Today a review of not a book, but an event – a Star Wars exhibition I had seen in London. A heaven for any geek, but a particular paradise for Star Wars fans – where else could you see BB-8 or Han Solo in carbonite?
The exhibition is called Star Wars Identities for a reason. Instead of just going around gawking at 200 various gadgets and props from the movies – and there was a lot to gawk at: from detailed models and sketches of starships and clothing from all six movies, through Jabba’s eyes, troopers’ armor to Yoda in all his 1 m green glory – the visitors were led through all of it on a path of various psychological choices and motivations.
A very cool idea indeed – the world of Star Wars shown from a perspective of two main characters – Anakin and Luke Skywalker. Their genetic heritage is mostly the same, their formative years – from early childhood to early adulthood – seem quite similar, yet the choices they made were vastly different. How is that possible (besides the obvious reason of the demands of a movie plot)?
So… Star Wars steeped in social psychology, genetic heritage and a bit of biology
