Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl [Editors]
Star Wars and Philosophy

Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago 2005

[…] "Why do bad Sith nearly always tell the truth and good Jedi often tell lies? When is it justified to raise an army by breeding clones? If the Force must have a Dark Side, how can the Dark Side be evil? Why and how did the tyrannical Empire emerge from the free Republic? Are droids persons, entitled to civil rights? Is Yoda a Stoic or a Zen master? This is the Jedi's most precious possession. The answers are all here. You may want to go home and rethink your life." […] [Covertextauszug]

Inhalt (Auszug; das Buch hat fünf Abschnitte mit ingesamt 17 Kapiteln, von denen ich nur einige nennen werde.):

Acknowledgments: Heroes of Rogue Squadron
Introduction: The Force Is With You ... but You're Not a Jedi Yet

Part I     "May The Force Be with You": The Philosophical Messages of Star Wars
     [...] 2. Stoicism in the Stars: Yoda, the Emperor, and the Force
     [...] 4. Moral Ambiguity in an Black-and-White Universe

Part II     "Try Not - Do or Do Not": Ehtics in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
     [...] 7. "Be Mindful of the Living Force: Environmental Ethics in Star Wars
           8. Send in the Clones: The Ethics of Future Wars

Part III     "Don't Call Me a Mindless Philosopher!": Alien Technologies ant the Metaphysics of The Force
     [...] 10. "If Droids Could Think ...": Droids as Slaves and Persons
           11. "Size Matters Not": The Force as the Casual Power of the Jedi

Part IV     "There's Always a Bigger Fish": Truth, Faith and the Galactic Society
     [...] 16. "A Certain Point of View": Lying Jedi, Honest Sith, and the Viewers Who Love Them
           17. Religious Pragmatism through the Eyes of Luke Skywalker

Masters of the Jedi Council
The Phantom Index