The Star Wars prequels introduced the Jedi temple and, at its heart, the Jedi library—a digital collection of books and star maps and other inter-galactic media. As author and book historian David Pearson noticed, the design of the Jedi library is strikingly reminiscent of the Long Room at Trinity College, Dublin. So reminiscent, in fact, that the library issued a “please explain” to Lucasfilm.

