Jason T. Eberl - The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy

The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Series editor William Irwin

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, and a healthy helping of popular culture clears the cobwebs from Kant. Philosophy has had a public relations problem for a few centuries now. This series aims to change that, showing that philosophy is relevant to your life and not just for answering the big questions like To be or not to be? but for answering the little questions: To watch or not to watch South Park? Thinking deeply about TV, movies, and music doesn't make you a complete idiot. In fact, it might make you a philosopher, someone who believes the unexamined life is not worth living and the unexamined cartoon is not worth watching.

Already published in the series:

• 24 and Philosophy: The World According to Jack
  Edited by Jennifer Hart Weed, Richard Brian Davis, and Ronald Weed
• 30 Rock and Philosophy: We Want to Go to There
  Edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski
• Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser
  Edited by Richard Brian Davis
• Arrested Development and Philosophy: They've Made a Huge Mistake
  Edited by Kristopher Phillips and J. Jeremy Wisnewski
• Avatar and Philosophy: Learning to See
  Edited by George A. Dunn
• The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers
  Edited by Mark D. White
• Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul
  Edited by Mark D. White and Robert Arp
• Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There
  Edited by Jason T. Eberl
• The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke
  Edited by Dean Kowalski
• The Big Lebowski and Philosophy: Keeping Your Mind Limber with Abiding Wisdom
  Edited by Peter S. Fosl
• BioShock and Philosophy: Irrational Game, Rational Book
  Edited by Luke Cuddy
• Black Sabbath and Philosophy: Mastering Reality
  Edited by William Irwin
• The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News
  Edited by Jason Holt
• Downton Abbey and Philosophy: The Truth Is Neither Here nor There
  Edited by Mark D. White
• Dungeons & Dragons and Philosophy: Read and Gain Advantage on All Wisdom Checks
  Edited by Christopher Robichaud
• Ender's Game and Philosophy: The Logic Gate is Down
  Edited by Kevin S. Decker
• Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded
  Edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski
• Final Fantasy and Philosophy: The Ultimate Walkthrough
  Edited by Jason P. Blahuta and Michel S. Beaulieu
• Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Logic Cuts Deeper Than Swords
  Edited by Henry Jacoby
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy: Everything Is Fire
  Edited by Eric Bronson
• Green Lantern and Philosophy: No Evil Shall Escape This Book
  Edited by Jane Dryden and Mark D. White
• Heroes and Philosophy: Buy the Book, Save the World
  Edited by David Kyle Johnson
• The Hobbit and Philosophy: For When You've Lost Your Dwarves, Your Wizard, and Your Way
  Edited by Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson
• House and Philosophy: Everybody Lies
  Edited by Henry Jacoby
• The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason
  Edited by George Dunn and Nicolas Michaud
• Inception and Philosophy: Because It's Never Just a Dream
  Edited by David Johnson
• Iron Man and Philosophy: Facing the Stark Reality
  Edited by Mark D. White
• Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons
  Edited by Sharon M. Kaye
• Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems
  Edited by James South and Rod Carveth
• Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery
  Edited by William Irwin
• The Office and Philosophy: Scenes from the Unfinished Life
  Edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski
• Sons of Anarchy and Philosophy: Brains Before Bullets
  Edited by George A. Dunn and Jason T. Eberl
• South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today
  Edited by Robert Arp
• Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry
  Edited by Jonathan Sanford
• Superman and Philosophy: What Would the Man of Steel Do?
  Edited by Mark D. White
• Supernatural and Philosophy: Metaphysics and Monsters ... for Idjits
  Edited by Galen Foresman
• Terminator and Philosophy: I'll Be Back, Therefore I Am
  Edited by Richard Brown and Kevin Decker
• True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna Think Bad Things with You
  Edited by George Dunn and Rebecca Housel
• Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality
  Edited by Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski
• The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy: More Moments of Zen, More Moments of Indecision Theory
  Edited by Jason Holt
• The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles
  Edited by Gregory Bassham
• The Ultimate Lost and Philosophy: Think Together, Die Alone
  Edited by Sharon Kaye
• The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah!
  Edited by Robert Arp and Kevin S. Decker
• The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
  Edited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker
• Veronica Mars and Philosophy
  Edited by George A. Dunn
• The Walking Dead and Philosophy: Shotgun. Machete. Reason.
  Edited by Christopher Robichaud
• Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test
  Edited by Mark D. White
• X-Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse
  Edited by Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski

This edition first published 2016
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