Star Wars: The Poli-Sci Jedi

Musings on law and politics in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Pop Culture in the 2016 Presidential Election

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At the risk of getting too political, the 2016 Republican primary process has been a low point for civil debate, but a high point for pop c...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Star Wars: Battlefront (Veteran's Day)

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Today, November 11, is Veteran's Day. I thought I'd mark the occasion by discussing how Star Wars has treated warfare and soldie...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Legendarium Media

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Recently, I joined Legendarium Media  as contributing writer for all things Star Wars. It's been a great opportunity to share my love o...
Monday, July 6, 2015

BOOK REVIEW: "Dark Disciple" by Christie Golden

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The latest canon Star Wars novel, Dark Disciple actually comes from a script written by Katie Lucas, Matt Michnovetz, and Dave Filoni f...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Star Wars course at Mythgard!

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One of the reasons I created the Poli-Sci Jedi website was because I believe that the Star Wars saga is worthy of serious academic study....
Monday, April 27, 2015

BOOK REVIEW: "Lords of the Sith" by Paul Kemp

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Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine flex their Force muscles in Paul Kemp's  Lords of the Sith , but the real stars of this book are Cha...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

What's wrong with the economics of sci-fi?

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[This article was reposted from my main blog, NardiViews ] Economist David Berri has an article in Time criticizing the depiction of ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

BOOK REVIEW: "Heir to the Jedi" by Kevin Hearne

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There are some nice character moments in Kevin Hearne's  Heir to the Jedi , but I can't shake the feeling that it's not the sa...
Sunday, January 4, 2015

REBELS REVIEW: Update

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A new year, a new episode of Star Wars: Rebels. Unfortunately, I don't have time to write full reviews for each episode. However, I wa...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

BOOK REVIEW: Tarkin

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As a big fan of James Luceno’s “Darth Plagueis,” I was excited to hear that Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin would be getting the Luceno treatment...
Friday, October 3, 2014

REBELS REVIEW: "Spark of Rebellion"

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The latest incarnation of Star Wars, Rebels , has now officially aired on TV. I won't be able to review the entire show - I don't ev...
Thursday, October 2, 2014

BOOK REVIEW: How Star Wars Conquered the Universe

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Far, Far Away Radio has published my review of Chris Taylor's How Star Wars Conquered the Universe , a book about Star Wars fandom. Che...
Monday, September 1, 2014

BOOK REVIEW: Star Wars: A New Dawn

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  “ Star Wars: A New Dawn ” is an important entry into the Star Wars library for a few reasons. First, it is the first book in Disn...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Far Far Away Radio podcast episode about politics

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I just finished recording a podcast episode about politics in Star Wars with Far Far Away Radio . Look for it soon!
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Revising politics in Attack of the Clones

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In my article for the Far, Far Away Radio blog , I mentioned that many critics attacked the political scenes in the Prequel Trilogy. I had ...
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Enjolras is a political scientist and Star Wars fan – although not necessarily in that order. He conducts research in countries with dictators as evil as Palpatine and legislatures as corrupt as the Galactic Senate.
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