Imagine if everyone came together to reach a common goal for the good of society. In the movie Star Wars IV: A New Hope, a science fiction film, Luke Skywalker, the main character, is a strong leader who is determined and brave. Luke ends up leaving his homeland with Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ben), CP3O, R2D2, Han Solo and Chewbacca to save Princess Leia from the empire. On their journey they end up in a near death situation and fighting the empire to destroy the death star. In Star Wars IV: A New Hope, Luke follows the hero's journey by establishing allies, learning from a wise mentor, and overcoming the supreme ordeal.
In the hero’s journey, the hero establishes many alliances, or associations formed for mutual benefit to help them reach their goal(s).
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Luke develops allies with R2D2, CP3O, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Han Solo as he meets them on his journey. They help him in many different ways from getting a ship to getting him out of the trash bin to saving Princess Leia and assisting him to defeat the death star. Luke meets R2D2 and CP3O when the sandmen bring them to him and his uncle; they help Luke find Obi-Wan Kenobi and Princess Leia; they save him, and his fellow companions. While Luke is cleaning R2D2 he discovers a recording of Princess Leia; [h]elp me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” As R2D2 shows him the recordings and CP3O interprets R2D2 Luke begins to have an urge to save Princess Leia. Part of his urge may come from the fact that “[s]he’s beautiful”. As a result of this recording R2D2 runs off and Obi-Wan finds them. Together they head off to Mos Eisley on their adventure. Han Solo takes them to Alderaan and helps save Princess Leia. Secondly, in the hero’s journey, many heroes are provided with help from a wise older person; the mentor helps them to achieve their goal.
In Star Wars IV, Luke meets up with Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ben). He teaches Luke the force, how to trust himself, and how to use the force. Obi-Wan found Luke, R2D2, and CP3O in the land of the sand people; he helps them get back to the farm. Luke tells Obi-Wan about the recording and Obi-Wan discovers the rest of the recording. He encourages Luke “if you’re to come with me to Alderaan[,] [y]ou must learn the ways of the force[.]}” Before They start on their journey to Mos Eisley and then further to Alderaan Obi starts to help Luke understand that the force is “ an energy field created by all living things[, that] surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together.” As Luke begins to understand this; he realizes there is more to the force than “an elegant weapon.” On the ship towards Alderaan, Obi-Wan starts to teach Luke how to control the force. On the trip towards Alderaan, Obi-Wan helps Luke discover and teaches him that “a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him [and it] partially controls your actions[,] but [...] obeys your commands.” Ben is attempting to teach Luke to trust himself therefore he gives Luke a blast helmet with the shield down so that Luke cannot see. He wants Luke to “ let go [of his] conscious self and act on instinct” because “eyes can deceive …show more content…
you.” Lastly the hero experiences a supreme ordeal which entails a climatic battle.
Luke fights in the final battle between the rebels and the empire with the rebel’s goal of destroying the death star. The ordeal is the final battle that Luke must conquer, by drawing on his skills to defeat the death star. Luke joins the rebel fleet as a pilot with an abundance of other men. Together they all fill a huge room, and learn what it entails to defeat the death star. “An analysis of the plans [of the death star] provided by Princess Leia”reveals a weakness in the battle station, and “the Empire doesn’t consider a small one-man fighter to be any threat.” Through this weakness if you fire a “precise hit [it] will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station. The significance of this battle is shown through the multitudes of young men that “begin takeoff procedure” with climbing into their ships, fastening their helmets, and the Cockpit shields roll smoothly into place over each pilot. As each pilot heads off towards the death star Luke hears one last thing that truly shows him this will be a huge moment for him “Luke, the force will be with you.” Luke doesn’t have much time to ponder these words from Obi-Wan’s ghost, for he is headed towards the death star. Luke wants to do everything like all the other fighters but he as he retreats from being toasted a bit toasted to “trust [his] feelings.” Soon there are only a few rebel fighters left with on hit negative. Luke then decides
to go in full throttle into the trench with 2 men covering him and darth vader and 2 empire men on their back.Luke pulls up the targeting computer, but with it comes Obi-Wan’s Ghost speaking to him. “Use the force, Luke.” “Let go, Luke” “Luke, trust me.” Luke then puts the computer back up with shows his commitment to Obi-Wan. The empire begins to get ready to fire at the rebel base. Han Solo shoots darth vader; and luke launches the force right before the empire fire. Obi-Wan reminds Luke that the “force will be with you... always” Luke conquered all of his many goals, and most of all destroys the empire. Allies, meeting a mentor and the supreme ordeal are all key points in Star Wars IV:A New Hope that display Luke’s archetypal hero journey. Luke learns that good friends are important to help you through life, goals are reachable and he learns to trust himself. Most importantly, we also need to be a society who comes together to support a goal or a person.
