Tatooine Essays

  • Archetypes In A New Hope

    669 Words  | 2 Pages

    escape pod, and land on the desert planet of Tatooine. The droids are captured by Jawas, a scavenger species native to Tatooine, and sold to Luke Skywalker’s uncle. Luke Skywalker, the protagonist of A New Hope, works for his Uncle Owen on a moisture farm, but is not content with being on Tatooine for the rest of his life. While Luke is cleaning the droids, he discovers part of Princess Leia’s message, meant

  • Star Wars IV: A New Hope

    1168 Words  | 3 Pages

    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

  • Star Wars Hero's Journey Analysis

    771 Words  | 2 Pages

    as a return should follow the “descent into hell”, which, for Luke, was losing his hand and falling into the abyss (American Romantic Hero Packet). Luke’s reasons for returning to Tatooine also parallels Transcendental philosophies, as well as the characteristics of the American Romantic Hero. By going to back to Tatooine to save Han from Jabba the Hutt, Luke demonstrates that intuition and feelings are better than reason and deliberate intellectualism since a ordinary person would not fight one of

  • Star Wars Archetypes

    1884 Words  | 4 Pages

    Lucas did in the first installment of the Star Wars franchise. With such a variety of intriguing creatures, from Wookies to droids, the film became an extreme success. The movie follows the adventure of Luke Skywalker, a farm boy from the planet of Tatooine, after he and his newly assembled group of companions go on a journey to save Princess Leia, the leader of a rebel group, during a Galactic Civil

  • Koty Sipe Character Summary

    693 Words  | 2 Pages

    character sketch Anakin Skywalker was born into a slave company and is sold to Watto, a machinery broker. As a child he had short blond and quite ratty hair style. His clothes were poorly sewn together with holes and dirt all over them. Growing up on tatooine was hard for his mother because Anakin didn’t have many friends at all. Anakin was special for he had dreams of the future and could, at times, know when things were going to happen before they did. Growing up all anakin wanted to do was become a

  • Plot Summary for Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope

    1015 Words  | 3 Pages

    demands to know where the plans are. She refuses. R2-D2 and C-3PO crash land on the closest planet, Tatooine, where the set off to find someone to help them. After some squabbles between the two friends, they separate and go their own different ways. They are both, however, captured by Jawas, who then put them for sale. The Jawas then sell both of the droids to Owen Lars, an inhabitant of Tatooine. Luke Skywalker (Owen’s nephew) is then put with the task of cleaning the droids, where he accidently

  • Star Wars A New Hope Essay

    828 Words  | 2 Pages

    specifically mention the type of food that they were having but I would assume that it would be different than the food on Earth especially because Tatooine was such a dry and desert-like planet. Soil, or more likely sand, would not be very good for growing crops. It also probably rains less (or not at all) than here on Earth but the rain may not even be

  • The Role Of The Hero's Journey In Star Wars

    919 Words  | 2 Pages

    remaining pursuing TIE fighters during the crossing of the return threshold. Luke becomes the master of two worlds, during the victory ceremony. He conquered the new world by destroying the Death Star. This saved all of the other planets, including Tatooine, Luke’s old world. This gives Luke, and the rest who opposed the Empire, safety and freedom. This is literally the freedom to live. They do not have to face the fear of the Death Star and possibly dying in a second. Finally, when Luke becomes a Jedi

  • The Personality Of Anakin Skywalker In Star Wars

    547 Words  | 2 Pages

    trilogy about his actions, thoughts also important figures and events in his life in order the make a ground for personality assessment. At the first movie, The Phantom Menace, Anakin Skywalker is a nine-year-old slave, living on the planet called Tatooine with his mother Shmi. According to the story, he has no father and never had one. He have certain skills, able to see things before they happen, skillful engineer and pilot considering his age. After he meets Qui-Gon, a jedi master, his life have

  • Analysis Of Anakin's Tragic Hero In Star Wars

    665 Words  | 2 Pages

    In Star Wars, directed by George Lucas and J.J. Abrams, Anakin Skywalker a young slave boy who lives on the desert world of Tatooine, has a heart for helping people. Anakin is rescued and has the opportunity to become a Jedi. During times of trials and despair, Anakin soon develops a tragic flaw. He has potential of becoming the most powerful Jedi in the universe. The Jedi Leaders noticed a fatal flaw, fear. Anakin’s downfall follows when he vows to fight for the dark side. Like in Aristotle’s Tragic

