EAN 9780312209582

The Science of "Star Wars"

EAN 9780312209582
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EAN 9780312209582
Category Space Opera
Last Scan Sep 7 2024 at 12:29 AM
Description
Jeanne Cavelos says that "Star Wars fuelled my interest in space exploration and the possibility of alien life," leading her to a career in astrophysics. While these movies have inspired her, she admits that:

In creating the part science fiction/part fantasy/part myth that is StarWars, George Lucas did not seek to create a futuristic universe that agreed perfectly with our current understanding of science… How realistic, how possible, is this galaxy far, far away?

The answer when A New Hope first came out was "not at all.

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