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Article: The ongoing fascination of 'Star Wars'.(Column)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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Each semester, when my students offer their proposals for term papers, I am amazed by the number who wish to write about George Lucas' "Star Wars" trilogy. It is apparent what a formative influence these pictures have had on two generations of moviegoers. When I conducted an impromptu poll of one film history class, asking students how many saw the "Star Wars" motion pictures as youngsters, every hand went up. When I asked how many considered them to be among the most important and enjoyable they recall from their early days of filmgoing, virtually the entire class answered in the affirmative.
I hardly can think of a media phenomenon of my own youth that had ...