{"id":150308,"date":"2022-11-15T22:04:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T04:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/the-tragedy-of-droids-in-star-wars"},"modified":"2022-11-15T22:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T04:04:27","slug":"the-tragedy-of-droids-in-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/the-tragedy-of-droids-in-star-wars","title":{"rendered":"The Tragedy of Droids in Star Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WD2UrB7zepo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not really a Star Wars story unless there\u2019s a lovable or memorable droid stealing the spotlight. But, when you really stop and think about it, there\u2019s also something profoundly tragic about the role artificial lifeforms play in the Star Wars universe.<\/p>\n<p>PATREON<br \/> Support this project on Patreon:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/popdetective\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/popdetective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PAYPAL<br \/> Make a one-time donation via PayPal:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/popdetective\">https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/popdetective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WISHLIST<br \/> Send research materials for video essays:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/VPZW4GU512ON?ref_=wl_share&tag=lifeboatfound-20\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/VPZW4GU512ON?ref_=wl_s\u2026atfound-20<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>REFERENCES<br \/> \u2022 Race in American Science Fiction by Isiah Lavender III<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/10364882-race-in-american-science-fiction\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/10364882-race-in-american-science-fiction<\/a>.<br \/> \u2022 Imagining Slaves and Robots in Literature, Film, and Pop Culture by Gregory Jerome Hampton.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/26371201-imagining-slaves-and-robots-in-literature-film-and-popular-culture\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/26371201-imagining-slave\u2026ar-culture<\/a>.<br \/> \u2022 The Cambridge Companion to Slavery in American Literature (Chapter 15) Beyond the Borders of the Neo-Slave Narrative by Jeffrey Allen Tucker.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/39293853-the-cambridge-companion-to-slavery-in-american-literature\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/39293853-the-cambridge-c\u2026literature<\/a>.<br \/> \u2022 Asimov on Science Fiction in Science Fiction Digest, October-November 1981<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/sfdigest19811011\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/sfdigest19811011<\/a><br \/> \u2022 Janelle Monae\u2019s \u201cMany Moons\u201d music video.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Janelle Monae: &quot;Many Moons&quot; Official Short Film (HD)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EZyyORSHbaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NOVELS REFERENCED<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/the-tragedy-of-droids-in-star-wars\">Continue reading \u201cThe Tragedy of Droids in Star Wars\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not really a Star Wars story unless there\u2019s a lovable or memorable droid stealing the spotlight. But, when you really stop and think about it, there\u2019s also something profoundly tragic about the role artificial lifeforms play in the Star Wars universe. PATREON Support this project on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/popdetective. 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