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P: A Novel~2003 - (Andrew Lewis Conn) "Finn, in black, in full Hamlet regalia with outstretched Yorick skull, was trick-or-treating with neighborhood friends dressed as Yoda, Leonardo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, and the red . . ."

Pacific Coast Highway: Traveler's Guide~2003 - (Tom Snyder) "A little further along, just a few miles south of Crescent City, you'll pass through a portion of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, which is surprisingly beautiful for being right on a main highway, with a feeling of near privacy about the drive through.  This is also the location used in Star Wars where Luke Skywalker and his chums all flew through the big trees (actually Return of the Jedi)"....etc., etc., "Hmmm, Jedediah Smith Redwoods.  Well, how about Jedi? Works for me..."

Paradise Burning~1998 (Chris Simunek) [1] "they were playing a game of fooz-ball. I watched one movie that starred this huge, hairy man who looked like Chewbacca."  [2] "... mostly couples, had come to see the ten o'clock show. I sat back at the bar. For all I knew, Chewbacca was going to come out and do his Harlem Globetrotters act, and this not being Ocean- world"

Paradise Screwed~2001 - (Carl Hiaasen) "And for his lawyer: Bob Traurig or Tom Carlos, who has become the new Yoda-figure-on zoning matters the commissioners seem in awe of his wisdom, and vote accordingly. "

Paradise Snare~1998 - (A.C. Crispin) In the second chapter of the paradise snare Han is talking about his personas, one of which is Jenos Idanian, now if you move around the letters it becomes Jones Indiana, or Indiana Jones if you reverse the words. In case you didn't know, Indiana Jones is a character that Harrison Ford played. Harrison also played Han Solo in The Star Wars trilogy.  Another interesting tidbit of information, is his cousins last name, Suul, which was George Lucas' original last name for Han Solo, but was debunked due to it sounding too much like Sulu from Star Trek. (thanks to Sander for the info!)

Paradox of Contemporary Architecture, The~2001 - (Peter Cook) An extract of a lecture on Architectural Eschatology is used.  In it Sumet Jemsai says that Star Wars, Star Trek et al. are hugely plagiaristic:  "Earlier in this century Georges Méliès produced the very first [silent] science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon (1902).  A number of the same genre followed, culminating in Stanley Kubrick's, 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968....2001 of course gave rise to automatic plagiarisation of the genre with an untold number of home TV type sequels: Star Wars, Star Trek, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, etc., so that Arthur C. Clark now has to put in his final word with 3001." 

Paris to the Moon~2001 - (Adam Gopnik) On pinball games: "Each machine has an automated bonus, something weird that happens if you get enough points, and there is something rapt and lovely, in this day of virtual everything, about the clockwork nightingale mechanicalness of the pinball machines, about the persistence of their metallic gears and simple slot-and-track devices.  So far we have been through major-league baseball, Star Wars (Han Solo gets blasted into that carbon sheet)..."

Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto~2003 - (Anneli S. Rufus) "Anticipating the release of George Lucas's first Star Wars film in 1976, the Kenner company produced action figures based on its characters. Han Solo, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, the robots-it was a numbers game..."

Passion, Profit, Power~1997 - (Marshall Sylver) The author is talking about which words to remove from one's vocabulary, on being TRY, he goes on to say, "...An excellent example of this is in The Return of the Jedi, young Luke Skywalker seeks to learn the secrets of the famous Jedi Master, Yoda. Luke is initially incredulous that this small, green creature is The Master and further disappointed not to be given . . ."

Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, The~1998 - (Nicholas Lore) ". . .Bucky was much more than an architect. If you can imagine Obiwan Kanobe and Yoda combined in a real person who was at the same time a master futurist, scientist, engineer, architect, inventor, . . ."

PC's for Dummies~1999 - (Dan Gookin) Get ready at the mic and then click the record button. Start talking or singing or doing your Yoda impression. When you want to stop, click the stop button."

Penny Dreadful~2001 - (Will Christopher Baer)  "He couldn't bend himself that far over if Yoda himself was sitting on his neck, croaking a lot of Jedi nonsense at him."

People in Space: Policy Perspectives for a "Star Wars" Century~1985 - (James E. Katz) (Reagan's Star Wars)

Perl, CGI and Javascript Complete~ - (Sybex Inc., et al.) "but it should now be in alphabetical order, as shown in Figure 9.10. ns n s jdk1.1.S\bin;c:\jdk1.1.5\lib\classes.zip;c:\h\jedi\lih: p g p v _ he value of PROCESSOR-IDENTIFIER is x86 Family 6 Model 1 Stepping 9. Genuinelntel '_ he ..."

Person : An Integrated Introduction to Personality Psychology, The~2000 - (Dan P. McAdams) Yoda?

Peter Jackson: From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings~2004 - (Ian Pryor) page 83 Jackson often described his film Blubberhead as "Indiana Jones mixed with Monty Python"

Phantom Defense: America's Pursuit of the Star Wars Illusion~2001 - (Craig R. Eisendrath) title

Philosopher at the End of the Universe: Philosophy Explained Through Science Fiction Films, The~2004 - (Mark Rowlands) Explains through Nietzschean theory why classic villain, Darth Vader, could never be an Overman (a human who has battled modern values and overcome the flaws of humanity) because he doesn't quite fill the requirements.  Instead of continually transforming through sublimation (modifying his instinctual impulses in a socially acceptable manner), he gives in to hate/anger freely.  Note: Anakin is spelled Annakin at all mentions of this character.

Philosophy and Cognitive Science: Categories, Consciousness, and Reasoning~1996 - (Andy Clark, Jesus Esquerro, Jesus M. Larrazabal) Attitudes Content and Identity by Juan J. Acero.  Trying to solve, or at least explain through illustration. Frege's puzzle (Gottleb Frege - German logician, mathematician, philosopher)  Differentiating between these expressions: (1) Anakin Skywalker does not serve the Emperor  and (2) Darth Vader does not serve the Emperor  and asking how is it possible for anyone, Luke Skywalker for example, to understand and accept (1) without accepting and emphatically denying (2) ...even though Anakin is Darth Vader ...etc., etc.

Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy~2002 - (Christopher Falzon) "Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977), while it makes much of the marvels of technology, also refers us to a higher religious perspective, the Jedi religion which supports central human values including respect for life, justice and liberty- Technology- without a higher religious dimension is represented by the Empire's Death Star, the moon-sized war machine capable of destroying entire planets..." etc.

Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart~1990 - (Noel Caroll) [1] "In the Three Princesses of Whiteland...a lad is beset by a three-headed troll; however, the writing does not signal that he finds this particular creature any more unusual than the lions he passed earlier.  A creature like Chewbacca in the space opera Star Wars is just one of the guys, though a creature gotten up in the same wolf outfit, in a film like The Howling, would be regarded with utter revulsion by the human characters in that fiction" [2] "Indeed, there is a creature that looks rather like Chewbacca in Return of the Vampire 8 Tzvetan Todorov, The Fantastic (Ithaca. Cornell University Press, 1975). 9 Such as Terry Heller, ..."

