The Return

In the novel The Odyssey, Homer tells the story about Odysseus and his journey to return home. In the story we see that Odysseus can be characterized as the hero who is intelligent and curious. The movie Star Wars - A New Hope shows us Luke Skywalker’s journey to rescue Princess Leia and discover “the force.” In the movie Luke can be characterized as brave, courageous and quick thinking. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is the archetypal “hero” going on a journey, full of adventure, similarly in…

Introduction For the first half of twentieth century, movies were the most popular and influential medium of culture in the United States. They were the first of the modern mass media sharing common believes and faiths though screens. (Sklar, 1975) The project considers heroes in different Hollywood films. It aims to identify two main methods of creating heroes in the movies. Moreover, the relation between themes and the related heroic characters will be discussed. In the project, 5 different…

rotten tomatoes.The movie really finished off strongly , but it had one or two things that I didn’t like but overall did good.There would be some people who wouldn't understand the movie making the movie bad This movie takes place thirty years after Return of the Jedi. The movie was a roller coaster of emotions, and really hit you with shocks and surprises that no one really intended to happen.The movie includes new…

hologram of Princess Leia asking Obi-wan-kenobi for help. Luke wanted Princess Leia, but she was captured by Darth Vader, so he went on an adventure to save her. However, this is where the refusal of call comes in. It is getting late and Luke has to return home. However, a tragedy happens at home, leaving Luke to go. He leaves his home with allies such as Obi Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, R2D2, Chewbacca, and C3PO. They travel off into space ready…

The Archetypal Pattern in Stars Wars: Episode 4 In many novels, there are archetypal patterns, this is shown prominently in The Odyssey. The Odyssey’s archetypal pattern consists of a returning wanderer, a waiting women, and a parent-less child. This archetypal model is reflected in Star Wars: Episode 4. The returning wanderer is Obi-Wan Kenobi, as until Luke found him, Kenobi lived in isolation. This was due to the loss of a battle with Darth Vader. Through conversation Obi-Wan Kenobi…

the eighth film in the franchise set to premiere only a week from this essay’s writing (December 8th, 2016) it can be described as nothing less than a mega franchise. The three original films in the series (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi) each had their own massive cultural impact- whether that be due to incredible special effects for the era, the greatest cinematic twist of all time, or a riveting conclusion, each film left a mark and resonated with audiences like so…

The core plot line of Star Wars begins with the Imperial forces capture of Princess Lelia, her rescue from Luke Skywalker, Han solo and the rebel forces and the return of justice to the galaxy in this way it is inexplicably simple. But Star Wars reworks a collection of old stories comics, the movies of Flash Gordon, Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter of Mars series of books and creates a wholelistic but completely…

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace In 1998, Lucas Film released a teaser poster for their long waited and highly anticipated new movie, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. This was a relief to many fans and stirred much excitement with the community because Star Wars has been without a release since 1983 and many fans are looking forward to seeing the new George Lucas film. This teaser poster grabs the attention of long time Star Wars fans as it does new fans wanting to know what happens to the…

The Star Wars saga is such a phenomenon in American that it has become part of American pop culture. Just by references or symbols from the movie, people already connect it to The Star Wars trilogy.The Star Wars saga is well known and easily recognizable by everyone of different culture and has impacted the economy positively. Because of the concept of galactic fantasy, it made Star Wars sequels and prequels more more enjoyable to any age group. The saga is very appealing because of the…

after the 70s, the films in the 80s were “Less experimental and original, but more formulaic…”. A new special effect called the (CGI) technique cause a burst of films; including Steven Spielburg’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)’, and George Lucas’ ‘Return of the Jedi (1983)’ these were labeled as “Blockbusters”. There were many movies in the ‘80s that hit it big and were a huge success. But with that came the movies that did pretty awful. Such as the “Miscalculated historical epic of the…