The Movie Franchise Star Wars

“ The force will be with you, always.” This is advice given to Luke Skywalker by his mentor Obi Wan Kenobi. In the archetypal hero’s journey a wise and experienced mentor such as Obi Wan will often help guide or offer advice to the youthful and budding hero. Throughout time and across different cultures there are certain symbols, events and characters which can be found in literature and Star Wars IV: A New Hope follows this trend step by step. During the film Star Wars IV: A New Hope, the main protagonist Luke undergoes a stereotypical, or in literary terms an archetypal hero’s journey. Luke starts from humble beginnings and when he is called upon to save the galaxy; he then faces various tests which help him hone skills that he will need for the final life or death battle.

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.

The first difference between the Clone Wars and Rebels is the animation; while both are enjoyable, each show has their own personal and unique style. The Clone Wars began with 2D animation, but as time continued, their animation improved greatly to 3D. By its second season

Episode IV was set during a time of war between the Rebellion, the good side, and the Empire, which is considered the evil side. The science fiction story is about a young man, Luke Skywalker, who travels into space to fight against the Empire. Luke is from the planet Tatooine, a desert, where he farms water with his uncle. Luke’s uncle buys two droids, R2D2 and C3PO, who happen to have been involved in the war and worked for the rebellion. Luke discovers a recording in one of the droids of Princess Leia saying she needed help, and that sparks the beginning of his journey. He meets Ben, also known as Obi-Wan Kenobi, who becomes his mentor, and teaches him how to use “the force”. In Star Wars, “the force” is a magical way for people to control things using their unconscious minds. Luke sets out on a journey into space to rescue the princess and join the Rebellion in the war effort. Luke and Obi-Wan meet Han solo, a pilot, and ask him to take them into space. They plan to go to Alderaan, Princess Leia’s home planet; however, they are unintentionally sucked into the Death Star, the spacecraft and weapon of the Empire. They find out that Princess Leia is being held in the Death Star, and they plan to help her escape. While Han and Luke try to help Leia, Obi-Wan is fighting Darth Vader, the evil leader of the Empire. Unfortunately, Obi-Wan is killed by Darth Vader; although, Luke, Han and Leia escape the Death Star. They go to a Rebellion headquarter and find the weak spot of the Death Star.

The bad things that happened to the Jedi order were the results of their millennia of non-virtuous acts. The Jedi, throughout their many years of power, committed almost every single non-virtue, and did many of them with the wrong views and with a harmful intent due to their arrogance. So Anakin was just an instrument of karma that actually cleansed the bad karma that the Jedi had built up. In that way, he fulfilled the prophecy, bringing balance to the force by balancing the karma of the Jedi. Therefore, the true blame for the destruction of the Jedi lies with the Jedi, not

Darth Vader’s characteristics are powerful because he gets things his way done. He is also intelligent by making up new things to get his son on the dark side. Vader is also determined to kill Obi-wan-Kenobi to get his son on the dark side. The importance of him to the story is Vader makes the story full of suspense. He also makes it full of action. when he fights and kills people.

The Death Star battle, or Battle of Yavin, is a climatic scene where the (first) Death Star, a giant moon shaped space station and weapon with abilities to destroy planets with its super laser, is destroyed by the Rebellion. This is actually Luke Skywalker’s first step to becoming a Jedi by showing his leadership skills and his skill potential.

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.

Much of the Star Wars ' credibility and popularity is owed to the richness of its fictional world as defined by writer/director George Lucas. In an interview, Lucas states that the original idea for Star Wars was modelled on the movies of his childhood, The “Flash Gordon movie serials and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars Series of books.” The mise-en-scène in Star Wars plays a vitally important role, so the question explored in this essay is how the use of mise-en-scène adds depth to the themes in Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope (1977), paying particular attention to ‘good versus evil’. This theme stands out in because it speaks to one of the oldest struggles of all, the battle between right and wrong.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens shows us something in an instant that took the franchise three movies to develop for Darth Vader. The struggle toward the dark side is not something that should be taken lightly. Instead of convicting Kylo as weak we should enjoy the journey that he has to under go to achieve his goals.

First, in “A New Hope”, Obi-Wan’s fight with Vader expresses the good vs evil conflict. When Obi-Wan states, “You can’t win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine” (67), he shows that good will win the fight no matter what happens. In their fight, the two are balanced with each other. Towards the end, Vader uses the overwhelming force of his talents and youth to take down Obi-Wan. Even though Obi-Wan is no longer alive, he became more powerful, showing that good will always prevail against evil. Lucas expresses how good is always more knowledgeable then evil and uses it to exploit evil’s weaknesses to defeat them. Even if it seems like evil has won a small victory, good always wins more from it. Next, in “The Empire Strikes Back”, Luke fights a good vs evil conflict within himself in the Dagobah cave. Luke realizes the evil inside of him when his head pops out of Darth Vader’s mask, stated when the narrator says, “The black helmet and mask fall away to reveal Luke’s head. Across the space, Luke gasps…” (51). Luke realizes the anger and aggression inside of him and what it could make him. Luke has to chose if he will prevail with good or become an evil servant to the Dark Side. He knows after his head popped out of Vader’s mask that he could just as easily head down the path just

Technology during this time was very different that it is now of days. These types of technology has been improved since back in the late 1970s. The holographic image of Princess Leia was used to relay a message to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Giving a message to an individual then was different than it is now a day. There were no phones to call on when in trouble. Smoke Machines were used throughout this film multiple times to allow the effect of the smoke from the weapons that were being used and to also make it harder for the Stormtroopers to see the gang, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia, escape from the Death Star into the garbage shoot without being seen as clear. Lastly, the lightsabers were a special effect that made the whole movie.

The entire plot of Return of the Jedi is the conclusion of a story of a young man and his friends trying to find their way in a battle between good and evil. Throughout the film, the characters each have their own, unique, inner struggle while all fighting in the same galactic battle. While the theme of darkness versus light is strong, there are also hints of other themes, such as power, corruption, love and sacrifice. All of these components are set in front of the backdrop of a nonstop battle between the freedom seeking Rebels and the evil Galactic Empire.

The lightsaber, as introduced in the original Star Wars, is a retractable laser weapon that can slice through almost any material. It can also collide with other lightsabers and receives its power through the small Force-attuned crystal inside. Aside from that mysterious Force, which doesn't really have any real world equivalent, you might be surprised to find out that we're not

The central character appearing in all six movies in the Star Wars saga is Darth Vader, who is formerly known as Anakin Skywalker. He is the protagonist in the prequel trilogy, but one of the main antagonists in the original trilogy. The films tell the story of Anakin Skywalker as a Jedi knight who turns to the dark side of the Force. Darth Vader is the father of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. He later sacrifices himself to save his son, Luke.