Philosophy of Religion~2001 - (Michael Peterson) Page 342-33  starts with: "Luke Skywalker did not know about the Force until he met Obi-Won Kenobi..."  (another great spelling)

Phish Companion, The~2000 - (Tom Marshall) In the acknowledgements: John "Yoda" Davis

Photoshop for Nonlinear Editors~2003 - (Richard Harrington) "I knew from age 10, when I fell in love with Return of the Jedi, that I wanted to work in film and video. So in a way, I'm fulfilling my life-long dream."

Plan B~2000 - (J. Tropper) An excerpt from the jacket: Jonathan Tropper’s wonderful debut novel is about more than friendship, love, celebrity, addiction, kidnapping, or even turning thirty- it’s a heartfelt, sharply written, comic riff on what it means to be an adult against your will, to be single when you thought you’d have a family, to realize nothing in life happens like you planned it, to discover you are not, in fact, immortal, and to learn that Star Wars is as good a life lesson today as it was when you were six years old. (references the film and childhood)

Planetary Mysteries~1987 - (Richard Gossinger) "...Jedi knights, and incarnations of Merlin the magician. When the camera turns to him at the end, he recalls Spielberg's leprechaun-seer Yoda. But at this juncture of our culture I prefer the open hand of karate to the light sword of the Jedi ..." 

Planet Medicine: Origins~ - (Richard Grossinger, John E. Upledger) [1] "...components of training that sound like the trials of a Jedi warrior. More MEDICINE commonly these days in the West, Chi Gung is taught as an accessible series of exercises for ..." [2] "... concerning the meaning and commoditization of all cures and the social ramifications and archetypal expression of medicine itself. The Jedi sword of Samuel Hahnemann's homeopathic microdoses ("May the force be with you!") was gracefully cast as the star of my ..."

Plantation: A Lowcountry Tale~2001 - (Dorothea Benton Frank) "Harry, president of the fifth grade, Roller-blading wizard, straight A student; and Harry, the once and future Jedi, was a total and complete pain in my ass."

Plowing the Dark~2001 - (Richard Powers) "... were everywhere taped over with flowcharts, logic listings, parodies of user documentation manuals, and autographed publicity photos of Yoda, Mr. Spock, and Steve Jobs. The earth-toned moldings reeked of cedar, fresh latex, and tennis shoes worn too long..."

Poetry Slam~2000 - (Gary Mex Glazner)  In a poem by Michael R. Brown, Ali, part III: "...We look at him like Han Solo frozen by Jabba the Hut, alive...but not quite..."

Politics in Southeast Asia: Democracy or Less~2002 - (William Case) on Miriam Defensor Santiago (candidate): "... her the election in 1992, she evidently fatigued the voters this time around. Christening her campaign "The Return of the Jedi" and erecting a billboard that depicted her wielding a laser sword, she slumped to seventh in the polls and gained les than 3% of the vote..."

Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker~2003 - (James McManus) McManus describing a hand involving Hasan: "...My next three hands are unplayable, but on Hand 9, in the big blind, I discover the A-Q of clubs and get ready to raise.  Fold, fold, fold.  But, Hasan in the small blind, raises all-in right in front of me.   Bawk, buck, buck, buck.  I shoot him a curious glance, do a double take: he's radically changed.  I don't know when he put them on, but he's now wearing Darth Vader shades beneath a black, ultimatebet.com hat with the brim turned down low.  What to do."

Pot Planet: Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture~2002 - (Brian Preston)  "Listening to Soma, one of Amsterdam's finest growers, that Yoda-like Yank with Rastafarian dreadlocks down to his knees"

Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron~2003 - (Mimi Swartz, Sherron Watkins) [1] "... in-laws. He went to Skilling and suggested that he manage this new entity, which he had named Chewco investments -after Chewbacca, the furry Star Wars wookie." [2] "... up-front fees and expenses needed to close the deal. The deal toy-a gift that commemorated the deal-was that huge, stuffed Chewbacca head commissioned by Fastow."  [3] "...Sherron had been in a conference with Fastow and another executive, fretting over the pitch for a new fund, named YODA after yet another Star Wars character."

Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal, The~2003 - (Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz) page 131 "The search for meaning and purpose is among the most powerful and enduring themes in every culture..." "...The power of purpose is woven just as deeply through modern popular culture, in movies ranging from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which retells the story of Perceval's search for the Holy Grail through the swashbuckling character of Indiana Jones; to the Star Wars trilogy, in which Luke Skywalker faces down his own deepest fears by overcoming Darth Vader and the evil Empire and rescuing Princess Leia."

Power of Myth, The~1991 (reissue) - (Joseph Campbell) This book was created from the Bill Moyers interviews with Joseph Campbell which took place at Skywalker Ranch and the Amer. Museum of Natural History in NY.  The references flow throughout the book.  Photos of Luke Skywalker in M. Falcon and Darth Vader/Boba Fett.

Power Yoga for Dummies~2001 - (Doug Swenson) [1]  "...Before I actually studied with a guru, I envisioned the master Yoga teacher to be someone like Yoda from the movie Star Wars. . ." [2] Chapter Engaging the Force: A Full Power Routine >Working Through the May the Force Be With You Routine "Some of the lead characters in the popular "Star Wars" movies acquired an internal power called the Force. Well, you don't have to be a Jedi warrior to plug into that kind of power - as a Yogi or Yogini, you can draw from your pruna, or life-force, energy anytime (no light sabre required)...Enjoy the ride Jedi...I mean Yoga...warrior!" 

Practice of Facilitation, The~1998 - (Harry Webne-Behrman) "... appreciate the Star Wars movie trilogy (Lucasfilms: 1977, 1980, 1983), in which the hero, Luke Skywalker, attempts to become a Jedi knight to overcome the evil dark side of a mysterious force. Luke's early efforts, spent combating the force, are a failure..."  

Presence of Others: Voices and Images that Call for Response~1999 - (Andrea A. Lunsford) "...Then it should do everything possible to make sure that their energies are directed towards good, rather than evil. When Yoda sat on his rock in The Empire Strikes Back and told Luke Skywalker that he had to choose between the dark force and the light.  He knew what he was talking about."

Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons~2002 - (Robert M. Sapolsky) "The scenario was set: Gideon, the young Jedi knight; Nat reluctantly comes out of retirement to be Obi-Wan Kenobi; they form a coalition, overthrow Nick, truth and justice triumph, Han Solo and Princess Leia have a consortship as the movie ends."

Princess Diaries Series -  (Meg Cabot) (Thanks to Cap'n Rackham for the alert!) Here's what I found: 

    Princess Diaries~2001 page 72 "...I said Harrison Ford even though he's so old, but the Harrison Ford from Indiana Jones, not Star Wars, and then Lilly said she'd choose Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan in those Tom Clancy movies, and then Michael goes, ..."

