A galaxy not so far away : writers and artists on twenty-five years of Star Wars / edited and with an introduction by Glenn Kenny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kenny, Glenn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Star Wars films.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 222 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt, 2002.

Summary:

A classic assemblage of pop writing at its best, "A Galaxy Not So Far Away" is a book for everyone who loves "Star Wars" films and seeks to understand just what it is about these movies that has so enchanted an entire generation of filmgoers.

Contents:

Introduction: Jedi mind tricks / Glenn Kenny

13, 1977, 21 / Jonathan Lethem

Pale starship, pale rider: the ambiguous appeal of Boba Fett / Tom Bissell

Dagobah, Nebraska / Dan Barden

Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Catcher in the Red-Eye: Episode IV: A new goddamn hope / Neal Pollack

A night out in the memeplex / Arion Berger

Married to the force / Kevin Smith

Works every time / Elvis Mitchell

The chrysanthemum and the lightsaber / Erika Krouse

The force visits Willoughby, Ohio / Elwood Reid

Anakin, get your gun / Joe Quennan

Becoming Darth Vader / Lydia Millet

It's a wonderful life day, or How I learned to stop worrying and love the Star war holiday special / Webster Younce

Planet Rock: Star wars and hip-hop / Harry Allen

Jedi uber alles / Tom Carson

A big dumb movie about space wizards: struggling to cope with The phantom menace / Todd Hanson

Star wars tale / Kate Bernheimer

A Star wars miscellany: extracts culled from various media / compiled by Aimee Agresti.

Notes:

"An Owl book."

ISBN:

0805070745

OCLC:

50456206