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Key Film Texts~2002 -
(Graham
Roberts, Heather Wallis) on Casablanca: "There is no denying this movie
is a romance, but that does not mean it revolves exclusively around the
Bogey-Bergman double-act, like it would in a Howard Hawks story, for
example. To refocus your sensibilities, push the two stars to the back
of your mind and try see Casablanca as an early 1940s version of Star Wars
(Lucas, USA, 1977) (see chapter 28). Here the Nazi Conrad Veidt is Darth
Vader, who represents the Evil (in this case, Fascism) threatening to take
over the world; opposing him is the funky Jedi Knight Victor Laszlo (Paul
Henreid) and bang slap in the middle is Rick (Bogart), our tuxedo-clad, and
rather mature, combination of the idealistic Luke Skywalker and the cynical
Han Solo." continues pages 58 & 59.
Ki in Aikido: A Sampler of Ki Exercises~1998
- (C.M.
Shifflett) The Star Wars Trilogy Star Wars:
[1] Many
of the concepts attributed to "The Force" come directly from
Aikido. Darth Vader's hissing breath is a wonderful parody of ki
breathing and his helmet is the traditional samurai helmet and bamboo armor
reinterpreted in black plastic (see the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for
an example of the almost-real thing worn by the wicked Shredder) Observe Ben
Kenobi's calm and impartial graciousness to all...etc...
[2]
Inspiration for Yoda is
believed to be Misao Shoji of Gardena, California. A superb Aikidoist.
Kilix Power Solutions with Don
Taylor, Jim Mischel, and Tim Gentry~2002 - (Don
Taylor, et al) mention of the JEDI project
Killing Monsters:
Why Children Need, Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence~2002 - (Gerard
Jones) "When I talk to women who grew up on the Star Wars and Indiana
Jones series. They invariably tell me that they identified less with
Princess Leia or any of Indy's female friends than with Luke Skywalker, Han
Solo and professor Jones himself. A physician named Janice Cohen told
me, "We'd always start by talking about how cute Mark Hamill and Harrison
Ford were. It was important that adults saw us as being infatuated with
Indiana Jones, and it was important that we saw ourselves as being
infatuated with Indiana Jones, but when the movie started to roll, and when I
rolled it over and over again in my memory and my conversations with friends,
I was Indiana Jones..." goes on to explore this.
Kiss Me,
Judas~2000 - (Will Christopher Baer) Page
142-3. The crush of people waiting in lines and talking on cell phones
and waving tickets drops me to my knees. I crouch before a short, burly
vending machine, it's blue and white and I think of R2D2, the droll little
robot that endlessly beeped and whistled in a faraway galaxy where everyone
was so polite and sometimes I wished Luke had the testicles to just vaporize
him. Page 257. I try not to stare at Luscious Gore. I'm sure
that he can sense it, that he can reverse my thoughts and send them back at
me, twisted and viral. He has loomed so long at the edge of my
consciousness, hideous and bloated and vaguely imagined as my own private
Jabba the Hutt. I expected to hate and fear him at once.
Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the
World as a Smartmouth Goddess~2001 -
(Susan Jane Gilman) Number 11 (on 162) The Empress Strikes Back (sample)
"Sure, Princess Leia was a smartmouth leader in the original Star Wars,
but there were those ridiculous Danishes on her head, and by the end of Return
of the Jedi, she had been relegated to eye candy. And Princess Naboo was given
so little spunk, she might as well have been generated by a
computer."
Know Fear: Facing Life's Six Most Common
Phobia's~2003 - (Ed Young, Jr.) page 19
Author writes about being surrounded by Water Mocassins (snakes) as a young
boy and his father tells him to jump on his back, he does.. "It was
like an Indiana Jones movie, but I wasn't going to stay and wait for the
credits"
L
LDAP Directories
Explained~2003 - (Brian
Arkills) LDAP
Namespace - Naming Attributes
Language of Animals,
The~2001 - (Carol Gurney) A Rottweiler named
Chewbacca.
Last Bearer of the Ring,
The~ - Polish fantasy
retelling Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Described as a cross between:
"Wicked" -- a novel that cleverly recasts the Wicked Witch of the
West as a tragic political rebel -- and William Clifford's half-serious
examination of the droids-as-slaves politics in "Star Wars",
showing us that Sauron was just a misunderstood, progress-minded technocrat
brought to ruin by the decadent, elitist elves over a dispute about trade
routes.
Last Night a DJ
Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey~2000 - (Bill
Brewster) "... Pierre Henry-Psyche Rock The Herbaliser (live
performance) Dick Hyman-Give It Up Or Turn It Loose Innerzone Orchestra-Bug In
The Bassbin Jedi Knights-May The Funk Be With You Jedi Knights-Ruck
Et & Kok-Bah Jhelisha-Friendly Pressure (a cappella mixed over anything)
Kid Koala ..."
Last Witnesses:
Reflections on the Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans~2001 - (Erica
Harth) of the person called Asako: "...Later she was relocated to
Chicago, tired and old, so old that my only memory is of a shriveled
munchkin-like the Jedi master Yoda- whom Grandpa had to carry several blocks
from the parked car to the restaurant ..."
Lavender: A Growers Guide~2000
- (Virginia McNoughton)
Pictured in the introduction is 'Yoda' the lavender loving cat.
