1 Identification of the hero/ordinary world (2) The hero in Star Wars IV: A New hope is Luke Skywalker, who is the son of Anakin Skywalker. Luke begins his adventure in the ordinary world of moisture farming on the desert planet, Tatooine - which is normal for him. We understand that Luke is still an immature boy when he begins to complain about power converters in the farm. But as we begin to know more about his character, we also learn that he desires a life of adventure and not the safe, monotonous life his Uncle Owen has planned. 2 The call to adventure (1) Luke’s call to adventure comes when finds a message stored in R2-D2 after he picked it out along with C-3PO to help around at the Lars farm. After Princess Leia says, “Help me, Obi-Wan …show more content…
Obi-Wan Kenobi explains about the Jedi, the Force, and Luke’s mysterious father, but when he offers to teach Luke the ways of the Jedi, Luke refuses. After discovering his home burned and his family murdered by stormtroopers, Luke overturns his decision of staying at Tatooine. Luke returns to Obi-Wan Kenobi and says, “There’s nothing for me here now. I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.” Luke accepts Obi-Wan Kenobi as a mentor who will guide him through his …show more content…
To their surprise, they face a new challenge. They discover the planet, Alderaan has been destroyed by the Death Star in command of Lord Vader and turned into nothing but an asteroid belt. Fear and doubt return to Luke against such a seemingly impossible obstacle. In his words he says, “I have a bad feeling about this.” 8 The ordeal – involves the possibility of death (2) After Obi-Wan Kenobi leaves to turn off the power to the tractor beam, Luke begins his ordeal. The ordeal is a test that the hero has to overcome by drawing his power and skills to defeat an enemy. The rescue of Princess Leia represents this ordeal. Luke and his allies draw on their skills to successfully rescue Princess Leia. However, the minor success is not without loss as Luke witnesses Obi-Wan Kenobi’s death at the hands of Lord Vader. 9 The reward – a payoff for survival (2) Luke rises from his ordeal a sophisticated, more adult hero. His reward isn’t a sword - Obi-Wan Kenobi already gave him that - but he joins the rebel fleet as a pilot, just like he yearned back on Tatooine. As a nifty bonus, he skips all the student debt he would have had going to the Academy. Luke is now ready for the last part of his
Both also have a sort of supernatural force helping them, giving them an advantage over ordinary people. Luke learns the ways of the "force" which about three other people have mastered: Darth Vader who is evil, Obi-Wan his mentor, and Yoda (who he does not know yet). Bruce learns the ways of advanced ancient Ninjitsu and the ways of being one with the shadows. The two of them are also both very limited in their allies fighting against a world of evil. Luke is contained to Obi-Wan, Chewbacca, Han Solo, and eventually Leah. Bruce is limited to the few uncorrupt people in his city, Alfred, Mr. Fox, Jim Gordon, and Rachel. During the ordeal, both hero's have a long line of conflict that they must deal with. Bruce has to save Rachel, escape his on fire mansion, fight Ra's al Ghul, and then stop the city from going crazy from the gas. Luke must save Leia, escape a trash compacter, watch Obi-Wan die, escape Darth Vader's station, and finally come back to destroy it. A last similarity is that both hero's rewards made them realize what they were actually destined for. Luke
Star Wars also tells of a similar story; the most unlikely set of people can stop an entire evil empire. The movie begins with Princess Leia’s capture by the evil empire. In an attempt to save herself and her mission plans, she sends two robots, R2D2 and C-3PO, to deliver a message to the illusive Ben Kenobi.
