How does ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ conform to the conventions of Science Fiction?
Star Wars is a major film collection based around space. It is one of the most popular film franchises in the world. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is directed and co-written by J. J. Abrams alongside Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Arndt. The budget for this particular was around $306 million and received $2.1 billion in the box office. The direct sequel to the 1983 ‘Return of the Jedi’, The Force Awakens is the first instalment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. It is the first live-action film in the franchise since ‘Revenge of the Sith’ in 2005. It follows Rey, Finn and Poe’s search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance. This is led by
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They seek to make viewers believe in the images they are seeing. They use somewhat familiar elements of technology in a fictional way that helps to make the connection between fiction and reality. The use of fictional technology elements are used to enable and make a swift transition between developments in the plot. Star Wars definitely reflects this as it frequently includes fictional or ‘alien’ characters. This is shown quite early in the film just after Rey is introduced. It is shortly after she discovers BB8 and attempts to get a good amount of food from the ‘scavenger’ town. This is where many different creatures are inhabited. These different creatures probably sat through hours of special effects makeup. This is also included when Chewbacca is introduced. The costume for Chewbacca must have taken a lot of time and effort to make. These scenes include many props; the majority being scrap metal parts. This brings everything to some sort of familiar situation as they have some ‘human’ objects. Both of these examples suggest that they used many costumes, models to create the aliens and great amounts of props. This obviously conforms to the genre conventions of Science Fiction giving the sense of a truly good
In starwars episode 6, Leia gets captured by Jabba the Hutt and released, Luke resumes his whining (this time as a Jedi), and former Anakin turns to the light side after going through 3 episodes as Darth Vader. Luke is like his father in the sense that he has lost his mother, he learned the force easily, and he saved his father just as Darth Vader saved his son.
In 1977 and today Star Wars is a major sci-fi success. Star Wars follows the twelve stage hero’s journey which was created by Joseph Campbell. The hero’s journey explains the journey that the hero’s takes to achieve great deeds and personal growth. The articles Pathway to Bliss by Joseph Campbell and A Myth for Our Time by Andrew Gordon helps explain the changes from boy to man in Luke. In this essay I will explain how Luke changes from childhood to manhood using the articles A Myth for Our Time by Andrew Gordon and Pathway to Bliss by Joseph Campbell, to analyze the film Star Wars and Luke’s journey with it.
On May 25, 1977, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was released. George Lucas created the science fiction series using Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey plot structure. Campbell created the plot structure by expanding on psychologist Carl Jung’s idea of the archetype. Archetypes are reoccurring symbols that can be found in literature, music, and art. Lucas found that Campbell’s Hero’s Journey was the perfect structure for the plot of Star Wars. The Hero’s Journey consists of ten steps which the protagonist, usually the hero, has to complete. Throughout the movie, George Lucas perfectly orchestrated all ten steps of the Hero’s Journey, and also used dozens of the archetypes that Campbell created.
“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.
In the original three films of the Star Wars saga, the theme of individuality plays a huge role in the development of the characters and the good versus evil dichotomy as a whole. The Empire oppresses individuality within their officers and stormtroopers, whereas the Rebels embrace it within their troops. In the prequels, the usage of individuality gets needlessly complicated. The strict Jedi Code seems to encourage all jedi to act like emotionless machines. Lucas establishes the clones and droids as completely identical and expendable soldiers, making battle scenes relatively unengaging. However, in the animated series The Clone Wars, this lack of individuality in clones and droids gets a do-over. The creators of this show accomplish the improbable by imbuing the battle droids and clones with individuality. Additionally,
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.
"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;
In November 17, 2017, a game by the name of Star Wars Battlefront 2 EA was to be available to the US public, so that they could play the game with their heart's content. This game was suppose to revolutionize and be superior than its previous failure, which was criticized by players for its low amount of content. However, it turned out that Star Wars Battlefront 2 brought more controversy than innovation, with the major focus being if the loot box system should be considered gambling. Many countries like the US and Britain have had a severe debate about this topic, leading countries like Belgium to lead investigations and see if this statement is true. “The row has led Belgian’s Gaming Commission to start its own investigation.
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The Hero’s journey, or in its more correct terminology the Monomyth is an object from the area of comparative mythology. Its definition in the most basic of forms, it is a pattern or outline that is used in storytelling, usually the myth. This pattern is found in many famous pieces from all around the world. In the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces from 1949 by author Joseph Campbell, this pattern is described in detail. Campbell describes that numerous myths from different times and areas of the world seem to share an identical structure in their storytelling. He summarized this with a well-known quote found at the intro of his book:
In conducting my research on Star Wars, I wanted to make sure that I kind of found a variety of sources. I decided to do my field report on Star Wars originally because I was aware that I needed to include an interview component in this report. I immediately thought of my R.A., who just happens to be an incredibly huge Star Wars fan. I knew that I would have to investigate some element of the movies and religion has always been a very controversial topic within the Star Wars "universe". To research the topic I went through the IU Libraries Database and retrieved articles about Lucas and his beliefs about religion and about pop culture spirituality and the movies in general. I also held an
Can two items be drastically different, but still attract a large audience? Most people would say yes, but is this limited to television programs? It’s definitely not, nor is it limited to the ownership by the same company. Star Wars productions with completely different aspects receive a great amount of popularity all the time. Star Wars the Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, while similar in many ways, are vastly different programs. Star Wars the Clone Wars is an animated television program that was released in 2008 on cartoon network. While Star Wars Rebels is also an animated program, but was release in 2014 on Disney Channel. Despite their differences, the two shows are immensely popular and will create a legacy in the Star Wars universe. Most notably, the Clone Wars and Rebels differ in animation, improvement as time went on, and their length, yet the two come together to form a fan favorite production.
George Lucas' film Star Wars There are many different theories to Star Wars, which attracted millions of viewers. These theories made Star Wars what it was, and to some people still is. Made in1977, it was the first of it's kind by being new, using aliens and special effects, Star Wars created a large audience. Then it was re-released twenty years later, after improvement in special effects and another character was added.
What movie franchise has been the most powerful film franchise in history? Who could forget traveling through space fighting evil, using the force, and defeating the empire? Yes I am talking about Star Wars. The franchise includes 6 movies and countless games, toys, and books. Now I know y'all must be thinking “she only thinks star wars in so important cause it’s her favorite movie or she’s a geek or something like that” Well to be honest I have never in my life seen any of the movies. I’ve seen bits and pieces but none of them the whole way through. Although that it true Star Wars has influenced my life. Star Wars is and will be for years to come the most influential, powerful, and profitable franchise in history.
From flying across the galaxy to massive space battles and interactions between multiple species of aliens and other worldly creatures. just about everyone nowa something about George Lucas’s famous space sage Star Wars and has at least watched a few of the movies and so,e people may even think they know everything about this movie and it's creators but most likely there are things you do not know about these famous and successful movies so today I am going to talk about six fun facts that you most likely do not know about Star Wars.