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Star Wars Visions: RONIN -- out now! Profile picture
Star Wars Visions: RONIN -- out now!
@EmmaCandon
Wrote a Star War (RONIN, 2021). Also THE ARCHIVE UNDYING (2023). Editor @gomanga. Rep'd @literallycait. escaped academic 4 mediocre robot. she/they
Dec 6, 2021 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
This thread has been a long time coming, but it’s finally time to talk about my psych thesis:

“Why are People Such Dicks Online?: a dissertation on call out culture and why queers seem so keen on repeatedly shooting ourselves in the collective foot” 1/ I came to this thesis (in gd 2015!!) from a place of hurt. I belong to a number of marginalized identities, and I keenly understand the need to push back against power used badly—the ephemeral hope for accountability. 2/
Oct 14, 2021 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
Here by popular demand, it’s time to talk Japanese folklore and ghosts in #StarWarsVisions RONIN! I’m going to keep it spoiler-lite, but there will be some vague references to characters, world, and themes. 1/ One of the first things I did upon being offered this project was to sit down and start listing folkloric entities and concepts that I wanted to see translated into Star Wars. 2/
Oct 12, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Welp, the day hath come. #StarWarsVisions RONIN is here.

If you’ve ever wanted to see Star Wars reinterpreted through the lens of its narrative lineage in Japanese myth and history, this is The Book. 1/ Image It all stems from the first entry in #StarWarsVisions, Kamikaze Douga’s “The Duel”: an homage to the jidaigeki (period piece) works of auteurs like Kurosawa, whose “Hidden Fortress” famously inspired George Lucas and “A New Hope.” 2/