The Ka-Mnemon of Obi-Wan Kenobi
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| Title: | The Ka-Mnemon of Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| Publisher: | Two Vixens Press |
| Editor: | |
| Author(s): | Writestuff & Kath Moonshine |
| Cover Artist(s): | |
| Illustrator(s): | Various |
| Date(s): | 2003 |
| Medium: | fanzine, print and online |
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| Fandom: | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Online Version |
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The Ka-Mnemon of Obi-Wan Kenobi is a slash Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 177-page novel written and published by Writestuff & Kath Moonshine. It has the subtitle: "A Lover's Journal."
It won the 2004 FanQ Award for 'Best Stand-Alone Star Wars Slash Zine.'
The fanzine is styled as the journal of Obi-Wan with historical and social commentary being provided by fictitious scholars. An interactive version is now online here.
From a 2002 flyer:
A limited edition of 50 facsimile notebooks of this historic find, complete with annotations by Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa-Solo, and Anakin Organa-Solo with translations and notes by noted Jedi historians, and a CD containing digital photos of the accompanying artifacts. Original boxed set, including artifacts, to be auctioned for charity. [1]
Acknowledgements
From the zine:
1^he editors of this book have worked in the field of bibliojediology - the scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of the earliest Jedi through the examination of their ancient texts — since the founding of the Second Temple in the Third Age of the New Republic. The past four decades have been an extremely dry period for our profession; indeed, there have been those who have questioned the need to continue funding such an esoteric study of an admittedly limited stock of Old Republic documents. Fortunately, the discovery of The Ka-Mnemon of Obi-Wan Kenobi will provide both elder scholars and contemporary students of ancient Jedi lore with a complex text the type of which has never been hinted at previously. We can state without prejudice, this journal is completely unique and will be source of extensive scholarship for many, many years to come.
The editors have divided their responsibilities as follows: Kotle Alosc translated the original text into modern standard while Sanka Addan provided the notes and explication. Sanka Addan thanks his research assistant, Opah Lei Vorsed, for her tireless help. Kotle Alosc thanks Kiers E’Kier for research assistance and invaluable insights regarding human sexuality.
Thanks are also due to the Coruscant University Visiting Scholars Program; their grant made it possible for a much wider distribution of a publication that will reach not only academic audiences, but the more general reader as well — a vital endeavor, if the field is to attract the next generation of scholars.
