Star Wars at Fifty
This symposium celebrates the 50th anniversary of Star Wars (1977) with nineteen short essays from scholars who discuss its meaning, impact, and legacy. The essays examine the migrations and manifestations of the Star Wars universe across media, including animation, video games, novels, comics, collectibles, and television. The scholars in this symposium explore topics such as race, ethnicity, sexuality, fandom, artificial intelligence, and animals in Star Wars texts.
Authors
- Patrick B. Sharp
- Joshua Pearson
- Leigh Edwards
- Gerry Canavan
- Sohini Sarah Pillai
- Frederick Luis Aldama
- Mihaela Mihailova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3083-946X)
- Christina Lord (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2226-6789)
- Kristin Noone
- Darryl Dickson‐Carr
- Jamie Woodcock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7097-305X)
- Sharon Sharp
- David Welch
- Jason W. Ellis
- Greg Carter
- Marco Fornasaro
- David Shipko
- Andrew Shephard
- De Witt Kilgore
Institutions
- Marquette University (US)
- Florida State University (US)
- University of North Carolina Wilmington (US)
- Irvine Valley College (US)
- University of Alabama (US)
- King's College London (GB)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- California State University Los Angeles (US)
- California State University, Dominguez Hills (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (US)
- Kalamazoo College (US)
- Indiana University (US)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- San Francisco State University (US)
- New York City College of Technology (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Science Fiction Studies
- Published
- 2026-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1525/sfs.2026.53.3.451
- Primary Topic
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00