Star Wars Expanded Universe

Heroes in our media embody characteristics that people desire. The shining faces in our books, movies, and TV shows function as proxies for our own self images. Throughout modern history, society’s artists have been free to experiment with a variety of different types of heroes, giving each individual the ability to align with whatever heroic characteristics they personally admire. For these reasons, you can learn a great deal about someone from whom he chooses as his heroes. Nora from A Doll’s…

Are you looking for a thrilling fantasy movie which is both engaging and interesting than you are looking for the Hobbit an Unexpected Journey? The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey is a fantasy/adventure movie which was written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Guillermo Del Toro and Philippa Boyens. It was directed by Peter Jackson; this movie is a great piece of work which shows the effectiveness of cinematography when it was released in 2012. It is about a hobbit who goes on an adventure to help the…

Campbell remarked Lucas to have perfectly integrated the cycle to Star Wars’ plot. This is not surprising at all, due to the fact that Lucas drew inspiration from the template Campbell created for his film, Star Wars. Table 1 presented below compares the stages of the Hero’s Journey to the events that occurred in the movie, A New Hope. *(Christopher Vogler’s condensed version of the Hero’s Journey has been used in this paper to view this theory from a more general perspective in contrast to…

At the age of 8, my core family consisted of my mom, dad, and little brother. My mom had recently changed her hair color to blonde, which I found odd at first. Mom was usually nice, but at that age I found her to be naggy. My dad was rapidly losing weight, thanks to a special surgery he got. I remember thinking my dad wouldn 't be the same after the surgery and it was a bad thing. Looking back I was clearly mistaken. My brother is very large for a little brother, mostly at the waist. We usually…

In Star Wars: A New Hope by George Lucas contains many fantasy elements, one of the strongest being magic. In fantasy and science fiction movies, magic may be introduced as supernatural powers, the use of a paranormal energy, wizardry, god or god-like force. When a magic element is present, the characters can enhance their natural ability which results in an unexpected plot twist. In Star War: A New Hope, the primary source of magic is the Force. The Force helps Jedi’s and Sith’s develop and…

“When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself”- Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg was very inspired by filmmaking while he was young. He took this inspiration and made his dream come true. After dropping out of college, he worked as an intern at Universal Studios. Then,…

athletic guy, I have played soccer, football, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, and the swim team. I have also been on the math team. I love games like checkers and chess. I have always liked watching Scooby Doo and I have recently discovered the Star Wars movies. I have always preferred action packed books like Percy Jackson and I would love to be a salesman. The people that live at my house are me , my mom, my dad, Jack,Porter, Emily, my dog Dixie, and my cat Garfield. Every body is younger than…

From my experience during the stock market game I found out that the market is very random and could take the wrong turn at any moment. There will be days where the market will just crash on you or it could go the other way around and you could accumulate a ton of profit. At the beginning of the game I didn’t know what to do so I just bought random stocks that the website suggested to me. I got my friend, who was already familiar with the stock concept because he was in Mr. Barton’s Finance…

Leonard Nimoy was 83 years old when he died February 27, 2015. He was known for many things, but acting as Spock in the Star Trek movies was his most famous role. Nimoy decided to pursue acting at a rather young age. He was not afraid to put himself out there and he did by starring in many of his school plays. Although his acting career did not take off immediately he eventually was in many films. Some of the shows he starred in were The Twilight Zone, Sea Hunt, and Bonanza. Leonard Nimoy’s…

For years I have been watching the Star Wars movies, never thinking I would actually see one for the first time in theaters. The last Star Wars movie to hit theaters in my life time was Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in 2005, and it was stinker. If you ask anyone who considers themselves a fan of the Star Wars movies, they will tell you the first trilogy was some of the best cinema ever created, and the second trilogy was in comparison just completely awful. In fact a lot of people wish the…