  • The Hero's Journey In Star Wars IV: A New Hope

    719 Words  | 2 Pages

    the 3 stages, Ordinary World, Call to Adventure and Crossing the Threshold. We start with stage one, ordinary world, where both films are similar. In Star Wars IV Luke Skywalker is an orphan who lives with his aunt and uncle on the desert planet Tatooine. He becomes frustrated with the boring life the planet brings him and craves a bit of adventure in his life. In Star Wars II we have Rey who is also on a desert planet called Jakku. She

  • Essay On Princess Leia

    769 Words  | 2 Pages

    interrogated for information about the location of the Rebel Base. In the meantime R2-D2 and C-3PO escape without being captured while withholding vital information that must be brought to Obi-Wan Kenobi. They travel on a ship landing in the desert land of Tatooine and soon end up in the hands of Luke Skywalker. Luke sees the message from Princess Leia that R2-D2 withheld and is then determined to help her. Soon after R2-D2 runs away from Luke. Consequently, along with C-3P0 Luke searches for the droid. When

  • The Journey Of Obi-Wan Kenobi

    720 Words  | 2 Pages

    the ways of The Force, and guiding him through peril. Luke’s turmoil begins after purchasing the droids C3P0 and R2-D2 from local Jawas. The R2 unit runs off, forcing Luke to chase after, and find it. While in the deserts of Tatooine, Their adventures in the taverns of Tatooine, filled with criminals, bandits and thieves takes Luke away from the ordinary world, away from anything and everything he’s used to. However, Luke is learning to trust Obi-Wan, and follows him into the Millennium Falcon with

  • Themes In Star Wars

    1036 Words  | 3 Pages

    original trilogy. The hero, Luke Skywalker, leaves his mundane life on the desert planet of Tatooine, in favor of answering the call to adventure with Obi-wan Kenobi. Luke has to contend with multiple crises, since he accepted the call to action. Ranging from Imperial fighters, to the Death Star, Darth Vader, he overcomes them all. In a slight deviation from the pattern, Luke does not return to his home on Tatooine after the ordeal is over. He remains with his newfound friends and his sister. Having learned

  • The Monomyth Through Star Wars

    2379 Words  | 5 Pages

    The Hero’s journey, or in its more correct terminology the Monomyth is an object from the area of comparative mythology. Its definition in the most basic of forms, it is a pattern or outline that is used in storytelling, usually the myth. This pattern is found in many famous pieces from all around the world. In the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces from 1949 by author Joseph Campbell, this pattern is described in detail. Campbell describes that numerous myths from different times and areas of the

  • Star Wars

    920 Words  | 2 Pages

    novel and makes you want to continue reading the novel. The plot of the story mainly reflects on a young boy, Luke Skywalker. Luke was raised on his Uncle's moisture farm on the planet Tatooine. He meets up with Obi-Wan Kenobi by following a droid, R2-D2, he had purchased through a small natives of Tatooine known as Jawas. R2-D2 believes he is the property of Obi-Wan and decides to search for its master. Luke is attacked by another group of natives, Tusken Raiders also known as sand people. Obi-Wan

  • Theme Of Tears In The Odyssey

    708 Words  | 2 Pages

    up his own life to save his son. Another example is in episode one, when Anakin Skywalker offers Qui-Gon Jinn and Queen Amidala a place to stay. Because Qui-Gon Jinn and Queen Amidala were both on a ship that broke down on tatooine, Anakin decided to guide them around Tatooine; in fact, he let them stay in his house. Both of these scenes are examples of people caring for others, just like how Alkínoös cared for

  • A Comparison Of Jedi And Siths In Star Wars

    987 Words  | 2 Pages

    When the original Star Wars trilogy established the Jedi and Sith, the inspirations and concepts for their costumes were purposely put in the forefront and made obvious to emphasize their position in this fantasy galaxy set far, far away. The costume of the main villain Darth Vader was based on gas masks, samurai armor and Nazi designs to punctuate the despair and fear in his image while his enemy Obi-wan Kenobi was clearly meant to provoke a sense of wisdom and power through his wizard-like attire

  • The History of Famous Space Films

    1242 Words  | 3 Pages

    “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…” Humans have been fascinated by space for generations. They are intrigued by its lovely mystery that contains a multitude of possibilities. Significant improvements in space discovery opened many opportunities for filmmakers to go to infinity and beyond. Outer space has been portrayed on the silver screen countless times, from Star Wars, the epic space opera series, to Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon), the iconic French silent film, to Gravity

  • Archetypes In Star Wars

    565 Words  | 2 Pages

    They eventually brought back freedom and justice to the entire galaxy. The setting is on a planet called Tatooine. Alderaan which is another planet is where the diplomatic mission was held. It also takes place on the space station, which is also known as the Death Star. The original epic setting for all star wars movies and episodes always starts off with “A