How Did Star Wars Influenced Pop Culture

In the movie “Star Wars Episode Four: A New Hope”, the film George Lucas uses the archetypes the hero, the mentor, and the tyrant to convey the theme that we as humans grow and change as people because of possible people or events that occur throughout our lives. How this is shown is throughout the movie and through the main stars of the film that are well know as Luke Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. In the film we see important events that perceive the change in the characters.

"Star Wars" was arguably the first in a new breed of high concept, high budget sci-fi action films. It was directed by George Lucas and originally released in only a few cinemas in 1977. However, the buzz around the film grew, and it is now one of the highest grossing films of all time, and along with its sequels, prequels and re-mastered re-releases, has a large cult following. I feel this is because of Lucas` ability to engage the audience through careful use of sound and camera technique;

That number is a far stretch from $4.5 billion right? Well the Star wars franchise includes much more than just the 6 movies box office totals. The video and DVD sales are about $3 billion 775 million as said by statistic brain. This includes all DVDs and movies from all 6 movies and Star wars the clone wars. The video game sales grossed $2.9 billion. These games range from the oldest super Nintendo games to the newer PlayStation and Xbox games. The book sales have grossed $1.82 billion. This is an example of just 1 of the 23 books my boyfriend alone has, all together there are over 100 books written. The toy sales have grossed 12 billion this includes all collectibles, action figures, and toys such as puzzles, Legos, coloring books, or bobble heads that talk. The last bit is considered “other” which includes licensing, television shows, and merchandise grossed appx. $1.304 billion to date. Merchandise includes Pez despisers, posters, and any other Star Wars affiliated product.

Due to the great commercial success of the Star Wars series, George Lucas was given the opportunity to rerelease Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope along with the two other movies in the Star Wars Trilogy. Fox spent a reported $15 million on giving

Lucas’ movie Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, was not only the biggest sensation of its time,”...winning seven Academy Awards…” (Kiminski 10) , but also a substantial influence on the toy world. Lucas stated in his interview, “Ten year old boys will

than all the films that have came in prior to it in several ways. An

Recently, we, as a galaxy, celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the first “Star Wars” movie. Since that fateful premiere in May 1977, the franchise has produced about a dozen films, numerous TV shows, thousands of spoofs and parodies, and millions of devoted fans. Here’s an overview of the series.

In 1949 Joseph Campbell published his book on myth and heroic archetypes known as “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. Most importantly, the book outlined the 17 stages of a mythological hero's journey. Star Wars: A New Hope is no exception to the many stories that contain a lot of the main principles presented in the 17 stages of a mythological hero's journey. While writing Star Wars, George Lucas became fascinated with Joseph Campbell’s book. Even though this wasn't necessarily the basis of his story, he was certainly influenced by his obsession with the monomyth.

Some films may go bankrupt by spending all their budget on publicity, but the franchise was smarter than that. They know that no amount of advertisements in the world could make up for a film with poor content. Combined with the fact that the franchise has had a lot of experience in producing the Star Wars films, it is not hard to see why the films, especially the most recent, are so psychologically appealing. If publicity was never present in the production of the films, they would have never gotten any exposure. Without exposure, they would not have had the revenue to merchandise. And without merchandising the films, you would have never seen that light saber or picture of Yoda for the first time, because it would not have existed. The movies may be psychologically pleasing to someone because they are enjoyable to watch, but the franchise itself has used publicizing and merchandizing to make itself psychologically appealing outside of the films. Through appealing to audiences, putting itself in the spotlight with technology, appealing to children in the form of toys, and inspiring young women to push past the non feminist views of society, the Star Wars franchise has positioned itself in a way so that people relate to it in their own unique

“A long time ago in a galaxy far far away.” Yes, there was Star Wars. Since the release of A New Hope, the first Star Wars movie, on May 25th, 1977, Star Wars has become a global hit and has deeply impacted the world’s culture and movies’ special effects. Set in outer space, the plot of Star Wars was mainly about Luke Skywalker on a quest. Space has always been a place people have fantasized about, but not everyone is able to turn that fantasy into reality and make a movie out of it.

Did you know in a film such as Star Wars, a huge franchise in today's world, can not only have a cultural but a technological impact on our world today? Star wars is a major franchise known for its technological devices and it's sci fi style format. But can also be seen as a persuasively impactful tool used in society today. Not only from a technological standpoint but also from a cultural point of view. Star Wars is not only entertaining but also impactful in society.

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is final chapter in an epic story of good versus evil. The script was written by George Lucas and was released in theatres on May 25, 1983 (IMDb.com). It was the third film released in the Star Wars saga, following Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (IMDb.com). At the time, Episode VI concluded the story of Luke Skywalker and his Rebel friends fighting against Darth Vader and the evil Empire.

While observing the set Lucas says that the set is so much better than his set and the movie will make much more money than Star Wars to Lucas’s dismay. Lucas also said “Oh my God, your movie is better than Star Wars! This is gonna be the biggest hit of all time. I can’t believe this set” Lucas said he would trade some earnings with Spielberg. They would each trade 2.5 percent of their movies earnings to each other. Then Spielberg agreed to the bet but actually Star Wars made $775 million at the box office and close encounters only making $304 million. Though Lucas did not lose much money since after the movie he was still a billionaire so there was not a giant hole in his wallet after the bet which surprised Lucas. He was very surprised that Star Wars got almost double the earning of close encounters and now had so much money.

When I was a kid, my favorite Star Wars movie was Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. To be more accurate, my favorite sequence in any Star wars film was the battle of Geonosis. The years between this film and its sequel were spent reenacting the battle with my action figures. Despite my love for that fight, even at my young age I realized the rest of the film wasn’t as good as the climax. The same holds true now, as Attack of the Clones is only marginally better than its predecessor.

This dramatic space voyage caught the minds of not only children, but adults as well causing a flourishing need for more. After this 2 more episodes were released to complete the trilogy The Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi. These two had just as great reviews and story plots only causing more and more of an influence on generations to come. Within the 1980s the fandom that arose would only be a portion of the fandom still