Star Wars is a carefully crafted religious experience. Just like Game of Thrones and other epic stories between good and evil, these stories prepare us for violence and war.
The Star Wars series looks to our past to tell our future.
(Star Wars: The Last Jedi)
Star Wars’ robots are much-loved characters, who can shed light on the future of automation. In the films, they exist mostly to assist rather than replace humans - and like us, they are prone to errors.
Actor Mark Hammill reemerged in ‘The Force Awakens’ and ‘The Last Jedi.’
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