The Hero's Journey In Star Wars IV: A New Hope

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The Hero’s Journey is a theory that was thought up by an American researcher, Joseph Campbell. This theory is widely portrayed throughout many Hollywood films including the Star Wars franchise, which is a well-known Hollywood film loved by many. The first Star Wars film: Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977), is directed and written by George Lucas. The main character and hero (the protagonist) is Luke Skywalker, who finds his way through the seven stages of the Hero’s Journey. The latest film: Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (2015), is very similar in story line not only with the theory of The Hero’s Journey but it also seems to follow a similar sequence of events that unfolded in the first film released.
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In the first act of the films you can clearly see the Hero’s Journey start to take place with the 3 stages, Ordinary World, Call to Adventure and Crossing the Threshold. We start with stage one, ordinary world, where both films are similar. In Star Wars IV Luke Skywalker is an orphan who lives with his aunt and uncle on the desert planet Tatooine. He becomes frustrated with the boring life the planet brings him and craves a bit of adventure in his life. In Star Wars II we have Rey who is also on a desert planet called Jakku. She …show more content…

Luke is followed by the death star back to the rebel alliance. After the fleet sent to destroy the death star suffers many losses it is up to Luke with the help of the supernatural assistance of his mentor to destroy the death star. This follows the Hero’s Journey stage 5, the final conflict just like Star Wars VII. In this act Rey is able to tap into the force to temporally defeat Kylo Ren. Now able to piece together the map at the centre of the quest, Rey returns to Luke where he has been on his own for many years and gives him his lightsabre. In the other film, Star Wars IV, Luke has now matured and is rewarded as a

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