num_pages: 208
description: Essayist Ryan Britt got a sex education from dirty pictures of dinosaurs made out with Jar-Jar Binks at midnight and figured out how to kick depression with a Doctor Who Netflix-binge. Alternating between personal anecdote hilarious insight and smart analysis Luke Skywalker Cant Read contends that Barbarella is good for you that monster movies are just romantic comedies with commitment issues that Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are total hipsters and most shockingly shows how virtually everyone in the Star Wars universe is functionally illiterate. Romp through time and space from the circus sideshows of 100 years ago to the Comic Cons of today from darkest corners of the Galaxy to the comfort of your couch. For anyone who pretended their flashlight was a lightsaber stood in line for a movie at midnight or dreamed they were abducted by aliens Luke Skywalker Can't Read is full of answers to questions you haven't thought to ask and perfect for readers of Chuck Klosterman Rob Sheffield and Ernest Cline.
language: English
title: Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths
publisher: Plume