{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"77226","title":"May the Fourth: Star Wars Special Collections ","campus":"Tempe campus","locations":"Hayden Library, Wurzburger Reading Room","college_unit":"ASU Library, ASU Library \u2013 Community Archives, Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture, Department of English","department":"","field_cost_value":"Free","event_price_level":"Free","asu_events_price_desc":"Free","body_summary":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn a galaxy not so far away, take a look inside the world of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/libg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","full_body":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn a galaxy not so far away, take a look inside the world of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/libguides.asu.edu\/film\/special\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Nicholas A. Salerno Star Wars Collection\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E inside Hayden Library\u2019s Wurzburger Reading Room! 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