Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling (Paperback)

Foreword: Henry Jenkins and Dan Hassler-Forest, 'You'll find I'm full of surprises!': Introducing the Star Wars Storyworld Episode I: A New Storyworld-The Original Trilogy Matthew Freeman, From Quasi-Sequel to Novelization: Splinter of the Mind's Eye, Indie World-Building and the Culture of Transmedia Contingency Tara Lomax, 'Thank the Maker!': George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., and the Legends of Transtextual Authorship across the Star Wars Franchise Stefan Hall, Franchising Empire: Parker Bros., Atari, and the Rise of LucasArts Jeremy Webster, Han Leia Shot First: Transmedia Storytelling and the National Public Radio Dramatization of Star Wars. Drew Morton, 'You must feel the force around you!': Death Star Trench Running as Transmedia Play Mark J.P. Wolf, Adapting the Death Star into LEGO: The Case of LEGO Set #10188 [publisher, please note that this will be a reprint] Episode II: Attack of the Franchise-The Expanded Universe Thomas van Parys, The Novelizations of the Star Wars Films Jonathan Rey Lee, The Digitizing Force of Decipher's Star Wars: Customizable Card Game Megen de Bruin-Mole, 'She'll Always Be Royalty to Me': The Feminist Politics of Star Wars Sean Guynes, The New Jedi Order: Industrial Collaboration, Franchise Novels, and the Fiction Mega-Series Beatriz Bartolome Herrera and Philipp Dominik Keidl, How Star Wars Became Museological: Transmedia Storytelling and Imaginary World Building in the Exhibition Space Lincoln Geraghty, Transmedia Character Building: Tracking Paratextual Crossovers in the Star Wars Universe Cody Mejeur, Chasing Wild Space: World-building, Renewal, and the Unknown in the The Old Republic Episode III: The Fandom Re-Awakens-The Prequel Trilogy and the Disney Era Matt Hills, Transmedia Under One Roof: The Star Wars Celebration as a Convergence Event Taylor Evans, Retconning Race: Post-Racial Blackness in the Star Wars Franchise Allison Whitney, Formatting Nostalgia: IMAX Expansions of the Star Wars Franchise Andrew M. Butler, Invoking the Holy Trilogy: Star Wars in in the Askewniverse Gerry Canavan, Rogue One, what makes 'A Star Wars Story,' and liminal franchise texts Derek R. Sweet, Some People Call him a Space Cowboy: Kanan Jarrus, Outer Rim Justice, and the Legitimization of The Obama Doctrine Heather Urbanski, The Kiss Goodnight from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Experiencing Star Wars as a Fan-Scholar on Disney Property Afterword: Will Brooker and Dan Hassler-Forest, 'We'll See Each Other Again. I Believe That.' The Future of Star Wars.