Motion Pictures have always had a strong influence in today’s culture, but maybe none as prevalent as Star Wars. Originating with Episode 4 A New Hope, the series boomed from 1977 to 2005 with yet another addition coming in 2015. The strongest of the series was the original trilogy episodes 4, 5, and 6, all generally released in the 1980s. As one of the strongest film francaises still today, it’s impact within the 1980s was only the tip of the iceberg. Children and adults alike still anticipate
How Technology is Represented in Star Wars When watching the film, Star Wars, it is impossible not to be aware of the technology that is represented in the film, partly because it is so much more advanced than our own is now, but also because we can imagine how we might someday acquire such technology. The central theme in Star Wars is good versus evil, clearly demonstrated by the technology in the film. While the Rebels (the good guys) use technology primarily to fight for freedom and quality
Star Wars Star Wars is a science fiction adventure novel. The symbolism and characterization was really excellent in the story. The story gives a great look into the future as it has many different types of things we have not yet invented; blaster rifles, space ships that go the speed of light, fat alien slugs, and beam swords. The plot of the story sucks you into the novel and makes you want to continue reading the novel. The plot of the story mainly reflects on a young boy, Luke Skywalker
galaxy far, far away, the Rebel Alliance had just stolen the plans for the Empire’s Death Star space station. The starship belonging to Princess Leia, a prominent leader of the Rebel Alliance, which is carrying the plans, is captured by an Imperial Star Destroyer. During the ensuing battle, Princess Leia slips away, where we see her giving the secret documents and a cry for help directed at Obi-Wan, a Jedi and old friend, to R2-D2, a maintenance droid. After R2-D2 and C-3PO (another droid aboard
In 1977 a young director by the name of George Lucas completed his second major film project. The project was Star Wars and it debuted to considerable success. Despite being a stand-alone film Lucas went on to produce two sequels and three prequels. The entire series was a commercial success and spawned an expanded universe larger than any other franchise. However, the story of Star Wars: A New Hope, as it was called after the creation of The Empire Strikes Back, is not new. In fact, it follows many
‘’Stranger Things’’- a love letter to the 80s ‘’Stranger Things’’ is a Netflix original sci-fi series that graced our screens in the summer of 2016. It is based off a time when classic science fiction tales enthralled audiences with such works such as ‘’Alien’’, ‘’Back to the Future’’, and ‘’E.T.’’, so the show is reminiscent of many classic 80’s movie elements, doused in nostalgia. It is clear the creators of ‘’Stranger Things’’, The Duffer Brothers, know the era, one could say, inside out and upside
Hollywood has always been considered as one of the crown jewels of the entertainment industry. A true powerhouse of western cinema with a myriad of productions, each successful in the art of storytelling, and the maker of numerous directors, producers, writers and actors. With a reputation such as that, it’s no surprise that Hollywood is not only a symbol of success but also a beacon of hope for any aspiring newcomer. Indeed, Hollywood has been around for a great amount of time. Since the early 1900s
I grew up watching Star Wars. Some of my earliest memories were watching the original trilogy on VHS with my grandma. I vividly remember going to theatres to watch the prequels. Words cannot express the emotions I had seeing this worlds and characters come to life before my eyes. Ever since then, I knew that I wanted to make movies. Fast forward a decade or so, there is now a new Star Wars trilogy gearing up and I am going to college to get a degree in Communications. I chose my major because I
Focus. Power. Confidence. These are the words people think of when they hear the phrase “eye of the tiger.” The majority of society knows this phrase intrinsically, even though its origin dates back over 30 years. My uncle is no exception, as he said that the song “Eye of the Tiger” by American rock band Survivor was a critical part of his youth. The “Eye of the Tiger” was released in 1982 and was also the theme song for the film Rocky III. The song was written by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan
Jyn Erso is the protagonist and hero of Star Wars Rogue One. Jyn Erso was a human female soldier and former criminal who became a pivotal member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic when she led Rogue One in stealing the Death Star plans during the Battle of Scarif. While to many it may seem the Jyn life does not resemble the life of a hero and more of that to an anti-hero, her story from the film fits the “mold” of Joseph Campbell's stages of the Monomyth and the Raglan's Hero Pattern quite well
