Aww, I totally understand what you mean -- I may be a lifelong SW fan, but it's only been in the last year or so that I've started to truly analyze what Star Wars means to me on a meta-textual level. So much of it has always been something I've instinctively understood somewhere deep in my psyche, but only in recently times have I finally started to put these feelings into words.
It finally got to the point that i actually ended up making a Star Wars sideblog on tumblr so that i had somewhere to spew all of my feels, hehe.
When it comes to more meta like the essay I've quoted above, these types of posts are few and far between, I've discovered. That said, I'm always searching for more, as well as constantly thinking of topics to write on in more depth. :)
Here is something I wrote and posted on my SW blog this past summer:
As you can probably tell, one of my main focuses these days is the Skywalker saga (by this i refer to the six main films by Lucas). I have many other SW-related interests, of course, but due to the current popularity of certain aspects of the the 'new canon', much of my meta ends up taking the shape of defending the integrity of the story told in the PT and the OT -- a story that I feel strongly is a complete and coherent (and ultimately positive and uplifting) myth, and one that stands very well on its own, without the need for a so-called sequel. :)
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It finally got to the point that i actually ended up making a Star Wars sideblog on tumblr so that i had somewhere to spew all of my feels, hehe.
When it comes to more meta like the essay I've quoted above, these types of posts are few and far between, I've discovered. That said, I'm always searching for more, as well as constantly thinking of topics to write on in more depth. :)
Here is something I wrote and posted on my SW blog this past summer:
The Chosen One, the Hero’s Journey, and breaking the cycle of enslavement in Star Wars
And here is a link to a film student's essay I encountered while researching the history of the general public's perception of the Prequels:
Revisiting the Star Wars Prequels
See also my general meta tag HERE.
As you can probably tell, one of my main focuses these days is the Skywalker saga (by this i refer to the six main films by Lucas). I have many other SW-related interests, of course, but due to the current popularity of certain aspects of the the 'new canon', much of my meta ends up taking the shape of defending the integrity of the story told in the PT and the OT -- a story that I feel strongly is a complete and coherent (and ultimately positive and uplifting) myth, and one that stands very well on its own, without the need for a so-called sequel. :)