NEWS & FEATURES

With Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas brings his space odyssey to a close. The Phoenix weighs in on the meaning of it all.

The religious right already have broadcasters on the run. Dan Kennedy explains they are now going after cable, satellite, and the Internet.

Harvey Silverglate examines 'obscenity' vs. 'indecency' in the eyes of the Supreme Court.

Adam Reilly wonders whether insurgent progressive Democrats, energized by Howard Dean's presidential bid, can succeed in local urban politics.

Deirdre Fulton says that after 35 years and eight editions, Our Bodies, Ourselves is still giving women the tools to take health care into their own hands.

In "Out There," Alan Olifson thinks dating used to be a much more enjoyable affair than the version he had to endure.

Dan Savage on sex.

In the Phoenix editorial: The first annual Walk for Music is an imaginative, innovative approach to community-based fundraising for the arts.

Letters to the editor

Moon Signs

Plus, this just in:

MUSIC

Matt Ashare gets to know the Boss through his characters and Trent Reznor through his pain.

Franklin Soults likes Paris-based Nouvelle Vague's bossa nova take on new-wave rock

Eliot Wilder gives a listen to "lost" '70s singer-songwriter Judee Sill

Ted Drozdowski explains why New Order still make the best kind of easy listening.

Matt Ashare explains why 40,000 Ben Folds fans can't be wrong.

Lloyd Schwartz hears Itzhak Perlman, the BSO, and the Back Bay Chorale’s Das Paradies und die Peri.

In Cellars By Starlight: Kay Hanley and Paula Kelley start over out West

In Out: Joe Perry at Harpers; Jon Langford at the Paradise.

Chris Rucker hits the mat with Massachusetts's latest underground rap prodigy; plus Daughters, the Explosion, and Boy in Static

Live reviews of: Caribou, Death From Above 1979, and Ivy and Stars

Also, short reviews of:

THEATER

Carolyn Clay reviews Ken Ludwig's Shakespeare in Hollywood at the Lyric Stage and Michael Hollinger's Tooth and Claw at Zeitgeist Stage

Iris Fanger checks in with Little Shop of Horrors

DANCE

Jeffrey Gantz spends days and nights at Boston Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty.

Marcia B. Siegel reports on Savion Glover at the Majestic.

ART

Christopher Millis says The DeCordova's Annual Exhibition hits the mark, and so does Bruce Bemis at the BCA.

BOOKS

Douglas Wolk examines the legacy of cartooning genius Will Eisner.

TELEVISION

HOTDOTS: SUNDAY 15 4:00 (25) Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (movie). Why Fox would want to draw attention to this 1999 effort just as the new and improved finale of finales hits the theaters is the real mystery. By Clif Garboden

FOOD