Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

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.

In 1977 an amazing, adventure filled, science fiction film was released by director George Lucas, starting one to many obsessions called Star Wars. It was the first of many episodes to come, they named it Episode 4- A New Hope. In the beginning it shows the Rebel forces being attacked by the Empire on a spaceship to receive plans that the Rebels have came up with. A princess whose name is Leia was in a hurry to make sure they do not take the plans so she puts them, and a recording of her explaining what they are, in a little robot names R2D2; she then puts him and his robot friend C3PO on an escape pod and blasts them out of the spaceship which gets notified to Darth Vader, the one leading the Empire's attack, but he thinks nothing of it because

he original trilogy begins with the Galactic Empire nearing completion of the Death Star space station, which will allow the Empire to crush the Rebel Alliance, an organized resistance formed to combat Emperor Palpatine 's tyranny. Palpatine 's Sith apprentice Darth Vader captures Princess Leia, a member of the rebellion who has stolen the plans to the Death Star and hidden them in the astromech droid R2-D2. R2, along with his protocol droid counterpart C-3PO, escapes to the desert planet Tatooine. There, the droids are purchased by farm boy Luke Skywalker and his step-uncle and aunt. While Luke is cleaning R2, he accidentally triggers a message put into the droid by Leia, who asks for assistance from the legendary Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke later assists the droids in finding the exiled Jedi, who is now passing as an old hermit under the alias Ben Kenobi. When Luke asks about his father, whom he has never met, Obi-Wan tells him that Anakin Skywalker was a great Jedi who was betrayed and murdered by Vader.[27] Obi-Wan and Luke hire the smuggler Han Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca to take them to Alderaan, Leia 's home world, which they eventually find has been destroyed by the Death Star. Once on board the space station, Luke and Han rescue Leia while Obi-Wan allows himself to be killed during a lightsaber duel with Vader; his sacrifice allows the group to escape with the plans that help the Rebels destroy the Death Star. Luke himself (guided by the power of

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.

The movie sequel, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, directed by Irvin Kershner, is about the continuing adventure after destroying the Death Star. The Rebel Alliance are forced to stop the freezing planet of Hoth and hide across the galaxy from the Empire. The Empire tries to find their secret base while Luke Skywalker travels to the planet of Dagobah to receive training from the Jedi master Yoda. In one major scene, Skywalker arrives at Cloud City where Darth Vader suddenly appears and starts a lightsaber duel with Skywalker. Vader slices off Luke 's hand and pushes him to the end of a balcony. Vader attempts to manipulate Skywalker into betraying the Rebel Alliance. Then, Vader confesses that he’s Skywalker 's father, and he responds with a dramatic response. The scene ends with Skywalker throwing himself off the balcony. The various film elements create the suspense and entertainment of one of the most quotable movie scenes of all time.

This essay is dedicated to the idea of displaying the true epic of Star Wars. From the hero's journey in the unknown forests, to the goddess and spirtual revelations, this site will show Star Wars in a way many have not seen--a great mythological tale of sorrow and amazements that has lived through our history as long as the human race has lived on Earth. Even as George Lucas has explained as the reason why he created Star Wars, "I wanted to make a kid's film that would strengthen contemporary mythology and introduce a kind of basic morality" (Pollock I44).

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.

Now that we have covered how Star Wars got to be a set of bestselling blockbusters, it is time to examine the phenomena that has occurred because of it. This phenomenon starts with young George Lucas. When Lucas was younger he was into racing cars. He wanted to make a career out of it. An event that three days before he was supposed to graduate high school changed all of that. On that day, Lucas made an illegal left-hand turn into his family’s ranch and was hit by his friend who had ran a red light and was trying to overtake Lucas (Taylor 42). The accident hospitalized Lucas. After his recovery, George Lucas slowed down and gave up one racing. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2012 he said “It gave me this perspective on life that said I’m operation on extra credit” (Taylor 43). In this way, the crash was to became a supernatural experience for Lucas. He felt like some higher power had given him extra time to fulfil a purpose. The path that Lucas elected to take instead of racing was going to Modesto Junior college to study psychology, anthropology, and philosophy (Lucasfilm 17). The crash is what made Lucas confront the questions about the human psyche that we all have. Lucas was able to address these philosophical, psychological, and quasi-religious questions by making the Star Wars movies and in turn, viewers have used Lucas’s answers to satisfy their own needs to settle the dilemmas that plague the human psyche. Lawrence Kasdan once laid out the for questions that

Star Wars is an action packed space opera about a galaxy a long time ago in a far away place. In this galaxy, a young slave boy, who lives in an outskirt planet that is torn between rebellion and corruption of the intergalactic senate. After he is met by these Jedi, peacekeepers of the galaxy, he is pushed through different tests, to see if he is the “chosen one” from a prophecy. After a turn of events, this once slave boy, becomes one of the darkest villains of all time, Darth Vader. Darth Vader corrupts the entire galactic senate, and chooses to destroy an entire planet inhabited by rebel forces. After being stopped by an unlikely foe, Darth Vader reroutes his tactics to end this entire siege of mayhem and corruption. In the end Darth Vader learns of his son, and

Evaluation Essay: Star Wars, A Revolutionary Franchise Few movie franchises have revolutionized the industry let alone affect daily American life, but through the cinematographic advancements made by George Lucas’ Star Wars both the industry and our culture have been set as the “Star Wars generation” (Constantine Hardings, New York Times, 1988). The reach of Star Wars can be seen in how studios’ production used technology never before seen such as cinemascope and computer generated imaging, the hold on American culture and consumerism, and its impact on future cultural movements. From the American TV set to the sheets of children no other franchise has had such a deep impact on culture and the film industry itself. Geore Lucas knew that

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,

Have you ever thought about having your own Avatar like in the movie? Avatar the movie was released in 2009, directed by James Cameron. Some of the main characters are Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), Grace (Sigourney Weaver), Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore), Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), and Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi). Avatar is about the native people of a planet called Pandora. Jack Sully (Sam Worthington) a former army guy, who is paralyzed from the waist down, takes the place of his twin brother, who died, as a lab created Native.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…. A man named George Lucas created possibly the greatest movie trilogy of all time. Star wars is about a civil war between the Empire and the Rebellions. Only the Jedi’s can bring balance to the galaxy. The first movie first aired in 1977, it was the most anticipated movie ever. It was about rebels stealing plans from the empire of their new weapon called the death star a moon-sized space station with the ability to destroy an entire planet. and the Empire will stop at nothing to get them back, locate their base and destroy it. Little does the empire know there is still a Jedi knight alive, a mystical Knightly order trained to guard justice and peace all around the universe, The Jedi’s also have power

What more do you need out a “trailer” than a bunch of weird aliens, long desert shots, midgets in boxes, and Chewbacca with a human head wearing Alice Cooper makeup? I honestly can’t tell you, besides MORE STAR WARS FOOTAGE. I am content with just hearing someone describe scenes of the next Star Wars, but since I live in the age of the internet I can indulge myself on every gooey, chunky, chocolately goodness that is Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi was released in December 2017 with much fanfare and generally positive critical reviews. As a lifelong fan of the Star Wars franchise, I was thrilled to see the next continuation in the saga and find out what direction it would go. After leaving the theater I was duly impressed. The movie featured some beautiful visuals and adequate plot twists to keep the audience interested. It also provided some surprisingly humorous moments that added comic relief although it did feel somewhat forced at times. However, despite the good, I had a few issues with the movie in general. The biggest flaw was its treatment Supreme Leader Snoke. He could have been an interesting character; however, there is little to explain him