Arden University
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Visiting Research Fellow University of Chester, University of Chester
