Star Wars

"Fifteen years ago, I set out to make a movie for aThere exists in every culture a series of folk tales and stories, which make up a part of that culture's history. These stories, called myths, often venture into the magical and fantastic, with great heroes battling terrible monsters to save exotic lands. As the human race has evolved, we have moved beyond the need to attribute unexplained events to supernatural workings beyond our ken. As a result, modern culture puts its faith in science and organised religion, and for centuries there have been no new myths.In the nineteen-seventies, a young and enthusiastic film maker/director put his imagination and heart into changing that. George Lucas's now legendary Trilogy of movies and books, StarWars, is the result. To the casual observer, the movies are only exciting science fiction stories, but a closer look reveals nothing short of a complete mythology within. George Lucas collaboratedwith Joseph Campbell on the making of the first movie of theTrilogy, A New Hope (A New Hope is more commonly known asStar Wars, but to be accurate, Star Wars will be used when

Another significant encounter takes place in the Cantina,Mos Eisley's combination bar/information center. Ben attempts to calmthe situation by offering him a drink, but Ponda Baba's friend, ahumanoid mercenary who has "the death sentence in twelvesystems," attacks him. Cronos swallowed all of his children to ensure thatthey could not overthrow him. An introduction of some of the story's key characters willalso help in analyzing the Hero Cycle. Their success due to Luke's cunning corresponds toOrpheus's charming of the spirits which threatened him. Here there is a minor discrepancy between the hero cyclein A New Hope and that in most other mythologies. He hasreached his physical aspirations and now craves more. Vader reveals to Luke that he is his father. This is symbolic of thesupernatural force which aids the Hero to a certain point, thenleaves to pursue other...