Fern and Julia are back for Star Wars English Class's sophomore year! We're kicking off swenglishclass season two with our first Character Study. Join us as we perform an in-depth exploration of Obi-Wan Kenobi's characterization and character development within both Canon and Legends materials. How does Obi-Wan's narrative purpose shift between the Original Trilogy and the Prequels? Which Legends story beats inform Obi-Wan's Canon characterization? And what exactly is a character, anyway?
On the syllabus:
- Uri Mangolin. “Character.” The Cambridge Companion to Narrative, edited by David Herman, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007, pp. 66–79. Cambridge Companions to Literature.
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Jedi Apprentice (series) by Jude Watson (1999-2002)
TIMESTAMPS
(01:18) Introductory Shenanigans
(11:10) Is Lego Star Wars Camp?
(17:18) Our Obi-Wan Kenobi Histories
(23:23) Character and Characterization
(36:07) Obi-Wan in the Original Trilogy
(47:02) Obi-Wan in the Prequel Trilogy
(1:32:05) Obi-Wan's Literary Lineage
(1:38:00) What We Talk About When We Talk About Obi-Wan
(2:02:54) Concluding Shenanigans
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