Podcasts Arts Books The Incomparable Mothership 47: Death Star University

47: Death Star University

Published: July 1, 2011, 6 p.m.

b'Continuing our discussion of \\u201cStar Wars,\\u201d the original film. We praise the jump to hyperspace, explain why TIE fighter pilots wear black, ponder how Han and Leia somehow turn up in an Aaron Sorkin scene, reveal why there is no Space OSHA, comment on Ben Kenobi\\u2019s old man slippers and incomparable pseudonym, and expose the rebellion so rich it can have its own university and mint its own medals. (Part 2 of 2.)'