podcast slideshow

After much internal debate, i think i finally decided on a podcast slideshow topic. I will be doing this particular assignment on the cultural impacts of Star Wars. Star Wars is one of those series of films that captured the imagination of a large demographic, thus making itself present in many different aspects of our culture.

Media (Photo of Family Guy Blue Harvest)
-Parodies/Tributes
- Family Guy
-Blue Harvest
- Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
- Robot Chicken
-References in Film (Photo of Zack and Miri)
- Kevin Smith
- Fanboys
-Song
- The Saga Begins (Wierd Al)

Conventions (Photo of people dressed as Star Wars characters)
- Fans dressed as their favorite characters
- "Celebrity" guests
- Stars of the films
- Minor characters
- Contributors
- Artists
- Authors of book series

Politics (Photo of Reagan's "Star Wars" proposal)
-"Star Wars" orbital missile defense program
- Lawsuit from Lucasfilms
- Lost due to parody and giving new meaning
- Harry Cohen "May the Forth Be With You"
- The church of the Jedi census movement (very brief due to first podcast)

Space (photo of astronauts with lightsaber)
- NASA launch
- Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from Return of the Jedi and R2D2
- Handed over by Chewbacca(Storm Troopers, Boba Fett, and random Jedi also present)
- returned to George Lucas
- Toys taken previously by astronauts

20th Century Fox (Photo of Fox logo)
- Nearly bankrupt when optioned Star Wars
- First film grossed $100 million in 3 months
- fox now one of the 6 major studios

Podcast Slideshow

My webtext is on star wars and how it is used to teach or how it pays homage to different aspects of society. My podcast was focusing on the church of the jedi, a religion that is based on the teachings of the films. As for my podcast slideshow,I am a little torn. I originally wanted to talk about mythological references in the film series, but as Brittney is doing her entire project on mythology, I thought it might get a little bit redundant. I'm sort of considering doing it based on historical references, explaining how George Lucas used his films to warn us all not to let the past repeat itself. As of right now, though, I am still undecided.