Luke Skywalker Luke Skywalker is a fictional character from original movie’s Star Wars made by George Lucas. The person that played Luke Skywalker was Mark Hamill. He is an important figure in the movie Rebel Alliance's. He the brother of Princess Leia Organa. Luke Skywalker first name was "Luke Starkiller". The fictional character went through many design changes. Luke was at first designed as a 60 year old grizzled war hero. The name "Starkiller" continued for a couple months of filming. Hamill
The famous Star Wars is a movie from the epic space film series directed by George Lucas premiered in 1977. Since there are multiple Star Wars movies in the series, this paper will be focusing on the first movie of the series called Star Wars: A New Hope. In this film, John Williams revived the technique of using leitmotif –a recurring musical theme or melody associated with a particular person, place, object, or idea that is “characterized by a single harmonic or rhythmic trait” (Brown 15). In
known weapon is. The lightsaber is merely a symbol to express my love for the entire star wars franchise. I have loved star wars for a very long time, since I started grade 8. In case you’re wondering, yes, the last line was sarcastic since Word hasn’t been updated to tell you the expression on my face and in my mind yet. I never really payed attention to star wars until I started grade 8. I has read a few star wars books and comics, but of course that was only for the purpose of showing my grade 6
146-04 12/4/15 Star War A New Hope(1977) Trends in the 70’s The movie Star War A New Hope (1977) brought up Complex and thought provoking issues related to society back in the 1970s. The movie did not just focused on antagonist alone but totalitarian rule by political forces, racism, segregation and slavery, gender equality, etc. Star Wars allegory mentioned all. For example, the iconic greatest villain of all Darth Vador and his positions within the Empire and the Death Star they represented the
12 Angry Men is a 96 minutes movie released in the year of 1957. The movie was beyond the ancient trend. The unique concept and exceptionally organised and well written script gave a place in the history to the movie. The movie is based on the arguments presents by 12 jury members in order to prove guilty of a boy who has been accused of stabbing a knife to his own father. The series of arguments presents by every jury members and their logical sequence adds life to the movie. In one sentences
Star Wars episode IV follows this monomyth pattern perfectly. As a big fan of Star Wars, after learning about what the monomyth is, it showed itself so clearly in the movie. The movie starts out with young man buying protocol droids with his uncle. But little did he know that the purchase of those two droids would change his life forever. While cleaning the little R2 unit that he bought, he discovered a hidden message of a young woman asking for help. That is what breaks Luke's normal routine and
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born July 3rd, 1962. He is known in the movie industry as Tom Cruise. He is most famous for his role as an actor and movie producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe awards. He started his career in the movie Endless Love at the age of 19. Cruise was born in Syracuse, New York. He is the son of Mary Lee and Thomas Cruise Mapother III. His mother was a special education teacher, and his father was an electrical engineer. He
1 Identification of the hero/ordinary world (2) The hero in Star Wars IV: A New hope is Luke Skywalker, who is the son of Anakin Skywalker. Luke begins his adventure in the ordinary world of moisture farming on the desert planet, Tatooine - which is normal for him. We understand that Luke is still an immature boy when he begins to complain about power converters in the farm. But as we begin to know more about his character, we also learn that he desires a life of adventure and not the safe, monotonous
Have you ever been watching a movie and your thinking in your head “Wow this movie is awful.” Well, you’re not alone, I said the same thing when I watched every Star Wars movie after episode IV. For a bit of history, in 1904 the first movie remake was made, “The Great Train Robbery.” but 66 years later it seems as though Hollywood had some sort of meeting where they decided... “we could make so much more money if we cheaply produce these atrocious movie sequels and have people go watch them.” That
Star Wars as Church History Koenrad Kuiper, writing in the Journal of Popular Culture in the mid 1980s suggests that "[the] Star Wars trilogy creates and recreates imperial myths which serve to sustain imperial culture" (77). He goes on to contend that the Empire of George Lucas’s long ago and far away world recreate these myths for us now as, essentially, a form of social control. Since Kuiper was writing, however, we have been graced with the first in the Star Wars series, The Phantom Menace