Law School Confidential: The Complete
Law School Survival Guide by Students, For Students~2000 (Robert
H. Miller) [1] "... That is the pure axiom of law school success. Commit,
or forget it-for in law school, to quote an ancient Jedi master, "there
is no try." Still with me? Now ... about the cocky guy next to you who
just put ..." [2]
Quote at the head of
Chapter 27: "...but
you're not a, Jedi yet. . . " -DARTH VADER To LUKE SKYWALKER"
Leadership and the Customer
Revolution: The Messy, Unpredictable and Inescapably Human Challenge of Making
the Rhetoric of Change a Reality~1995 - (Gary
Heil) "... 12 Leadership and the Customer Revolution Revolution: Choose
or Choose Not! We are reminded of Yoda's response to Luke Skywalker when
Skywalker was not sure that he could levitate the spacecraft from the swamp:
"I'll try," ..."
Leading Minds: An
Anatomy of Leadership~1995 - (Howard E. Gardner)
Pg 43- 47. Stories through the Life Cycle. Writes about what he
calls the "Star Wars" plot. Two forces or individuals (A and
B) are opposed to each other (as in the Star Wars movies) Also page 260.
Learning to Learn~2002 - (Gary
Burnett) Chapter 4 "Think You Can" Jedi training, Yoda/Luke.
Two pages.
Let Me Take You Down: Inside
the Mind of Mark David Chapman~2000 - (Jack
Jones) "... Even though he was-what? Twenty-two years old at the time? He
was like a little old man. A wise little Yoda kid."
Letters to Garrett: Stories of
Change, Power and Possibility~2002 - (Robert
E. Quinn) From pages 201 to 221 with stuff like: "...greatness then
flows through us. The claim makes me think about the scene in The Empire
Strikes Back in which Yoda is teaching Luke Skywalker: Size matters not. Look
at me. Judge me not by my size, do you? Hm. Mmmm...."
Liaisons of Life: From
Hornwarts to Hippos, How the Unassuming Microbe Has Driven Evolution~ - (Tom
Wakeford) "... way to Hollywood. Amid scenes of pod racing and inter-
galactic politicking, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace reveals that the Jedi's
mysterious Force arises from the symbiotic relationship with "midichlorians,"
microscopic life-forms that reside (according to George Lucas) "in all
living things""
Life Lessons from Soccer: What
Your Child Can Learn on and off the Field: A Guide for Parents and
Coaches~2001 - (Vincent Fortanasce) "...hard one worked, studied, or tried-you either got an A or
not. Even in Star Wars, the wise old Jedi, Yoda, said, "There is no try.
Only do!" However, for children, success is effort, trying hard, never
giving up."
Life Makeovers~2000 - (Cheryl
Richardson) In her "thank yous" "..."...coach Shirley
Anderson, thank you for your wise counsel and valuable editorial input,
especially at the beach! You are my "Yoda.". . ."
Life on Other Worlds: The 20th
Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate~1998 - (Stephen
J. Dick) "The continuing popular success of its sequels, The Empire
Strikes Back (1980) and The Return o f the Jedi (1983), with their renderings
of Yoda, Ewoks, and Jabba the Hutt, demonstrate that space opera was no less
popular at the end of the century than when Burroughs invented the genre."
Lightning~1996 - (Dean R.
Koontz)
Linux for Dummies~2000 - (Dee-Ann
LeBlanc) "...Your Feet Wet Getting Down and Installing Red Hat Linux
Do, or do not. There is no "try. " - Yoda ("The Empire Strikes
Back") You can install Red Hat Linux by booting with the Red Hat
Installation CD or by . . ."
Linux Networking Clearly
Explained~2001 - (Bryan
Pfaffenberger) [1]
describing assignment of IP addresses: 2. Hostname: Give each computer a
distinctive name. Some people like to use Sesame Street characters (Bert,
Ernie, Elmo, etc.), others like Star Wars characters (Luke, Yoda, Darth,
etc.). " [2] "Domain:
Use the same name of your own devising for each machine, such as Skywalker.org..."
Living Energy Universe,
The~1999 - (Gary E.R.
Schwartz) "...pursuing fiction in the name of science? Although Linda
and I both enjoy science fiction from time to time-and personally, Yoda is one
of our favorite fictional characters-it is neither our avocation nor
dedication.
Lizzie McGuire: Rumors &
I've got Rhythmic, Book 2~2003 - (Melissa
Gould) "...Which is kind of what Mr. Pettus was doing to Gordo. Which
makes me wonder. .. what kind of Jedi mind tricks are my parents and teachers
working on me? And the whole time, they "respected 1 his boundaries
..."
Lobster Kids' Guide to
Exploring Vancouver~2000 - (Jeni
Wright) At the Vancouver Police Mounted Guards Stables: meet (police
horses) Pico, Cambie, Buddy, Jedi, Sabre and Justice and their owners, of
course. Hear the fascinating history of the mounted police and discover how
much ..."
Lonely Lanet
Fiji~2003 - (Korina Miller) page 154 On
Colo-i-Suva Forest Park on Fiji: "...With just a touch of Indiana
Jones in the rope swings over water and stone steps across
streams..."
Lorelei's Guiding Light: An
Intimate Diary~2002 - (Beth
Chamberlin, Lorelei Hills) [1]
"I keep thinking about my little blond Yoda, telling me that I should not
die in my dreams [2]
"You left something out, blond Yoda. You told me not to die in my dreams,
but you forgot to mention other people."
Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt~2002 -
(William Nothdurft, Josh Smith) "Jason Poole is the sort of fellow who is
likely to get attention in a place like Cairo. A big brown bear of a man
with shiny dark hair down to his shoulders and a full beard, he is
called "Chewie" by the rest of the team, after the similarly hirsute
character Chewbacca in George Lucas's Star Wars saga-which, for some reason no
one can explain, today's generation of paleontologists seems to have committed
to memory"
Lost
Illusions~2002 - (David A. Cook) The impact of
Star Wars is covered. "In the years to come the Star Wars
phenomenon would change the American film industry and films themselves in
fundamental ways, but its most immediate effect was the sudden repositioning
of science fiction as a blockbuster genre." Goes on to compare
other sci-fi films at the time...then, "...both Star Wars and Close
Encounters were perfect escapist entertainment for a public weary of
post-Watergate cynicism and disillusionment.
M
MAC OS X
All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies~2002 (Mark
L. Chambers) on Subwoofers and MP3 Hardware: "...With a new set of
speakers and a subwoofer, you'll swear that Han Solo is sitting in the cockpit
chair next to you!..."
Macworld DVD Studio Pro
Bible~2001 - (Todd Kelsey) [1]"...
OK, now since the Rick menu is all set up to go, we can proceed to the Clone
Wars. As Yoda once said, "Do or do not, there is no try!" Cloning
the Rick Menu and altering its genes You may ..." [2]
"with no compression for the heck of it, but the effect was unpleasant,
so I remembered the wisdom of Yoda, who once said "Do or do not, there is
not try!" So I exported from After Effects as a Quicklime ..."
Making of the New Spirituality:
The Eclipse of the Western Religious Tradition~2003 -
(James A. Herrick) "...wildly popular Star Wars movie series
introduced American audiences to Yoda, a diminutive master of spiritual
secrets that allowed one to . . ."
Making Rain: The Secrets
of Building Lifelong Client Loyalty~2003 - (Andrew
Sobel) "...The Star Wars movies draw heavily on the Merlin legend:
Obi-Wan Kanobi, who is Luke Skywalker's first teacher, is a Merlin look-alike,
replaced later on by the enigmatic Yoda, who completes Luke's Jedi Warrior
training in the wilderness..."
Mammon, Inc~2003 - (Hwee
Hwee Tan) Pretty big dose of Star Wars imagery in her writing including a
major villainous character named, Dr. Draco Sidious..the CEO of Mammon, Inc.
Mammoth: the Resurrection
of an Ice Age Giant~2002 - (Richard Stone) In the
Acknowledgements: "... Heartfelt thanks to Gabrielle Walker for her
wisdom in structuring the book and saving me in a few passages from sounding
like the late Jedi Master Yoda."
Managerial
Leadership~2001 - (Peter Topping) "It all
starts there-your commitment and perseverance for behavioral change. As Star
Wars' Yoda proclaimed, "There is no try ... there is only do or not
do." Don't start down this path unless you really want to make the
journey ..."
Managers as Mentors:
Building Partnerships for Learning~1998 - (Chip
R. Bell) A Chapter on Surrendering, page 46 is all about Luke and Yoda and the
ship, example: ". . . Luke Skywalker is stranded on a strange planet, his
spaceship submerged deep in sludge. His only company is his mentor, Yoda, the
Jedi warrior. The tiny, strange-looking creature encourages Luke to use the
force. 'I'll try, " replies a discouraged Luke . . ."
Managing and Motivating
Contact Center Employees: Tools and Techniques for Inspiring Outstanding
Performance From Your Frontline Staff~ - (Malcolm
Carlaw) Contest themes? "Stay away from religious, political, or
cultural themes and anything with an overly specific appeal. It's better
to stay within broad themes such as eras or classic movies (keeping in mind
that to some agents this means Casablanca while to others it means Return of
the Jedi)."
Managing Systems
Migrations and Upgrades: Demystifying the Technology Puzzle~2001 - (Charles
V. Breakfield) "... future down turns. In both cases, investment
decisions are made on beliefs or expectations for the future. As master Yoda
said in the movie The Empire Strikes Back, "difficult to see, the future,
[it is] always clouded with emotion": So ..."
Man and Boy~2002 - (Tony
Parsons) "The man is Harry Silver, almost 30, a TV producer and happily married
to Gina. Happily married, that is, until Harry reaches 30, buys a red MG, has
a one-night stand with a colleague and Gina leaves him and goes to Japan. The
boy, their
Star Wars
obsessed 4-year-old son
Pat, is left with Harry in charge."
Marketing - The Retro
Revolution~2001 - (Stephen Brown) "When it
comes to Repro De Luxe there is only one contender for the all-comers title:
the Star Wars franchise." "Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and
Return of the Jedi were retro movies set in technologically advanced worlds,
some time in the distant past (`A long time ago, in a ..."
Marvel: The Characters
and Their Universe: Collectors~ - (Michael
Mallory) "The influence of Marvel Comics resonates in many of today's
leading pop culture figures, including such filmmakers as George Lucas, James
Cameron, and Quentin Tarantino, all of whom are confessed Marvel fans.
In the case of George Lucas, the influence seems clear: without the precedents
set by such mythology-rich properties such as X-Men, and characters such as
Phoenix, who after a largely noble history, allied with the dark side of the
cosmos, could there have been Star Wars and such a complex villain as Darth
Vader?
