Star Wars on Trial : Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time.

Contents -- INTRODUCTION Do Myths Teach Us? If So, What Have We All Learned from Star Wars? -- INTRODUCTION Star Wars and Truth and Why We Even Bother, and Why It's Worth Your Time to Bother, Too -- OPENING STATEMENTS -- Opening Statement for the Prosecution I Accuse . . . . . . or Zola Meets Yoda . . . -- Opening Statement for the Defense Your Synthetic Honor, Learned Opposing Counsel, Ladies, Gentlemen and Otherwise of the Jury . . . -- Charge 1 The Politics of Star Wars Are Anti-Democratic and Elitist -- The Madness of King George -- Charge 2 While Claiming Mythic Significance, Star Wars Portrays No Admirable Religious or Ethical Beliefs -- May the Midichlorians Be with You -- The Son of Skywalker Must Not Become a Jackass -- Charge 3 Star Wars Novels Are Poor Substitutes for Real Science Fiction and Are Driving Real SF off the Shelves -- Novels, Novelizations and Tie-ins, Oh My -- Are Brain-Dead Chimpanzees Eating My Shelf Space? -- Driving GFFA 1 -- Barbarian Confessions -- Charge 4 Science Fiction Filmmaking Has Been Reduced by Star Wars to Poorly Written Special Effects Extravaganzas -- Millions for Special Effects, Not One Cent for Writers -- Good. Bad. I'm the Guy with the Lightsaber. -- Charge 5 Star Wars Has Dumbed Down the Perception of Science Fiction in the Popular Imagination -- It's All in the Numbers -- On Not Flying Solo in Hyperspace -- Charge 6 Star Wars Pretends to Be Science Fiction, but Is Really Fantasy -- Star Wars: Fantasy, Not Science Fiction -- The Kessel Run -- Star Wars as Anime -- The Joy of Star Wars -- Charge 7 Women in Star Wars Are Portrayed as FUndamentally Weak -- Stop Her, She's Got a Gun! -- Fighting Princesses and Other Distressing Damsels -- Charge 8 The Plot Holes and Logical Gaps in Star Wars Make It Ill-Suited for an Intelligent Viewer.

Laziness Leads to Sloth, Sloth to Incompetence, Incompetence to Stupidity, and Stupidity to the Dark Side of the Force -- Star Wars Versus Science -- CLOSING STATEMENTS -- Closing Statement for the Prosecution -- Closing Statement for the Defense -- THE VERDICT.