Plastic Spacemen! How the 501st Legion Conquered Star Wars

The following is our second excerpt from How Star Wars Conquered the Universe (Basic Books, 2014).

Star Wars was the last thing on Albin Johnson’s mind on a grey, wet summer day in 1994 when he skidded into the back of a van in Columbia, South Carolina. The other guy didn’t seem to have any damage, but Johnson got out to check anyway. His hood had popped up, and his grille had broken. Let’s call it even, said the van driver. Johnson, relieved, stepped between the cars to put his hood down

That’s when a third vehicle suddenly appeared, hydroplaned into the back of Johnson’s car, and all but sliced him in two. Read more...

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