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    Star Wars: A New Hope and The Outsiders are not as different as most might expect. The pair of stories feature many heroes throughout, focusing on Luke Skywalker and Ponyboy Curtis. Both of these stories were originally books, before being adapted into movies. The Hero’s Journey follows a narrative pattern that applies to nearly every story line there has ever been. The journey applies to both Star Wars: A New Hope and The Outsiders. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton follows a young boy living in rural

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    From Homer’s Odyssey to Star Wars - The Unchanging Path of the Hero In the fiction world heroes have been one of the most entertaining figures. It has always been fun and interesting to read about heroic stories and about different obstacles that heroes had overcome. When someone mentions the word "hero" it is more likely to think of characters like Batman or James Bond, but it is for sure that if we had the chance to ask the same question centuries before, the answer would have been different

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    hook thought he could handle it on his own. Yoda made Hook train with Luke. Of course han solo was there with chewy but they were just sitting around like losers. I still can't believe Peter Pan and star wars came together in one story that’s crazy, at least that’s what I think, yet again frozen and star wars came together in someone else's story. Well lets get back to the story, han solo and chewy were helping make some sandwiches for Luke and Hook. Hook was grateful even though chewy ate most of

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    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

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    Droid heads and clone heads flew through the air as a starfighter powered up and headed back to Naboo. For the next few hours of the day, Jedi fought for their lives. But their battle was in vain, because the sheer number of the droids overpowered them, and soon droids surrounded them. Preparing to flee, the Jedi radiated with pleasure to hear a buzz. Right on time, an extremely loud buzzing noise filled the air, and a starfighter came into view. It was pearly white, sparkly, and shiny. Yoda beamed

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    Star Wars: Lost Stars

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    Star Wars is one of the greatest film saga’s to ever hit the big screens in the whole world. With the new Star Wars Trilogy coming around now, Disney is now releasing books to fill in the gaps of what’s been happening since, “Return of the Jedi” (Star Wars: Episode 6). Star Wars: Lost Stars takes place eight years prior of Episode IV and starts out on the planet, Jelucan. We meet a young, noble boy, Thane, who wants to grow up and become one of the best pilots for The Empire. Throughout the book

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    Star Wars takes place a long time ago in a galaxy that is unlike anything modern society could conceive as being authentic. It exists in a time before Earth was even thought of. At the start of the movie, a civil war is occurring between the Rebel Alliance and The Galactic Empire. A leader of the Rebel Alliance, Princess Leia, stole plans from the Galactic Empire (also known as the Imperial forces) for the Death Star. The Death Star was a very heavily armed space station with weapons capable of destroying

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    Title Star Wars The Old Republic Revan Author Drew Karpyshyn Pages 320 Characters Revan a Jedi knight who fought against the mandalorians in the mandalorian war. The emperor ruler of the Sith Empire who is immortal. Lord scourge a lord of the sith expert saboteur. Background The Mandalorians declare war on the republic and start to take republic worlds the republic keeps losing because the Jedi refuse to help. Revan a Jedi knight leads a separate faction of the Jedi with his friend malek

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    The other cantinagoers glance at the dead alien, but none of them speak up. The cantina band soon strikes up their song again while the other aliens go back to nursing their drinks and the body is carried away on a stretcher. This classic scene in Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope often begs the question of 'Who shot first? Han or Greedo?' However, it also is a prime example of what happens when a crime occurs and there are people around. These people, who are called bystanders, often do not speak

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    -75°. The Orion Sandefur 2 constellation consists of many stars, the most notable stars are: Betelgeuse, Meissa, Bellatrix, Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka, Saiph, Rigel, and M42. The constellation mainly consists of bright blue supergiant stars, the most notable star is the red supergiant Betelgeuse which lies on Orion's shoulder. The star Betelgeuse, is a red giant and one of the largest stars known. It is the only star in the sky large enough and close enough to have been imaged

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