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Star Wars: The Hero's Journey

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May 25, 1977 the release of Star Wars: A New Hope, just another Sci-Fi movie that was set for failure. Little did the movie industry know , this franchise would be one of the most successful in movie history. Lets not forget the cultural appeal Star Wars would make and is continuing to do so. Star Wars has a found its place in society and is now an established staple film that everyone knows about. With its famous saying “May the force be with you” it is hard not to know where that saying is from.Star Wars has a worldwide appeal that is here to stay for many generations to come, but how has it done this? While director George Lucas has received mixed reactions for his approach towards the prequels, this does not undermine the fact that George …show more content…

The Hero's Journey which was made popularized by Joseph Campbell's Monomyth from his book The Hero With A Thousand Faces.The Hero’s Journey begins with the idea of an normal person in a normal, recognizable world. This person receives that call to adventure(Luke), come across an older mentor(Yoda), and undergoes trials in his quest to confront and defeat a great evil(the empire). Eventually, this person returns to their home, changed in some way. This formula is what makes star wars and makes the viewer so attached to …show more content…

In an article, “Star Wars offers enduring themes that appeal to our deepest selves” by Joel Hodge. He breaks down all the types of themes in Star Wars that appeals to the viewer and how director George Lucas wanted to bring in real life ideas such as religion and makes it more easier to understand through star wars. For example Lucas states, “I see Star Wars as taking all the issues that religion represents and trying to distill them down into a more modern and easily accessible construct […] I put the Force into the movie in order to try to awaken a certain kind of spirituality in young people – more a belief in God than a belief in any particular religious system. I wanted to make it so that young people would begin to ask questions about the mystery.” Comparing something such as the “force” to god is big risk, but its one that pays off in star

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