Star Wars on Trial

2006 Charge #1: The Politics of Star Wars are Anti-Democratinc and Elitist, For the DefenseCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #2: While Claiming Mythic Significance, Star Wars Portrays No Admirable Religious or Ethical Beliefs, For the DefenseCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #2: While Claiming Mythic Significance, Star Wars Portrays No Admirable Religious or Ethical Beliefs, For the ProsecutionCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #3: Star Wars Novels are Poor Substitutes for Real Science Fiction, For the Defense (Resnick)Commentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #3: Star Wars Novels are Poor Substitutes for Real Science Fiction, For the Defense (Rusch)Commentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #3: Star Wars Novels are Poor Substitutes for Real Science Fiction, For the Defense (Traviss)Commentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #3: Star Wars Novels are Poor Substitutes for Real Science Fiction, For the ProscutionCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #4: Science Fiction Filmaking has been Reduced by Star Wars to Poorly Written Special Effects Extravanganzas, For the DefenseCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #4: Science Fiction Filmaking has been Reduced by Star Wars to Poorly Written Special Effects Extravanganzas, For the ProsecutionCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #5: Star Wars has Dumbed Down the Perception of Science Fiction in the Popular Imagination, For the DefenseCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #5: Star Wars has Dumbed Down the Perception of Science Fiction in the Popular Imagination, For the ProsecutionCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #6: Star Wars Pretends to be Science Fiction but is Really Fantasy, For the Defense (Metzger)Commentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #6: Star Wars Pretends to be Science Fiction but is Really Fantasy, For the Defense (Roberts)Commentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #6: Star Wars Pretends to be Science Fiction but is Really Fantasy, For the Prosecution (Bethke)Commentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #6: Star Wars Pretends to be Science Fiction but is Really Fantasy, For the Prosecution (Wharton)Commentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #7: Women in Star Wars are Portrayed as Fundamentally Weak, For the DefenseCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #7: Women in Star Wars are Portrayed as Fundamentally Weak, For the ProsecutionCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #8: The Plot Holes and Logical Gaps in Star Wars Make it Ill-suited for an Intelligent Viewer, For the DefenseCommentary (Essay) 2006 Charge #8: The Plot Holes and Logical Gaps in Star Wars Make it Ill-suited for an Intelligent Viewer, For the ProsecutionCommentary (Essay) 2006 Closing Statement for the DefenseCommentary (Essay) 2006 Closing Statement for the ProsecutionCommentary (Essay) 2006 Introduction By David BrinCommentary (Essay) 2006 Introduction By Matthew Woodring StoverCommentary (Essay) 2006 Opening Statement for the DefenseCommentary (Essay) 2006 Opening Statement for the ProsecutionCommentary (Essay) 2006 The VerdictCommentary (Essay)