But What Does Star Wars *MEAN*?

Going to see the new Star Wars flick this weekend (read Kurt Loder’s review here)? Or do you hate the Star Wars universe and can’t figure out what the hell is wrong with all those people?

Either way, you’ll want to watch this debate about the cultural meaning of Stars Wars and featuring Reason‘s Peter Suderman, Washington Free Beacon‘s Sonny Bunch, and The Washington Post‘s Alyssa Rosenberg. It dates from December 2015 and took place as Rogue One debuted. “All culture is participatory culture,” I note at the outset in my role as moderator, and Star Wars has created the very template by which consumers create individualized meaning in their lives out of mass-produced media.

For more Reason coverage of Star Wars over the years, go here.