Finn and the Hero’s Journey in The Force Awakens
From the beginning, Star Wars has drawn heavily on the Hero’s Journey framework of storytelling, particularly the monomyth articulated by
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Seven Things To Learn From Timothy Zahn’s Panel at Celebration Orlando
At Star Wars Celebration Orlando, Timothy Zahn presented “101 Ideas in an Hour” at the Star Wars University stage to
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Telling Underrepresented Stories with NBC’s Timeless
by Priya Chhaya Historians are the original time travelers. We spend our careers listening to the voices of the past,
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Excellence in Diversity and Storytelling in NBC’s Timeless
When NBC announced one of its new shows for the 2016-17 broadcast season would be the sci-fi time-travel series Timeless,
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Hyperspace Theories Episode 23: Rian Johnson Storytelling Camp
This month on Hyperspace Theories we consider the qualities that director and screenwriter Rian Johnson brings to Star Wars for
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The Heroine’s Journey in Supergirl (CBS/CW Television)
The Heroine’s Journey can be told in any medium, from books or comics to film and television. One of the
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GeekGirlCon 2016: Heroine’s Journey Panel Recap
For the third consecutive year, I was delighted to moderate a panel on the Heroine’s Journey at GeekGirlCon in Seattle.
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Carrie Fisher Panel Recap: Wizard World Chicago
Carrie Fisher during her 2016 panel at Wizard World Chicago. Photo by Kay Serna. If you ever have a chance
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Star Wars Author Claudia Gray Discusses Storytelling And Fanfic
Today USA Today revealed the cover of Star Wars: Bloodline, a new adult novel to be released by Del
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Fanon, Canon and the Blurring Lines Between Them
Fan fiction is being covered widely across media. Tricia Barr discusses why it is a topic that has become unavoidable to franchises.
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