This situation might make the audience question his actions as to why he would put himself in a position go to jail for a crime that he has no gain. The answer would be simply because that is what he wanted to do. Throughout the movie Luke continues to do what he wants to despite the consequences that come with his actions. Because of this he is looked at as strong and confident in his actions, and he becomes a savior figure for the other prisoners. The other prisoners first witnesses his grit when he and Drag get into it, and even though drag kept taking him down with his blows, Luke just kept getting back up until he was not able to. Not only does this foreshadow the rest of the movie, but it is also a display of why he is a savior. He rarely gives into the pressures that everyone around him provides throughout the movie. The way that Luke presents himself sends a message to the other prisoners, and he helps them realise how much more there is than just the prison they have come to recognize as their new lives. What Luke brings the other prisoners is excitement, such as when they were sanding the tar or when they all bet on him eating fifty boiled eggs, he reveals to the others the freedom beyond
He is being forced to abide by the rules in prison and at first, does not get a warm welcome by his fellow prisoners because he refuses to abide by the captains order which is simply to get their minds right. He is soon challenged to a fight by one of his fellow inmates. Throughout the fight, it is clear that Luke is being brutally beaten. He can barely stand up on his feet but he refuses to give up. To me, this is a sign of resistance of power because he does not want to just face the fact that he lost this battle.
Luke’s eventual departure is set in motion by the purchase of two androids that were previously involved in the rebellion. Luke receives a call to aid in the form of a prerecorded message stored in one of the android’s memory. Luke finds a traveling companion and a teacher in Obi-wan Kenobi. Luke is hesitant to leave his home planet until the empire kills his Aunt and Uncle, leaving him no option but to fight. Luke’s next step is initiation.
Cool Hand Luke was based on the experiences of Lucas Jackson, a war hero who returned to the United States. Lucas is sentenced to prison after he is caught drunkenly cutting the heads off of parking meters for no apparent reason. For this offense, Lucas is given a sentence of two years at a notorious Florida prison camp run by a hard-core warden. Initially, Lucas is not well liked by either the guards or inmates due to the fact that he sees himself as an independent and ignores the pecking order in the prison. The reputation of Lucas begins to change when he shows resilience in a boxing match with Dragline, the alpha male inmate. His reputation is cemented when he bluffs at poker with a losing hand, earning him the name “Cool Hand Luke”. From this point forward Luke is revered by the other inmates and looked at as a leader and role model.
Unlike Odysseus, Luke listens to directions carefully and tries his best to save people. When Luke was trying to defeat the Death Star, he heard Obi Wan Kenobi in his mind. Obi Wan Kenobi told Luke to believe in The Force. Luke being
Both also have a sort of supernatural force helping them, giving them an advantage over ordinary people. Luke learns the ways of the "force" which about three other people have mastered: Darth Vader who is evil, Obi-Wan his mentor, and Yoda (who he does not know yet). Bruce learns the ways of advanced ancient Ninjitsu and the ways of being one with the shadows. The two of them are also both very limited in their allies fighting against a world of evil. Luke is contained to Obi-Wan, Chewbacca, Han Solo, and eventually Leah. Bruce is limited to the few uncorrupt people in his city, Alfred, Mr. Fox, Jim Gordon, and Rachel. During the ordeal, both hero's have a long line of conflict that they must deal with. Bruce has to save Rachel, escape his on fire mansion, fight Ra's al Ghul, and then stop the city from going crazy from the gas. Luke must save Leia, escape a trash compacter, watch Obi-Wan die, escape Darth Vader's station, and finally come back to destroy it. A last similarity is that both hero's rewards made them realize what they were actually destined for. Luke
Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, conveys, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”. In other words, Aristotle states that the gaining of self-knowledge provides an individual with the ability to know one’s personal gifts and accountabilities. To start one’s adult life a person must pursue the journey of self-discovery to learn in depth about their skills and weaknesses. Individuals must find themselves through the limitations and ordeals that they face during their voyage for self-awareness. For example, in Tim O’Brien’s short story, “On the Rainy River”, the narrator shares his story about self-discovery. O’Brien looks back into his past, to the time when he was called to serve in the Vietnam War. O’Brien’s initial
The prevalence of balance throughout the Star Wars universe is evident from the beginning. All through the series “The Force” is referenced to as a delicate balance that needs to be kept in order. Although “The Force” is referenced as being strong with one character or another, it would appear that both sides of it, Light and Dark, seem to equal out. Yoda hints at this by denying that the dark side of the force is stronger than the light side (Episode V). The Force is also a balance within oneself that can easily switch from Light to Dark if a Jedi is unwary. While in the Dagobah system, Luke is warned by Yoda to “Beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny”. This balance is an essential part of the Star Wars universe just as it is in the real world.
