Star Wars Episode 4 Summary

Thing Findings of within Star Wars: Episode Four

The 1977 movie, Star Wars Episode Four: A New Hope begins in space during a battle between good (The Rebels) and evil (The Empire) where a princess named Leia is captured and taken hostage by the Empire, however, before she is taken to protect the Rebels she sends off her loyal droids companions R2-D2 and C-3PO with blueprints of a plan to destroy the Empire's planet-sized ship, the Death Star. R2-D2 and C-3PO land on a nearby planet called Tatooine in search of the Jedi-in-hiding and they are captured and sold to the Skywalker family. One night as Luke was cleaning R2-D2, where he finds a hologram made by Leia requesting help from the Rebel forces. The droids leave Luke’s home to continue their

The Empire finds the location of the Rebels and head their way as the Rebels are preparing for battle. When the two forces go into battle and Luke joins the aircraft with the mission to destroy the Death Star. The Empire, lead by Darth Vader kills off the Rebels in Luke’s section. Han returns in the Millennium Falcon and attacks the Empire’s ships so that Luke can destroy the Death Star. Luke hears the voice of Kenobi and lets go of everything around him and uses the Force he shoots the weak spot within the Death Star causing an explosion. The return to the Rebel base where Luke, Hans, and Chewy are rewarded by Leia for their help. Star Wars Episode Four: A New Hope, follows the guideline for the Hero’s Journey, a concept discovered by the philosopher, Carl Jung, and refined by Joseph Campbell. The Hero’s Journey is a journey the hero experiences internal and externally during his quest. The hero and other characters in the story also represent archetypes. Archetypes, also discover by Carl Jung, are models of people, behaviors or personalities. When learning about the Hero’s Journey Star Wars is a perfect example because the film contains all the parts of the Hero’s Journey and consists of a variety of situational, character and symbolic