Star Wars: A New Dawn

Dust off your Jedi robes, get out your plastic light saber, prepare your popcorn, and brace yourself for the light speed paced adventure Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.

“Do or do not,” says Yoda, in the acclaimed science fiction movie Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, “there is no try” (Empire). This quote is perhaps the most famous of the character’s, and perhaps one of the most famous in the whole franchise. It highlights an idea that the scene perpetuates: the fact you intend to do something doesn’t matter, only whether or not it is done. This is not a perfect metaphor for the application of knowledge, but it fits in rather easily. Without an effect, an application, all you have is abstract knowledge – that trying that Yoda denies – and in that way value has been diminished. Two areas of knowledge which especially highlight the values and limitations of that claim are the natural sciences and religion.

A directors cut, is a specified edit of a version of a film (or video game, music video, etc.) that is suppose to represent a vision closer to that of the director. In 2004, director George Lucas had an interview with Associated Press, and states that the Star Wars series only represented “25 or 30 per cent” of what he wanted it to be. In the following paragraphs, I will show you how editing scenes differently can and will change the outlook of characters and the story of Star Wars IV: A New Hope.

The creator and director of Star Wars, George Lucas, was incredibly successful for his movie series, but even more successful for its overall purpose: to sell toys to ten-year old boys. The use of ethos, pathos, and logos are very abundant in this movie. Ethos, Greek for “character”, is anything referring to or relying on the author’s credibility. Pathos, Greek for “emotional”, is anything that makes you feel emotion. Logos, Greek for “word”, is anything that makes you think. By using these he was able to persuade the audience into thinking, feeling, and loving Star Wars, making the audience want to purchase figurines.

While portraying his groundbreaking role as Qui Gon Jinn in the 2002 hit movie Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Liam Neeson is quoted as saying, “Your focus determines your reality.” In the context of Salem, Massachusetts, this means that if one focuses on witches and witchcraft, their reality will then become witches and witchcraft. This is exactly what happened during the Salem Witch Trials during the late 1690’s, as immortalized in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The small Puritan colony became so engrossed with fear of the Christian Devil™ that they began to suspect their own neighbors, and a select few individuals began using that fear for their own personal benefit, accusing their neighbors for the sake of righting wrongs

Providence Ends by Bryan G. Shewmaker is the first book in the new Solar Winds series, a massive space opera set many thousands of years in the future. Humanity has conquered space and has met a multitude of different species living in various parts of the universe. Some species are living peacefully; others are fighting to conquer the entire galaxy and assert their ultimate supremacy.

Star Wars: Before the Awakening was written by Greg Rucka. It was originally published on December 18th, 2015. There are three parts in the book. Each part is a story about a certain character from the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. There story takes place months and days before they appear in the movie. The three characters are FN-2187(Finn),Rey, and Poe. FN-2187(Finn) was a stormtrooper in the First Order, Rey was a lonely scavenger on the desert planet of Jakku, and Poe was a hotshot pilot in the Republic. Finn was training with his firing squad which included Finn(FN-2187), Zeroes(FN-2000), Nines(FN-2199), and Slip(FN-2003). Finn was one of the best soldiers the First Order had physically. The main concern that Captain Phasma(Instructor)

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.

Today we’re putting Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) on the masthead. Chances are that you already know all about his thought and work without realizing it. When George Lucas wrote the first few drafts of Star Wars, it was shaping up to be standard, 70’s sci-fi action schlock. Then he put the screenplay aside to settle and re-read Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces. That changed everything. Sculpting his imaginary galaxy around the skeleton of Campbell’s monomyth thesis produced a set of films that took a generation by storm and still reverberates through popular culture.

Star Wars: A New Hope, brought forth a diversification in the industry of not just a science fiction film, but a contemporary aspect of film in the late 1900’s. On the 25th of May 1977 George Lucas released a two hour journey through a dreamlike universe in which this exceptional exploration takes place. Star Wars fabricated the start of the science fiction film era. Science fiction provides an incogitable world that alters the thoughts of general world, and offers a chance for the reader or viewer to relate the altered world to their world. Star Wars offered this to dreamers of that time and bestowed a escape from reality on its viewers. This is illustrated when ¨Luke¨ played by Mark Hamill takes his first steps into a truly legendary expedition across the galactic universe. Luke is not alone on his dangersome journey along the way he finds his Mentor ¨Obi-Wan Kenobi¨ played by the ingenious actor Alec Guinness. Luke´s journey across the galaxy is distinctly related to The Hero Cycle, composed by Joseph Campbell. The Hero Cycle explains the events in which a character grows into a hero and fights their way through a fatal battle all to obtain elixir or experience. In this essay I will illustrate how Star Wars: A New Hope relates to The Hero Cycle.

In the movie, “The Empire Strikes Back,” the good side is superior to the dark side. During the movie, many examples show how this holds true. The good side shows just how much good there is, and can be recognized all throughout the movie. On the other hand, the dark side does have some examples, but they are not as strong as the ones on the good side. Also, Luke Skywalker stayed on the good side, rather than going to the dark side with Darth Vader.

Set approximately 10 years after The Phantom Menace, this installment in the beloved saga sees Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker (newcomer Hayden Christensen) act as bodyguards to Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) who now serves as the senator from Naboo. Obi-Wan spends the majority of the film tracking down Amidala’s would-be assassin, discovering a secret clone army for the Jedi in the process. Anakin, on the other hand, begins to fall in love with Padmé and takes the first noticeable steps to becoming Darth Vader.

What makes a film a classic? There are many components to a film, multiples ways that one can produce a great film, but not all great film are timeless classics. This poses the question, is a movie a classic because it is well produced or because it pushed the borders to what cinematography is? I would argue the latter. This argument will discuss acting, cinematography, and originality in plot to analyze if Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a “true” classic.

In 2005, the year “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” came out, I was a mere 9 years old. My parents being rather strict about my movie watching, I was not allowed to see the film upon its release. I was crushed, especially since my best friend who is a month younger than me saw it in theaters (the injustice!). Two years later, my parents gave me the gift I wanted most for my 11th birthday: a “ticket” to watch “Revenge of the Sith” with them on my dad’s DVD copy that night. (I still have that ticket, a green, rectangular piece of paper with a simple black font with the words “ADMIT ONE” across the top). It was the highlight of my moviegoing life to that point. I loved the film.

Star Wars would have been a complete dud if George Lucas did not read Joseph Campbell’s, A Hero of a Thousand Faces, while he was writing the first movie. Prior to Campbell’s inspiration Lucas’s treatments for his space opera, where cheesy and bad. The movie would have been another sci-fi flop. The second