Technology In Star Wars

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”- Albert Einstein (BrainyQuote.com). Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and The Martian Chronicles, makes this particularly apparent in his short science fiction story, “The Veldt.” “Through the remainder of the century, Bradbury continued to write novels and short stories but also branched out to many other formats and media. He has written play scripts, screenplays, teleplays, and poetry” (Milne). “The Veldt” was yet another example of his diversity. This is a short story written in the 1950s about a fictional house that does everything from sweeping the floors to cooking the Hadley family’s food. In the short story, “The Veldt,” Bradbury uses personification and foreshadowing to prove that becoming over-dependent on technology can lead to horrific outcomes.

In the novel Rainbows End, author Vernor Vinge depicts a futuristic world that is almost completely dependent on digital technology. Taking place in the year 2025, this “Digital Age” is home to many innovative advancements. Digital technology has become so omnipresent in the world Vinge creates that it has found its way into all aspects of daily life. The idea of a virtual reality where people no longer have to rely on their imagination has now become a normal part of everyday life. Scientific developments in areas including medicine are also a vital part of this society, and have a great impact on the novel’s characters. The novel takes a look at how these new technologies and advancements impact society, and the effects and consequences of becoming too dependent on technology. The technologies illustrated in Rainbows End have adapted over time to become an essential part of the novel’s society.

“Science fiction are quasi-scientific, visionary and imaginative that include fantastic places, new technology, extraordinary monsters and futuristic elements and technologies that explore issues. It often expresses the potential of technology to destroy humankind particularly when technology or alien life forms become malevolent, Sci-fi films often feature multiple genres as well as sub-genres” . Ex Machina being a sci-fi film, is specifically a part of the artificial intelligence (AI) subgenre. In this sub-genre it is assumed “that one, or many, artificial minds become fully sentient ... Artificial intelligence can perform tasks requiring intelligent behaviour... [they are] focused on providing solutions to real life problems.” The science fiction genre has conventions, some of which are relevant to Ex Machina, such as the setting, the narrative convention of overcoming an obstacle and the Frankenstein complex .

Imagine living in a world where everything you do was watched and controlled. The book Matched is written by Ally Condie. The main character, Cassia, lives in a perfect, dystopian world. Matched takes place in the future where the modern day the United States used to be. In this society, people are matched with another person at the age of seventeen. Cassia thinks she is matched with her best friend, Xander, but she later finds out she might have a different match. This freaks Cassia out, considering the Society rarely makes mistakes, but even more weird she knows who the other guy is. Ky. Now Cassia is forced to choose between Xander and Ky. Matched is a science fiction novel, science fiction is a genre in which stories often tell how something will be in the future. There are many themes in this novel, but one of them is to not let people or things to control you. Matched has three main science fiction element including, dystopia, futuristic setting, and social issues. All these elements help show the theme

Science fiction goes beyond space and the other planets, it must not be along those lines before it can be identified as a science fiction book or film, also, it must not always be about the growth in technology over a period of time depends on the author or directors ideas and how they wish to present these ideas.

Susan Sontag, an author of the essay “Imagination Disaster,” explores the world of science fiction as she discusses the tropes in films from the mid-1900s. Throughout her essay, Sontag analyzes why these types of films were created, and basically ties her discussion with humanity. With the growing technological advances, science fiction films state specific things about how science threatens humanity. She also ties her discussion to how sci-fi films tend to serve an attempt at distributing a balance between humanity and the technological world. Sontag claims that science fiction films has suspense, shock, surprises, has an inexorable plot, and how they invite a dispassionate, aesthetic view of destruction and violence. She also states that sci-fi is touching and some of it is depressing. Basically, detects war that opposes no problems or moral qualifications. Finally, she makes a claim that science technology is a good unifier and how they create a utopian society where everyone thinks alike. Sontag states powerful claims that are indeed true. In fact, Guardians of The Galaxy vol. 2 is an excellent sci-fi film that supports Susans claims.

