• SWA101: Plot

  • Oct 15 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • This week in "Star Wars Appreciation 101," Julia and Fern try not to lose the plot while watching Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Analyzing the film’s structure, conflicts, and (weird) pacing, they make some surprising discoveries about the story we think we know. Spoiler Alert: However long you think the Death Star sequence is, no it’s not.

    On the Syllabus this Week:

    • Lucas, George, director. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Twentieth Century Fox, 1977.
    • Mays, Kelly J. The Norton Introduction to Literature: Shorter 14th Edition. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2022.

    Additional Sources:

    • Campbell, Joseph. The Hero With a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Jospeh Campbell). New World Library, 3rd ed., 2008.

    Next Class:

    • Narration and POV (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)

    Social Media:
    @swenglishclass on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram
    Julia is on TikTok @juliachristine77
    Fern is on TikTok @alwaysfern

    Business inquiries
    : starwarsenglishclass@gmail.com

    Logo by Jacob David Earl (@jacobdavidearl)
    Music by ZapSplat.com

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