Star Wars multiverse / Carmelo Esterrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Esterrich, Carmelo, author.

Series:

Quick takes.

Quick Takes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Star Wars films--History and criticism.

Star Wars films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Star Wars may have started out as a film about a Manichean battle between good and evil, but as countless filmmakers, novelists, animators, fan artists and even cosplayers have taken the opportunity to play in the fictional world George Lucas created, it has expanded into something far greater, resulting in a richly layered and diverse Star Wars multiverse. Drawing from a full range of Star Wars media, including comics, children’s books, fan films, and television shows like Clone Wars and The Mandalorian, Carmelo Esterrich explores how these stories set in a galaxy far far away reflect issues that hit closer to home. He examines what they have to say about political oppression, authoritarianism, colonialism, discrimination, xenophobia, and perpetual war. Yet he also investigates subtler ways in which the personal is political within the multiverse, including its articulations of gender and sexuality, its cultural hierarchies of language use, and its complex relationships between humans, droids and myriad species. This book demonstrates that the Star Wars multiverse is not just a stage for thrilling interstellar battles, but also an exciting space for interpretation and discovery.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE: Seriously, Star Wars

1 NAVIGATING A MULTIVERSE: Watching, Reading, Wearing Star Wars

2 HUMANS AND CREATURES + DROIDS: Hierarchies of Life

3 IMPERIAL DESIRES: War, Order, Colonialism

4 BEYOND PRINCESSES AND FLYBOYS: Gender and Sexuality in Star Wars

CONCLUSION: Star Wars, Seriously

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FURTHER READING

WORKS CITED

FILMOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781978815292

1978815298

OCLC:

1253290644