🎧 Star Wars and History
🎧 Dan Snow's History Hit
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46m
Dan Snow talks to historian, academic, and Star Wars fan, Janice Liedl, about the movie franchise's historical influences. Janice's book 'Star Wars and History' was written in collaboration with George Lucas.
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