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