It’s not a Star Wars story unless there’s a lovable droid stealing the spotlight but, when you really stop and think about it, there’s also something profoundly tragic about the role artificial lifeforms play in the Star Wars universe.

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• Race in American Science Fiction by Isiah Lavender III
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• Imagining Slaves and Robots in Literature, Film, and Pop Culture by Gregory Jerome Hampton
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