The “Star Wars” franchise is familiar to most, and may be the easiest in which to discover the hero’s journey. In “Star Wars,” we find young Luke Skywalker, a rebellious youth, living on a farm on the isolated planet of Tatooine, taken in by his aunt and uncle following the death of his mother and father. Luke grows up with dreams of flying through the stars, only dreams until his chance meeting with Ben Kenobi. Kenobi informs Luke of his real past: that his father was a Jedi knight and that Luke was destined to become great. Though Kenobi’s guidance and Luke own adventurous spirit, he finds himself pushed into an intergalactic quest to become a valiant Jedi in a galaxy controlled by the evil Empire.
Many heroes have to defeat a threshold guardian. In Luke Skywalker’s case, Darth Vador is that threshold guardian. When the Rebels are trying to destroy the death star, Luke is faced with the difficulty of choosing between trusting the Force or a machine to help him dodge Darth Vador’s laser blasts. Han Solo and his sidekick, Chewbacca, play a role in helping Luke here. They surprisingly reappear in their junky pirate ship and shoot down one of Vador’s wingmen. Vador’s other wingman is startled by the oncoming ship and swerves into Darth Vador’s ship damaging one of his wings and sending him spinning out into space.
Though Dragline had the physical advantage, Luke persevered through the beatings and had even said that he would have to be killed to be stopped. Moreover, Dragline is unable to defeat Luke and he is not allowed to kill him either. Coincidentally, Dragline leaves the ring in defeat, thus showing the whole prison that Luke has the superior authority and influence and therefore becoming the new leader (Pierson et al., 1997). Luke attempts to show that if you endure the challenges of petty authority and power [representation of Dragline], you will come out victorious and that you don’t need anything more than ‘nothing’. One of the most crucial lines of the film, spoken by the Captain, was, “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate’ (Pierson et al., 1997), and was said on behalf of the non-conformity Luke had portrayed by escaping prison.
Luke Skywalker from Star Wars: A New Hope is able to complete a task seemingly impossible by man. Although, at the beginning of the movie he seems very ordinary, he always had the want to be a jedi, like his father. When Luke found out he was not able to go to the fighter pilot school, his aunt said, “Luke’s just not a farmer, Owen. He has too much of his father in him.” This shows that Luke aspires to be a fighter like his father. You can infer that this is one of the reasons he agreed to fight The Empire. The task achieved by Luke is accurately shooting a proton torpedo into a small port of the “Death Star”, an enemy space station. This port leads to the reactor, and when shot, causes the station to explode. This mission was attempted by several other
The Hero’s Journey is an ancient archetype that we find throughout our modern life and also, in the world of literature.Whether metaphorical or real, the journey that a character goes on shows not only the incredible transformation of the hero but it also gives them their life meaning. It is the ultimate human experience and it reflects on every aspect of life. Take Logan, also known as Wolverine, from the X-Men movie as an example. His adventure starts with “The Call,” which is the first step of the Hero’s Journey. This step happens due to the realization of imbalance and injustice that the character has in their life. Logan steps into the first stage of the pattern but is hesitant to start his adventure because he does not know what and
Joseph Campbell defines a hero as “someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” (Moyers 1). The Hero’s Journey consists of three major parts: the separation, the initiation, and the return. Throughout a character’s journey, they must complete a physical or spiritual deed. A physical deed involves performing a daunting and courageous act that preserves the well-being of another person. A spiritual deed calls for action that improves another individual’s state of mind.
The constant theme throughout this movie is the battle between good and evil, right and wrong, and light and dark. Anakin Skywalker is the main protagonist throughout this film. There is an internal fight going on within him concerning what side of the force he should follow. The light side means he would have to allow Padme, his wife, to die. The dark side would allow him to save her or at least have the fear of losing her. He slowly starts to turn to the dark side with guidance from Darth Sidious (Chancellor Palpatine). Anakin believes he is doing the right thing which in turn will save Padme from dying in childbirth.