    Princess in Pink~2004 [1] page 104 "... soon you'll have a different use for those sanitary napkins of mine you stole to make into beds for your Star Wars action figures" talk. Oh, no. Today was the "You're fifteen now and you have a boyfriend and last night my ..."  [2] page 114 "... get over this obviously deeply rooted prejudice he has against the prom. Except possibly if the prom were a combo prom/Star Wars/Star Trek/Lord of the Rings/computer convention. ..."  [3] page 252 "... of all the things I could do with a baby brother ... you know, make him wait on line for Star Wars tickets, something no girl would ever be stupid enough to do."    

    Princess in Love~2003  page 209 "... Grandmère's ever done. But I guess that shouldn't be very surprising. We are related, after all. Then again, so were Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. Must go. Baywatch is on..."

    Princess in Waiting~2003 [1] page 94 "LinuxRulz: Want to go to dinner at the Screening Room?  They're showing the first Star Wars."  [2] page 95 "LinuxRulz: Kid, I've been from one side of this galaxy to the other- which is one of my favorite lines from the first Star Wars.  So then I wrote, FtLouie: I happen to like nice men. - Jumping ahead to The Empire Strikes Back, to which Michael replied, LinuxRulz: I'm nice" [3] Page 116 I am totally used to being the only person I know who sits through Empire Records every time it comes on TBS and who things it is one of the best movies ever made- after Star Wars and Dirty Dancing and Say Anything and Pretty Woman, of course.  Oh, and Tremors and Twister." [4] page 137 "I tried to explain how this date could not be postponed or rescheduled, as Star Wars would only be showing at the Screening Room that night..." [5] page 141 "...Worse, what if he asks some other girl to see Star Wars with him? I mean, some girl who knows all the lines you're supposed to shout at the screen..."  [6] page 150 "Why couldn't Michael be my escort to the Contessa Trevanni's black-and-white ball?  Okay, granted, it was no Star Wars.  And yeah, he'd have to get his hands on a tux and all..." [7] page 159 "Grandmère's got me in for some fine tuning.  Speaking of which, is there, like, a later showing of Star Wars than the seven o'clock? LinuxRulz: Yeah, there's an eleven.  Why?  FTLouIE: Oh, nothing. "  [8] page 160 "FtLouie: I've been trying to think of names for your band.  LinuxRulz: What does that have to do with whether or not there's a later showing of Star Wars Friday night?  FtLouie: Well, nothing, I guess.  Except what do you think of Michael and the Wookiees? LinuxRulz: I think you've been playing with Fat Louie's cat nip mouse again.  FtLouie: Ha ha.  OK, how about the Ewoks.  LinuxRulz: The EWOKS? Where did your grandma take you today after she hauled you out of homeroom? Electro shock therapy?   FtLouie: I'm only trying to help.  LinuxRulz: I know, sorry.  Only I don't think the guys would really enjoy being equated with furry little Muppets from the planet Endor.  I mean, I know one of them is Boris, but even he would draw the line at Ewoks, I hope. 

    Princess in the Spotlight ~2002 page 232 "...I am going to have to readjust everything I ever thought about him. Kind of like when Luke Skywalker finds out his dad is really Darth Vader. Only the opposite."

Principals of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation~1999 - (George P. Prigatano) "Although these symbols greatly contribute to a sense of meaning or purpose in life, as Master Yoda says in the movie Star Wars, "there is another." Play This other force is the symbol of play."

Problem-Solving Exercises in Physics~1997 -  (Jennifer Bond Hickman)  Question: As the Rebel Forces fly by the Death Star at a speed of 0.980c, what is the apparent diameter of the Death Star if its actual diameter is 7000.m?  Answer: 1390 meters

Prodigy~2002 - (Martin James)  Mentions the band Jedi Knights 5 times throughout the book. 

Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide~2000 -  (David Thomas) A small sample of a MatchData string: post_match           mtch.post_match -> aString                                                                                                              

          Returns the portion of the original string after the current match. Equivalent to the special variable $'.                                                                                                              

          m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138: The Movie")                                                                                                              

          m.post_match                                 ->                                 ": The Movie"                                            

pre_match           mtch.pre_match -> aString                                                                                                              

          Returns the portion of the original string before the current match. Equivalent to the special variable $`.
Proven Guilty (Dresden Files)~2006 - (Jim Butcher) The wizard PI Dresden is asked if he killed the extra-dimensional monster when he blasted it into a wall.  He responds, "I didn't hit it that hard...it must have had some kind of self-destruct."  He then comments that he couldn't believe nobody got the reference. (Thanks to TalynDerre for this book reference!)

Psychedelics Encyclopedia~1992 - (Peter Stafford) In the 'Other Literature' section: "The Whole Drug Manufacturer's Catalog - Chewbacca Darth (Prophet Press, 1977)

Psychic Battlefield: A History of the Military-Occult Complex, The~2000 - (W. Adam Mandelbaum) [1] "... military of the United States took a page from Paracelsus's book with its human performance enhancement experimentation, code-named Project Jedi. (Which involved the enhancement of pistol shooting skills by mental imagery.)"  [2] "... Alexander. '2 One of the projects in which Alexander participated that was apparently successful was the 1983 U.S. Army Jedi Project. Named after the Star Wars Jedi Knight, this project used visualization and suggestion methods to improve soldier performance in..." [3] "... Alexander says, "Human willpower and human concentration affect performance more than any other single factor. "13 Jedi was an early attempt at using new discoveries in neuro-linguistic programming and other performance-enhancement techniques to shorten training time for ..." [4] "...hyperkinetic infomercial motivation guru, Anthony Robbins, engaged in neuro-linguistic programming, and was also behind the U.S. Army Project Jedi where soldiers used modeling techniques and mental imagery to improve their ability to shoot the .45 caliber pistol..."

Psychology for Dummies~2002 - (Adam Cash) Persuading: "The power of persuasion is something I thing we all wish we had a little more of.  The greatest example of this power comes from a movie series, Star Wars. Jedi warriors possessed the ability to influence the thoughts of others by using "the force." It was called the "Jedi mind trick."  I think the car salesman who sold me my last car used the Jedi mind trick on me.  He used the dark side of the force I think."

Purpose-Driven ® Church, The~1995 - (Rick Warren) page 28 One of Pastor's favorite movies.. "One of my favorite movies is Raiders of the Lost Ark.  At one cliff-hanging moment in the story someone asks Indiana Jones, "What are we going to do now?" Jones replies, "How do I know? I'm making it up as we go along" I have felt that many, many times as a pastor at Saddleback (church)"

Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top~2000 - (Harvey McKay) "...act on it. One of the best lines on the silver screen about the importance of action came from Yoda, the Jedi Knight trainer in the Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. While teaching Luke Skywalker about the power of the Force, Yoda says, 'Luke, there is no try; there is only do or do not . . ."

Python 2.1 Bible~2001 - (Dave Bruek, Stephen Tanner) "Further Tkinter Adventures: Additional Widgets: ... Pmw is a nice way to develop fancier interfaces without becoming a Tk Jedi Master. Visit http://www.dscp 1.com.au/pmw/ to check it out."

