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Fire All Canons!

Last updated on: July 20, 2019 at 4:49 am by James F. McGrath

Fire All Canons! 2019-07-18T14:58:05-04:00 James F. McGrath

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Having recently finished a draft of a book chapter about canon in Star Wars (both in the fictional universe and in the franchise, and the relationship between the two) it was nice to have discussion of Star Wars be so frequent online in recent months, and especially to have The Phantom Menace get particular attention. The official Star Wars website had lots of content that was thought-provoking, and I’ll share some of that here, as well as much else…

When fandom is the problem

A short tribute video focused on Jedi and Sith

When Star Wars and Homeland Security cross paths

A collection of recent posts from the Star Wars website:

http://www.starwars.com/news/phantom-menace-memories

http://www.starwars.com/news/20-quotes-the-phantom-menace

https://www.starwars.com/news/from-a-certain-point-of-view-best-scene-the-phantom-menace

https://www.starwars.com/news/6-padme-amidala-greatest-moments

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-oral-history

https://www.starwars.com/news/20-bts-facts-star-wars-the-phantom-menace

http://www.starwars.com/news/6-reasons-star-wars-the-phantom-menace-is-for-kids

https://www.starwars.com/news/marvels-star-wars-begins-a-new-era-with-issue-68-first-look

http://www.starwars.com/news/vanity-fair-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker

https://www.starwars.com/news/visit-star-wars-galaxys-edge

https://www.starwars.com/news/hear-the-new-john-williams-suite-from-star-wars-galaxys-edge

https://www.starwars.com/news/10-of-the-best-force-moments

https://www.starwars.com/news/my-star-wars-adventures-writing-adventure

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-comic

https://www.starwars.com/news/lessons-from-the-star-wars-saga-anyone-can-be-a-hero

https://www.starwars.com/news/from-a-certain-point-of-view-which-side-is-more-powerful-the-empire-or-the-rebels

https://www.starwars.com/news/from-a-certain-point-of-view-underrated-jedi

https://www.starwars.com/news/age-of-resistance

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-joins-the-landmark-marvel-comics-1000

https://www.starwars.com/news/sith-trooper-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-sdcc-2019

Some Snoke backstory is coming our way!

Kyber Crystals at Galaxy’s Edge

IO9 also had a lot more, including:

Alderaanian wolfcats finally become canon

The best thing the Phantom Menace brought to Star Wars

Find out what made someone wish for more prequels

A short animated clip about Han Solo’s development from scoundrel to hero

Looking back on 20 years

Willrow Hood

Ahsoka Tano supercut

George Lucas at the first screening of Star Wars

I recently learned that George Lucas wrote long lists of names, some of which he came back to long after his earliest notes. And so that primed me to appreciate the IO9 piece about the names in The Rise of Skywalker. They also had another piece specifically about animal names in the franchise.

Han may or may not have shot first, but Boba Fett straight up murdered someone.

Rise of Skywalker may feel like a different genre

The Marvel approach won’t work for Star Wars

When expectation and reality clash

A comic that feels like opening a time capsule from the 80s

The revelations in a new Tie Fighter book

Will Brooker, in his book Using the Force, talks about “bashers” and “gushers” and the inability of most in one camp to persuade those in the other, or find common ground, or really understand them. There is a parallel to talking across religious differences, I’m sure you’ll agree…but if you don’t, can I persuade you?

Why I Shouldn’t Be Fired for Teaching Comics

The Sacred in Fantastic Fandom was released. Here’s a link so you can order a copy!

A. David Lewis on Dr. Yinsen

Loss and Found: Retribution, Restoration, and Relationships in Avengers: Endgame

Hello From The Magic Tavern explores canon in a fascinating way

A podcast related to canon:

And on that other kind of canon…

https://internetmonk.com/archive/87071

Text-Collections and an Emergent NT Canon

Who was behind deciding what became part of the Hebrew Bible?

How we got the Good Book

AJR Book Note on Before the Bible

http://www.apocryphicity.ca/2019/06/21/book-review-the-other-side-apocryphal-perspectives-on-ancient-christian-orthodoxies/

https://academic.logos.com/theological-interpretation-of-scripture-and-biblical-criticism-childs-and-wellhausen/

http://academic.logos.com/where-text-and-canon-meet-an-interview-with-john-meade-and-peter-gurry/

New Book on Eusebius’ Canon Tables

Revelation 22: the end of the end of the canon of Scripture

The Mesopotamian canon is a thing, too, in case you didn’t know. Art history has one too:

https://relcfp.tumblr.com/post/186233633534/cfp-the-art-historical-canon-today-caa-2020

Finally, a conference that touches on canon in the context of censorship. Apologies for not sharing it before the deadline for submissions passed on the call for papers!

http://relcfp.tumblr.com/post/185041116913/nihil-obstat-reading-and-circulation-of-texts

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