Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. The Bad Batch
  6. Introduction
  7. Part I: EPISODES I–III
    1. 1 “Another Solution Will Present Itself”: The Phantom Menace, Daoism, and Doing without Trying
      1. “This Is the Way”
      2. “A Symbiont Circle”
      3. Doing without Trying
      4. “Concentrate on the Moment”
      5. “Now This Is Podracing!”
    2. 2 Bioethics Wars: Fear and Fallacy in Revenge of the Sith
      1. “Fear Is the Path to the Dark Side”
      2. “What I Told You Was True, from a Certain Point of View”
      3. “From My Point of View, the Jedi Are Evil”
      4. “A Pathway to Many Abilities Some Consider to Be Unnatural”
      5. Bringing Balance to the Force?
    3. 3 “A Pathway to Many Abilities Some Consider to Be Unnatural”: The Natural Law Ethics of Star Wars
      1. Natural Law Ethics: A “First Step into a Larger World”
      2. The Morality of the Force: “Twisted by theDark Side,” Saved by the Light
      3. Jedi and Sith Ethics: “Similar in Almost Every Way”?
    4. 4 Mothers, Daughters, Rebels: Women's Bodies in Star Wars
      1. “I'm a Senator”: Padmé's Journey in the Prequels
      2. A Tale of Fathers and Sons, but Someone Has to Bear Them First
      3. “It Seems, in Your Anger, You Killed Her”
      4. A New Hope? Inclusive Representation in the Galaxy
  8. Part II: CLONE WARS, REBELS, AND THE BAD BATCH
    1. 5 Order 66: The Fragility of Moral Autonomy in The Clone Wars
      1. Bred to Obey
      2. Absolute Power
      3. Moral Autonomy
    2. 6 “Corporations Do Not Rule Us!”: The Separatist Freedom Movement and the Struggle for Justice
      1. “My Allegiance Is to the Republic, to Democracy!”
      2. From Senator Halle Burtoni to Halliburton
      3. “Not the Jedi Way”
      4. “We Were Trained to Be Keepers of the Peace, not Soldiers”
    3. 7 “No One Rescues Droids”: Rebels on Race and Racism
      1. “Luminous Beings Are We, Not This Crude Matter!”
      2. On the Origin of Races (and Species)
      3. “It Surrounds Us and Penetrates Us”
      4. “Never Underestimate a Droid”
      5. “Everything's under Control, Situation Normal”
      6. You're Our Only Hope
    4. 8 Individuality and Identity: Are Clones Literally a “Band (or Batch) of Brothers”?
      1. “Very Different, Each One of You Are”
      2. No Place Like Home
      3. Frankfurt's Concept of a Person
      4. Freedom of Action and Freedom of Will
      5. “Good Soldiers Follow Orders”
    5. 9 The Failure of Jedi Ethics
      1. Disappointing Jedi at a Place So Sacred
      2. Trusting Ventress
      3. The Not So Precious Jedi Order
      4. Learning to Disobey from the Best
      5. Do Not Ask Him to Be Rational
    6. 10 Of Graffiti and Kalikoris
      1. Sabine's Masterpiece
      2. “I Paint What I See”
      3. “Forget the Explosion. Look at the Color”
      4. “Family History as Living Art”
      5. “It's Art. Everything Has a Meaning”
      6. Art Appreciation with Grand Admiral Thrawn
      7. Not Merely Trophies
      8. Something's Missing
    7. 11 A Long Time Ago? Time and Time Travel in Star Wars
      1. The Tragedy of Anakin Skywalker
      2. Ezra Bridger – Time Traveler
      3. Saving Kanan, aka the Grandfather Paradox
      4. “A Bunch of (Metaphysical) Mumbo Jumbo”
      5. “Always in Motion Is the Future”
      6. The End
  9. Part III: ROGUE ONE AND SOLO
    1. 12 Building the Death Star
      1. “Well, You Have to Start Somewhere”
      2. “I've Got a Bad Feeling about This”
      3. “We've All Done Terrible Things on Behalf of the Rebellion”
      4. “Rebellions Are Built on Hope!”
    2. 13 “Rebellions Are Built on Hope”
      1. “This Town is Ready to Blow”
      2. Dark Times for the Republics
      3. “Lies! Deception!”
      4. “I'm Not Alone. I Have You!”
      5. Trust in the Force of Others
    3. 14 Han Solo
      1. “I Don't Have People. I'm Alone”
      2. “That's Not How the Force Works!”
      3. “Then I'll See You in Hell!”