 

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Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties~2001 - (Alexandra Robbins) "...and the ways to cope with it, the midlife crisis is not the only age-related crisis that we experience. As Yoda whispered to Luke Skywalker, "There is another." This other crisis can be just as, if not more, devastating than the . . ."

 

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Rabbit is Rich~1982 - (John Updike) "And his daughter Annabelle Byer snuffed out with that whole world he was watching in the corner of his eye like those entire planets obliterated in Star Wars"

Race Traitor~1996 - (Noel Ignatiev) The movie is allegorical, with Sidney acting as a kind of "black Yoda" to a culturally repressed Billy. 

Radical Spirit: Spiritual Writings from the Voices of Tomorrow~2002 - (Stephen Dinan) "...Taizan Maizumi Roshi, a diminutive Japanese monk who, rumor has it, may have partly inspired the Star Wars character Yoda. Definitely my kind of path."

Randori Principals: The Path of Effortless Leadership~2002 - (David H. Baum, Jim Hassinger) Quote used as chapter heading: "Try? There is no try. There is only do or do not do. -Yoda"

Ravaged by the New Age: Satan's Plan to Destroy Our Kids~1989  - (Texe Marrs) Marrs insists that fantasy encourages devil-worship.  The Star Wars trilogy included. :p (Thanks to dark_load for this reference!)

Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood~1999 - (William S. Pollack) Pg. 244 - 245.  Pollack cites a newsletter from a coo-ed middle school that's entitled "Girls Speak Out/Boys Share Star Wars" - said that boys wanted to focus on Star Wars while the girls wanted to write about women's rights.  So, one half of the newsletter was written about Star Wars and the other about what it means to be young women.

Realms of Impossibility: Ground~2002 - (C.J. Lim) "... on science to reproduce the gadgets and instruments of their heroes - what twenty-something male doesn't still yearn for a Jedi light-sabre? Current aspirations for individual flight favour the jetpack or propeller device as seen in 'Thunderball. And in sub-aqua environments, ..."

Realms of Impossibility: Water~2002 -  (C.J. Lim) "... on science to reproduce the gadgets and instruments of their heroes - what twenty-something male doesn't still yearn for a Jedi light-sabre?"

REBOL for Dummies~2000 - (Ralph Roberts) "...E-mail server name? Your set - net may then look something like this: set-net [user@domairn.com smtp.yoda.dom pop.yoda.dom] Sending data Data is anything you may send via e-mail - from the company quarterly sales report to Aunt ..."

Reborn in the West: The Reincarnation Masters, The~1996 - (Vicki MacKenzie) "Serkong Rinpoche, the marvelous lama whose furrowed face and large, pointy ears had supposedly been the model for Yoda in the film Star Wars."

Regulators, The~ - (Richard Bachman) [1] Page 73: It's like watching the arrival of Darth Vader's dreadnought at the beginning of the first Star Wars movie; in a word, awesome!  [2] Page 190: It makes him look like an oversized version of R2D2 in the Star Wars movies.

Religions of Star Trek~2003 - (Ross Shepard Kraemer, William Cassidy, Susan Schwartz) - pg 68 Star Trek vs. Star Wars:  Compares the evil that is so prevalent in the Star Wars universe to that of Star Trek's seeming lack of evil.  Divine (God) is made mortal in Star Wars and Star Trek has only fleeting moments of divination. Star Wars has ethical dualism and Star Trek has the secular humanist vision.

Remember Your Lies~2001 - (Jill Jones) "Despite his determination to be brave, Jeremiah's blood ran cold.  He couldn't find his voice, so he only nodded.  he wished he weren't such a coward.  Wished he could be a hero, like Will Smith, or even Indiana Jones..."

Remote Viewers: The Remote History of America's Psychic Spies~1997 - (Jim Schnable) Chapter: Obi Swann "Some of them even likened Swann to those Star Wars characters, old Yoda and bearded Obi-Wan Kenobi, the wise instructors on Luke Skywalker's path to Jedi knighthood. Swann seemed to welcome the comparison ..."

Reporting Live~2000 - (Leslie Stahl) "WHY DO CHILDREN like to see movies over and over?  I told Taylor she'd have to find someone else to take her to her seventh screening of Return of the Jedi when we were on vacation in Santa Barbara.  I took her with me on the press plane, and that's where her romance with Sam Donaldson began.  The two of them spent much of the flight in the aisle of the plane sabre-dueling -- with umbrellas!  "Ah ha!" Sam mock growled.  "I lasered you!"  For years Taylor called him Darth Vader."

Reservation Blues~1996 - (Alexie Sherman) "...rhythm across the ground. "Beautiful," Big Mom said. "Shit," Victor said. "She thinks she's a medicine woman. She thinks she's Yoda and junior is Luke Skywalker. Use the force, junior, use the force. " . . ."

Return of the Heroes: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter & Social Conflict~2003 - (Hal Colebatch) Writes about the success of the movies stated in the title.  Colebatch argues that the popularity of these works shows the real health of our culture to be more robust than we sometimes believe, and confirms the centrality of "traditional" values which "progressive" thinkers have often disparaged or overlooked.

Risk Management Process: Business Tactics and Strategy~2001 - (Christopher L. Culp) In Chapter 1, the Nature of Risk, one of the examples cited: "Harrison Ford accepts it when he takes a role in a new movie where he plays a drug dealer cheating on his wife: His wholesome image as Han Solo, Indiana Jones, and Jack Ryan might never be the same"

Rising in Love~1996 - (Alan Cohen) [1] Stories like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E. T., the spiritual voyages of the Starship Enterprise, and Yoda's lessons of The Force are no accident; they are so enormously popular because the principles they depict are more spiritual ..." [2] "... my kitchen wall. I went to a mountain top in New Mexico to be with Patricia Sun. I bought a Yoda t-shirt. All because I wanted to know God, and I felt that these beautiful beings knew the One I sought." [3] "... who we are and what we need to do to remember it. Luke Skywalker, after undergoing intensive training as a Jedi master, finds himself face- to-face with Darth Vader, the personification of Evil. As the two engage in perilous light-sabre combat, ..."

Road to Success is Paved with Failure, The~2001 - (Joey Green) "... The Virginian, Ford quit acting for a while and became a carpenter. Harrison Ford became a Hollywood superstar, starring as Han Solo in the Star Wars movies and as Indiana Jones in the Raiders of the Lost Ark movies..."

Rocket Dreams: How the Space Age Shaped Our Vision of a World Beyond~2003 - (Marina Benjamin) On page 162 Listing some members of SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at home project) one is: "JEDI@home, whose members identify themselves as "servants of the little gold guy"-a cryptic reference to Star Wars' Yoda, the dwarfish E.T. with skin like parchment who is possessed of the wisdom of Solomon." 

