Star Wars Franchise: Exploring the Force with Fans, Merchandise & Critics | Popular Culture & Everyday Life | Perfect for Sci-Fi Enthusiasts & Collectors
Star Wars Franchise: Exploring the Force with Fans, Merchandise & Critics | Popular Culture & Everyday Life | Perfect for Sci-Fi Enthusiasts & Collectors

Star Wars Franchise: Exploring the Force with Fans, Merchandise & Critics | Popular Culture & Everyday Life | Perfect for Sci-Fi Enthusiasts & Collectors

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In 1977 a single film called Star Wars exploded on the consciousness of the world. Since then the franchise, created by George Lucas, has become a global entertainment corporation. The merchandise of the original trilogy was largely confined to toys and games, but those games have since become computerized, the toys more sophisticated, and Star Wars has moved into the multi-media environment of the twenty-first century in ways unimaginable in the long-ago world of 1977. Computer games and web sites, novels, animated television shows, as well as a new trilogy of films, have all placed Star Wars at the center of world popular culture. Finding the Force of the Star Wars Franchise brings together contributors who critically analyze the Star Wars universe from many perspectives. Topics include war, foreign policy, gender roles, spirituality and religion, toy play and adult collecting, creative fandom, race, special effects, and mythology.

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With fourteen contributors, and sections ranging from myth and religion to playtoys and collecting, the coverage in this volume is outstanding. Gender issues, racial issues, post-colonial perspectives: the range is well attuned to the _Star Wars_ franchise. Not always praising, but on target and focused throughout. Too many chapters to single any out here, but Plemmons Pratt's look at the future of digital film is worth the price of the book!