The Transition to Star Wars Fan Culture

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The last time a Star Wars movie had come out, I was nine years old. Kurt and his friend Chris pack up a car and they drive to Los Angeles where they meet all sorts of Star Wars fans. This crew formed a community and they connected with each other permanently. More on that later in this episode and throughout the entire show.

The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks is a new show from the TED Audio Collective, hosted by Dylan Marron.

It’s 1999, and sixteen years after its original release, a new Star Wars is finally coming. Fans have been camping out in front of theaters across the country just to be the first to see it. The beloved intergalactic saga is set to debut a slew of brand new characters, one of whom is a revolutionary CGI creation named Jar Jar Binks. Whispers begin to spread about big changes coming to the galaxy far, far away – and not everyone’s happy about it.

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