# Star Wars, The Hobbit, & Slop Culture's ⚓Deanchoring⚓

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Podcast: [Tooky's Side Bar BOOK CLUB](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tooky-s-side-bar-book-club-6577741)
Published: 2025-08-09T20:48:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tookys-mag/episodes/Star-Wars--The-Hobbit---Slop-Cultures-Deanchoring-e36k64l
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## Resource

What do Star Wars, Star Trek, and The Hobbit's various media incarnations show us about franchise drift? Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscribestar.com/tookysmagFROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: a.co/d/3AGjHU2Subscribe to the Tooky's Mag Substack: https://tookys.substack.com/Gabe's Substack: https://muggy.substack.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FzMJeB...Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e6c80aa0/podcast/rssTwitter:https://x.com/TookysMaghttps://x.com/thecapitalisimohttps://x.com/EzraRunnaround===================================Chapters:0:13 - Introduction to Authenticity Anchor Points0:59 - Star Wars and Cultural Entropy5:48 - Star Trek and Authenticity in Media8:43 - The Hobbit's Role of Medium in Storytelling19:40 - Closing Thoughts on Authenticity===================================As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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