Reel Records: A New Hope IV
A New Hope in Record Keeping
Star Wars – A New Hope has record epic space battles, iconic characters, and timeless storytelling. However, it’s not all lightsabres and starships. There’s another aspect that plays a key role in the story:?information governance and records management. Even in a galaxy far, far away, managing information and accessing records is critical for both the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.
Let’s explore how the film has record-keeping subtly weaved into its narrative, perhaps without even realising:
The Death Star Plans: A Digital Record of Galactic Proportions
At the heart of?A New Hope?lies the quest to secure a crucial piece of data: the Death Star plans. These plans represent the pinnacle of top-secret information within the Empire, detailing the schematics of the Empire’s ultimate weapon. The Rebellion’s mission to obtain these plans is a record-keeping and information-security mission on an intergalactic scale!
The Empire’s Data Vulnerability
The fact that the Death Star’s schematics could be stolen by the Alliance indicates a failure in the...
Legal Director (Data Protection & Information Governance in Education) at Browne Jacobson LLP. AMIRMS CIPM AIGP Pc.RM. Picasso Awards Champion 2024.
5 个月I'm so here for this series! (Now thinking about all the films and TV series with A RM/IG link)
Data Protection Manager, AIGP
5 个月The force is strong with you Emily. Excellent post.
Records and Information Manager
5 个月Very apt as there should always be a new hope in IG. Even when you're being crushed in a garbage compressor. Would R2's journey to find Obi-Wan's location data count as automated decision making?