Rolling Stone: The Illustrated Portraits~ - (Fred Woodward) An illustrated portrait by Steve Brodner of Chewbacca & Woody Allen.   (Brodner is a famous political illustrator, but has done other works as well, including the poster for Bullworth)

Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon...and Beyond~2003 - (Beverly Grey) [1] "The methodical, contemplative Howard has been compared to Yoda, with Grazer as his rash, intuitive Luke Skywalker." [2] "...Clint... honor, the MTV Movie Lifetime Achievement Award. (Previous winners have included the Three Stooges, Jackie Chan, and Star Wars character Chewbacca.) Ron asked to be invited to the always-raucous MTV event, and later he confided it was a relief to attend without being up for a prize ..."

Routledge Companion to Postmodernism, The~2001 - (Stuart Sim) on Benoit Mandelbrot's legacy (fractal geometry):  "So successfully does fractal geometry model the geometries of phenomena such as coastlines, however, that paradoxically, while the scientific community found them initially unacceptably pathological for theoretical reasons, fractals found a niche in the generation of realistic computer images of unknown planets, as in the Genesis planet in Star Trek II, or even the damaged death-star in Return of the Jedi."

Rule of Lawyers: How the New Litigation Elite Threatens America's Rule of Law~2003 - (Walter K. Olsen) credits in back matter: "... 318 Notes 22. Thomas Scheffey, "Jedi Blumenthal," Connecticut Law Tribune, December 1, 1999, quoting Richard Blumenthal; Thomas Scheffey, "Winning the $65 Million Gamble," 

Rules for Writers: A Brief Handbook w/Update~2000/2004 - (Diana Hacker) on the use of semicolons in grouping series with internal punctuation:  "...'Star Trek, with Mr. Spock and his large pointed ears; Battlestar Galactica, with its Cylon Raiders; and Star Wars, with Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader.'  Without the semicolons, the reader would have to sort out the major groupings, distinguishing between important and less important pauses according to the logic of the sentence..."

Ryan White: My Own Story~ - (Ryan White) page 257 "That night we watched the new Indiana Jones movie, The Last Crusade. How lucky can you get, I thought.  The lines were too long to get in at home, but I was getting a private screening"

 

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Sacred Ground~1995 - (Mercedes Lackey) "...there is no reason why a showman can't teach you something valuable.  It's perfectly possible to learn all the right lessons from the wrong source, if your heart is right" "Or as I tell the kids who come to play Nintendo with me, "  Mooncrow said, his voice full of warmth and amusement, "Luke Skywalker learned as much from Darth Vader as he did from Ben Kenobi and Yoda. He even learned a thing or two from that ne'er-do-well, Han Solo!" David looked from Jennie to her grandfather and back again.  "you two have been reading too much Joseph Campbell""

Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God~1997 - (Brent Curtis, John Eldredge) page 57  On partnership with God... "Like Indiana Jones's love interests in the movies, we find ourselves caught up in an adventure of heroic proportions with a God who both seduces us with his boldness and energy and repels us with his willingness to place us in mortal danger, suspended over pits of snakes"

Sacred Selfishness: A Guide to Living a Life of Substance~2002 - (Bud Harris) "In mythologies and legends, quest stories begin when something of value ahs been lost by a person, people, or kingdom.  The Star Wars movies continue to hold the interest of young and old because they are about the themes of many of our quests.  Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia must struggle to reject a political system that places an impersonal claim upon them as they search for maturity.  Darth Vader depicts a father who has lost his humanity and Han Solo a mercenary who learns the values of a hero"

Sam's Teach Yourself HTML and XHTML in 24 Hours~2001 - (Michael Morrison and Dick Oliver) In an example on aligning/making pictures, (Hour 12 or 13, I think), one of the pics is titled Helpful Han.

Sandstorm~2004 - (James Rollins) page 69 "Kara continued, "But you were right about one thing.  We'll need an experienced field archeologist on board  And if you're not going, I know the perfect person."  Safia realized whom she meant.  Oh, no...  Kara seemed to sense her distress.  "You know he's had the most field experience in the region." She rummaged in her purse and pulled out her cellular phone.  If we're going to succeed, we're going to need Indiana Jones"  Next chapter...4: "I'm not Indiana Jones!" he yelled into the satellite phone's headset to be heard over the jet boat's motor.  "Name's Omaha...Dr. Omaha Dunn! Kara, you know that!"  An exasperated sigh answered him.  "Omaha? Indiana? What bloody difference does it make?  All your American names sound the same!"

Saturday Morning Fever: Growing Up with Cartoon Culture~1998 - (Timothy & Kevin Burke) "... the Smurfs even invaded the mind of George Lucas and induced him to put Ewoks in Return of the Jedi. Anything's possible. The Smurfs also helped insure that even action-adventure shows would have an avowedly cute character of some kind, ..."

Scarecrow~2004 - (Matthew Reilly) "Now alleged to be a principal in the freelance bounty hunting organization known as the Intercontinental Guards, Unit 88, or 'IG-88,' based in Portugal..."  ...many more references to IG-88 throughout the book.  Reilly made the effort to honor the Star Wars bounty hunter this way. :)

 

Science Fiction (the New Critical Idiom) - (Adam Roberts) Chapter on Technology and Metaphor "George Lucas' X-Wing fighters are figured in the battle scenes of Star Trek (?? Did he really mean this?) ...Luke Skywalker (Luke S. a cipher for Lucas) can climb into his X-Wing fighter and "drive" across the galaxy...park at Yoda's jungle home...before driving back to join his friends for the finale" (there are more references to the film including of course the Millennium Falcon. Pages 151-152. Also page 89. 

Science of Star Wars, The~1999 - (Jeanne Cavelos) Pointing out the truths and myths about the science in the Star Wars Saga.

Science of UFOs~2001 - (William R. Alschuler) "... command (telekinesis). This is a "Jedi mind discipline" a la Yoda and Luke Skywalker. In the real world, Uri Geller's spoon ..."
Scottish Rose, The~1997 - (Jill Jones) "...She brought out the camera, brandishing it  in one hand and the flashlight in the other, like Princess Leah with a light sword. Where the hell was Hans Solo? "Get away from me or I'll capture your soul with this machine, and you'll all go straight to hell!" ..."

Scrapbook of a Taos Hippie~2000 - (Iris Keltz, Ed Sanders) "... He looked a little like ET. and a little like Yoda. He kept on talking all the way from the airport ..."

Screening Party~2002 - (Dennis Hensley) [1]  "... than I remember," I admit. "She's lobbying to do the next Pink Panther," says Tony. Then the Mother Abbess, a Julia Child-Yoda hybrid with the voice of a Monty Python character, takes Maria into her office and springs the Von Trapp governess assignment on her.  Before you can say, "Use the Force, Maria"..."  [2] "... tuning into a classical radio station. She cranks the volume, and for several minutes we "arch raptly as our weekend Jedi warriors, accompanied by Mozart, advance and retreat, parry and lunge, fumble their weapons and laugh about it. I'm not sure ..."

