Episode 22 - "The Empire Is America"
George Lucas and Vietnam
Sources
Onscreen Media
•The Battle of the Somme (1916)
•Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
•Apocalypse Now (1979)
•The War at Home (1979)
•Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
•Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
Reference Books
•The Star Wars Archives: Episodes IV–VI, 1977–1983 by Paul Duncan
•The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film by J. W. Rinzler
•The Making of The Empire Strikes Back by J. W. Rinzler
•The Making of Return of the Jedi by J. W. Rinzler
Publications
•The Great War: Myth and Memory by Dan Todman
•Battle of the Somme: What the Audience Saw by Seth Feldman
•The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy by Chris Kempshall
•How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
•George Lucas: A Life by Brian Jay Jones
•The Morality of War: The Case of Vietnam by Mulford Q. Sibley
•Viet Cong: The Organization and Techniques of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam by Douglas Pike
•The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Web Sources
•Israel-Gaza war in maps and charts: Live tracker by AJLabs on aljazeera.com
•Israel’s war on Gaza updates: People desperate for aid as crisis worsens by Nils Adler and Usaid Siddiqui on aljazeera.com
•Israel social media account declares 'there are no innocent civilians' in Gaza by MEE Staff on middleeasteye.net
•The Biden administration once again bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel by Matthew Lee on pbs.org
•Joe Biden Is Turning Out to Be America’s Most Pro-Israel President Ever by Doug Rossinow on time.com
•Police disperse protesters at several campuses, use tear gas in Tucson on cbsnews.com
•Biden Condemns Campus Unrest Over Israel-Hamas War by Nik Popli on time.com
•Biden tries to navigate the Israel-Hamas war protests roiling college campuses by Will Weissert and Various on apnews.com
•Biden reacts to pro-Palestinian protesters: 'They have a point' by Megan Lebowitz
•Biden administration imposes sanctions on Israeli group blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza by Kylie Atwood and Various on cnn.com
•Nearly all Gaza campus protests in the US have been peaceful, study finds by Lois Beckett on theguardian.com
•Why Were Vietnam War Vets Treated Poorly When They Returned? by Dante A. Ciampaglia on history.com
•How Nixon’s Presidency Became Increasingly Erratic After Kent State by Christopher Klein on history.com
•Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War on wikipedia.org
•Draft evasion in the Vietnam War on wikipedia.org
•George Lucas on wikipedia.org
•Apocalypse Now on wikipedia.org
•Pentagon Papers on wikipedia.org
•Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza on wikipedia.org
•2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses on wikipedia.org
•Fracture Jaw on wikipedia.org
•NLF and PAVN battle tactics on wikipedia.org
•My Lai massacre on wikipedia.org
•United States news media and the Vietnam War on wikipedia.org
•Protests of 1968 on wikipedia.org
•The 16 best World War I movies of all time by Phil de Semlyen on timeout.com
•We're here because were here by vlogbrothers on youtube.com
•The Vietnam War and the media by Ronald H. Spector on britannica.com
•How many people died during World War I? on britannica.com
•Gallup Vault: Hawks vs. Doves on Vietnam by Lydia Saad on news.gallup.com
•”How did American public opinion on the Vietnam War change over time…?” on quora.com
•”What did the public think of the Vietnam War?” on quora.com
•“What made the Vietnam War so wildly unpopular?...” on quora.com
•25 Years Later;Lessons From the Pentagon Papers by R.W. Apple Jr. on nytimes.com
•The Secrets and Lies of the Vietnam War, Exposed in One Epic Document by Elizabeth Becker on nytimes.com
•LBJ Wants Your GPA: The Vietnam Exam by Laura E. Hatt
•October 1967: A Turning Point on 1967.wisc.edu
•McNamara Surrounded, Angered By Protestors by Dan O’Connor on newspapers.bc.edu
•Protests and Backlash on pbs.org
•Battlefield: Vietnam on pbs.org
•Overview of the Vietnam War on digitalhistory.uh.edu
•The May 4 Shootings at Kent State University: The Search for Historical Accuracy by Jerry M. Lewis and Thomas R. Hensley on kent.edu
•How Close Did the United States Actually Get To Using Nuclear Weapons in Vietnam In 1968? by Theo Milonopoulos on warontherocks.com
•Answer to “ELI5: Why was the Vietnam War so unpopular?” by u/redroguetech on reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive
•World War II Veterans on benefits.va.gov
•Noble Savage on tvtropes.org
•University of Southern California - USC: The Daily Trojan, 1912- on digitallibrary.usc.edu
•The Show Must Go On: Daniel Immerwahr on "Star Wars" and the Vietnam War by USHistory Scene on youtube.com
•George Lucas on Star Wars Being Anti-Authoritarian by amc+ on youtube.com
•Palestine by Shaun on youtube.com
•Gaza: The Last 100 Years by LonerBox on youtube.com
•How To Cynically Dismiss The Campus Protests Against Genocide by Some More News on youtube.com
•The Protest Derangement Class: A Response to John McWhorter by Little Joel on youtube.com
•How to Justify an Atrocity by Little Joel on youtube.com
•George Lucas' interview about politics, democracy and dictartorship by SW Saga Fan on youtube.com
•"Report from Vietnam": February 27, 1968 by Al Claiborne on youtube.com
•On this day: Four killed in Kent State shooting by CBS Evening News on youtube.com
•Audio, Hanoi Hannah (Trịnh Thị Ngọ) by Joaquin 2123 on youtube.com
•British soldier Edward Dwyer sings "We're Here Because We're Here" 1916 by sveinbjornt on youtube.com
•“Students chant on Amsterdam Avenue…” by @bwog on twitter.com
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