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Personal Narrative: Star Wars

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I remember it like it was yesterday. It was early June of 1977. I was 20 years old. I had completed my sophomore year in college and was home for the summer working as a laborer for a construction company.
All of the sudden everyone was talking about Star Wars, the new movie that was released at the end of May. The movie had quickly gained momentum and was breaking box office records.
Star Wars was a movie about a 19-year-old farm boy, Luke, who was expected to someday take over the family farm. Luke was itching to get away from the farm and start exploring the universe, but his dad made him feel guilty about abandoning the family farm and leaving it up to his aging parents to continue to maintain it.
After his parents were killed by enemy soldiers, Luke joined forces with an old Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and they set out to assist the Rebel Alliance in stopping the evil Empire from taking over the universe. …show more content…

In the westerns, we were accustomed to seeing a villain who always used force and violence to take over the land of local area farmers. In Star Wars, the villain’s goal was to take over other planets that were controlled by local governments.
In the westerns, the heroes were always sharp shooters who rode into town on horses to save the day. In Star Wars, the heroes arrived in spaceships to save the day. In westerns, the heroes used conventional guns with bullets. In Star Wars, they used high-tech guns that could blast holes into

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