Unlike Odysseus, Luke listens to directions carefully and tries his best to save people. When Luke was trying to defeat the Death Star, he heard Obi Wan Kenobi in his mind. Obi Wan Kenobi told Luke to believe in The Force. Luke being
Luke’s eventual departure is set in motion by the purchase of two androids that were previously involved in the rebellion. Luke receives a call to aid in the form of a prerecorded message stored in one of the android’s memory. Luke finds a traveling companion and a teacher in Obi-wan Kenobi. Luke is hesitant to leave his home planet until the empire kills his Aunt and Uncle, leaving him no option but to fight. Luke’s next step is initiation.
of Luke and in the end Han Solo helps Luke and they destroy the ‘Death
The “Star Wars” franchise is familiar to most, and may be the easiest in which to discover the hero’s journey. In “Star Wars,” we find young Luke Skywalker, a rebellious youth, living on a farm on the isolated planet of Tatooine, taken in by his aunt and uncle following the death of his mother and father. Luke grows up with dreams of flying through the stars, only dreams until his chance meeting with Ben Kenobi. Kenobi informs Luke of his real past: that his father was a Jedi knight and that Luke was destined to become great. Though Kenobi’s guidance and Luke own adventurous spirit, he finds himself pushed into an intergalactic quest to become a valiant Jedi in a galaxy controlled by the evil Empire.
Luke Skywalker from Star Wars: A New Hope is able to complete a task seemingly impossible by man. Although, at the beginning of the movie he seems very ordinary, he always had the want to be a jedi, like his father. When Luke found out he was not able to go to the fighter pilot school, his aunt said, “Luke’s just not a farmer, Owen. He has too much of his father in him.” This shows that Luke aspires to be a fighter like his father. You can infer that this is one of the reasons he agreed to fight The Empire. The task achieved by Luke is accurately shooting a proton torpedo into a small port of the “Death Star”, an enemy space station. This port leads to the reactor, and when shot, causes the station to explode. This mission was attempted by several other
Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker is pulled into the dark side of the Force and Palpatine appoints him to become Darth Sidious's new apprentice Darth Vader. The Jedi are all but eliminated with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda forced into
Far off in a distant galaxy an infamous story would begin, A New Hope. This episode is the one that began it all and lead to one of the most influential sagas of all time. Opening with the beautiful rebel leader Princess Leia, her ship undergoes direct attack from the known and feared villain, Darth Vader. He orders his troops to look about for important documents, meanwhile Leia says her famous message into R2-D2, a droid unit “Hel...
The hero’s journey is essential to common literature. Sharon Black’s daughter, Sandra, said she “needs Luke Skywalker, Frodo Baggins, and Harry Potter because she needs to be- lieve and to share her belief that the hero can emerge victorious, no matter how oppressive the uncharted darkness may be. …needs Joseph Campbell to tell her that the hero is indeed “God’s son”” (Black, 245)
Heroes are often perceived as characters who leap great distances in a single bound. However, they actually have three distinct stages where they develop into the character we grow to love. In George Lucas` “StarWars IV: A New Hope.” Luke Skywalker is a quintessence of of an archetypal hero because he goes through initiation stage through distinct phases of separation, transformation and the return stage. Luke Skywalker begins his journey as farmer boy on a remote planet and becomes the hero of the galaxy. However, this process the not happen quickly. Rather, it is a difficult journey where is is faced with multiple tests and obstacles and pushes his endurance to the limit.
Star Wars: A New Hope. Dir. George Lucas. Perf. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher. DVD. Twentieth Century Fox, 2006.
Quite possibly one of the most iconic openings in cinematic history is “A Long time ago in a galaxy far far away.” Of course, I am referring to Star Wars. It is such a fascinating and great movie going experience. There have been a total of seven Star Wars films, but in this essay I am going to be focusing on Star Wars: Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith. This film was written and directed by George Lucas and of the science fiction genre. Revenge of the Sith was released in theaters on May 19, 2005.
Star Wars is well known for its amazing stories and characters. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope portrays the established Hollywood’s narrative style through its plot. Princess Lia is held hostage by Dark
A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, history was made. Star Wars swept the world in May 25, 1977. Some of the most iconic pulp culture characters, ships, music, and moments appeared in this film. We meet Luke Skywalker, a young farmer boy who goes on to save the galaxy. The Romantic styled music of Star Wars is one of the many things that makes it such a memorable film.