Darth Vader

A Jedi In the Making As I cautiously draw out my newly constructed lightsaber, harnessed by the “Force” and ignite it blue half way in midair, I keep my focus steady on my opponent, Darth Vader the Sith Master, as he assumes his own en garde stance for an epic lightsaber duel. In a flash, my combatant casts his dark cloak aside and clashes his red blade against mine. The yellow tint from the interlocked sabers, illuminates the deep mass of evil behind the mask. I roll to the right, swing wide…

Journalist: Why do you think people come here? Joey: When people think of the local music store, they think of the past. Our society has moved so much towards an online presence to where people click buttons and have stuff delivered to them. I think that the average customer has a yearning to participate in a local community, a store that is somewhat connected to the arts. So they like coming in here. Sometimes there’s people coming in that just want to see old records. And say “ Oh yeah i…

“’This is what we fought for’. Everyone applauded. Many cheered. Senator Leia Organa clapped along with the rest and thought, ‘Too bad it’s falling apart’”. This quote really sums up the essence of this novel by Claudia Gray. This novel is a political thriller about a barely working a corrupt government known as the new republic. Even though this is a book, issued by Disney, made for the new Star Wars canon, it is still very relevant to the topic of sociology. This novel takes place six years…

As a child growing up in the 21st century, my parents thought that I should go outside once and awhile to exercise. My family had then decided to take our family vacation, somewhere that we can be outside every day, so we went to Arizona. We had our foreign exchange student, Clem, from France come with us, too. She was the sweetest person that I had ever met, that wasn’t in the Kalb family. But the longer she was with us, it made me feel like she was becoming part of my family. I also realized…

explains in his theory are also present in the movie. There is a hero (Luke Skywalker), a mentor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), an ally (Han Solo), a herald (R2-D2), a trickster (Chewbacca), a guardian (Uncle Owen), a shapeshifter (Han Solo), and a shadow (Darth Vader) with their respective on-screen equivalents. The mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, has an important role in the growth of the protagonist, Luke Skywalker, to teach him in the ways of the Force. Luke was taught who the Jedi were, and what they could…

actually very similar to the movie we all know, “Star Wars: A New Hope” by George Lucas. They are plenty of similarities such as Luke SkyWalker and America willing to fight for rights, George Washington and Obiwan Kanobi, The Emperor and King George, Darth Vader and the British Army. Comparing these characters and their similarities makes me realize how closer they are to each other than what they seem to be. The first similarity is in comparing Luke SkyWalker and America fighting for rights…

teaching you to trust in your instincts to being a great leader, there are many lessons to be drawn from the films. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the top five5 business lessons you can learn from Star Wars. “I find your lack of faith disturbing” Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope states it clearly: if you don’t have faith in your mission, you won’t meet the goals of your organization. A team without trust isn't really a team: it's just a group of individuals, working together.…

numbers in high school will end up averaging something close to that in college so why not just let them skip college and go average amazing numbers in the NBA. Coaches for college just draft prospects and see them go “Everyone hates him to being Darth Vader and the leader of an evil empire and how he's ruining college basketball because all does is recruit five star recruits” (Stephen Proffitt) and the fans clearly don't like it. Sometimes the NBA and the players in it will give the player…

Joseph Campbell defined myth as "other people's religion." However, he also said that one of the basic functions of myth is to help each individual through the journey of life. The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by Campbell. All stories consist of common structural elements of the twelve stages that composed in The Hero’s Journey. Star Wars, by George Lucas, is an excellent movie. This movie is filled with original and mythic patterns. The ideas represented in the film are…

the process from the beginning so it’s unconscious come performance time. To use the developmental rigour of a structure to access a freedom later on. I used the LMA too late in the process for it to work properly. Movement Piece In channelling Darth Vader and playing with my socks I strayed too far from the text. While the audience engagement was good the movement piece had a radically different tone to my monologue. I’m happy I went with my initial ideas and didn’t censor gut feelings but I…