      4. “You Like Me because I'm a Scoundrel”
    4. 15 Friendship, Love, and Sex with Droids in Solo
      1. What Does Friendship Require?
      2. Being Encouraged to Love
      3. Humanoids and Droids Having Sex?
    5. 16 La L3‐37 Continue
      1. Droid Rights: The Problem of Legal Personhood
      2. Legal Personhood for Droids in the Galactic Empire
      3. Morality and Legal Validity
      4. Natural Law and Legal Personhood
      5. Beyond the Whimsy
  10. Part IV: EPISODES IV–VI
    1. 17 The Non‐dualistic, Redemptive Metaphysics of the Jedi
      1. “You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned”
      2. “The Force Is What Gives a Jedi His Power”
      3. “An Energy Field Created by All Living Things”
    2. 18 Just How Many “Lukes” Are There in A New Hope, Anyway?
      1. “You Don't Need to See His Identification”
      2. “Impressive. Every Word in That Sentence Was Wrong”
      3. “This Is Not Going to Work.” “Why Didn't You Say So?” “I Did Say So.”
      4. “Many of the Truths We Cling to Depend Greatly on Our Own Point of View”
      5. “Master Skywalker. There Are Too Many of Them. What Are We Going to Do?”
    3. 19 Force and Geist
      1. A Long Time Ago, in Ancient Greece
      2. “You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned”
      3. May the Geist Be with You
      4. Yoda's Theme
    4. 20 “I Know There Is Good in You”
      1. “Unexpected This Is, and Unfortunate”
      2. “I Feel the Good in You, the Conflict”
      3. “I Am a Jedi, Like My Father Before Me”
      4. “Tell Your Sister, You Were Right”
  11. Part V: THE MANDALORIAN
    1. 21 Should You Eat Baby Yoda?
      1. “I've Got a Bad Feeling About This”
      2. “Always Thinking with Your Stomach”
      3. “You're Lucky You Don’t Taste Very Good”
      4. “This Is the Way”
    2. 22 Grogu's Little Way: The Binds of Power and the Bonds of Love in The Mandalorian
      1. “I Can Bring You in Warm, or I Can Bring You in Cold”
      2. “Enter the Bureaucrat. The True Rulers of the Republic”
      3. “Without the Midi‐chlorians, Life Could Not Exist”
      4. The Binds of Power or the Bonds of Love
      5. “Wherever I Go, He Goes”
    3. 23 Beneath the Helmet, Beyond the Way
      1. “Everybody's Got Their Lines They Don’t Cross, Until Things Get Messy”
      2. “He's a Little Rough Around the Edges, but He Is the Best”
      3. “Well, Then I Don’t Know If I Want Your Help”
      4. “How Uncharacteristic of One of Your Reputation”
      5. “You Are a Clan of Two”
      6. “You Have Suffered Damage to Your Central Processing Unit”
      7. “We Gonna Do This in Front of the Kid?”
      8. “So, What Happens If You Take That Thing Off?”
    4. 24 Paradox of Faith
      1. Faith or Doubt?
      2. Mercenary or Father?
      3. Selfish or Sacrifice?
      4. Purpose or Futility?
    5. 25 Reading the Mind of Din Djarin
      1. Grogu's Music Through Din's Eyes
      2. Music, Emotion, and Din's Virtuous Way
      3. Din's Theme as a Symbol of Strength and Confidence
      4. Din and Grogu's Emotional Farewell
      5. A New Sound for Star Wars
  12. Part VI: EPISODES VII–IX
    1. 26 Awakening Race, Culture, and Ethnicity in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
      1. “You Do Not Know a Thing about Me”
      2. “You Know Fuck All”
      3. “I Was Raised to Do One Thing”
      4. “For the First Time I Have Something to Fight For”
      5. “I'm the Guy that Used to Mop It”
      6. “I'm in Charge Now, Phasma, I’m in Charge!”
    2. 27 The Last Jedi's Despair
      1. We Should Have Seen It Coming
      2. Guilt by Association (with the Jedi)
      3. Luke Skywalker: Pacifist
      4. A Novel Pacifism
      5. The Last Jedi: A New Hope
    3. 28 Deleuze, the Force of Becoming, and The Last Jedi
      1. A Tale of Two Lukes
      2. The Tensions that Bind Us
      3. Which Side Are You On?
      4. Abilities Some Considered to Be Non‐organic
    4. 29 Passionate Love, Platonic Love, and Force Love in Star Wars
      1. Philosophy Begins with Passion
      2. Fulfilling the Prophecy
      3. A Love Story in Three Acts
      4. Overcoming Death through the Force of Love
    5. 30 The Rise of Rey Skywalker: The Importance of Community and Friends in Star Wars
      1. “They're My Friends. I've Got to Help Them”
      2. “We Are What They Grow Beyond”
      3. “The Belonging You Seek Is Not Behind You.It Is Ahead”
      4. “And I, I'm All the Jedi!”
  13. Index
  14. End User License Agreement

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