Mastering AspectJ:
Aspect-Oriented Programming in Java~2003 - (Joseph
D. Gradecki, Nicholas Lesieki) in the code examples are noted with "Star
Wars Trilogy" "Star Wars" "Empire Strikes Back"
"Return of the Jedi"
Mastering Audio: The Art
and Science~2002 - (Bob Katz) back cover
"Bob Katz is a true Jedi Knight of Audio"
Mastering Basic .NET Database Programming~2002
- (Evangelos Petroutsos)
"...Dep IVew Moon Roula wF,¢e ó d - .e , ef5ihmn vaey ll
A;godatalnfpsystercc OVII - e!, of „hron aalle" A:yoda:a Infos;sems
nunrer h - ralle-s .a - nardle, de! ?-k Joining Tables _J J ' The WHERE clause
enables you . . ."
Mastering ColdFusion MX~2002 - (Armen
Danesh) "Jedi" and "Jedi Master" are used a total of 8
times in the coding.
Mastering Delphi7~ - (Marco
Cantu) [1]
"... Source\RtI \Win folder. More Delphi units referring to other APIs
are available as part of the Delphi Jedi project at www.deIphi-jedi.org.
..." [2]
"... Bob Swart. You'll find a copy on his website, www.drbob42.com. The
tool is being extended by Project Jedi, under the name of DARTH project (www.delphi-iedi.org/team
darth home." [3]
(JEDI stands for: Joint Endeavor of Delphi Innovators)
Mastering JBuilder~2003 -
(Mike Rozlog) "Yoda" in the Java, example: Xrunjdwp:transport=dt
socket,address=Yoda:4619,susupend=y."
Master Visually HTML 4 XHTML
1~2000 - (Kelly L. Murdoch)
Build a Body section - in the code Body html: "... Menace<br/> 4.
E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial<br/> S. Jurassic Park<br/>Forrest
Gump<br/> 7. The Lion King<br/> 8. Return of the Jedi<br/>
9. Independence Day<br/> 1•. The Empire Strikes Back<br/>
</body> </html> The <body> tag can also hold the onload and
onunload ..."
Math Smart! : Over 220
Ready-to-Use Activities to Motivate & Challenge Students, Grades 6-12~2002
- (Judith A. Muschla, Gary
Robert Muschla) 6-2 Constructing a Pictogram -cites the following movies as an
example of a pictogram: "Movies/Ticket Sales in millions E.T. $400 Forest
Gump $330 Independence Day $310 Home Alone $290 Star Wars $460 Star Wars: The
Phantom Menace $430 Return of the Jedi $310 The Empire Strikes Back $290
Titanic $600 Jurassic Park $360 ..."
Matrix Warrior:
Being the One~2003 - (Jake Horsely) In the
Chapter, First Variable, compares what he calls the Matrix of our world and
compares the Native American to others...the NA finds that the elements of
this world are a test and others may see them as an inconvenience. "A
warrior faced with a night in the cold and no heater must use his wits, and
above all his will (see Glosary), in order to turn the situation to his
favor. Maybe he smashes a chair and builds a well-contained fire in the
corner. Or maybe, like Han Solo saving Luke in The Empire Strikes Back, he
cuts open a large biped and takes shelter in its entrails."
Maximum SAT~1997 - (Peter
Edwards) pg 219. Grammar examples. Like, such as, and as.
"Don't use like to show an example. NO: I enjoy sci-fi
movies like the original Star Wars. (This is wrong because it indicates
that this person enjoys movies similar to, but NOT including, Star
Wars) YES: I enjoy sci-fi movies such as the original Star Wars.
Media Culture: Cultural
Studies, Identity and Politics Between the Modern and the Post-Modern~ - (Douglas
Kellner) speaks of the incredible success of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones
trilogies.
Medieval Hero on
Screen: Representations from Beowulf to Buffy ~2004 - (Martha
W Driver, Sid Ray
- editors) Boys to
Men: Medievalism and Masculinity in Star Wars and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Tom
Henthorne) Tries to illustrate Medievalism, rather neomedivalism, is present
in Star Wars to suggest that things were better in the past, that the
conservative Jedi want to return the galaxy back to a more civilized age with
a more civilized social order.
Megamedia Shakeout: The Inside
Story of the Leaders and the Losers in the Exploding Communications
Industry~1995 - (Kevin Maney) General Magic (software developer) has rooms labeled things such as
"Yoda" and "Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory."
Melonpool III: A New
Hope~2002 - (Steve
Troop) "The comic is actually chock-full of Star Wars references -- the
Jalea Bates character actually started off as a rebuilt Protocol Droid, and a
recurring character is Yoda's black sheep brother
No-da, who uses the force for things like gambling and getting beers out of the refrigerator. " ~ Mr. Troop (Thank you Mr. Troop for your generosity!) Visit Steve Troop and Melonpool Get this book! 
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Mentor, 6" x 9" :
Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners~1999 -
(Laurent A. Daloz) This book has 15 references to The Yoda Factor, here's an
example: Mentors, Myths and Metamorphosis - If mentors didn't exist, we would
have to invent them. They come in an array of forms. Indeed we do so
from childhood on. They come in an array of forms, from the grandmotherly
fairy godmother to the elfin Yoda to the classic bearded Merlin. . ."
