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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 15 page report discusses the mythological aspects of the
Star Wars movies and suggests two possible scenarios for
development in terms of the overall plot of the stories.
Recognizing that one of the reasons the movie series has been
such a great success is because it follows a literary tradition
that has been popular, literally for centuries, the “new”
episodes also follow the traditional epic hero’s quest as does
each of the Star Wars movies. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Page Count:
15 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWstrwrs.doc
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maintaining the epic nature of the ongoing story . . . whether that story takes a person back in time or forward. One of the reason the series has
been such a great success is because it follows a literary tradition that has been popular, literally for centuries. Because it is a story of classic and epic scale,
it allows for an elaboration and extension of the story in a number of ways. The interconnection between characters and the relationships that evolve as a result of that
connection repeatedly confirm what Yoda told Luke Skywalker in "The Empire Strikes Back" about how everything is part of one thing and that all things relate to all other things.
An Epic Mythological Saga "In the Star Wars series, George Lucas is creating something unique in twentieth-century popular film: not a series of narratively-independent sequels and prequels (the normal mode
in movie sequelization), focused on film genre conventions and/or on specific actors/roles, nor an old-fashioned serial with (merely) narratively interlocking episodes, but an epic mythological saga--full of exotic locales and
monsters, like the sagas of old--consisting of at least six mutually-dependent parts interrelated in an intricately-designed narrative, mythological, and metaphoric whole" (Lancashire 23). When one considers the movies within
that context, it becomes clear that they must be seen as something very different than what any audience has seen in the nearly 100 years that movies have been in
existence. Because virtually every human being throughout history has had some type of family experience, no matter how difficult, family has always been a universal theme in literature.
It does not matter if that literature is considered sacred, mythic, classic, or only entertaining, families have a significant role in human development. It is because of family bonds,
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