A Rebel by Any Other Name: The Onomastics of Disney's Star Wars Rebels
Set five years before Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Rebels (2014-18) is an animated series focused on a band of smugglers who join the Rebel Alliance. In keeping with Lucas's Star Wars universe, Star Wars Rebels's two Jedi characters have biblical names: Jedi Kanan Jarrus (also known a...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Star wars rebels
/ Personality
/ Onomantie
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Star Wars
B Jedi B Hebrew B Rebels B Roman Empire B Israel B Greco-Roman mythology |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Set five years before Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Rebels (2014-18) is an animated series focused on a band of smugglers who join the Rebel Alliance. In keeping with Lucas's Star Wars universe, Star Wars Rebels's two Jedi characters have biblical names: Jedi Kanan Jarrus (also known as Caleb Dume) and his Padawan, Ezra Bridger. Additionally, other main characters include myth-named aliens Hera and Janus and Roman-named humans with Imperial links, such as Rex, Sabine, Tiber, Titus, and Konstantine. This article explores the meanings of these names for their characters and their implications in the larger struggle between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.2017-0020 |