In all great works of literature, including Unwind, The Time Machine, and Fahrenheit 451, setting has a tremendous impact on the characters. All authors show this influence in different ways. Some authors, like H.G. Wells, show the influence in an entire population of people, other authors, like Neal Shusterman, show it through one or two main characters. Ray Bradbury used his main character 's wife, Mildred, to show how large an influence the place a person lives in can have on a person. In his popular narrative Unwind, Shusterman shows the influence on his three main characters: sixteen year old Connor Lassiter, fifteen year old Risa Ward, and thirteen year old Lev Calder. In the literary classic The Time

George Lucas' Star Wars has been an "unprecedented commercial success in the history of cinema and has made a huge cultural impact" (Feichtinger 28). It is a popular franchise and is widely known all over the world. Star Wars plays a major role in influencing the youth and sending a message to everyone, especially the fans. George Lucas said that he wanted to do more than entertain the masses; he wanted to "introduce young Americans to spiritual teachings through 'new myths' for our globalized, pluralistic millennium" (Burke). These spiritual teachings and motifs are seen throughout the Star Wars movies and they "promote values and worldviews", which are adopted from Buddhism (Feichtinger 34). These Buddhist motifs are expressed through symbols and the actions of the Jedi and can also be noticed through the lines and dialogues of the characters. According to Christian Feichtinger, there are five basic contents of Buddhism that Lucas has adopted for the Jedi: mindfulness, compassion, the interdependence of all being, letting go of all things, and illusion (34). Star Wars promotes various Buddhist elements which can be seen throughout its movies.

There has been little investigation of the influence society has on science fiction as a genre. However, previous research, using various methodologies, has indicated a significant relationship between science fiction and society, but much of the research focuses on the inverse of my research question: how science fiction has influenced society, instead of how society influences science fiction. Within that relationship, several different aspects of science fiction have been studied, so they are included here for context.

Both the Han and Romans thought that technology was necessary. It helped make life easier for both civilizations. However the Han admired technology and believed it was a gift from enlightened leaders; and the Romans believed that the creators were common and “vulgar”.

The Hans and the Romans have different perspectives when it pertains to technology. The Han tend to see technology as a necessity, something that was needed in order for them to have an effective civilization. The Romans viewed technology as a necessity, but also something that just increases their proud status. Both the Han dynasty and the Roman empire used technology and inventions that were beneficial to their civilizations, though the Han adopted technology in order to meet the needs of their people, while the Romans adopted certain technology that would earn them the respect and praise they desired. Both the Han dynasty and Roman empire had a coherent

The Han and the roman empires shared similar interests and attitudes towards technology. Technology became a primary focuses for the civilizations. The Han and Roman made the same amount of attention towards technology. They both found it important to be the most advanced in technology. In Documents 3 and 4 both empires had a positive attitude towards technology and both thought it was a gift from the “gods”. Both Han upperclassmen thought that technology was a “gift from enlightened leadership. In documents 6 and 8 the Roman upperclassmen were bragging about how great there technology was great emphasis and encouragement with technology with the higher of the Roman population.

` In May of 1977, Star Wars: A New Hope was released with overwhelmingly positive reviews and marking a new era in cinema. The writer and director of the film, George Lucas, decided to expand upon the Star Wars universe in 1999 by making Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, with a story that took place before the original film’s story. This movie was made with advanced equipment and cutting-edge CGI (for 1999), nonetheless, the movie was panned by critics and enraged an entire generation of moviegoers. The answer to why this happened lies in the differences between the two films: use of special effects, construction of characters, and complexity of plot.

Things in Star Wars, of course, aren 't real and straight up fantasies. Like Chewbacca a big foot monkey-like creature talking and everyone in the movies can understand him but we can 't. Cars are foreign in this movie. It 's replaced by spaceships which are pretty cool. Another awesome thing is the blasters. We use guns that

The question has long been asked in the science fiction community: which is better - Star Wars or Star Trek? The answer is most definitely different depending on who you ask. Some fans might claim “the force” in Star Wars is better a better weapon than any Federation firearm out there. Others will say that Star Trek is far superior because of the “Holodeck” technology that the Star Wars universe lacks. A lot of fans will love one series and hate the other. Going so far as to map out the entire Star Trek ships based on math and occasional guesswork, or spend thousands of dollars on a real life “RD-D2” droid characters from Star Wars. While there are many obvious differences between the two beloved universes, there are a surprising number of similarities too.