Darth Maul

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

George Lucas 's Star Wars, is one of America 's most prominent modern epics. The same can be said for Joss Wedon 's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They share many similarities, most notably in their respective hero 's journey. Both stories are told through modern mediums, television and cinema, rather than clay tablets or written word. This change of medium is a product of the time period the works were created in, and reflects the massive technological advances of the last century. In 1977, the United

In our lives, some people can easily find the one person they want to spend the rest of their lives with. In some cases, the one person they find feels the same way but in other circumstances, the feelings are only one way. In George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the audience is shown both of these scenarios from Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, as well as Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Through this novel and movie, the audience is

The Daring Recuse One sunny day Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa were walking to a park near their house. When out of nowhere a black Suburban pulled up alongside the twins, and the driver asked if they wanted a ride to the park. Luke and Leia both said “no”, but suddenly the Stormtroopers that were with the driver walked up behind the twins catching them off guard. The Stormtroopers knocked out the twins and catching them before they hit the sidewalk. When they got the twins in the black Suburban

In this case Luke and Hans Solo are rewarded for their good work, the Death Star is destroyed, and the villain, Darth Vader is blasted off into space. People of all ages like fairy tales, as it is simple to understand, magical for children and there is adventure for adults. The futuristic setting matches the theme as usually the story says 'Once upon

Alex K. Ms. Fitzgibbons Adv. Psychology-C October 31, 2011 A Psychological Analysis of the Character of Darth Vader The Star Wars franchise has enlightened us about visions of the possible future; from flying cities to powerful weapons that can destroy entire planets. The mystical Jedi, the guardians of the Galactic Republic and users of the light side, fighting the Sith, evil warriors of cunning and treachery who use the dark side, both of whom wield the Force, an interconnecting of

The use of sound in The Graduate The movie The Graduate was a pioneer for the film industry in regards to its use of popular music as non-diegetic sound throughout the film. The Simon and Garfunkel sound track fit in very nicely to set the tone of the film and give the audience clues as to what the characters were feeling. Aside from the non-diegetic sound the diegetic sound was also used very effectively to express character emotions, in particular Ben’s emotions. Ben’s disconnect from society

Star Wars: A New Hope and 12 Angry Men are two movies that have underlying similarities and visible differences. While not entirely obvious, there are similarities between the movies based on character development and plot lines. Due to the nature of the two movies, it is extremely obvious as to the differences between the two. The similarities include the character development of Juror 7 (Jack Warden) in 12 Angry Men and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in Star Wars: A New Hope and a “good vs. bad” theme

” Stranger danger, stranger danger!” Luke screams.” Calm yourself, I am obi-w kenobi. I am here to help you.” Obi said” Why is your name obi-w?” Luke inquired.” Enough about my name! You must use the milk saber to beat darth-jar-jar.l will train you so you are ready to beat darth-jar-jar.*6 months later Luke returns home.* Luke looks around, taking it all in, when he sees dardar soldiers. Luke goes into the trees to get to his house unspotted.The soldiers go right past the trees without seeing

The first sociological concept prepped for application to the silver screen is the debate of nature versus nurture. The phrase “nature versus nurture” refers to the debate concerning the origin of human behavior and whether it is determined by biology, the nature part of the equation, or upbringing, the nurture part of the equation. Biology, in this case, comes down to a person’s genetic predisposition, with proponents claiming that a person is born with the behaviors they will have for the rest