Opis: Star Wars

In October 2012, the Walt Disney Company paid more than four billion dollars to acquire Lucasfilm, the production company responsible for the movie Howard the Duck. But Disney, despite its history and success with duck characters, wasn't after Howard; in buying Lucasfilm, it also bought the rights to the Star Wars franchise. Soon after the purchase, Disney announced a new Star Wars film was in the works and would be released in 2015, nearly four decades after the first movie hit big screens around the world and changed popular culture forever. The continued relevance of Star Wars owes much to the passion of its fans. For millions of people around the world, the films are more than diversions - they are a way of life. Through costumed role-playing, incessant quoting, Yoda-like grammatical inversions, and scholarly debates about the Force, fans keep the films alive in a variety of ways and, in so doing, add to the saga's cultural relevance. The first book to address the films holistically and from a variety of cultural perspectives, Fan Phenomena: Star Wars explores numerous aspects of Star Wars fandom, from its characters to its philosophy. As one contributor notes, "the saga that George Lucas created affects our lives almost daily, whether we ourselves are fans of the saga or not." Anyone who is struggling to forget Jar Jar Binks can certainly agree to that. Academically informed but written for a general audience, this book will appeal to every fan and critic of the films. That is, all of us. "While we are all busy being "Star Wars" fans there's something very enticing in reading about how the fandom works, and that's what this book brings. . . . Definitely worth the time for any fan of fandom or "Star Wars" to read."--Mark Newbold "Jedi News "

Szczegóły: Star Wars

Tytuł: Star Wars
Producent: Intellect Limited
ISBN: 9781783200221
Rok produkcji: 2013
Ilość stron: 132
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.29 kg

Recenzje: Star Wars