"Chapter Eight The Yoda Factor Guiding Adults Through Difficult
Transitions
Message in a
Bottle~1999 -
(Nocholas Sporks) page 152 on talking to her son:
"Just for a few minutes. He was on his way to Disneyland when I
called. He had early morning passes, so he couldn't talk that
long. He wanted to be one of the first in line at the Indiana Jones
ride"
Mercy Rule, The~1999 -
(John T. Lescroart)
[1]
"...combed back neatly. he was putting on his civilian coat and tie
at a few minutes after nine o'clock. "Where's Yoda?" Grahan
had christened Freeman after..." [2]
"...Hardy swore. "They stole her, didn't they?" "Not
quite." Graham looked over at Hardy. "I love that way Yoda
strings it out, don't you? You want to go out for the..." [3]
"...him up and Graham had him by several seconds. "that's six
hundred thousand dollars," he said. Never looking more like Yoda,
the infinitely kind, infinitely wise, infinitely sad Freeman met Hardy's
eyes. "She feels really bad about this, Diz." [4]
"...Not that it matters," Freeman grunted. He had
boosted himself up onto the table and was swinging his feet. "Yoda
unhappy," Graham said. "Yoda sad." "I'm
not unhappy. It was a good show, but I'm saying it doesn't matter."
[5]
"...it's still illegal, my sons." He pointed at Graham.
"Even if it's going to get you off." Graham was unconvinced.
"Yoda better that clearer make." . . ."
[6]
"...over the switchboard and she pointed vaguely off behind her.
"Mr. Russo's in his office. He wants to see you." Yoda figured that
proximity to his own august self during the four months of the trial
preparation had been proper training . . ."
[7]
"... self during the four months of the trial preparation had been proper
training to turn Graham into his very own Jedi knight, and after a week off to
reacclimatize to civilian life, the ex-defendant had come in to work at the
..."
Mi Cosenta: Episodio II
Silvio Berlusconi e l'esercito del cloni ~2003 (Alessandro
Amadori) Title: Episode II: Silvio Berlusconi And the Clone Army. (Thanks
to Giuseppe from GuerreStellari.com for this refernence!)
<Microserfs>~1996 -
(Douglas Coupland)
Microsoft Office 97 For Windows
For Dummies~ - (Wallace
Wang) In Chapter 2 Starting Microsoft Office 97 in figure 2-3 (the Open Office
Document Box) is a document named "jedi".
Midnight Come Again~2001
-
(Dana Stabenow) "..."You want to build
rockets?" "I want to fly them" she said.
"oh," Jim said. "You a Star Trek fan?" Her
smile came back, wider this time, matched by a twinkle in the brown
eyes. "Star Wars" "Aha," Jim said.
"Ancient weapons--" "--and a hokey religion" she
chimed irresistibly "are no match for a good blaster at your
side, kid" they both intoned. She giggled. It was an
enchanting sound. In the next instant she was serious again, her
voice back to its whisper. "They never should have taken Darth Vader's
mask off." "In Jedi?" he said. "Yeah."
"What should they have done instead?" She thought about that, very
grave. "They should have let us see his face in Luke's ..."
Midnight Hour, The~1999 -
(Karen Robards) A dog in this story needed to be
named. The little girl Jessica thinks Chewie is a good name, "it's
short for Chewbacca!, you know from Star Wars"
Military Planning and the
Origins of the Second World War in Europe~2000 - (B.J.C.
McKercher) Chapter 6 Jedi Knights of the Kremlin: The Soviet Military in the
1930s and the Genesis of Deep Battle"
Millennials Rising: The Next Great
Generation~2000 - (Neil
Howe, William Strauss) "...of order and stability-not a return to the
1950s, but the forging of a new national consensus. -Tobias Burmeister Master
Yoda says I should be mindful of the future. -Obi-Wan Kenobi, in The Phantom
Menace 349 . . ."
Mindful Recovery: A
Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction~2002 - (Thomas
Bien) a bit on God and Evil and facing the evil inside of ourselves:
"This theme is reflected, for example, in the Star Wars series,
when the hero, Luke Skywalker, must face one last challenge to become a true
Jedi knight. He must face the evil, the dark side of the Force, in the guise
of his own father, Darth Vader. That is to say, he must face the evil
himself"
Miracles of Mind:
Exploring Nonlocal Consciousness and Spiritual Healing~1999 -
(Russell Targ) "...I believe that the
stimulation of being on TV parallels Yoda's advice from Star Mrs., when Luke
Skywalker was trying to psychically levitate his starship from the mud:
"There is no trying. Only doing . . ."
Misty Morning, A~2001 - (Rett
Macpherson) "Do you know what Brian Filmore looks like, Mother?"
Rachel asked, obviously frustrated with me. "I don't care if he looks
like Chewbacca-" "Chewbacca is adorable compared to him. He never
brushes his teeth," she said. "Regardless. It wasn't nice of Mary to
..."
Mobile IP Technology for
M-Business~2001 - (Mark Norris) Lingo and their
meanings: "OBI: Open Buying on the Internet' a standard for secure,
interoperable, business-to-business Internet commerce developed by the
Internet Purchasing Roundtable and maintained by the OBI Consortium. OBI WAN:
True first name of Ben Kenobe, Jedi knight, padawan of Qui Gon Jinn."
Modeling a Character in
3DS Max~ - (Paul Steed) "... to reflect a
perfectly planned shoulder that was mirrored and then left alone, untouched in
its perfection and demonstrating my Jedi-like skills at modeling-but that's
not very realistic. In fact, this kind of problem occurs all the time, so get
used ..."
Modern Manners: An
Etiquette Book for Rude People~1990 - (P. J.
