Myth & Myth Making in Star Wars with Ken Liu




WHAT THE FORCE ? A Star Wars Show show

Summary: Join our host Marie-Claire Gould (<a href="https://twitter.com/mariecgould">@mariecgould</a>), and Ken Liu (<a href="https://twitter.com/kyliu99">@Kyliu99</a>) for a fascinating discussion on myth and myth making in Star Wars. We cover Myth in our world and how that applies to Star Wars as a mythopoeia.<br> <a href="https://kenliu.name/">Ken Liu Website</a><br> Ken’s Publications:<br> <a href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Grace-of-Kings/Ken-Liu/The-Dandelion-Dynasty/9781481424271" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Grace of Kings</a> (2015) and <a href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Wall-of-Storms/Ken-Liu/The-Dandelion-Dynasty/9781481424301" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wall of Storms</a> (2016) — a silkpunk epic fantasy series<br> <a href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Paper-Menagerie-and-Other-Stories/Ken-Liu/9781481442541" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories</a> (2016) — my debut collection<br> <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/thethreebodyproblem/cixinliu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Three-Body Problem</a> and <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/deathsend/cixinliu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Death’s End</a> (2016) — English translations of vols 1 &amp; 3 of Liu Cixin’s hard SF trilogy<br> <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/invisibleplanets/kenliu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Invisible Planets</a> (2016) — an anthology of contemporary Chinese SF in translation<br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Star-Wars-Legends-Skywalker/dp/1484780779" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Legends of Luke Skywalker</a> (2017) — part of the Star Wars: Journey to The Last Jedi project<br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/wtforceshow">@WTForceshow</a><br> Website: <a href="http://www.whattheforce.ca/">Whattheforce.ca</a><br> Our Intro and Exit music is the What the Force Theme, Orchestral Music by Christy Carew with full permission for use by Christy Carew (http://www.christycarew.com).<br>