May the 4th be with Dr Rebecca Harrison

<p><a href='https://twitter.com/BeccaEHarrison'>Dr Rebecca Harrison</a> is the author of the BFI's forthcoming book to mark the 40th anniversary of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, out in October 2020. Her project Decoding Star Wars explores the use of code, such as software and algorithms, to produce and distribute the Star Wars franchise. She is a Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow and a film critic for places such as <a href='https://screen-queens.com/2020/01/19/dont-kill-the-past-the-rise-of-skywalker-and-the-troubled-history-of-star-wars/'>Screen Queens</a> and <a href='https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/star-wars-episode-ix-rise-skywalker-finale-hope-eternal'>Sight and Sound</a>.</p> <p> Dr Rebecca Harrison's book on The Empire Strikes Back is out in October 2020.</p> <p>Rebecca is the founder of the <a href='http://www.glasgowfeministartsfestival.com/'>Glasgow Feminist Arts Festival</a>, which launched in November 2018 at the Centre for Contemporary Arts. The biannual festival provides a platform for women (including non-binary people and trans women) to share film, performance (theatre, dance and spoken word poetry), music, and other visual arts in the city. </p> <p>This is the tweet by Rebecca which caught our attention:</p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I have FINALLY ranked all of <a href='https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarWars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>#StarWars</a> based on screen time for women. This is now canon. Don't @ me. 43% Last Jedi 37% Force Awakens 35% Rogue One 23% Return of the Jedi 22% Empire Strikes Back 20% Phantom Menace 18% Attack of the Clones 17% Revenge of the Sith 15% A New Hope</p> — Becca Harrison (@BeccaEHarrison) <a href='https://twitter.com/BeccaEHarrison/status/1001161000236830720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>May 28, 2018</a> <p>Download this episode of <a href='http://www.thecosmicshed.com'>The Cosmic Shed</a> to your favourite podcast app and listen now to find out where