Class Year
2016
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
12-21-2016
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
Bear with me on this one. The American Civil War will make it into this conversation, but I have a lot of other things to talk about first. And I should also warn: minor spoilers ahead.
I was moved to silence after seeing Rogue One, the first spin-off film of the Star Wars franchise. Even now, tears creep into my eyes as I remember how it shook me. I had heard reviews claiming that it was the first Star Wars movie to put the cost of war at the center of the narrative. I hadn’t expected it to be so true.
Rogue One is far from a perfect movie, but it boldly presents many powerful themes that move it beyond the traditional scope of the Star Wars universe. It deals not only with acts of war, but with their human consequences.
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Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Lavery, Kevin P., "Star Wars, Syria, and Our Civil War: Bearing Witness to Atrocity and Suffering" (2016). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 194.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/194
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