O'Rourke) Advice for interviewees about their interviewers: "...But don't
forget that twenty years ago this personnel manager was wearing his hair like
Chewbacca, gobbling psilocybin mushrooms, and throwing ox blood on draft
files. When he sees you trying to present a conservative ..."
Money Management for the
Creative Person: Right Brain Strategies to Build Your Bank Account and Find
the Financial Freedom to Create~2002 - (Lee
Silber) [1]
"...A professor sent McFarlane's student film to Hanna Barbera, where he
was hired right out of college. That led to a three-year, multimillion-dollar
deal with 20th Century Fox. Who is your "Yoda"?" [2]
"The picture made more than $650 million,
and Willis made millions, too. Your intuition is like having your own Yoda.
The force is IN you. Trust your inner directors."
Moongate A Novel~2002 - (William
Proctor, David Weldon) "Hiramatsu and his scientists had fashioned these
so that there was actually an end to the lasers, reminiscent of the imaginary
light-saber weapons used by the Jedi knights in the old Star Wars
movies."
Moon Handbooks: Smoky Mountains~2002 - (Mike
Sigalas, Jeff Bradley) On the Cult of Christy, "... her inspiring
adventures with the inhabitants of that mountain community. The plot in many
ways prefigures the Luke Skywalker-Princess Leia-Han Solo love triangle in the
Star Wars trilogy. Christy is caught between her affection for an earnest
young minister and her attraction to a brooding, scampish local doctor - an
agnostic - and meanwhile faces pedagogical challenges as she adjusts to the
ways of the mountain people. The young woman's faith in the Force--er,
God--however, sees her through her troubles. She decides that her love
for the minister is more brotherly than romantic, and when the brooding doctor
converts, the final obstacle is out of the way, and she ends up with him
..."
Moral Life of Children,
The~2000 - (Robert Coles) Nice bit on pages 83 -
86 on [1] Star Wars,
Empire and Jedi and the way the author saw the films, related to them and
remembered them, but also giving some words on how children view movies such
as these.. [2] And,
on page 90 "... college students, even a few of the medical students I
teach, go to see Star Wars or Return of the Jedi three or four times, and
listen to John Williams's scores, and buy the posters and books? A fad, a cult
..."
More Joy of Mathematics:
Exploring Mathematics Around You~1991 - (Theoni
Pappas) "Computers have been used to generate fractal landscapes and
scenes in movies such as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in the birth of a new
planet and the planet floating in space in The Return of the Jedi, as well as
the superb graphics displayed by Pixar Company at a Dallas computer show in
1986."
Motherless Brooklyn~2000 -
(Jonathan Lethem) "..."But Roshi did come here from Japan." From the name I pictured a
wizened old man, a little bigger than Yoda in Return of the Jedi "No,
Roshi's American. He used to have an American name." "Which
was?" "I don't know."
Motley Fool Investment Workbook~1998 - (David
Gardner) Chapter 5 "The Foolish Four Approach Ahh, young Jedi, you're
still reading. So you are interested in learning about common stocks-what our
high schools, colleges, and business schools often neglect to teach us."
Motley Fools Rule Breakers, Rule Makers: The Foolish Guide to Picking
Stocks~2000 - (David and Tom Gardner)
"...wasn't until he turned thirty-five years old, after an unremarkable
return to acting, that he landed the role of Han Solo in Star Wars. A layman's
understanding of how a guy like Harrison Ford then plowed ahead to capture
leading roles..."
Mountain Bike! Northwest Washington: A Guide to Trails and Adventure~2003 - (John
Zilly) on Chelan "Still it's a tough ride. Of course the descent is
so fun- a veritable Jedi run- that you will surely forget the strenuous climb
before completing the loop."
Move Your Stuff,
Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect and
Happiness~2000 (Karen
Rauch Carter) ". . .You can also use the three Wise Men (even if it's not
Christmas, Merlin the magician, Yoda, Ben (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Einstein, or Gandhi
depicted in statues, pictures, posters, or toys. . ."
Movie Mistakes - (Jon
Sandys) "In Star Wars, when the Stormtroopers break into the control room,
one of them nearly knocks himself out on the door frame"
Movies That
Changed US~2003 - (Nick Clooney) Pages 27 - 43
Star Wars.
MPEG-4 Facial
Animation: The Standard, Implementation and Applications~2002 - (Igor
S. Pandzic) 4.4.9 facial examples, one is Yoda.
Muhammed Ali:
His Life and Times~1992 -
(Thomas Hauser) "Still, Herbert Muhammad has his detractors. "Did
you ever see that movie, Return of the Jedi?" asks Belinda Ali. "You
know that character, Jabba the Hut? That's what I think of Herbert."
Multiple Streams
of Internet Income~2001 -
(Robert G. Allen) "...what if your life literally depended upon your
success? Would you prepare differently? Most people try things. I don't. As
Yoda taught Luke Skywalker, there is no try. There is either do or do not.
When I design a marketing campaign, . . ."
My American Journey~1996 -
(Joseph Persico and Colin Powell) SDI
My Cat Spit McGee~2000 - (Willie
Morris) "...There partially hidden beneath a little green LilyPad, was
the bullfrog himself, eyes in ebony dark in the fading light, who though
smaller bore in the instant a certain benign resemblance to the mystical Yoda
in The Empire Strikes Back..."
My Gender Workbook~1997 - (Kate
Bornstein) Playing with gender is all well and good, but it has its downside.
Remember what Yoda said to Luke Skywalker: If you want to be a Jedi Knight,
you need to walk on the Dark Side . . ."
