The Transmedia Franchise of Star Wars TV

The Transmedia Franchise of Star Wars TV
ISBN-10
3030529584
ISBN-13
9783030529581
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
204
Language
English
Published
2020-11-11
Publisher
Springer Nature
Authors
Dominic J. Nardi, Derek R. Sweet

Description

While previous work on the Star Wars universe charts the Campbellian mythic arcs, political representations, and fan reactions associated with the films, this volume takes a transmedial approach to the material, recognizing that Star Wars TV projects interact with and relate to other Star Wars texts. The chapters in this volume take as a basic premise that the televisual entrants into the Star Wars transmedia storyworld are both important texts in the history of popular culture and also key to understanding how the Star Wars franchise—and, thus, industry-wide transmedia storytelling strategies—developed. The book expands previous work to consider television studies and sharp cultural criticism together in an effort to bring both long-running popular series, long-ignored texts, and even toy commercials to bear on the franchise’s complex history.

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