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Filmmaking, Philosophy and the Star Wars Universe

Cyrus R.K. Patell

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
07 October 2021

Film theory & criticism; Individual film directors, film-makers; Fiction-related items; Philosophy: aesthetics; Other Film, TV & Media

Series: Philosophical Filmmakers

From A New Hope to The Rise of Skywalker and beyond, this book offers the first complete assessment and philosophical exploration of the Star Wars universe.

Lucasfilm examines the ways in which these iconic films were shaped by global cultural mythologies and world cinema, as well as philosophical ideas from the fields of aesthetics and political theory, and now serve as a platform for public philosophy. Cyrus R. K. Patell also looks at how this ever-expanding universe of cultural products and enterprises became a global brand and asks: can a corporate entity be considered a “filmmaker and philosopher”?

More than any other film franchise, Lucasfilm’s Star Wars has become part of the global cultural imagination. The new generation of Lucasfilm artists is full of passionate fans of the Star Wars universe, who have now been given the chance to build on George Lucas's oeuvre. Within these pages, Patell explores what it means for films and their creators to become part of cultural history in this unprecedented way.

By: Cyrus R.K. Patell
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 356g
ISBN: 9781350100619
ISBN 10: 1350100617
Series: Philosophical Filmmakers
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 07 October 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Images Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Filmmaking and Philosophizing 2. From Lucas to Lucasfilm 3. Reversal and Recognition, Exile and Return 4. Melodrama 5. Individualism 6. Technophobia 7. Cosmopolitanism 8. Fallibilism 9. Moral Compass Notes Bibliography Index

Cyrus R. K. Patell is Global Network Professor of Literature at NYU Abu Dhabi and Professor of English at NYU in New York, USA. He is author of Emergent U.S. Literatures (2014) and Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination (2015) and co-editor (with Deborah Lindsay Williams) of The Oxford History of the Novel in English, Volume 8: American Fiction since 1940.

Reviews for Lucasfilm: Filmmaking, Philosophy and the Star Wars Universe

A tour around the sprawling Star Wars galaxy, with Cyrus R. K. Patell as a witty, accessible, and expert guide - this book, exploring Luddites through lightsabers and Obi-Wan through Oedipus, is the college class you wish you'd been able to take. Its overview of the entire saga, from 1977's Star Wars through the Expanded Universe and Special Editions to The Clone Wars, Solo and 2020's The Mandalorian, pinpoints themes and motifs across several decades of this multi-authored space opera. * Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies, Kingston University London, UK *