{"product_id":"9781350639324","title":"Star Wars World The Making of a Media Empire","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStar Wars World\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Making of a Media Empire\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRebecca Harrison\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Star Wars \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld: The Making of a Media Empire\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the deep and often overlooked relationship between Britain and the global Star Wars franchise, revealing how British labour, land, and resources have shaped one of the world's most influential media brands. Drawing on archival research, first-person testimony, and political ecological analysis, Rebecca Harrison reframes \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e not simply as a US cultural product but as a transnational industrial enterprise dependent on Britain's imperial infrastructures, extractive economies, and working cultures. By approaching fifty years of \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e production through a history-from-below lens, Harrison brings to light voices and experiences usually effaced from franchise histories-below-the-line crew, local communities, and even the wildlife impacted by location shoots.\u003cbr\u003eHarrison documents how Scotland, Wales, and England have contributed to, and been shaped by, \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e media-making-from English studios and military-industrial supply chains, to quarry floors, reservoirs, forests, and former industrial sites transformed into alien worlds. She shows how the franchise's production practices are embedded in long-standing hierarchies of class, land ownership, and colonial power, and that these dynamics manifest materially: in the composition of props and costumes, in the logistics of location filming, and in the environmental footprints of everything from aluminium droids to digital effects pipelines. Combining interdisciplinary scholarship with original fieldwork and interviews, Harrison situates \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e within broader debates about screen-industry colonialism, labour, extractivism, and Britain's ongoing struggles over land rights and ecological futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Star Wars World\u003c\/i\u003e offers a critical yet generous account of a franchise that continues to shape global culture. It invites readers to enjoy \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e while also understanding the political, ecological, and historical forces that make the saga possible-and profitable. As the franchise approaches its fiftieth anniversary, the book provides an urgently needed reflection on the costs and consequences of blockbuster media-making, and asks how audiences, policymakers, and industry figures might rethink their relationships with franchise entertainment in a time of intensifying social and environmental crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRebecca Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is a Research Associate at the University of Sussex, UK.  Her work examines the political economies and ecologies of UK screen media. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Steam to Screen \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2018)\u003ci\u003e a\u003c\/i\u003end of\u003ci\u003e The Empire Strikes Back \u003c\/i\u003e(BFI Film Classics, 2020) as well as numerous journal articles on film cultures and production histories. Harrison appears regularly in print and broadcast media as a commentator on cinema and is Director of the Environmental Impact of Filmmaking project. Her project website, \u003cb\u003eeifproject.com\u003c\/b\u003e, and personal site, \u003cb\u003ewritingonreels.uk\u003c\/b\u003e, host additional resources and research materials related to her work.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350639324\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976396890252,"sku":"9781350639324","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350639324","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}