Star Wars Episode 1V: A New Hope

The Academy award winning movie Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 action packed, fanciful, thrilling space opera. Ably directed by George Lucas and distributed by Twentieth Century, Star Wars: A New Hope is among the most successful and influential films of all time. As well as, being selected to be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry The first of 8 films in the Star Wars Saga is jam-packed with aliens, futuristic technology and supernatural abilities, such as the Millennium Falcon, Choobaka and of course, ‘The Force’.

Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind. (James Martineau)

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.

The romance genre is our vision of an ideal and innocent world. In our imagination, this world is full of hope and possibility. Romance shows a place where people are at their happiest and in their most desirable circumstances. It usually is associated in the summer, and always starts positively and ends positively. Star Wars IV:

“Religious belief evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness, but their essential strength” these words spoken by Edward Osborne Wilson an American Biologist speaks volume in our daily lives, George Lucas in his science fiction film Star Wars Episode 1V: A New Hope, explores the theme of religion. Religion means to have faith in something. It explains the things we are unable to see. To find true religion, we must have “ Force” and believe.

Have you seen Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens? My project is based on a character within that movie, and how it works. Meet an adorable droid in the galaxy far, far away: BB-8. The one droid the evil First Order is looking for, with the map that leads to the last Jedi Master, who can bring a victory.

Throughout time, stories of heroes have been told. Ranging from stories from Ancient Greece to Modern-day films. Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp in 1928 published Morphology of the Folktale detailing how all heroic stories can be divided into functions that must be followed. These 31 functions broke all heroic stories down into pieces that the hero must overcome. Starting from the abstention of a member close to the hero and ending in being wedded. I will be applying these units to the popular modern day film of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In this film, I found that there are 24 of Vladimir Propp’s units used that define Luke Skywalker’s journey through the galaxy far far away.

The story begins thirty years after the events of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. The First Order has risen from the ashes of the Galactic Empire and is opposed by General Leia Organa and the Resistance, both of which seek to find the missing Jedi Master Luke Skywalker who had disappeared. In the hassle of this search, new heroes rise in the form of Rey, a Force-sensitive scavenger from Jakku Finn, a stormtrooper who defected from the First Order and Poe Dameron, the best pilot in the Resistance. They are helped by Han Solo in their search for Skywalker and their mission to destroy the First Order's new superweapon, Starkiller Base, which targets the New Republic and the Resistance for destruction. They are opposed by villains such

Star Wars is a series that has been around since the late 1970s. When you watch the very first one “Star Wars A New Hope” which was released in May of 1977 and compare it to the new one “Star Wars The Force Awakens” which was released last year you will notice that there storylines are very similar. When it comes to similarities of these 2 films it isn't just the characters that are the same. In “The New Hope” R2D2 has a map that shows them how to blow up the Death Star. Their main focus is to keep the droid “R2D2” alive because he is the only one who has a map that shows them how to set off a chain reaction and blow up the Death Star.

In Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Princess Leia proves to be heroic through the quality of strength when she did not lose her composure when, Han Solo was involuntarily put into the Carbon Freezing Chamber. Leia, is foreboding when they arrive at Cloud City because she knows what the outcome could be. In this scene “tears roll down Leia’s face as she watches the dashing pirate walk to the hydraulic platform… Leia turns away in agony.” (72) Leia uses the heroic quality of strength when she did not start an altercation with the storm troopers when Han was being put into stasis. Quickly, Chewbacca was able sedate Leia during this time of crisis.

A good story, however long or short, always concludes with a great finale. In the film Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983), the final fight between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker is legendary, and one of the best finales of any movie in its era. Return of the Jedi’s finale is the final fight between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, a perfect mix of great Mise-en-scène, contains a perfect understanding of the technical aspects of film, and the depth of the content within the film is extraordinary.

Conventionally, in hero movies, women are portrayed as weak, and vulnerable figures, waiting for the the man to come to their rescue. On the contrary, in Star Wars Vll, The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams, a female is put in the spotlight. The movie presents a social justice topic of gender equality. Being the hero throughout the film, the leading lady Rey, is an independent woman who has been living on her own, and providing for herself since she was young. She can actually trade the droid for plenty of money; however, she decides to stand out for justice and protects the droid all the time. Obviously, she is a woman full of integrity. Moreover, she is capable of operating a spaceship among the fighting the battle, and controlling the

Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace is a film directed by George Lucas release May 19, 1999. The film was the fourth released in the saga, but is the first in the chronological story. The film shows how two Jedi, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, are attempting to resolve the invasion of Naboo and the eventual saving of Amidala, Queen of Naboo. While on their mission, the Jedi meet a young boy named Anakin who shows Qui-Gon a strong presence and he believes this boy could even be a strong Jedi Knight.

It was until the late 70s when the first Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) was released and it changed the way VFX in the movie should be. The Star Wars movie introduced some evolution in special effects technology, such as alien, spaceships, and some strange planets. The 70s was not only have an action and sci-fi genre, but it was also The Exorcist (1973) that was present classic and original horror

For years I was ridiculed and shunned for admittedly never watching the Star Wars saga; therefore, when I finally decided to binge-watch all six movies in preparation for the new release of Episode VII, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, my expectations were extremely high. Unfortunately, my expectations were tragically unfulfilled. The story idea was fascinating, but poorly created. In comparison, my expectation for Episode VII was also high, but unlike the first six, it did not disappoint. While critics may accuse the plot of Episode VII of being too similar to that of Episode IV, Star Wars, no detail was overlooked when putting this movie together. Episode VII outdoes the first six Star Wars films in nearly every category: acting, dialogue, writing,