Psychoanalytic Criticism on Featured Film‚ Star Wars A Myth-Freudian Criticism Star Wars is a classic movie written and directed by George Lucas that encompasses a vast array of archetypes and phallic/yonic symbols that yield fascinating "between the lines" interpretations. An analysis of such archetypes reveals a great deal of what the main characters are thinking. The synopsis of the movie is as such: The story commences with Princess Leia escort ship being boarded by Empire in hope to
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Star Wars fulfils the Sociology function‚ By representing a social class and showing terms of wealth as in who has the most power. People for centuries have set up a social classes based on; Strength‚ Money‚ Parents‚ and your accomplishments. A lot of this system is flawed because what it intends to do is to keep the poor poor unless they know how to use their talent and increase their standing amongst the people. This is represented in The First Order and The New Republic. In the first order you
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Star Wars and its Influences Star Wars defined the summer as the prime releasing season‚ placed a new emphasis on young audiences‚ used special effects‚ animation‚ computers and exhilarating action to speed up the pacing‚ and grossed so much money that many of the best young directors gave quest for the great american film and aimed for the box office crown instead. With star wars and its impact upon release in the 70s it brought a new focus to hollywood’s filmmaking‚ making the films appointed
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“The Origins of Star Wars” Not so long ago in a galaxy a bit closer to home‚ George Lucas crafted one of the most iconic movies of all time. That movie was soon followed by a series of mind bending movies that captured the hearts and minds of generations up to this day. From light saber duels to the destructive power of the Death Star‚ Star Wars is one movie saga that we are all familiar with. But how did this captivating series come to be? How did it all begin? Just how did George Lucas come up
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Movie Review “May the force be with you” is a quote that people of all ages know. Even people that grew up years after Star Wars was shown know what a light saber is. Star Wars was the first movie of its kind‚ using technology never used before to rise above the other movies and set a high standard so other movies can follow. Admittedly‚ the setting for star wars is very vague and unspecific having been said that the movie takes place a long time ago‚ in a galaxy far far away but the storyline
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finding himself through his journey. You may know of this story because there was a clue in the first sentence. Yes‚ this is the story of Luke Skywalker and his journey to become a Jedi knight. However‚ you may not realize that during the filming of Star Wars IV‚ the director worked very closely with Joseph Campbell. What is a mythologist doing on the set of one of the greatest science fiction of all time? Well Luke experiences what Campbell calls the Monomyth Cycle‚ during the movie. While Luke followed
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Essay on Star Wars “Aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper?” (Lucas New Hope 40). Rings a bell‚ doesn’t it? This is one of the many quotes and a memorable one from Princess Leia in George Lucas’s saga Star Wars. Lucas had created an all American myth and was the first to do it. His movie saga used every archetype known to man and was inspired by the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. Campbell’s book also had every archetype known to man in it. It affected an innumerable
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Does One “Star” Out Shine the Other? Star Wars and Star Trek are both highly recognized as the two science fiction teams that battle it out‚ on and off screen with the fans determining which one is best. Constant debates about which one is better or worse then the other. How they have very similar stories‚ or that they are polar opposites. The two franchises have many similarities‚ including the word ‘Star’ in their respective titles‚ while they have similarities Star Trek and Star Wars are vastly
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imagine a famous action star used to be a garbage truck driver? Well‚ it’s best not to judge. These stars also tried to pay their bills before they became famous. John Boyega is not an exception. The Star Wars star was once a stock photo model. One wouldn’t have imagined it but someone at the University of Nebraska saw an ad in their university and spotted Boyega. He shared the discovery online via Imgur with the caption: ...was a bit surprised to see Finn from Star Wars on a poster at my University
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Star Wars: Ever since Star Wars‚ the iconic film series that stuns audiences with its beautiful scenery and action‚ came out in 1977‚ it has been called one of the best movie series of all time by many fans. The original Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) shot the top of off the box office and has been a classic since then. In a galaxy far‚ far away‚ a man named George Lucas has been directing a movie of his called American Graffiti‚ while filming the movie‚ he gets a great idea‚ a movie‚ a
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