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SWA101: Plot (ANH)

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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
: [email protected]
Logo by Jacob David Earl (@jacobdavidearl)
Music by ZapSplat.com

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24 episodes

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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
: [email protected]
Logo by Jacob David Earl (@jacobdavidearl)
Music by ZapSplat.com

  continue reading

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