Led Zeppelin IV

The opening of the film felt like it didn’t leave time to appreciate Galen Erso, Jyn Erso’s father, as a character before removing him from half of the film just to kill him off. Understanding his motivations is hard when you don’t know the character. When Orr wrote about the surprising conclusion, he was spot on. It caught me off guard for a Star Wars film. Killing off all the characters that got the schematics to the Death Star was a bold ending. The amount of death and devastation in the film…

Many books and movies have the same basic storyline. Star Wars: A New Hope and Arthurian Legend both have a very similar storyline; however, there are a few differences. The Force and the Holy Grail are both something that people are trying to find. Han Solo and Lancelot are both main characters but they have very different endings. Star Wars: A New Hope and Arthurian Legend are similar because they both have something that the main characters are trying to find, but they are different because…

Introductory Material Imagine being so famous for writing film scores that TV shows begin to use you as satire and good play. This is the case for John Williams, arguably one of the most famous composers living today. He was composed over a hundred movies and seems as though he is not stopping. He also has worked in many other outputs such as the Boston Pops Orchestra for some time. John Williams has written the film scores for all of the Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones, Fiddler on the Roof, and…

George Lucas’s film Star Wars: A New Hope displays and follows the pattern of the hero’s journey as well as the implementation of various literary archetypes very well. All of Lucas’s characters represent an archetype and the plot line follows the hero’s journey. An archetype is defined as a prototype, a model or a classic example. In literature, archetypal characters are the “typical character patterns” you see. In Star Wars: A New Hope, you can clearly see these patterns. The main…

Luke felt a pang of sympathy for her. She took pride in being a level-minded leader, in never letting the people she led see her weaknesses, but now they could all see her clearly drunk and out of it. Things were made worse by her needing his help to stand even semi-straight. She rested a hand against Luke's chest, pushing herself away from him and to the nearby chair…

Welcome to the Dark Side (Still deciding on an opening sentence) In the first episode of Star Wars the Phantom a Menace Qui-Gon Jinn, a Jedi master and his young padawan Obi Wan kenobi are sent to Naboo as ambassadors to negotiate a deal with the trade federation in hopes to end the blockade. Negotiations ended badly causing them to flee and they met a Gungan named Jar Jar Binks while running through the jungles of Naboo. Jar Jar took them to the hidden underwater city called Otoh Gunga to keep…

Though 2001: The Space Odyssey and Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi are both set in space, Kubrick and Lucas provide their own distinct measures to portray their versions of outer space. Kubrick leaves his viewers with an anxious and unsettling perception of what is it to be in outer space while Lucas presents space as a familiar and appealing extension of Earth. Star Wars VI: The Return of the Jedi is a journey of familiarity and comfort for most viewers. Lucas parallels different settings in…

In the Last Jedi, we know that through the powers of snoke, Kylo Ren and rey experience a force bond, and are able to commune with each other through the force. We have seen this in empire strikes back with Darth Vader speaking to Luke telepathically in empire strikes back ,a nd Darth sidious speakimg with Anikij Skywalker in revenge of the sith, however.......it was reasonable? And as a matter of fact, Kylo and Rey’s interactions in the Last Jedi were much stronger than before seen, as the two…

Enslaved or Empowered Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi (1983) is part of an iconic franchise and includes the infamous slave Leia. When Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) is captured by Jabba the Hutt she is forced to wear a metal bikini while chained to Jabba himself. Earlier this year Disney was rumored to be taking the slave Leia merchandise off store shelves. This could be due to the sexually revealing nature of the outfit which contradicts Disney’s more family friendly orientation. However, many…

Supreme Leader Snoke and Darth Plagueis Upon the release of the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, many fans have speculated the origins of new characters. One of the most mysterious characters in The Force Awakens is Supreme Leader Snoke. There are many theories about Snoke being previous characters we’ve seen in the Star Wars saga before. Some of these characters are Emperor Palptine, Boba Fett, Jar Jar Binks, and Darth Plagueis. Other people believe Snoke is a Jedi in disguise, a force…