1977

Published: Nov. 4, 2015, 1:30 a.m.

It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire...\xa0Before\xa0those words crawled up movie screen\xa0screen in May 1977, what did people\xa0think the future was going to look like? What did pop culture sound\xa0like on the eve of Star Wars? This is Episode I in a V part series on how Star Wars changed the way we imagine the world.\xa0With Kurt Andersen of Studio 360, Annalee Newitz of io9 and Gizmodo, Alyssa Rosenberg of the Washington Post, and Chris Taylor, author of "How Star Wars Conquered the Universe."\xa0Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices