plot device / metal bikini / weapon systems / navigation software / final accounting / fancy language processors / /
Movie
Empire / /
Organization
Force for Acquisition / Defense Acquisition University / DAU Alumni Association / Science / Technology and Engineering Directorate / Air Force / Department of Defense / office of the Secretary / /
Person
Norm Augustine / Darth Vader / Ben Kenobi / Hope Yes / George Lucas / Dan Ward / / /
Position
author / Prime Minister / program manager / branch chief / lazy writer / good role model / writer / Lt. Col. / senior architect / Emperor / /
Illustration by Jim Elmore Don’t Come to the Dark Side Acquisition Lessons from a Galaxy Far, Far Away Lt. Col. Dan Ward, USAF