The Origins of Star Wars

Imagine a knight, jousting in an arena in Europe during the Middle Ages. Surprisingly, across the world during approximately the same time period, samurai warriors fought in Japan. During the time period, 1000 to 1600 CE, the samurai and knights fought in battle in many different ways. Many differences between the samurai and knights included codes, armor, training, and religions. Without a doubt, the differences between the samurai and the knight overshadow the similarities.

     The First of the three part series, Star Wars, is the tale of a band of

When watching the film, Star Wars, it is impossible not to be aware of the technology that is represented in the film, partly because it is so much more advanced than our own is now, but also because we can imagine how we might someday acquire such technology. The central theme in Star Wars is good versus evil, clearly demonstrated by the technology in the film. While the Rebels (the good guys) use technology primarily to fight for freedom and quality of life for all, the Empire (the bad guys) use technology to develop weapons of destruction and war in an attempt to rule the galaxy. In addition to these two opposing sides, there is another group that doesn’t use technology for war. This

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 first Star wars movie “STAR WARS: EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE” was a game changer in the world of movies. According to the National Information Services, LLC “STAR WARS: EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE” made $1,554,475 just in the opening weekend on May, 25,1977 and made a whopping $786,598,007 according to the worldwide box office ticket registry. "Box Office History for Star Wars Movies." Star Wars Franchise Box Office History. Nash Information Services, LLC., n.d. Web. 09 Sept. 2016. This film is idolized by millions Americans and foreigners and we can all thank one man for it. George Lucas. A lot of opinions have been formed about all six of the Star Wars movie some good some bad. Throughout this essay I give you data on Star Wars, background information on George Lucas the creator, George’s mindset on the changes of the originals and prequels, my judgement on fan reactions and George’s decisions, and of course the opinions of the beloved fans who made Star wars famous.

In 1949 Joseph Campbell published his book on myth and heroic archetypes known as “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. Most importantly, the book outlined the 17 stages of a mythological hero's journey. Star Wars: A New Hope is no exception to the many stories that contain a lot of the main principles presented in the 17 stages of a mythological hero's journey. While writing Star Wars, George Lucas became fascinated with Joseph Campbell’s book. Even though this wasn't necessarily the basis of his story, he was certainly influenced by his obsession with the monomyth.

Ever wonder what the third highest grossing film EVER is? Think it could be a movie only so called “nerds” would like? Or one of the biggest classics of the 19th century? Star wars is a movie loved by millions. Star Wars The Force Awakens made over 2 billion dollars. Just a few hundred million away from #1. Avatar. Star Wars The Force awakens is part of the star wars galaxy created by the famous LucasArts. This is the 7th movie of the series, and there is more to come. It takes place a long time ago in a galaxy Far Far away. There is galactic empires. People with powers and swords that can cut through anything. It is very interesting. But the takeaway from the film is fear. Fear is within every single person in the world being a person with

George Lucas Imagine a boy walking down the street on a crisp Halloween night. He walks by many people and comes across many characters with blasters and whips. He asks the characters what movie they got their costumes from, and they told the boy they were from two very famous movie series. He decides to watch the movie series and he loves it. These series of movies are Indiana Jones and Star Wars, two of George Lucas’ many successful series.

In the article, “George Lucas and the Origin Story behind ‘Star Wars’” by B. Myint, George stated, “‘I have a strong feeling about interesting kids in space exploration. I want them to want it. I want them to get beyond the basic stupidities of the moment and think about colonizing Venus and Mars.’” In another interview with Brett White, “George Lucas Discusses the Meaning and Mythology of ‘Star Wars’”, he states that he was always a big fan of mythology and the way that they would “..specifically to the days when myths and stories were spread orally throughout expanding cultures from one generation to the next. Lucas explains that these stories had the rules for the fledgling society encoded within them,..”

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)

John Towner Williams is considered one of the most successful composers in the last century. He has scored many popular movies and has many other notable works. Involved in major works including Jaws, ET, Indiana Jones, the Harry Potter Series, and his critically acclaimed work in the Star Wars saga, Williams is undoubtedly one of the best in the business. Williams holds a commanding position over many of his colleagues, and fellow composers to this day. Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven British Academy Awards, and twenty-two Grammys. Boasting a dominant fifty Academy Award nominations, and following only Walt Disney, John Williams is the second most-nominated individual. Since the beginning of the film

The dramatic war-like classic of a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it is Star Wars. It made a huge impact in the 70s for its THX digitally mastered sound, new visual effects, but most of all the marvelous theme, without which, Star Wars would not be half the film it is now. It took the science fiction genre to a whole new era. Therefore, Star Wars IV is the best science fiction movies of all times.

The science of Star Wars is book written by Jeanne Cavelos, it tries to link the content of the Star Wars trilogies with modern science. It offers the readers the plausibility of the phenomena that occurs in the world of Star Wars. The book is divided into five chapters excluding the introduction. She proceeds from environments to aliens and androids to spaceships and weapons to end with a chapter on “The Force”.

In the film, The Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas and Bill Moyers, the storyline of Star Wars was analyzed to showcase the myths and traditions that were present in the films. The film had some universal themes that we see in classic mythology; a few being the issues we have with friendship, the obligations we share with others, and our destiny. George Luca stated that he was “telling an old myth in a new way” when referring to the movie series, and it’s made visible through his work. In his work, like in mythology, you can clearly see that “the good people are good, and the bad people are bad”. Thinking in more specific terms, if we look at mythological creatures like the cyclops, who is half man half beast; Star Wars also shares that

This dramatic space voyage caught the minds of not only children, but adults as well causing a flourishing need for more. After this 2 more episodes were released to complete the trilogy The Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi. These two had just as great reviews and story plots only causing more and more of an influence on generations to come. Within the 1980s the fandom that arose would only be a portion of the fandom still