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How Star Wars conquered the universe

Taylor, Chris, 1973-2015
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Why do most people know what an Ewok is, even if they haven't seen Return of the Jedi? How have Star Wars action figures come to outnumber human beings? How did 'Jedi' become an officially recognised religion? When did the films' merchandising revenue manage to rival the GDP of a small country? Tracing the birth, death and rebirth of the epic universe built by George Lucas and hundreds of writers, artists, producers, and marketers, Chris Taylor jousts with modern-day Jedi, tinkers with droid builders, and gets inside Boba Fett's helmet, all to find out how Star Wars has attracted and inspired so many fans for so long.
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Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2015.
Collation:
xxii, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Basic Books, 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784970468 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
75841
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