Documentary
The Galaxy Britain Built: Droids, Darth Vader and Lightsaber / Hollywood’s Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell – The Force Behind Star Wars
BBC FOUR, 10.00PM AND 11.00PM
In celebration of the release of The Last Jedi, these documentaries look at the ingredients that helped shape the Star Wars phenomenon. The first focuses on the film crew who created George Lucas’s fictional galaxy. The second, from 1999, explores the work of US academic Joseph Campbell, whom Lucas has credited with inspiring his plot. VP