Rural Identity and Star Wars

Onscreen Media

•Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

•Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

•Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)

•Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

•Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)

•Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) – S1 Ep20 - Innocents of Ryloth

•Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (2014)

•Star Wars Rebels (2014)

•Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)

•Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

•The Book of Boba Fett (2021)  – S1 Ep2 - The Tribes of Tatooine

Novels

•Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

•A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy by Alexandra Bracken

•Kenobi by John Jackson Miller

Reference Books

•Complete Locations (2005) by Simon Beecroft, Kristin Lund, and various

•The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film by J. W. Rinzler

Publications

•The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker by Katherine J. Cramer

•Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment by Francis Fukuyama

•George Lucas: A Life by Brian Jay Jones

Web Sources

•Those who leave home, and those who stay by Alvin Chang on vox.com

•Cutting Federal Farm Subsidies by Chris Edwards on cato.org

•What city-dwellers and rural Americans don’t get about each other on washingtonpost.com

•In Star Wars, cities are evil on persquaremile.com

•Commentary: The Rural Spirit of Star Wars by Adam B. Giorgi on dailyyonder.com

•Military recruiters target low-income students in the US on berkeleyhighjacket.com

•How the US military used magazines to target ‘vulnerable’ groups with recruiting ads by Jeremiah Favara on theconversation.com

•Episode IV Luke and Biggs Restored Deleted Scenes by Mecha Salesman on youtube.com

•Star Wars: A New Hope Radio Drama - Nigel's Edit by Nige L on youtube.com

Wookieepedia Pages

•Laze Loneozner

•Camie Marstrap

•Lars Homestead