Anakin Skywalker

James Nathan Walters Professor Kevin Copeland English 2106 3 December 2015 Critical Analysis of Star Wars Released in 1977, the original Star Wars movie quickly became the highest grossing film of all time and it changed the way people thought of filmography. With its unique special effects and storyline, it created a new era of Hollywood movies. It became a huge blockbuster and eventually spawned a new universe that now spans several decades. The films, now numbering six with three more being made

Star Wars has entertained millions of people since its inception in 1977. Creator George Lucas’s brilliant use of the plot type Tragedy has created Star Wars into the global phenomenon that it is today. Through the understanding of what a Tragedy is composed of, how Lucas utilizes tragedy within the Star Wars movies, and the psychological appeal of tragedies, it will be clear why the Star Wars films have become so popular. Literary critic Christopher Booker, in his book The Seven Basic Plots: Why

the prequels. This tragic third installment in the beloved saga chronicles Anakin Skywalker’s (Hayden Christensen) fall from Jedi Knight to evil incarnate: Darth Vader. Skywalker is beguiled by the promises of one Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), who promises Anakin he can save his wife Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) from dying in childbirth as Anakin has foreseen. Before his turn to the dark side, Anakin fights alongside

“[A] recent author and public figure…[Colin Powell, wrote a] book, My American Journey, [that] helped me harmonize my understanding of America’s history and my aspiration to serve her in uniform…Powell gave me another way to think about the American dilemma and, more than that, another way to think about my own life” (Moore 131-2). Author Wes Moore wrote the book The Other Wes Moore, both an autobiography and a biography about a man who shares his name and has a similar backstory, to demonstrate

During the summer of 1999, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace stormed theaters with a wave of anticipation that was unprecedented. By that point, Star Wars was assumed to be a thing of the past – until George Lucas decided to revisit his beloved creation. It sent fans into a frenzy of immeasurable proportions, lighting a fire in the adolescent hearts of millions and millions…and millions. But, then something strange happened. The Phantom Menace wasn’t the Star Wars we all knew and loved. It was riddled

Phantom Menace, this installment in the beloved saga sees Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker (newcomer Hayden Christensen) act as bodyguards to Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) who now serves as the senator from Naboo. Obi-Wan spends the majority of the film tracking down Amidala’s would-be assassin, discovering a secret clone army for the Jedi in the process. Anakin, on the other hand, begins to fall in love with Padmé and takes the first noticeable steps to becoming Darth

In 1999, The Phantom Menace was released into theaters. The beginning of the saga was brought to understand where the original trilogy’s villain origin story came from and where the famous twins Luke and Leia came from. Leia stole the hearts of many in the original trilogy and it was now her mother’s turn to take the spotlight. Many did not welcome her character with open arms and rejected her. She was the young naïve queen with a crazy fashion sense who had a crush on a nine-year-old boy. At a very

order makes the epic saga a story of two characters, Luke and Anakin. Two movies of Luke's tale, two movies of Anakin's story and final single film that brings both stories into one and giving a proper closure to the saga. The cliffhanger ending of The Empire Strikes Back creates a lot of tension, and the original trilogy act as an framing device for the prequel trilogy. The relationship between Anakin and Padme or Obi Wan and Anakin does not have the weirdness due to the convoluted story lines

fight against the Galactic Empire. The man known as Luke Skywalker discovers he is to become a Jedi knight and joins the Rebels to defeat the Empire. This is what George Lucas created and what Disney plans to build off of. However, the television series that just finished its seventh season does not follow this timeline. Such example include the introduction to a padawan, apprentice to a key character, under the teachings of Anakin Skywalker, who was believed to be the chosen one to defeat all evil

the situations in which WALL-E (picture 5) and R2D2 (picture 6) traveled into space by ship, although the purposes of their journey were different. WALL-E hung on the ship’s panel to follow EVE, but R2D2 was in the tube of the ship to accompany Anakin Skywalker in battling the enemies’ ships. In addition, both WALL-E and R2D2 are portrayed to be helping the realization of a great cause. On one hand, WALL-E plays an important role in informing the humans that the earth is a safe place to live again