I. The philosophical menace. Platonic paradox of Darth Plagueis : how could a Sith Lord be wise? / Terrance MacMullan -- "You are asking me to be rational" : stoic philosophy and the Jedi order / Matt Hummel -- Jedi knights of faith : Anakin, Luke, and Søren (Kierkegaard) / William A. Lindenmuth -- Anakin and Achilles : scars of nihilism / Don Adams -- Dark times : the end of the Republic and the beginning of Chinese philosophy / Kevin S. Decker -- II. Attack of the morals. Chasing Kevin Smith : was it immoral for the rebel alliance to destroy Death Star II? / Charles C. Camosy -- Ballad of Boba Fett : mercenary agency and amoralism in war / David LaRocca -- How guilty is Jar Jar Binks? / Nicolas Michaud -- "Know the dark side" : a theodicy of the force / Jason T. Eberl -- III. Revenge of the alliance -- "Like my father before me" : loss and redemption of fatherhood in Star Wars / Charles Taliaferro and Annika Beck -- Friends of a Jedi : friendship, family, and civic duty in a galaxy at war / Greg Littmann -- Light side, dark side, and switching sides : loyalty and betrayal in Star Wars / Daniel Malloy -- Guardians and tyrants in the republics of Star Wars and Plato / Adam Barkman and Kyle Alkema -- IV. A new hermeneutic -- Pregnant Padmé and slave Leia : Star Wars' female role models / Cole Bowman -- Docile bodies and a viscous force : fear of the flesh in Return of the Jedi / Jennifer L. McMahon -- Of battle droids and Zillo beasts : moral status in the Star Wars galaxy / James M. Okapal -- V. Metaphysics strikes back -- Why the force must have a dark side / George A. Dunn -- What is it like to be a Jedi? : a life in the force / Marek McGann -- "Never tell me the odds" : an inquiry concerning Jedi understanding / Andrew Zimmerman Jones -- VI. Return of the non-human -- Mindless philosophers and overweight globs of grease : are droids capable of thought? / Dan Burkett -- Can Chewie speak? Wittgenstein and the philosophy of language / Rhiannon Grant and Myfanwy Reynolds -- Can the Zillo beast strike back? Cloning, de-extinction, and the species problem / Leonard Finkelman -- VII. The fandom awakens -- "In that time..." in a galaxy far, far away : epic myth-understandings and myth-appropriation in Star Wars / John Thompson -- Star Wars, emotions, and the paradox of fiction / Lance Belluomini -- Mind of Blue Snaggletooth : the intentional stance, vintage Star Wars action figures, and the origins of religion / Dennis Knepp -- Gospel, gossip, and Ghent : how should we understand the new Star Wars? / Roy T. Cook and Nathan Kellen.