From the darside cave on Dagohbah to the mirror cave on Ach’To, Star Wars is full of mysterious caves where our characters embark on intense experiences of self-discovery. This week we are joined by Caroline Carter, a PhD student at the University of Virginia, who studies caves and their religious and mythological importance in ancient Greece and Rome, to look at some these cave scenes in Star Wars!

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