Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling /

Star Wars has reached more than three generations of casual and hardcore fans alike, and as a result many of the producers of franchised Star Wars texts (films, television, comics, novels, games, and more) over the past four decades have been fans-turned-creators. Yet despite its dominant cultural a...

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Other Authors: Guynes, Sean A. (Editor), Hassler-Forest, Dan (Daniel Alfred), 1973- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • "I Am Fluent in over Six Million Forms of Communication"
  • Introduction: "What Is This Strange World We've Come to?"
  • Foreword: "I Have a Bad Feeling About This" / Jenkins, Henry / Hassler-Forest, Dan
  • Part I "First Steps Into A Larger World": Establishing the Star Wars Storyworld
  • 1. "Thank the Maker!" / Lomax, Tara
  • 2. Han Leia Shot First / Webster, Jeremy W.
  • 3. From Sequel to Quasi-Novelization / Freeman, Matthew
  • 4. Another Canon, Another Time / Parys, Thomas Van
  • 5. Franchising Empire / Hall, Stefan
  • 6. "You must feel the Force around you!" / Morton, Drew
  • Part II "Never Tell Me the Odds!": Expanding the Star Wars Universe
  • 7. Transmedia Character Building / Geraghty, Lincoln
  • 8. The Digitizing Force of Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game / Lee, Jonathan Rey
  • 9. Publishing the New Jedi Order / Guynes, Sean
  • 10. How Star Wars Became Museological / Herrera, Beatriz Bartolome / Keidl, Philipp Dominik
  • 11. Adapting the Death Star into LEGO / Wolf, Mark J.P.
  • 12. Invoking the Holy Trilogy / Butler, Andrew M.
  • 13. Chasing Wild Space / Mejeur, Cody
  • Part III "More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine": Consolidating the Star Wars Franchise
  • 14. From Transmedia Storytelling to Transmedia Experience / Hills, Matt
  • 15. Space Bitches, Witches, and Kick-Ass Princesses / Bruin-Mole, Megen de
  • 16. Some People Call Him a Space Cowboy / Sweet, Derek R.
  • 17. The Kiss Goodnight from a Galaxy Far, Far Away / Urbanski, Heather
  • 18. Formatting Nostalgia / Whitney, Allison
  • 19. Fandom Edits / Canavan, Gerry
  • Afterword: "You'll Find I'm Full of Surprises" / Brooker, Will / Hassler-Forest, Dan
  • Bibliography
  • About the Contributors
  • Index.