The "Star Wars" entertainment juggernaut that erupted like a sci-fi supernova with George Lucas's galaxy far, far away is still alive and well over 46 years later. Its indomitable influence over pop culture has been well documented and shown to occupy every corner our modern digital age, especially the flexible English language.
To reinforce this notion of how much "Star Wars" dominates the media machine and everyday Earth-bound existence, an illuminating new research paper from a professor at the esteemed Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany explains how vocabulary originating from the vast "Star Wars" empire has become essential components of human communication.
