In this week's lecture we discussed fandom and the ways in which someone is a fan, or a superfan. The idea of Spimatic fandom is participating in the discussion or the creation of the content surrounding a fandom. In lecture we discussed this in relation to crowdfunding, but I wanted to share the ways in which I am spimatic fan. I help run the Star Wars Underworld fansite and podcast. Through this, I write news articles, op-eds, and host podcasts relating to the Star Wars franchise. Here are some examples of how I do this.
Podcasts
I host three related podcasts related to Star Wars. The main one is The Star Wars Underworld Podcast, which is focused on discussing the news surrounding the franchise and how this affects past and future content. There's "The Clone Wars Strikes Back" which is about celebrating and keeping alive the spirit of the show Star Wars: The Clone Wars by discussing old episodes. And finally, there's "Live From Lothal" which discusses the weekly Star Wars Rebels episodes as they are released. I've included the most recent episode below,
Writing
I write news stories about the Star Wars universe as they break, weekly reviews of Star Wars Rebels, and opinion pieces about Star Wars.
Reporting
I also get to go to conventions as a member of the press and interview people involved in creating new (and old) Star Wars projects film reports from these events. As examples, I have included the interview I did with Star Wars Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni at New York Comic Con as well as the analysis I did of the The Force Awakens poster from D23 this summer,
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