Darth Vader

“The Force Awakens”, the seventh installment in the Star Wars franchise and the first part of the new trilogy announced by the Walt Disney distributing company, was intended to be a galactic epic. Within this specific genre, it manages to deliver a pretty decent plot filled with exciting battles, interesting new and old characters, and some nostalgia without falling in exaggeration. The film was directed, co-written, and co-produced by J.J. Abrams, who reinforces his ability to recycle former…

In Cinema, the most common story told is the hero myth. It is a ten-step formula that depicts the transformation of the protagonist on his journey to heroism. When we first see the protagonist, they are portrayed as average people living normal lives. In Captain America: The First Avenger Steve Rogers is a scrawny boy from Brooklyn and in The Wizard of Oz Dorothy is a regular girl from Kansas. Then something occurs in the protagonist life that jumpstarts their journey. In Captain America, Steve…

John Dionisio HCOM 100 Shari Selnick 29 March 2017 Communication Analysis: When Anakin Turns To The Dark Side George Lucas’ Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith is a fascinating movie that describes the concepts of interpersonal relationship. The movie provides the uses of indirect and direct communications from various characters, which are vital to the fluidity of the movie and how characters build relationships. For example, one scene that builds the interpersonal relationship of two…

Bait thrown, Han's mind slid into the uncertainty of where the shallows ended and deep water took up. Steadfast tenacity clutched Han’s chest, and he grimaced in the face of it. The face of Luke. An acerbic zip of deception watered his tongue. Like that of the gutted planet of Coruscant, Han was no longer secure in himself, as if something had turned his insides out. Disquiet frayed the edges of his weary mind, tugging the seams, loose until the mental rampart he’d sustained for the better…

Felicity Jones has four films coming out soon. "Rogue One", which is part of the anthology series of standalone Star Wars films, is currently filming. This film is about the rebels who steal the plans for the Death Star that was destroyed in "A New Hope". Stars Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Ben Mendelsohn, and Forest Whitaker. Written by Chris Weitz off a story written by John Knoll and Gary Whitta, and it will be directed by Gareth Edwards. "A Monster Calls" is in post-production. Stars…

a message, he looks down to see a glowing blue hologram of Sith Lord Darth Sidious. In an eerie and slightly seductive voice Darth Sidious from his wrinkly mouth exclaims “the time has come, Execute Order 66”. Order 66, according to…

Unicorn Wars Our Story Begins on the frozen planet of Jeff, the toast alliance is fighting a desperate battle against the evil unicorn empire they have mastered the dark side of the rainbow. The empire has sent giant unicorn walkers to destroy the toast alliance, but they fight back. Princess toast ran through the ice tunnels with Ham solo behind her. Luke Skytoaster was in his toaster and was trying to by time for the alliance. The tunnels shook with the blast from a rainbow cannon. Ham…

The Hero’s Journey is a widely-used formula to understand protagonists and is the perpetual basis for most story arcs involving good vs. evil. The portrayal of the main character, as introduced, is that of an average joe. Someone that would otherwise be indiscernible in a crowd of extras. For example John Connor, Bilbo Baggins and Neo from the Matrix. The “commoner to hero” narrative is generally the basis for most hero beginnings given it creates a sense of relatability between the audience and…

George Guay 11/29/17 Development of Western Civilization Seminar Prep (Watchmen) Summary: The comic book Watchmen begins in the most dramatic way out of all the books we have read for this class this semester. The book that Alan Moore wrote starts with the murder of “The comedian”. This book starts out in New York City and the comedian’s real name is Edward Blake. The main character, Rorschach develops a theory to why Edward Blake is dead. That theory is a plot to kill the people like…

SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS IN PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK AND THE LAST WAVE Australian cinema has started to gain succes at the beginning of the 1970s. As well as the films that are screened in succession demonstrate varities in Australia, Australian cinema awake the attention in Hollywood. Picnic at Hanging Rock is a film that directed by Peter Weir in 1975 and is acclaimed worldwide. Actually this mysterious film is the adaptation of an Australian historical novel by Joan Lindsay. The plot is…