Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
List of Contributors xi
List of illustrations xv
Preface: The Book Awakens Ken Derry xvii
Introduction: Being Sith Lord Sexypants Ken Derry 1
Chapter 1 The More Things Change: Historical Political Context and The Force Awakens John C. Lyden 23
Chapter 2 The Brightest Shadow: From Fighting Darkness to Seeking It Lindsay Macumber 33
Chapter 3 Leia "the Hutt Slayer" and Rey "the next generation badass boss bitch": Heroism, Gender, and Fan Appreciation Chris Klassen 47
Chapter 4 I've Heard This Somewhere Before: The Myth-Making Implications of Han and Leia's Theme Kutter Callaway 61
Chapter 5 The Racism Awakens Daniel White Hodge Joseph Boston 74
Chapter 6 Do, or Do Not; There is no Try; Race, Rhetoric, and Diversity in the Star Wars Universe Joshua Call 92
Chapter 7 Ritual, Repetition, and the Responsibility of Relaying the Myth Justin Mullis 106
Chapter 8 Memory, History, and Forgetting in Star Wars Fandom Syed Adnan Hussain 133
Chapter 9 The Ion Canon Will Fire Several Shots to Make Sure Any Enemy Ships Will be Out of Your Flight Path; Canonization, Tribal Theologians, and Imaginary World Budding Kenneth MacKendrick 147
Subject Index 163
Author Index 169
Film and Television Index 171
Star Wars Media Index 173