Similarities Between Star Wars And Star Trek

Science fiction is broadly defined as a film about the future or alternate realities, often but not always set in space, and frequently incorporating horror elements, science-fiction movies are wildly popular among fans (Goodykoontz, 2014). As a subgenre of fantasy, science fiction enables viewers to relate to themes from an idealized alternative version of reality (Edwards, 2014). Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope is a feature-length film that fits this genre perfectly. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope unfolds as princess named Leia is held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and a smuggler named Han Solo team together with the lovable droid duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, to rescue the beautiful princess and restore justice in the galaxy.

The book Religion and Film compares the beginning of every Star Wars film to Genesis 1:1 in the Christian bible, in that the reader/viewer is transported immediately into the realm of myth. “A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” prefaces the films, which has the same effect as “In the beginning, …”, according to Plate (28). The vague time and

Close connections can be made from Greek Mythology into pop culture, especially into fictional stories such as Star Wars. Introduced to the world in 1977, Star Wars was a cultural phenomenon that took the whole world by storm. It broke new ground in cinematic storytelling, visual effects, and what a director could do with a film, paving the way for many other great films to come. The world of Star Wars is also rich with history and lore, and a lot of that can be connected to Greek Mythology. Two main characters in Star Wars are Luke and Leia Skywalker, twins who are separated at birth but eventually reunite on their journeys to defeat the dark side.

Star Wars: A New Hope directed by George Lucas was produced in 1997 and has many examples of archetypal patterns. Joseph Campbell was an american mythologist and he believed in something called a monomyth or “a hero’s journey” which was a theory that all stories are fundamentally the same. Campbell believed that these patterns were found in all stories and wrote a story called “A Hero with a Thousand Faces” he talks about these types of archetypal patterns found in all stories. The idea of a heros stages of their journey and how the hero goes through stages of transformation. The movie Star Wars: A New Hope fits into Campbell’s archetypal pattern and in doing so provides a certain truth about being separated from Luke’s old life and being

Star Wars defined the modern Science-Fiction film, but still to inspiration from old fairy tales. The central character, Luke Skywalker, begins as a peasant, like many other fairy tale heroes (Jack and the Beanstalk, Sword in the Stone, etc.), and later meets an old Jedi/wizard named Obi-Wan Kenobi, similar to wizards from other fairy tales (Merlin, Balthazar, etc.), who moves the story forward and teaches the hero the ways of the force, which is as a stand in for fairy tale magic, Throughout the film, Lucas uses other elements from fairy tales, such as the damsel-in-distress of Princess Leia, and the evil kingdom of the Galactic Empire. Lucas clearly appreciates these fairy tales, the parallels aren't parodied or played for

each other. Both have strong followings of loyal fans that live and breath these classic

Military planners and strategists have been discussing a change in military tactics with tactical weapons and strategic weapons. The author compares the similarities of the battles in World War II and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Luke Skywalker’s role in Star Wars is similar to a fighter pilot in World War II. The central attraction of beam weapons for military planners and strategists is that beam weapons have the potential of killing more effectively than any conventional weapon. They have a main role in mind for beam weapons - “ridding the sky of enemy missiles.” Naval commanders before the Falkland Islands War believe beam weapons could provide a type of protection to surface-going warships and aircraft carriers. Hecht talks about

Indiana Jones is about a man named Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Jr., an archeologist who goes on many escapades and fights many enemies for valued artifacts. He is mostly known by his iconic look (a bullwhip, a fedora, a satchel, and a leather jacket), his sense of humor, his great knowledge of ancient civilizations and languages, and his deep fear of snakes. Star Wars is a series about jedi (a resemblance of good) and the sith (a resemblance of evil) in a galaxy far away from our own. Jedi are best known by their lightsabers, (green, blue, and purple), their loyalty to other jedi, and their deep wisdom and philosophies. Sith are best known by their lightsabers, (mainly red), their long dynasty of master-apprentice, and their betrayal towards each other’s trust and

Star wars, Harry Potter, Finding Nemo, etc have you ever noticed that these are related to each other. It all started with a German anthropologist named Adolf Bastian studied the psychic Unity of mankind and his main theory was no matter race regardless of culture or race share the same psychological mind and way we think. After that he influenced Joseph Campbell to then find to find the different steps of a story that most fictional story can relate to known as the hero's journey. every story has a call to adventure like in star war obi wan gives luke the lightsaber and every story has a refusal like when luke states “I can't get involved! I've got work to do! It's not that I like the Empire. I hate it! But there's nothing I can do about it

Upon reading both Hasker and the Star Trek synopsis, I have come to the conclusion that Picard and Maddox exhibited different views of Data and because of this difference in beliefs tension is felt throughout their arguments. To begin, I feel the mind/body problem exhibited by Picard is one of a materialistic view which states, “Man is a wholly material being” (Hasker, P. 69). Throughout Picard’s argument it becomes apparent that he regards Data, who is an android, as an officer aboard his ship and deems him more than just a machine. The reading suggest the human brain functions in a way that resembles a self-operating computer similar to the computer found in Data (Hasker, P. 70) Hasker adds that our thoughts and other functions of the brain are simply the characteristics of “complex, highly organized physical systems” namely that of the brain (Hasker, P. 70). Throughout Picard’s argument he repeatedly echoes Data’s use of the word “my” in respect to Data’s rights, freedoms and choices and asserts the idea that Data is comprised of a brain and body working together forming both ideas and emotions. Picard views him as having the capability to feel the same emotions as humans as well as the capacity to make decisions in the same way as a human

The science of Star Wars is book written by Jeanne Cavelos, it tries to link the content of the Star Wars trilogies with modern science. It offers the readers the plausibility of the phenomena that occurs in the world of Star Wars. The book is divided into five chapters excluding the introduction. She proceeds from environments to aliens and androids to spaceships and weapons to end with a chapter on “The Force”.

Star Wars is it’s own unique adventure that can’t be compared to another because it wouldn’t be fair for the competition. An example of another story that isn’t the main story is about the Mandalorians. They are warriors who live on Mandalore and love to wage war. They would destroy entire species on planets, they would hunt different species and take pride in their kills. Even though they’re merciless warriors, they had a code of honor and would not dare to deny that

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The Star Trek franchise has been one of the largest and most successful in the history of Science-fiction. Its series of television programs has one of the most loyal and diverse fan bases in history. However, the most common source of debate among “Trekkies” is over which program deserves the title of “The Best”; Star Trek: The Original Series or Star Trek: The Next Generation. While the followings of both shows adamantly disagree with each other's claim to the title, these two shows have more in common than people may like to believe.

Star Wars and Star Trek, two movie titles often confused by non-fans because the first word of both titles is ‘Star’. But do not be confused because the two are extremely different in all sorts of ways. One of them is fantasy, the other sci-fi. One is full of creatures and heroes and villains and spaceships and power and darkness, the other filled with humans and aliens who fly ships together in primary colored uniforms. In other words, one is clearly better than the other. If you’re asking yourself which is which, let me make it a bit easier for you. Star Wars is the better of the two. Star Wars is worth more, the Star Wars video games put the Star Trek ones to shame, Star Wars has better film making and better special effects, the Star Wars antagonist (The Empire) is far scarier than any Star Trek villain, and the list goes on. Still don’t agree with me? That’s okay, keep reading and you’ll see how much you are wrong.