Screenwriters Notebook~1988 - (Syd Field) Another Star Wars example: "In Return of the Jedi, Act I deals with the rescue of Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt. The entire act deals with Solo's escape. Plot Point I occurs when they ..." etc.

Screenwriting for Dummies~2003 - (Laura Schellhardt, John Logan)  [1] "...instinctual intelligence, a sort of sixth sense that they're born with or gain through traumatic experience. From Sherlock Holmes to Yoda, these characters act on spontaneous impulse, rarely on lessons learned in school. Reporters, detectives, and responsible parents often demonstrate this . . ."  [2] "...These names often have a storybook or mythical air about them. George Lucas utilizes them throughout Star Wars: Luke Skywalker's destiny is apparent in his title, and Hans Solo's name encapsulates his aloof and distrusting personality. Names can suggest cultural or ethnic backgrounds just as Tevya does in Fiddler ..."

Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World~2000 - (Bruce Schneier)

Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries of Behind the Da Vinci Code~2004 - (Dan Burstein) page 310 "...A collision of Indiana Jones and Joseph Campbell" (title of interview with Dan Brown)

See No Evil: A Guide to Protecting Our Children from Media Violence~1998 - (Madeline Levine) Discussion on Star Wars, Empire and Jedi as good role models in filmmaking.  Example: "Luke Skywalker with his ordinary demeanor and air of confusion and insecurity, is easy for children to identify with.  He is an ordinary young man called on to perform extraordinary  feats as he confronts the Forces of the Evil Empire led by Darth Vader..." (more references)

Self-Promotion for the Creative Person: Get the Word Out About Who You Are and What You Do~2001 - (Lee T. Silber) "...study the latest and greatest. Learn, practice, improve. Be the Yoda of your field. Be real, and give everything you have, . . ."
September 11 and the US War: Beyond the Curtain of Smoke~2002 - (Roger Burbach, Ben Clarke - editors)   Walden Bello asks whether America is Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader in regards to the Afghanistan campaign.

Services for UMTS: Creating Killer Applications in 3G~2002 - (Tomi T. Ahonen, Joe Barrett) "... ring tone for my outgoing call attempts, and with it I could add the edited image of me as a Jedi Knight holding a light sabre. If the caller is my boss and the time is after 16.00..."

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families: Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World~1997 - (Stephen R. Covey) pg 155 One-onOnes with Children.  Example given is...a daughter explains the great bond she felt with her father where she was able to have a date with him.  They saw Star Wars...and it was something that bonded them and left a terrific memory for her.

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People~1990 - (Stephen R. Covey) ""But you know why you don't like Star Wars? It's because you don't understand the philosophy and training of a Jedi Knight." "What?" "You know the things you teach, Dad? Those are the same things that go into the training of a Jedi Knight." Really? Let's go to Star Wars!""

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens~2001 - (Sean Covey)  [1] 'In the words of the great Jedi Master Yoda, ' do or do not, there is no try' [2] '"...so serious? Maybe it's because we've been taught that laughing too much is childish. To quote the great Jedi master, Yoda, "You must unlearn what you have learned." We must learn to laugh again."'

The Seventies: A Tumultuous Decade Reconsidered~2000 - (Rolling Stone Magazine) Galactic Gold on the Silver Screen (Peter Travers) Looking back on 1977 and Star Wars.

Seventies Now, The~1999 - (Stephen Paul Miller) Miller writes that Star Wars helped to renew Cold War commitment to a binary opposition between good and evil.  Goes on to compare points of Star Wars to some major political events throughout the seventies.

Seven Up~2001 - (Janet Evanovich) "Bob the Dog was on the couch beside Morelli. Bob is a cross between a golden retriever and Chewbacca. He'd originally come to live with me but then decided he liked Morelli's house better. One of those guy things, ..."

Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto~ (Chuck Klosterman) Page 141.  Chapter 12 Sulking with Lisa Loeb on Ice Planet Hoth

Sex and the Married Girl: From Clicking to Climaxing--The Complete Truth About Modern Marriage~2003 - (Mandi Norwood) "... Thirty-six-year-old Sam's certainly not short on self-esteem. If her husband doesn't respond to her advances, she says, "I use the Jedi mind trick. I'll start talking to him about his work like I'm really, really interested. That seems to get him all excited.  He designs computer software and if I start talking computer jargon, I swear to God, the old packet gets aroused and I'm like, "Okay then! Whatever it takes..."

S-F 2: A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films From Rollerball to Return of the Jedi~1984 - (Richard Meyers) Title

Shadow Moon (Schatten Mond)~1995 - (George Lucas/Chris Claremont (sequel to 'Willow')) - Page 94: [1]Geryn the Pathfinder mentions Willow, Thorn (who IS Willow) replies, 'Willow Ufgood, now there's a name I haven't heard...in a very long time.' [2] Geryn says, 'Thank the Maker.' 

Shakespeare and Modern Popular Culture~2002- (Douglas Lanier) example: In a section about recasting the Shakespeare plays, excerpt: "... The tale turns on Antony Kenobi's ringing defence of his love for Qui-Gon, delivered on the steps of the Jedi Temple, a counterpart to Mark Antony's funeral oration for Caesar. Kenobi argues for sexual tolerance-`I know that you will never ..."

Shimmering Sword: Samurai, Western and Star Wars Sword Fighting~2002 - (Nick Jamilla) a section devoted to Star Wars swordplay/fighting.

Shock Wave~1996 - (Clive Cussler) Admiral Sandecker  boards a helicopter and says "Let's find Dirk." The pilot asks him "Don't you want to change first?" Sandecker replies, "I'll shed this Star Wars suit while we're in flight. The Navy can have it back when I get around to returning it."

Shooting the Moon: The True Story of an American Manhunt Unlike Any Other, Ever~ - (David Harris) on describing Dick Gregorie, "It wasn't that he was the brightest of the lot, but he had the energy that made it happen.  He was a Jedi Master, if you know what I mean."

Sick Surfers Ask the Surf Docs & Dr. Geoff~1993 - (Mark Renneker) "... I met some most interesting people, in particular one person who, without a word of a lie looked like Yoda (The Empire Strikes Back)."

Side Effects~1996 - (Michael Palmer) Jared on Dr. Willoughby:  "How is Yoda?"   Kate says, "He's fine. I wish you wouldn't call him that, Jared, he's been very good to me, and it sounds so demeaning"   Jared, "It's not demeaning.  Honestly."  "Why without Yoda, Luke Skywalker would never have survived the first Star Wars sequel.  What else could I possibly call someone who's three feet tall, bald with bushy eyebrows and lives in a swamp?"

Signs of Life in the U.S.A.: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers~2000 - (Sonia Maasik, Jack Solomon) Reluctant/Outlaw Heroes (thematic paradigms) "...war films (Air Force), screwball comedy (The Philadelphia Story), "problem pictures" (On the Waterfrorit), and even science fiction (the Han Solo character in Star Wars). GoneWith the Wind, in fact, had two selfish heroes who came around at the last minute..."

