Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling
eBook - PDF

Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling

About this book

This collection grapples with the historical, cultural, aesthetic, and political-economic implications of the relationship between media franchising and transmedia storytelling as they are seen at work in the world's most profitable transmedia franchise.

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Yes, you can access Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling by Sean Guynes, Dan Hassler-Forest, Sean Guynes,Dan Hassler-Forest in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Literary Criticism in Science Fiction. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. “I Am Fluent in over Six Million Forms of Communication”
  3. Introduction: “What Is This Strange World We’ve Come to?”
  4. Foreword: “I Have a Bad Feeling About This”
  5. Part I “First Steps Into A Larger World”: Establishing the Star Wars Storyworld
  6. 1. “Thank the Maker!”
  7. 2.Han Leia Shot First
  8. 3. From Sequel to Quasi-Novelization
  9. 4. Another Canon, Another Time
  10. 5. Franchising Empire
  11. 6. “You must feel the Force around you!”
  12. Part II “Never Tell Me the Odds!”: Expanding the Star Wars Universe
  13. 7. Transmedia Character Building
  14. 8. The Digitizing Force of Decipher’s Star Wars Customizable Card Game
  15. 9. Publishing the New Jedi Order
  16. 10. How Star Wars Became Museological
  17. 11. Adapting the Death Star into LEGO
  18. 12. Invoking the Holy Trilogy
  19. 13. Chasing Wild Space
  20. Part III “More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine”: Consolidating the Star Wars Franchise
  21. 14. From Transmedia Storytelling to Transmedia Experience
  22. 15. Space Bitches, Witches, and Kick-Ass Princesses
  23. 16. Some People Call Him a Space Cowboy
  24. 17. The Kiss Goodnight from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
  25. 18. Formatting Nostalgia
  26. 19. Fandom Edits
  27. Afterword: “You’ll Find I’m Full of Surprises”
  28. Bibliography
  29. About the Contributors
  30. Index