Star Wars English Class
Episodes
SWA101: Narration and Point of View (ESB)
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in "Star Wars Appreciation 101," Julia and Fern tackle The Empire Strikes Back from a certain point of view (sorry, we had to!). T...
SWA101: Plot (ANH)
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week in "Star Wars Appreciation 101," Julia and Fern try not to lose the plot while watching Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Analyzin...
Star Wars Appreciation 101: What We Do With Star Wars
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Star Wars Appreciation 101! (#SWA101). In this episode, Fern and Julia explore "What We Do With Star Wars" by reading "The F...
Office Hours #2: Syllabus Week
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Fern and Julia finally explain where they've been and where they (and the podcast) are going. Tl;dr: New season "Star Wars ...
Office Hours #1
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first in a series of rambling, casual episodes where Fern and Julia do not hold themselves to pesky things like "academic standard...
The Hero's Journey LIVE from Star Wars Celebration 2023
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live from the HoloNet News Stage at Star Wars Celebration London, Fern and Julia explore Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Fa...
Summer School: Obi-Wan Kenobi Part 2 (Episodes 4-6)
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Julia and Fern for a special Summer School session with in-depth exploration of the themes, story elements, character arcs, and more of the final...
Once Upon a Time in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...Star Wars as Fairy Tale
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Fern teaches Julia about fairy tales! Join us as we explore the history of folktale, the rise of the literary fairy tale, th...
Summer School: Obi-Wan Kenobi Part 1 (Episodes 1-3)
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Julia and Fern for a special Summer School session with in-depth exploration of the themes, story elements, character arcs, and more of the first...
Broken on Purpose: Star Wars and Serial Storytelling
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julia teaches Fern about serialization! We explore the differences between series and serials, discuss the effects of serialization o...
The Bedrock All Goodness is Built Upon: An Obi-Wan Kenobi Character Study
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fern and Julia are back for Star Wars English Class's sophomore year! We're kicking off swenglishclass season two with our first Character S...
Star Wars Book Report: Queen's Hope with Camila (@boricuawookiee)
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hey class, it's time for another Star Wars Book Report! In this special bonus episode and second installment in our Book Report series, Julia is ...
Star Wars Book Report: The Fallen Star
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's a Star Wars Book Report! In this special bonus episode, Fern and Julia review and discuss the latest adult novel in The High Republic era, T...
Intertextuality
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate episode of season one of Star Wars English Class, Julia overcomes her fear of French literary theory to teach Fern about intertextu...
Happy Holo-ween! (Bonus)
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Holo-ween! (Thanks TikTok User @natethegirl!) Or, Unalive Day? Death Day? In this chaotic and spooky live episode, Fern and Julia discuss all th...
From a Certain Point of View 2: Electric Boogaloo
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's FACPOV 2: The Empire Strikes Back -- or, wait a minute, nope, we gave this episode a different funny name. In today's episode, Fern and...
Starting with Revenge: Star Wars and the Revenge Tragedy
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Julia teaches Fern about revenge tragedy and Shakespeare's favorite Star Wars character, Maul. Julia and Fern discuss th...
Galaxy's Edge
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special "mini" episode, Julia and Fern discuss their recent trip to Disneyland's Star Wars-themed park, Galaxy's Edge. T...
The Queer Coding Episode
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Fern teaches the class about queer coding! Join us as we delve into the history of queer coding and discuss queerbaiting,...
Selling Your Soul to the Sith
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Julia teaches Fern about Faustian bargains and deals with the devil! We discuss the plot and themes of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Fa...
Freytag, Sith Holocrons, and Other Pyramids
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Fern and Julia go back to the basics as Fern teaches the class about story structure! We discuss Freytagian story structure (Freytag's...
From a Certain Point of View: Unreliable Narrators
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of Star Wars English Class, Julia teaches Fern about unreliable narrators! But to learn about unreliable narrators, we must f...
Somehow, Palpatine Returned: Reading Star Wars as Camp
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Fern teaches Julia about Camp! Camp is a mode of aestheticism that focuses on exaggeration, artifice, and playfulness. It is, accordi...
Anakin Skywalker and the Tragic Hero
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Star Wars English Class! This week, Julia and Fern introduce themselves, discuss the Star Wars English Class curriculum, and tackle a quest...