Transcript: Star Wars Breakbeats

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NPR All Things Considered
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July 17, 1998
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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: And I'm Linda Wertheimer.

Every generation of children embraces its cultural icons.

Children of the '50s grew up with Roy Rogers and Howdy Doody. Then came Mickey Mouse and Mouseketeers. Captain Kangaroo was there for '60s kids. And then, in 1977, there was Star Wars.

SOUNDBITE OF STAR WARS THEME MUSIC Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Princess Leah, Yoda, and an intergalactic chorus of droids and beasts transfixed a generation of children who are now young adults. Morgan Phillips is one of them.

Now 29, he's used his vast knowledge of the trilogy to ...

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