Channel: Pop Culture Detective

Category: Education

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Description: It’s not really a Star Wars story unless there’s a lovable or memorable droid stealing the spotlight. But, when you really stop and think about it, there’s also something profoundly tragic about the role artificial lifeforms play in the Star Wars universe. PATREON Help me make more video essays by supporting me on Patreon: patreon.com/popdetective PAYPAL If you'd rather make a one-time donation you can do it via PayPal: paypal.me/popdetective REFERENCES • Race in American Science Fiction by Isiah Lavender III goodreads.com/book/show/10364882-race-in-american-science-fiction • Imagining Slaves and Robots in Literature, Film, and Pop Culture by Gregory Jerome Hampton goodreads.com/book/show/26371201-imagining-slaves-and-robots-in-literature-film-and-popular-culture • The Cambridge Companion to Slavery in American Literature (Chapter 15) Beyond the Borders of the Neo-Slave Narrative by Jeffrey Allen Tucker goodreads.com/book/show/39293853-the-cambridge-companion-to-slavery-in-american-literature • Asimov on Science Fiction in Science Fiction Digest, October-November 1981 archive.org/details/sfdigest19811011 • Janelle Monae's "Many Moons" music video youtube.com/watch?v=EZyyORSHbaE NOVELS REFERENCED • Kindred by Octavia E. Butler goodreads.com/book/show/60931.Kindred • The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson goodreads.com/book/show/57498.The_Salt_Roads • Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany goodreads.com/book/show/85861.Stars_in_My_Pocket_Like_Grains_of_Sand • vN: The Machine Dynasty by Madeline Ashby goodreads.com/book/show/13033939-vn • A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers goodreads.com/book/show/29475447-a-closed-and-common-orbit • Autonomous by Annalee Newitz goodreads.com/book/show/28209634-autonomous SUBTITLES • You can help make with subtitles and captions for this video on Amara: amara.org/en/videos/iZsjSfJwsVoo/info/the-tragedy-of-droids-in-star-wars/?team= TEXT TRANSCRIPT popculturedetective.agency/2020/the-tragedy-of-droids#more-10320 COMMENTS All YouTube comments are held for approval. If you'd like to participate in constructive online conversations about this video, please share it on your social media networks. FAIR USE All multimedia clips included in this video constitute a 'fair use' of any copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of U.S. Copyright law, which allows for criticism, comment and scholarship. Learn more about fair use with this awesome app by New Media Rights! newmediarights.org/fairuse CREDITS Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh Motion Graphics: Jonathan McIntosh Outro music: Rick Lopez