Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away

✍ Scribed by Emily Strand; Amy H. Sturgis

• Publisher: Vernon Press
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 253
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

'Star Wars' is a global phenomenon that in 2022 celebrated its 45th year of transmedia storytelling, and it has never been more successful than it is today. More 'Star Wars' works than ever are currently available or in simultaneous development, including live-action and animated series, novels, comics, and merchandise, as well as the feature films for which the franchise is best known. 'Star Wars' fandom is worldwide, time-tested, and growing; academic interest in the franchise, both inside and outside of the classroom, is high. This accessible and multidisciplinary anthology covers topics across the full history of the franchise. With a range of essays by authors whose disciplines run from culture and religious studies to film, feminism, and philology, 'Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away' speaks to academics in the field, students in the classroom, and anyone looking to broaden their understanding and deepen their appreciation for 'Star Wars'.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1: Exploring the Series and Films
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Twi’leks in the Star Wars Universe
Chapter 2 Saving What We Love: The Hope and Resistance of Makers and Craftspeople in Disney’s Star Wars
Chapter 3 The Dead Mom’s Peril: Star Wars and the Dispossession of the Mother Figure
Part 2: Exploring the Ideas
Chapter 4 21-87: Not Just a Number in Star Wars
Chapter 5 The Map in the Mirror: Reflections of Time, Self, and Salvation in Star Wars and Harry Potter
Chapter 6 Sabacc Fans’ Playable Representations of Star Wars Cultural Memory
Part 3: Exploring the Multimedia Storytelling
Chapter 7 Choice and Consequence in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II—The Sith Lords
Chapter 8 This is the Way: The Mandalorian and the Evolving Serial Medium
Chapter 9 From “Utinni!” to “Aliit Ori’shya Tal’din”: The Glossopoeiac Journey of Star Wars
Chapter 10 Expanding Universes: Star Wars and the Cultivation of Canon
Contributors
Index