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Timeline of notable Star Wars meta essays, ordered by date of online or print publication.
Date Unknown
- The Essence of Handmaidenology (Around 2000)
- Why I love Han and Luke (Assumed 2010s)
70s
1979
- Princess Leia: Should She Ever Have Been Liberated? by Tracy Duncan
- Who Comes With Summer by Jeff Johnston (July)
80s
1980
- The Once And Future Jedi by Karen Winter
- A Royal Pain
- Han Solo: Lady's Man for All Seasons. Published in Empire Star #4
- Open Letter to Star Wars Fans by the Duncans by Tracy and Nancy Duncan. (May)
- Don't Say That! by Barbara Wenk (May 13)
- Secrets of the Force (July)
- That’s Impossible by Tracy Duncan. Published in Against the Sith (July)
- The AtS Virtue-Chart of Heroic Characters by Tracy Duncan. Published in a print zine (October)
- The Death of Star Wars by Tracy Duncan (October)
- Shady Thoughts: Who is the Other? Theories I've Encountered (Winter)
1981
- In Whose Back Yard? by Judith Gran
- Mixed Grille or will the real Darth Vader please stand up? by Karen Osman
- Where the Boys Are by Pat Nussman
- The Politics of STAR WARS by Karen Winter
- Princess Leia: An Analysis, or Running the Alliance is Not All Fun and Games by Linda Stoops
- A Personal Statement from Susan Matthews (January 30)
- Fandom vs The Courts: Fan Fiction and Fair Use by Judith Gran (June 13)
- Give 'em Hell, Kid (July)
- Picking Nits in Fan Fiction. Published in Shadowstar's summer edition.
- Shady Thoughts: Terrans Will Be Terrans (Summer)
- That Elegant Scruffy Look (summer)
- Open Letters to Star Wars Zine Publishers (1981) (Published late summer)
- Button, Button, Who's Got the Button? by Anne Elizabeth Zeek. (September and October)
- Something X-tra by Sara Campbell (December)
1982
- The Female Hero: Personal Reflections on the Appeal of Leia Organa by Pat Nussman
- Mary Sue Just Ain’t What She Used To Be by Linda Stoops. Published in Storms #2
- Visible Women. Published in Storms
- By Any Other Name (March)
- The Hero's Hero by Jean L. Stevenson (March)
- Han and Leia in Fanfiction (May)
1983
- The View from Down Here: A Look at Fans by Dave Vergano, a discussion of age and fandom from Rogue's Gallery #12
1984
- In a Faraway Galaxy -- meta zine with nine essays
- Questions: A Soliloquy -- Published in Southern Enclave (March)
- What's Black and White and Read All Over: The Symbolism of Black and White in Star Wars (March)
- Now You're Getting Nasty, or Will the Real Obi-Wan Kenobi Please Stand Up? (June)
- Return of the Hero's Hero by Jean L. Stevenson (June)
- Some Revolutionary Thoughts (June)
- Fuzzy Thoughts: On Wookiees and Fan Fiction (Published in summer)
- Shady Thoughts: A Theory to Explain the Universe (According to George Lucas) (Published in summer)
- Shady Thoughts: An Open Letter to George Lucas (Published in fall)
- And In This Corner... by Marcia Brin (September)
- A Telelogy of Torture by Liz S (December)
1985
- Dune and Star Wars: How Similar are They? by Barbara T (March)
- The Private Life of a Jedi by Jeanine Hennig (Published in March & September)
- The Return of Anakin Skywalker: The Eschatology of the Star Wars Universe by Bev Clark (Published in summer)
- Luke's Responsibilities (December)
- Question Authority (December)
- Race Relations in the SW Universe (December)
- Shady Thoughts: Why I Like Reading/Writing Fan Fiction (Published in winter)
1986
1987
- Open Letter to Star Wars Fans Regarding the Movie "Spaceballs" (September)
- Why Han Solo Does Not (You Should Pardon the Expression) Measure Up by Ellen Randolph (December)
1988
1989
- The Incomparable Jundland Wastes by Maggie Nowakowska
- Ideas into Words by Ellen Randolph
- Ethics and Etiquette: A Proposal for the Buying and Selling of Fanzines by Mary Urhausen (June)
- Shaking the Bones (June)
- The "Clone Wars" Revisited by Mary Urhausen (December)
90s
1990
- No News Ain't Necessarily Good News (October)
1991
- How to Do a Zine by Cheree Cargill and Mary Urhausen (Published in spring)
1993
1995
- Fanzines & Collectors by Ming Wathne
- Crossing the Jundland Wastes: The Last Trek, a Journey Through Star Wars Fandom's Golden Age by Maggie Nowakowska (Published in spring)
- Rantings of an Online Newbie (Published in Blue Harvest in winter)
- Turn That Frown Upside Down, or, "I am NOT a Merry Fan" (Published in Blue Harvest in winter)
1997
- What's it All About, Alpha? Or The Up Side of Dark Heroes
- Star Wars Youth: Or, The Kids Are Alright (Fall)
- Color Matters Not! just say no to racism in the Star Wars saga!. Published in Blue Harvest #11 (Winter edition)
- Sarlaac Pit: The Reason Sorry Products Were Made (Published in winter)
1999
- Changes. Published in Blue Harvest letterzine, issue #17
- Why Luke?. Published in Echo Three
- Don't Call Me "Widow". Published in Blue Harvest #17. (Published in summer)
- It's Not Wise to Upset a Wookiee: LFL and Internet Copyright Issues (September 1)
00s
2000
- Sabé could turn A***a S**g into Orange Goo on an Off Day with her Weak Hand's Pinky. Originally posted on TheForce.net
- Fox Takes On Fan Web Sites: Star Wars sites could see more legal action (February 13)
- Fans.starwars.con (March 12)
- In Defense of Starwars.com (March 24)
- The Necessity of Fandom (Published in Blue Harvest in spring)
- I Thought O.T. Stood for 'Over Time' (Published in summer)
- The Fandom Menace: an official site in fans' clothing (December 5)
2002
- Open Letter About AnotherSky.Net Fanfiction Piracy. Handed out at Vidcon and Eclecticon
- Why Isn't there More Attack of the Clones Fiction? by Lucy Gillam (August 15)
2003
- Don't Tug on Vader's Cape (May 29)
2005
- Saga Journal -- an academic fan journal
- Nerfherder's Playground: Do you either buy or read fanzines? (November 29)
2007
- Star Wars Print Fandom: An Expose
- Sacrifice: A statement, of sorts (June 20)
- The death of FanfiX.com (November)
10s
2012
2014
2015
- How I Ended Up Running A Fan Fiction Zine (January 17)
- Han/Luke Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (deleted scene) (March 17)
2016
- Ewan McGregor's Stupid Beautiful Face: A History of Han/Luke and Star Wars Slash (April 6)
- Your Vagina is a Bigot; My Vagina is a Saint by Franzeska Dickson (April 25)
- Fandom Ghost: Created Out Of Wholecloth By Fanon by wildehack (April 29)