Silent Night~1998 - (J.D. Robb) "...She had parked her car under the harsh glare of the streetlight.  A closer look at the mis-matched  manger scene resting in the folds of a stained blanket showed Mary was really a one-armed Barbie doll. Joseph was Han Solo."

Silicon Sky~2000 - (Gary Dorsey) "... SILICON SKY looked like Yoda. She seemed to enjoy telling stories about the team's adventure in the storm. "We were homeless," she said."

Simple Abundance: A Day Book of Comfort and Joy~1995 - (Sarah Ban Breathnach) "But, even in a black hole of doubt, we want to believe that a Force greater than our own power or understanding is with us.  And it is.  The Force is with your authentic self.  As Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, "The Force is an energy field that is created by all living things.  It surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds galaxies together." The Force binds your dreams and desires with your personal gifts so they can find outward expression. "Follow your feelings, trust your feelings," the Jedi knight urges us all, because it is within the Force that we live and move and have our being. The Force is love"

Simple Rules of Risk: Revisiting the Art of Financial Risk Management~2002 - (Erik Banks) On Enron:  "As pressure built for the company's management to provide more information, new details came to light, including the fact that Enron had used multiple special purpose vehicles (SPVs) (with clever names such as JEDI, Chewco and Raptor) to move debt off- balance sheet and inflate earnings."

Simplicity: The New Competitive Advantage in a World of More, Better, Faster~2001 (Bill Jensen)"...3 So What? Does it hurt enough to do something about it? Do, or do not. There is no "try." Yoda, to Luke Skywalker The story continues .... Simplicity is power. Work complexity is making everything too hard and confusing. More . . ."

Since You've Been Gone~2001 - (Carlene Thompson) [1] The Prologue starts: "His cape swirled dramatically.  His piercing eyes looked from beneath the darkness of his hood. " You have joined the dark side," he intoned.  He whipped out his light saber and grandly swept it through the air, electrified as it made its scary-thrilling hum of power.  "I am Obi Wan Kenobi her to help you fight your way back to the light. Fight!" His nemesis cringed in front of the awesome power of a Jedi Knight ... Suddenly he couldn't breathe. The light saber dropped from his hand and the face of his frightening adversary ..."  (having a Star Wars dream)   [2] "... felt like Rebecca was in his mind. That sounded really creepy, but it also sounded kind of like something a Jedi Knight could do-entering someone's mind, poking around, sending messages to be strong. He wondered if Rebecca was a Jedi." 

Singing Web, The~2000 - (Mary Summer Rain) "...You can carve a statuette of Jesus or Yoda and both will emit the stone's exact influence in equal strength. Shape has no bearing and in no way affects ..."

Slim to None: A Journey Through the Wasteland of Anorexia Treatment~2003 - (Jennifer Hendricks) "...says when I feel backed into a corner, angry, and unable to cope, I put on what she terms a "Yoda" face and cry. She Says my Yoda reaction (1) makes the confronter feel guilty, (2) Shuts off further communication. . ."

Slump: A Novel~2000 (Dave Jarzyna) "... it's still just a slump. You can pull out of it. There's no reason to jump off a bridge." "Okay, Yoda," I said. "So how do I get out of this slump?" "How'd ya get out of the last one? You ..."

Sociology of Religious Movements~1996 - (William Sims Bainbridge) Chapter 14 - The Perpetual System (a concluding thesis starting on page 396 and ending on page 403)  A few samples:  [1] "...the ranks of the Jedi, themselves. A talented young Jedi named Darth Vader, student of two prominent Jedi Masters named Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. . ." [2] "...Dagobah system, because in a vision he heard the apparition of Obi-Wan Kenobi tell him to go there to seek Yoda, a Jedi master. Yoda proves to be a deceptively tiny creature who has the spiritual power to levitate Luke's spacecraft...."  [3]"...serene. Strong emotions lead to the dark side of the Force, so the Jedi must seek peace. After preliminary instruction, Yoda brings Luke to a gloomy, damp cave, a place where the dark side of the Force is strong, where he . . ."  [4] "...by his father. After a series of dangers and difficulties, Luke returned to Dagobah to complete his training with Yoda. He arrives just in time to be with the nine- hundred-year-old Jedi master as he dies. In his last words, . . ."  [5] "...Chewbacca, and the two robots. But he looks beyond them, into the Force. And there he sees his father, Yoda, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, smiling at him. He alone of the celebrants has the capacity to see them, but they truly . . ."

Solemn Duty~1997 - (Leonard B. Scott) "... Bureau's number two man looked to Eli like a well-dressed Yoda, of Star Wars."

Someone Like You~1998 - (Sarah Dessen) [1] "... 'therapist' will usually cut you some slack." I laughed. "Yeah, right." "It's true. And if that doesn't work, use the Jedi Mind Trick. But only if you really have to." "The what?" "The Jedi Mind Trick." He looked at me. "Didn't you ever see Star Wars?  I thought back,  "Sure I did."  "The Jedi Mind Trick is when you tell someone what you want them to think, and they think it. ..."  [2] "... out as quickly as it started.'" I laughed. "He will not." "He will," he said, nodding his head. "It's the Jedi Mind Trick. Trust me." And when he smiled at me, I almost did. "I'm really not in trouble." I handed ..."  [3] "... up and grabbing his notebook. He tapped the side of his head with a finger, winking at me. "Remember. Jedi Mind Trick." "Right," I said, nodding. "See ya later, Halley," he said. He took his time walking over to Mr. ..."  [4] "... came out with his clipboard, looking bored. "Macon," I hissed as we slid to a stop. I doubted even the Jedi Mind Trick would fool Mr. Joe. "This will not work; you should just go back-" "Hush," he said, rolling down ..."

Soul of Popular Culture: Looking at Contemporary Heroes, Myths, and Monsters~1997 - (Mary Lynn Kittelson) Pages 297-298, excerpts:  [1] "... best known cyborg in the popular media was Darth Vader, the villain of the ever-popular Star Wars trilogy, a former Jedi knight who gave up the light for the dark side of "the Force." His repeated warning, "Do not underestimate the power of the dark side..."  [2] "... he serves his master with loyalty (even though the master is evil), that once he too learned from the Jedi masters that teach Luke, and that he can be provoked to human (albeit dangerous) anger by his colleagues. By the ..."

Soul Psychology: How to Clear Negative Emotions and Spiritualize Your LIfe~1999 - (Joshua David Stone) [1] As Master Yoda said in the Star Wars movies, "Don't underestimate the power of the dark side of the force." [2] "...psychoepistemology, and shows how easily we can all be seduced by the dark side of the Force, as Master Yoda would say. . ."

Sounds of Commerce, The~1998 - (Jeff Smith) A book on Hollywood film music ". . . Lucas's trilogy. Besides repackaging each of the three soundtracks, RCA also planned to issue several limited-edition CD singles shaped like Yoda's head and Darth Vader's helmet. To generate interest in the re-released soundtracks, RCA mounted a $1 million promotional campaign, which . . ."

