 | The Lack of Star Wars Scholarship |
Compared to other fandoms, there's relatively little scholarship in SW fandom. The official guys don't think there's any interest and many fans don't seem to take Star Wars seriously enough for it to happen. I know, because some of us have tried to get an academic track, or least some panels about Star Wars and mythology and stuff, at Celebration III and there was a lot of doubt people would really be interested. So it didn't happen. As far as websites go, Saga Journal is about it and we certainly don't get the traffic of The Force Net or Rebelscum. We do find papers and there are books being written or have been written but not at the same rate as there are for something like Tolkien, Harry Potter, or even The Matrix. With the wealth of material in the SW films and the different angles people can take analyzing it, there could be scholarship but while Star Wars fandom has certainly gotten bigger, I don't think it's "matured" to the point where it could take an interest in scholarship. I hope that will change and Saga Journal is meant to encourage that change, but who knows?
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