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<p>The Bad Batch viii</p> <p>Introduction xviii</p> <p><b>Part I <i>Episodes I–III </i>1</b></p> <p>1 “Another Solution Will Present Itself”: <i>The Phantom Menace</i>, Daoism, and Doing without Trying 3<br /><i>Russell P. Johnson</i></p> <p>2 Bioethics Wars: Fear and Fallacy in <i>Revenge of the Sith </i>11<br /><i>Thomas D. Harter</i></p> <p>3 “A Pathway to Many Abilities Some Consider to Be Unnatural”: The Natural Law Ethics of <i>Star Wars </i>20<br /><i>Matthew Shea, Joel Archer, and Daniel Banning</i></p> <p>4 Mothers, Daughters, Rebels: Women’s Bodies in <i>Star Wars </i>30<br /><i>Aikaterini-Maria Lakka</i></p> <p><b>Part II <i>Clone Wars, Rebels</i>, and <i>The Bad Batch </i>41</b></p> <p>5 Order 66: The Fragility of Moral Autonomy in <i>The Clone Wars </i>43<br /><i>Timothy Challans</i></p> <p>6 “Corporations Do Not Rule Us!”: The Separatist Freedom Movement and the Struggle for Justice 52<br /><i>Mohammed Shakibnia</i></p> <p>7 “No One Rescues Droids”: <i>Rebels </i>on Race and Racism 62<br /><i>Steve Bein</i></p> <p>8 Individuality and Identity: Are Clones Literally a “Band (or Batch) of Brothers”? 73<br /><i>Patricia L. Brace</i></p> <p>9 The Failure of Jedi Ethics: The Jedi Betrayal of Ahsoka 82<br /><i>James Rocha and Mona Rocha</i></p> <p>10 Of Graffiti and Kalikoris 90<br /><i>Daniel P. Malloy</i></p> <p>11 A Long Time Ago? Time and Time Travel in <i>Star Wars </i>99<br /><i>Philipp Berghofer</i></p> <p><b>Part III <i>Rogue One </i>and <i>Solo </i>109</b></p> <p>12 Building the Death Star: Complicity in Moral Evil 111<br /><i>Jason T. Eberl</i></p> <p>13 “Rebellions Are Built on Hope”: The Creative Democratic Force of <i>Rogue One </i>122<br /><i>Terrance MacMullan</i></p> <p>14 Han Solo: The Corellian Evasion of Philosophy 132<br /><i>Kevin S. Decker</i></p> <p>15 Friendship, Love, and Sex with Droids in <i>Solo</i>: “How Would that Work?” “It Works” 143<br /><i>Nick Munn and Dan Weijers</i></p> <p>16 La L3-37 Continue: Droid Rights and the Problem of Legal Personhood 152<br /><i>Joshua Jowitt</i></p> <p><b>Part IV <i>Episodes IV–VI </i>163</b></p> <p>17 The Non-dualistic, Redemptive Metaphysics of the Jedi 165<br /><i>Michael Baur</i></p> <p>18 Just How Many “Lukes” Are There in <i>A New Hope</i>, Anyway? 174<br /><i>Roy T. Cook and Nathan Kellen</i></p> <p>19 Force and <i>Geist</i>: Hegel Watches <i>The Empire Strikes Back </i>183<br /><i>Umut Eldem</i></p> <p>20 “I Know There Is Good in You”: Luke, Anakin, and Confucian Filial Piety 192<br /><i>Eric Yang</i></p> <p><b>Part V <i>The Mandalorian </i>199</b></p> <p>21 Should You Eat Baby Yoda? 201<br /><i>A.G. Holdier</i></p> <p>22 Grogu’s Little Way: The Binds of Power and the Bonds of Love in <i>The Mandalorian </i>209<br /><i>Jeffrey P. Bishop and Isabel Bishop</i></p> <p>23 Beneath the Helmet, Beyond the Way: <i>The Mandalorian </i>and Moral Decision-making 218<br /><i>Noam Ebner</i></p> <p>24 Paradox of Faith: The Way of Din Djarin and Kierkegaard 228<br /><i>Patrick Tiernan</i></p> <p>25 Reading the Mind of Din Djarin: The Music of <i>The Mandalorian </i>236<br /><i>Lance Belluomini</i></p> <p><b>Part VI <i>Episodes VII–IX </i>245</b></p> <p>26 Awakening Race, Culture, and Ethnicity in a Galaxy Far, Far Away 247<br /><i>Edwardo Pérez</i></p> <p>27 The Last Jedi’s Despair: Did Episode VIII Ruin Luke Skywalker? 257<br /><i>David Kyle Johnson</i></p> <p>28 Deleuze, the Force of Becoming, and <i>The Last Jedi </i>268<br /><i>Corry Shores</i></p> <p>29 Passionate Love, Platonic Love, and Force Love in <i>Star Wars </i>276<br /><i>James Lawler</i></p> <p>30 The Rise of Rey Skywalker: The Importance of Community and Friends in <i>Star Wars </i>284<br /><i>James M. Okapal</i></p> <p>Index 293</p>

<p><B>JASON T. EBERL</B> is Professor of Health Care Ethics and Philosophy and Director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. He teaches and publishes on bioethics, medieval philosophy, and metaphysics. He is the editor of <i>Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy</i>, co-editor (w/ Kevin S. Decker) of <i>The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy</i> and <i>The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy</i>, as well as the original <i>Star Wars and Philosophy</i> and <i>Star Trek and Philosophy</i>, and co-editor (w/ George A. Dunn) of <i>Sons of Anarchy and Philosophy</i> and <i>The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan</i>. <P><B>KEVIN S. DECKER</B> is Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Washington University near Spokane, Washington. There, he teaches ethics, Continental, and American philosophy. He is the co-editor (with Jason T. Eberl) of <i>The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy</i> and <i>The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy</i> and editor or co-editor of eight other anthologies of popular culture and philosophy. His book <i>Who is Who? The Philosophy of Doctor Who </i>was published by I.B. Tauris in 2013.

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