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Digging Through Space: Archaeology in the Star Wars Franchise Digging Through Space: Archaeology in the Star Wars Franchise
Karissa R. Annis
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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Christopher R. Allen-
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Katrina Schmitz-
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Samantha A. Bomkamp, -
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Karissa Annis, -
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Emily R. Stanton, -
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Christopher Allen    ’     
-         
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Karissa Annis ’
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            
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Samantha A. Bomkamp    
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          
           


Katrina N Schmitz         
         -

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Emily R. Stanton  


 -   
          
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Digging Through Space: Archaeology in the Star
Wars Franchise
Karissa Annis
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Abstract: 
          



         

            
         

  
         


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Keywords: 
Introduction

          

 Star Wars 

Star Wars 
“”      Star Wars   Doctor
Aphra   

Field Notes: A Journal of Collegiate Anthropology -
Field Notes: A Journal of Collegiate Anthropology
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Background

’Some Words with a
Mummy          
        
 The Mummy Indiana
Jones
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

“” 
“
   ‘ ’   ”  
      -   


     - 
Indiana Jones 

            
-
       -  
 
          
’Under the Pyramid
     “   
    ” (1985, 81).    


’
      

-
          

   
Star Wars 
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Star Wars -


 Star Wars 
       

            
Indiana Jones 
          
  ’         
Clone Wars 

      “”     
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Star
Wars          
      Knights of
the Old Republic    Star Wars: The Old Republic 
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
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           
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           

  Doctor Aphra,        
            
 “”   Star Wars    Vader
Star Wars 
              
          Disney   
         
Star Wars 
      ’   



  
’
         


   
   
          


Jedi:Fallen Order
Star Wars: Rebels -


Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1 

            


The Archaeologist
“” 
Star Wars  Vader   
   Vader          Doctor
Aphra  -     
’’

Aphra’s Plotline
’



 

         
         
 






Hero and Villain
’
            
’




      
   “   
           
      gender- and ethically- switched Indiana
Jones” (’
      
          
Raiders of the Lost Ark
             

Vader
  
          
            
“’
” (Doctor
Aphra 
-

Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade         
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 
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“” 
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
         
’
    “”     -

“” 
“
-recovering -
  ’        ” (  Doctor
Aphra 

   
 
   

     “ ”    
Doctor Aphra Doctor Aphra 


“” 

’’ 
Vader 
Doc-
tor Aphra “” 
           
   “ ”       
Vader 
Star Wars 
    “ ”  
           
 

          
 Vader      
“’…
’” (Doctor Aphra
        ’    
’
 
              
“ ”          
  ’        ’
         “” 
’


           
’’
  

            
   




             

         

          
Vader 

              

 Star Wars   

             

The Supernatural and the Fraught Past

         


The Mummy 
   Indiana Jones 

-

         
    Star Wars        
 
 
“” 
’           

’Doctor Aphra -

’-
Star Wars 
Star Wars 
  Star Wars       
Star Wars     


       “” 

            


An Archaeologist’s Job
’
     ’ “
          
        ”   
“” 
Doctor Aphra 



 
’
  Doctor Aphra        

“
” ’
  “”      Doctor Aphra 
“’’
” (Doctor Aphra
      
          -

“” 
          
“    ’        
” (Doctor Aphra 
’
          
 
   
         
 
   Doctor Aphra   “”    
      ’  


’
’

             
       Doctor Aphra -  

             “ ’
’
         ’    
” (Doctor Aphra 
            
              
“” 

         

     “  ’  hundreds  
      ”     “
’-
” (Doctor Aphra  



         

      Doctor Aphra  
’
 
’


               
’
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
         

     ’ “”   
Star Wars 

            
            

  


Imperial Archaeology





Star Wars 

      Star
Wars Battlefront II  Jedi: Fallen Order,    Star Wars
Rebels. 

           



 “ ”      
           



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       Star Wars Rebels




“            ”  
“   ”).       
“
             
” 
           “ 
     ”   “  
”). 

            
   

           

“  

      ”    

           for   



 Jedi:Fallen Order      ’ 
  

            ’ 

-

 “  ”      

          Star Wars




 

             
Star Wars Rebels


““
       ’    
” Heir to the Empire Re-
bels   “          
” “’
”).            

           

  
             
“’” 
       
      
             
“   ”   “’ ”),  



’
             
“’
” “’”).


    “’  
” “”). ’
         
’





          



             

          
      “  
” “
”). ’

          “” 
         
-
’



 “         ’ 
’’’
  ”    “   
            ’ 
” “”). 

      - 



   

-

against 
             

            


     

’

   

 
       
-

Presentation of the Past


    Indiana Jones ,    “


Star Wars” (157). 
 Star Wars

    ’   
       



            
         


Star Wars 
         
          


 Age of Republic 
  Obi-Wan Kenobi 1      Star Wars: The
Phantom Menace -
  



-
          -   

   -     
       -     
   -     
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“” 
           
“   - …       
” 
-


   

’          

       “     ” 
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
-Star Wars
-
“” 

      “  
”
-
  “  
our world’s  dead bodies” 
-
            
      
-
“
… that’s ” 
    -

     -

  Indiana Jones  


            
Doctor Aphra

             

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-

               


 
           
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Conclusion


Star Wars 
           

    


      ’
’-

Star Wars 



    Age of Republic-Obi-Wan Kenobi 1   
       Doctor Aphra 
        Star Wars  

          
           




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
-
2016. “” 
-----
-

2009. “”


2019. “-
2020.” ---
------

2014. “”
Foreign Affairs--

1991. “’’”: 
” Leonardo-

2011. “” 
’
-
2012. “” Antiquity-
Star Wars Rebels.
“’” 

 
Star Wars Rebels.
“” 

Star Wars Rebels.
“” 


2002. “” Digging Holes in
Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction
 -





1990. “” Indiana Jones
and the Last Crusade, Antiquity

2004. “” European
Journal of Archaeology-

2012. “”
Numen-




 -



2018. “
” ---
------

2018. “Doctor Aphra -
’” 
--
------------
--


The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft-
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




1985. “”
Leonardo-

 

-
 

-

2010. “-
” World Archaeology-

1998. “
” International
Journal of Cultural Property-

2007. “
” Near Eastern Archaeology--

2018. “”
-


“” 

---

2008. “” Archaeologies:
Journal of the World Archaeological Congress-

1845. “” American Review: A Whig Journal
-

2001. “”
 
Anthropology Inquiry-

2018. “ ” 

---------


2014. “”

---------

1984. “” Man
N.S.-


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