So You Want to Run the Store~1997 - (Mort Brown, Thomas Tilling) There is a short quiz on page 5 that tries to sort out what sort of person you are, in the self-employment realm:  3. The philosophy that most closely approximates yours is:   a. Life is what happens when you are making other plans ~ John Lennon   b. Opportunity does not come to those who wait. It is captured by those who attack. ~ General Douglas MacArthur   c. Do or do not. There is no try. ~ Yoda   d. The crab instructs its young to "walk straight ahead - like me" Hindustandi proverb.

Space and Beyond: the Frontier Theme in Science Fiction~2000 - (Gary Westfahl) Explores Star Wars as a Frontier (Western) theme. Essentially covers the theme and Star Wars throughout the book (pages 46 - 121)

Speaking From the Heart: Gender and the Social Meaning of Emotion~2002 - (Stephanie A. Shields) "... private conversation with Ray about their respective fathers that sparks in Jerry the first step toward genuine emotional connectedness. Ray's Yoda-like look and precocious dialogue make his guru function in the film patently obvious."

Spider-Man~2002 (novelization) - page 162: (peter just returned from graduating) Peter was in no mood to hear about how Uncle Ben would always be there with him in spirit. He was Ben Parker, not Ben Kenobi, for crying out loud. And having him in our hearts isn't the same thing, so let's stop pretending that it is. (Thanks to Sander for this information!)

Spiritual Genius: The Mastery of Life's Meaning~2002 - (Winifred Gallagher)  " A timelier analogy would be Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Like Jedi knights, the togdens are said to live in a reality that the rest of us can only imagine, in which the laws of classic physics don't necessarily apply."

Spirituality for Dummies~2000 - (Sharon Janis) "..."Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." - Yoda. . ."

Stardust Lounge: Stories of a Boy's Adolescence~2001 - (Deborah Digges) "... say we try never to come back here." "Sounds good..." "'Well, not try ... there is no try." "Good old Yoda." "How many years was I Yoda for Halloween?" "Three?" "So let's just say we won't ever come back here." "Okay." ..."

Star Dwarves Trilogy, The~1997 - (David J. Richardson)  A really bad Star Wars parody book.

A Star is Corn: An Edible Film Odyssey - (Brock Lee AKA: Paul Eagle) A parody book made with all vegetables.  There is a winter squash and a couple of endive leaves that make up Yoda.

Star Ware - (Philip S. Harrington - John Wiley & Sons Inc) Title
Star Warped~2000 - (E. C. "Doc" Lisic) Star Wars and Star Trek parodies.  CHARACTER: Nuke Slybanger

Starting and eBay business for Dummies~ - (Marsha Collier) " When Return of the Jedi was re-released in 1997, the first 100 people to enter each theater got a Special Edition Luke Skywalker figure. These figures are still highly prized by collectors and when the next part of the Star Wars saga is released, you can bet the prices of this figure will rise yet again."

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire~1996 - (Steve Perry ) This is an excerpt from page 336 of the book, fourth paragraph. It's the part where Luke and friends attack the six guards outside the sewage plant while trying to rescue Leia.  "From the comlink came a tinny voice: "Thix? What is going on down there? Thix? Come in Sector one-one-three-eight, come in-" (Thanks to Sander for this book reference!)

Star Wars: The New Myth~2002 - (Michael J. Hanson) Title

Stealing Shadows~2000 - (Kay Hooper) a line: Those Star Wars howls don't say anything to me.  Tell me how I can get her back.  (thanks to Sander for this book reference!)

Stephen King Universe, The~2001 - (Stan Wiater) The author is explaining Roland, some of what he says,  "All that is good and noble seems to have gone out of the world. Just as another modern version of the romantic epic hero, Luke Skywalker of Star Wars, is the last of the Jedi knights, so is Roland the last of the gunslingers, until, like Skywalker, he ventures out and begins to prepare himself for his destiny.  But whereas George Lucas's creations take place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, King's characters feel much closer to home."

Steps to Healing: Wisdom from the Sages, the Rosemary's and the Times~1999 - (Dana Ullman) "Even Yoda, the Jedi knight from Star Wars, taught Luke Skywalker that to get in touch with "the Force," it was necessary to stop trying."

Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy~2003 - (Rinku Sen, Kim Klein)  "Justice, Economic Dignity and Independence for Women (JEDI)"

St. Martin's Guide to Writing~2000 - (Rise B. Axelrod, Charles R. Cooper) Chapter 8 Justifying an Evaluation.  All about the mostly bad, and rarely good, writing of George Lucas. 

Strawberry Tattoo~2000 (Lauren Henderson) "We were in a tiny narrow room, the walls painted a dull and dirty yellow, flaking and peeling so badly I thought of something funny to say about them then didn't.  That kind of restraint was unusual for me, and I started to wonder if I were feeling all right.  But I was promptly distracted by another pressing problem.  Literally: the room was closing in on us, exactly like that scene from Star Wars where Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia were trapped in the rubbish compactor on the Death Star.  Suddenly we were braced against the walls, desperately straining every  muscle to keep them from compressing us down into pulp. I looked around for the hairy one-what was his name? Chewbacca-to help, but he wasn't around." (turns out it's a dream)

Straw Men~2001 - (Martin J. Smith) Christensen says, "... I've got a situation and I need a viewpoint other than my own, and there's really no one I can talk to about this. You've always been my Yoda." Blank stare. "My teacher," Christensen said. "But this one's touchy. Has to stay between us." 

Sum of All Fears, The~2002 - (Tom Clancy) The US Navy is ordered to go to DEFCON-Three: "He'd re-instituted the traditional Navy practice of bugle calls to announce drills. In this case, the 1-MC speaker system blared forth the opening bars of John Williams' frantic call to arms in Star Wars."

Sunbeams: A Book of Quotations~1990 - (Sy Safransky ) "There is no try. There is only do or do not do." -Yoda "The Empire Strikes Back"

Survivor~1998 - (Tabitha King) [1] Next weekend was graduation. If she spent the week bawling, she was going to look like Yoda after a binge. She filled her lungs with the lilac-honeyed air coming in the open window and set about visualizing, ..." [2] "It was all that squinting into viewfinders. Someday she would look like a goddamn turtle, or maybe Yoda, eyes like boiled eggs set in poached wrinkles. Junior was missing great chunks of her best years. The thought made ..."

Syntactic Theory (Modern Linguistics)~2002 (Geoffrey Poole) In the chapter Constituency the author gives an example of topicalization of a VP...that works:  "Probably the most well known `speaker' of a dialect in which this is possible is the character Yoda from the Star Wars films. However, there is a serious point we can make. In writing dialogue for that character, the writers never topicalize non-constituents, so even if Yoda's topicalization is a little freer than most dialects of the English language he would never produce sentences in (30)   (30) "Book on, John will leave the table" & On the, John will leave the book table"..."

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