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Star Wars on Trial

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First published 2006
Publisher BenBella Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Ralph Voltz
Pages [8]+386
Price $17.95
ISBN 193210089X

  • Apparent first edition.
  • There's no explicit statement for an editor; however, 'For the Prosecution: David Brin' & 'For the Defense: Matthew Woodring Stover' is stated on the title page & on the cover, and various introductions state these two and Yeffeth as having asked the respective authors for their contributions.
  • Copyrights for the respective items are assigned on the copyright page, but no general copyright is.
  • Apparent first printing (there seems to be no statement and no number line).
  • There are 8 unpaginated pages preceding p. 1. The table of contents is printed on the seventh & eighth of those.
  • The last page of the final item (p. 386) is unnumbered.
  • The cover art - which spans over to the back - is credited on the copyright page; the work is also signed in the lower right corner.
  • The cover design is credited to Todd Bushman.
  • 'Distributed by Perseus Distribution'.
  • Data from Amazon.com and the second printing.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction: Do Myths Teach Us? If So, What Have We All Learned from Star Wars? David Brin Essay
7 Introduction: Star Wars and Truth and Why We Even Bother, and Why It's Worth Your Time to Bother, Too Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
13 The Courtroom Droid Judge Essay
17 Opening Statement for the Prosecution: I Accuse ... or Zola Meets Yoda ... David Brin Essay
49 The Courtroom (Opening Statement for the Prosecution) David Brin & Droid Judge & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
55 Opening Statement for the Defense: Your Synthetic Honor, Learned Opposing Counsel, Ladies, Gentlemen and Otherwise of the Jury ... Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
67 The Courtroom (Opening Statement for the Defense) David Brin & Droid Judge & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
83 The Madness of King George Keith R. A. DeCandido Essay
93 The Courtroom David Brin & Keith R. A. DeCandido & Droid Judge Essay
99 May the Midichlorians Be with You John C. Wright Essay
115 The Courtroom David Brin & Droid Judge & Matthew Woodring Stover & John C. Wright Essay
121 The Son of Skywalker Must Not Become a Jackass or Finding the Ethical Core of the Star Wars Films by Ignoring the Ghosts and the Muppets Scott Lynch Essay
131 The Courtroom David Brin & Scott Lynch Essay
137 Novels, Novelizations and Tie-ins, Oh My Lou Anders Essay
145 The Courtroom Lou Anders & David Brin & Droid Judge & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
151 Are Brain-Dead Chimpanzees Eating My Shelf Space Laura Resnick Essay
159 Driving GFFA 1 or How Star Wars Loosened My Corsets Karen Traviss Essay
169 Barbarian Confessions Kristine Kathryn Rusch Essay
181 The Courtroom (Charge 3) David Brin & Droid Judge & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
185 Millions for Special Effects, Not One Cent for Writers John G. Hemry Essay
195 The Courtroom David Brin & Droid Judge & John G. Hemry & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
199 Good, Bad. I'm the Guy with the Lightsaber. Bruce Bethke Essay
211 The Courtroom Bruce Bethke & David Brin & Droid Judge Essay
219 It's All in the Numbers Tanya Huff Essay
229 The Courtroom Droid Judge & Tanya Huff & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
233 On Not Flying Solo in Hyperspace Richard Garfinkle Essay
243 The Courtroom David Brin & Richard Garfinkle Essay
247 Star Wars: Fantasy, Not Science Fiction Ken Wharton Essay
257 The Courtroom David Brin & Droid Judge & Matthew Woodring Stover & Ken Wharton Essay
263 The Kessel Run Robert A. Metzger Essay
275 The Courtroom David Brin & Droid Judge & Robert A. Metzger & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
279 Star Wars as Anime Bruce Bethke Essay
285 The Courtroom (Charge 6) David Brin & Droid Judge & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
287 The Joy of Star Wars Adam Roberts Essay
301 The Courtroom David Brin & Droid Judge Essay
305 Stop Her, She's Got a Gun! Jeanne Cavelos Essay
323 The Courtroom David Brin & Jeanne Cavelos & Droid Judge & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
329 Fighting Princesses and Other Distressing Damsels Bill Spangler Essay
339 The Courtroom David Brin & Droid Judge & Bill Spangler Essay
343 Laziness Leads to Sloth, Sloth to Incompetence, Incompetence to Stupidity, and Stupidity to the Dark Side of the Force Nick Mamatas Essay
353 The Courtroom David Brin & Droid Judge & Nick Mamatas & Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
357 Star Wars Versus Science Don DeBrandt Essay
367 The Courtroom David Brin & Don DeBrandt & Droid Judge Essay
371 Closing Statement for the Prosecution David Brin Essay
379 Closing Statement for the Defense: The Spirit of Play Matthew Woodring Stover Essay
385 The Courtroom Droid Judge Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Star Wars on Trial Cover 2015 BenBella Books Trade Paperback Nonfiction Ralph Voltz xxii+386