Mystic Chords of Memory:
Transformation of Tradition in American Culture~1993 - (Michael
Kammen) "If Star Wars offered a simple-minded reprise of certain American
myths, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) included
celebrations of victory that drew in vague and misleading ways upon the
American Revolution, World War II, and science fiction."
Mystify the Magician~2001 -
(Katherine A. Applegate) "...So we sat down well off the road,
damned if Merlin didn't brew up a hot pot of tea. out of damp twigs that
shouldn't burn and whipped a little teapot out of his rucksack. It was a Yoda
moment. I expected him to start talking backward and moving like a Muppet.
"Screwed we are, yes." "
My Teenage Son's
Goal In Life Is To Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old" and Other Thoughts On
Parenting From Dave Barry~2001 - (Dave
Barry) on his son: "...I can vividly remember when he slept on Return of
the Jedi sheets."
Myth of Primitivism:
Perspectives on Art, The~1992 -
(Susan Hiller) [1]
"... human nature. A recent high point in the traditions of both
primitivism and orientalism is the film Return of the Jedi. The film is
basically divided into three elements, a battle over the futuristic hi-tech
headquarters of the evil emperor, the ..." [2]
"... reassured and tamed, of monkeys, of acrobats, and of the high
cranial ridge of primitive hominids. The Return of the Jedi thereby continues
the popular version of a genre which is sanctified in the museums and
galleries of primitive and exotic ..."
Myth of the American
Superhero, the~2002 - (John
Shelton Lawrence, Robert Jewett) Fascist
Faith in the Star Wars Universe
pages
265 - 279 "Who Will Save Your Soul?" The
Religious Aspirations of George Lucas Luke Skywalker
and Darth Vader as Monomythic Heroes The Political
Symbolisms of Star Wars Fascism, Star Wars' Spiritual
Cousin Star Wars' Fascism and Pop Culture.
N
Oh God!: A Black Woman's Guide
to Sex and Spirituality~2002 - (Susan
Newman) "...All of us have been told to "listen to your inner voice,
trust your instincts." I automatically picture Luke Skywalker being
mentored by Yoda in Star Wars. Luke would try to rely solely upon his five
senses and skill, but Yoda taught him to focus on the Force and guidance
within."
On Edge~2002 - (Barbara
Fister) ""Caretaker for this property" "Is that your
collie in the truck?" "Chewbacca, yeah." "Beautiful
animal." His shy smile flickered like an involuntary muscle twitch. Fog
rolled in as night fell."
One Door Away From Heaven~2002 -
(Dean R. Koontz) There were several references to Star Wars the story,
to Darth Vader and to Princess Leia throughout the whole book... Even some
Star Trek and new movies were also part of the descriptive narrative
(Thanks
to rachel1013 for this reference!)
One Fine Day in the Middle of
the Night~2003 - (Christopher
Brookmyre) A conversation where the theory is that good guys get shot in the
arm: [1] "...
again in Predator. Danny Glover in Predator 2. Danny Glover again in Lethal
Weapon. Carrie Fisher in Return of the Jedi. The golden era was, of course,
your Joel Silver Eighties - I suppose that should be Silver era, shouldn't it?
..."
[2] "Mrs. Laurence had
climbed to her feet and trilled out the order in that universal classroom
register, comparable with Jedi mind-control. Grown men - terrorists, even -
might not obey it now they were adults, but they were powerless..."
One Last Shot: The Story of
Michael Jordan's Comeback~2002 - (Mitchell
Krugal) "...final playoff push playing on one final knee. Afterward,
Kobe shared a conversation with Michael that played out as a
Yoda-on-his-deathbed moment. But there was be no passing of the torch, no last
rites, no breath of fresh Air. "I know . . ."
One Life at a Time: Helping
Skills and Interventions~2003 (Jeffrey
A. Kottler, Leah Brew) - Psychoanalyzing
Darth Vader. Starting with the sub-header on page 48 titled, What Using
a Theory Looks Like. Subsequent sub-headings: Darth Vader: A Brief
Biography; Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud) Conceptualization of Darth Vader;
Person-Centered (Rogers) Conceptualization of Darth Vader; Cognitive Therapy
(Beck)
One Nation, Extra Cheese:
Your Guide to the Bestest Country Ever~2002 - (Modern
Humorist) Under Entertainment: Sci-fi there is a comparison. Two camps
of sci-fi fans: Star Trek and Star Wars fans:
Star Trek: Found at: Sci-fi
conventions Object of Desire: Seven of Nine Wishes he could be:
Captain Picard Name used when posting on internet forums:
klingonwarrior24 Secret Fantasy: Holodeck adventure with Deanna Troi
Appearance: Fat and Sweaty
Star Wars: Found at: Sleeping
in line at the theatre six weeks in advance Object of desire: Carrie
Fisher in "Return of the Jedi" slave outfit Wishes he could
be: Carrie Fisher's "Return of the Jedi" slave outfit Name
used when posting on internet forums: killjarjar Secret fantasy: George
Lucas makes another good film Appearance: Fat and/or sweaty:
Onion Ad Nauseum, The~2002 -
(Robert Siegel) Moreland said he can't understand science-fiction fans'
obsession with make-believe characters like Captain Kirk and Boba Fett.
