Star Wars
Star_Wars_4:_A_New_Hope vs. The_Odyssey
The Odyssey and Star Wars are two great examples of epics. Both the stories fulfill the epic hero cycle to the fullest. In The Odyssey, Odysseus is the hero, he goes to Troy to fight a war and gets lost at sea for 20 years. In Star Wars Luke is the hero, he gets introduced to the rebel force that is trying to ensure the safety of their universe.
The Odyssey and Star Wars follow the same basic cycle. Both adventures show hard challenging tasks in order to complete the adventure. In order to start the epic hero cycle you must be called to adventure. Luke gets called to adventure when his aunt and uncle get killed and he no longer has a home. (Star Wars). Odysseus gets called to adventure by his king to fight In the Trojan war. (The Odyssey). These stories are similar besides just following the cycle; both men go out and fight for something that they truly care about;for Odysseus its his family and getting home ,but for Luke its saving princess Leia and helping the rebels. Both Luke and Odysseus had to pass or fail certain tests. Luke’s test was to learn the force. As Luke continued to excel as a hero the Force came along with him. Odysseus’s test was to see if he would thank the gods for allowing the Greeks to win the war. (The Odyssey). Odysseus never thanked the gods therefore Poseidon punished him by forcing him to be lost at sea.
In the epic hero cycle there is one event called the supreme ordeal. Supreme Ordeals are the high point of the adventure, it’s when the tests that the hero went through either let him live or let him die. In Star Wars the supreme ordeal is when Luke, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Leia are trapped in a garbage compactor. (Star Wars). In the Odyssey the Supreme Ordeal is when Odysseus passes back through the Charybdis.
The last thing that needs to happen in order to finish the epic hero cycle is flight. Flight is when the hero leaves where the supreme
The Odyssey and Star Wars are two great examples of epics. Both the stories fulfill the epic hero cycle to the fullest. In The Odyssey, Odysseus is the hero, he goes to Troy to fight a war and gets lost at sea for 20 years. In Star Wars Luke is the hero, he gets introduced to the rebel force that is trying to ensure the safety of their universe.
The Odyssey and Star Wars follow the same basic cycle. Both adventures show hard challenging tasks in order to complete the adventure. In order to start the epic hero cycle you must be called to adventure. Luke gets called to adventure when his aunt and uncle get killed and he no longer has a home. (Star Wars). Odysseus gets called to adventure by his king to fight In the Trojan war. (The Odyssey). These stories are similar besides just following the cycle; both men go out and fight for something that they truly care about;for Odysseus its his family and getting home ,but for Luke its saving princess Leia and helping the rebels. Both Luke and Odysseus had to pass or fail certain tests. Luke’s test was to learn the force. As Luke continued to excel as a hero the Force came along with him. Odysseus’s test was to see if he would thank the gods for allowing the Greeks to win the war. (The Odyssey). Odysseus never thanked the gods therefore Poseidon punished him by forcing him to be lost at sea.
In the epic hero cycle there is one event called the supreme ordeal. Supreme Ordeals are the high point of the adventure, it’s when the tests that the hero went through either let him live or let him die. In Star Wars the supreme ordeal is when Luke, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Leia are trapped in a garbage compactor. (Star Wars). In the Odyssey the Supreme Ordeal is when Odysseus passes back through the Charybdis.
The last thing that needs to happen in order to finish the epic hero cycle is flight. Flight is when the hero leaves where the supreme