Star Wars: The New Myth [Hardcover]

Michael J. Hanson (Author), Max S. Kay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 11, 2002

Finally, there is a complete mythological analysis of the first four Star Wars films that everyone can understand, tracing threads from tales modern and classic, spanning all parts of the globe!

Michael Hanson and Max Kay draw from a list of hundreds

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Michael J. Hanson and Max S. Kay are long-time friends and graduated from Claremont McKenna College in Economics and Math and Economics respectively in May 2001. Michael, age 22, lives in San Francisco where he works in Finance. This is his second book. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 452 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (April 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401039901
• ISBN-13: 978-1401039905
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,312,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Conclusions, December 31, 2002

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Helen Howerton (La Puente, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Wars: The New Myth (Hardcover)

Working from the idea that Star Wars is indeed a "new myth," authors Hanson and Kay offer readers a valid explanation of how George Lucas used the basic tenets of historical myth (allegory, ritual, hero, for instance) to craft stories that are universal to the human experience.

Yes, it reads like a college thesis (which a portion of it was), but that does not make the conclusions less valid. What does detract from the reading is the dozens of typographical errors that abound in the book! Some serious proofreading was definitely called for here.

Overall, I found it to be an interesting addition to the vast universe of Star Wars literature, fiction and nonfiction. I only wish someone had been paying attention to the spelling and punctuation errors.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars University Student, January 25, 2005

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Maryann (Mississauga, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Wars: The New Myth (Hardcover)

The essays were interesting eventhough I have read similar arguements before. I found the book helpful in forming my own arguments for a term paper.
However I not only found dozens of spelling, grammer, and stylistic (for example after the sentence in bold, there is a summary in italics but not all of these are itlailized) errors. I also found at least one error dealing with the content in TPM at the bottom of p.97 and I quote "Back on Coruscant, Sio Bibble ..." however Sio Bibble is on Naboo and not Corusant, this is a big mistake. I found this error only doing a cursary reading so there may be more mistakes. I am a huge Star Wars fan and this simple error started to get on my nerves, it hinderd my enjoyment of the book. Hanson and Kay not only need to get a better editor, they also have to check their facts before printing and selling any book. If they were to write another book I would want to read it before paying anything for it.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's OK, but..., November 22, 2002

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This review is from: Star Wars: The New Myth (Paperback)

This book reads more like a grad student's thesis than an actual book of study. And maybe it is, but why, oh why, is out there on the mass market? I was looking for deep insights and cross references to worldwide myths; but alas, nothing. Oh well, it was at least entertaining in that it had anything to do with the Star Wars universe at all.