"Guys like [Dansby], they see these pretend people on TV and in the
movies, and they think they're real;" (from The Onion online)
Online Customer Service for
Dummies~2001 - (Keith Bailey) "...Some
Style to dour Emails Well-constructed sentences are easy to read. Although
they're concise, they do not resemble quips from Yoda. You should always
strive for a balance between getting to the point and creating a friendly
tone. . ."
On the Oceans of Eternity~2000
- (S. M. Stirling) [1]
"...the black outfit Luke Skywalker wore when he walked into Jabba the
Hutt's palace in the third Star Wars flick, Return of the Jedi. Oh, Jesus, he
thought. I've been captured by psychotic media fans. Walker took three quick
strides, still smiling, and jerked ..."
On the Warriors Path:
Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology~2003 - (Daniele
Bolelli) [1]
"Clearly this is not the result of a day or a year spent practicing
martial arts. There is no "easy, quick method to become a Jedi master in
ten simple lessons." The development of talents unknown to normal men is
a path that takes years and that only a few individuals can follow."
[2]
".The warrior myth that is at the roots of martial arts, however, is not
found only what corresponds to a narrow definition of a martial arts
movie. The Star Wars original trilogy serves as a good example.
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are three sci-fi
films, full of special effects, good and evil robots, aliens of all shapes and
forms, and Imperial spaceships fighting rebel spaceships. But, this is
not all. They are also three martial arts movies that focus on the
warrior myth much more than many orthodox martial arts flicks. The
characters of Yoda and Obi Wan Kenobi are molded on the archetype of the
Taoist fighting masters. The "Force," the invisible energy
that gives life to all things and that can be tapped into as a source of
incredible powers, is taken directly from the concept of Chi existing in the
lore of Asian martial arts. The martial and philosophical training of the Jedi
Knights has some parallels in those schools of martial arts
where..." [3]
"... all wrongs has always created legendary figures. They are the
Shaolin fighting monks, the Knights of the Round Table, the Jedi masters, or
the members of the Fellowship of the Ring. They heard the Call and followed it
until they met ..." [4]
"... approach to lifer We are surrounded by cynicism and abandonment.
There are no Jedi masters guiding us along the way. Only a mass of faces on
which are carved the wrinkles of defeat. ..."
Opera For Dummies~1997 - (David
Pogue) "...same stunt in the movie music, providing a different
musical theme for Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and even Yoda...."
Operating
Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year~1994 - "...is more like Sam's, lovely and alert and peaceful and entranced. Sam is a
happy person. He has this little Yoda smile. He is a poem. It seems like he's
turning out okay. It's all these people who love him so . . ."
Organizational Communication: Balancing Creativity and Constraint~2001 - (Eric M. Eiesenberg) Theories of Organizational Communication we learn from Yoda of a transcendent "force" that can somehow end the conflict forever.
Organization
Theory: Modern, Symbolic, and Post-Modern Perspectives~1997 - (Mary
Jo Hatch) "...A scene in the movie Star Wars provides a vivid image of
the need to shift from static to dynamic models. In this scene the Millennium
Falcon, Han Solo's space- ship, is about to make the jump to light speed. The
image on the screen shows us what Han, the pilot, sees out the front window of
his ship, first we see a collection of distinct points of light, presumably
stars, but the instant the ship reaches light-speed velocity, the lights melt
to linear traces past which we seem to move extremely rapidly..."
Otherness and the Media: The
Ethnography of the Imagined and the Imaged (Studies in Film and Video)~1993 - (Hamid
Naficy) "...when most of the world was dominated by Europe, can thus be
read as an analogue of imperial expansion. Similarly in recent films
such as Return of the Jedi (1983) the conquest of outer space exists on a
continuum with an imperial narrative in which the visualization of the planet
provides the paradigm for the representation of Third World
"underdevelopment" (deserts, jungles, mountains)..."
Our Boys Speak:
Adolescent Boys Write About Their Inner Lives~2000 - (John
Nikkah, Leah Furman) "...I pictured spaceships from Star Wars battling
overhead in orbit, and I hoped for Han Solo to drop by in the Millennium
Falcon to tell me that he needed to take me away to fight some battle against
the evil empire ..."
Out of Control: The New Biology
of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World~1995 - (Kevin
Kelly) "You are immersed in a red- sand desert world chasing other legged
tanks (à la Return of the Jedi) and being chased in return. The rules are war
simple: it's kill or be killed. Driving through the red desert ..."
Out of Weakness: Healing the
Wounds that Drive Us to War~1988 - (Andrew
Schmookler) [1] "Likewise, the final film of the Star Wars Saga, The Return of the Jedi, flirts
with the idea of an alternative, only to return to the tried and true. Luke
Skywalker confronts the trap ..." [2] "...
in which the "Death Star" of the Empire is completely antiseptic,
with hard, polished surfaces, cleansed of all good the Jedi, on the other
hand, those who are serving the Force and struggling to preserve life, live in
earthy environments..."
Over the Edge~2001 - (Suzanne
Brockman) "...go, on the move again, is that what you're trying to
tell me?" Kenny slipped neatly from evil overlord to Yoda. "Try
not," he told Gordie solemnly as he untied the rope that held the Scots'
feet. "Do. Or do not." . . ."
Oxford Dictionary -
Entries: Dark Side, Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knights, The Force
Oxford History of World
Cinema~1999 - (Geoffrey
Nowell Smith) "...have faith in his own abilities. In a scene in The
Empire Strikes Back (1980), old and tiny Jedi Master Yoda used the Force to
raise Luke Skywalker's fighter from the swamp. `I don't believe it,' Luke
says. . ."
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