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# Star Wars Livestream: Why These Stories Still Hold Us (Mythic Mind, ep. 87)
- URL: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/star-wars-livestream-why-these-stories-still-hold-us-mythic-mind-ep-87/
- Published: 2025-05-12T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:59:35.000Z
- Author: Andrew Snyder

Mythic MindEpisode 87

# Star Wars Livestream: Why These Stories Still Hold Us (Mythic Mind, ep. 87)

Dr. Andrew Snyder and the fellowship

12 May 2025

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKGyNqKpJ38&ref=mythicmindfellowship.com)

## In this episode

A Mythic Mind Fellowship livestream kicking off the Star Wars journey: myth and fandom, the original films, Knights of the Old Republic ahead, and why these stories still hold us.

Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) hosts a free-form conversation with the fellowship as they open the saga together. This episode is the live kickoff later clipped with intro and outro for the podcast feed.

Topics include Star Wars as modern myth, communal watching and reading, and the path into films, games, and further fellowship talks.

### People

**Dr. Andrew Snyder**Host

**The Mythic Mind Fellowship**Panel

### Key themes

- Star Wars as modern myth
- Communal watching and reading
- The path into films, games, and further fellowship talks

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