If you think about it, many of our favorite Star Wars characters have a scientific background or technological skills. And the Empire would have been nowhere without the engineering feats of Star Destroyers and superweapons galore. Fangirl Going Rogue's Tricia Barr proposed a panel to discuss how STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) ties into the Star Wars universe and how Star Wars in turn inspires careers and hobbies with a STEM slant. The panelists are a fantastic group, including…