Star Wars: a New Hope Character Analysis Essay Example
Dan Dolecki
Mr. Coulter
Period 6
20 February 2013
Star Wars: A New Hope Character Analysis Star Wars Episode IV premiered in theaters on May 25, 1977. Directed by George Lucas, it became one of the first sci-fi movies to really make an impact in the film industry. Out of all the characters shown in the movie, one stands out. Luke Skywalker, a boy raised on the desert planet, Tatooine, from nothing, becomes a powerful Jedi. Luke makes the biggest change out of any of the other characters in the movie. Luke Skywalker is one of the main protagonists in Star Wars. Luke Skywalker, a young farm boy from a planet far from most civilized planets, discovers that he is destined to become a Jedi Knight and use the Force to save the galaxy from the Empire and their death machine, the Death Star. In this movie, the “hero’s journey” is played out. Luke’s ordinary world is his life on Tatooine as a farmer. He meets his mentor and is called to adventure when he finds Obi-wan and they receive the message for help from Princess Leia. Luke’s refusal to call is him not wanting to leave home. Luke crosses the threshold when he decides to leave for Alderan. Throughout the film, the Empire, especially Darth Vader, are shown to be the enemy. Luke’s approach to the inmost cave is represented by the groups near death experience in the garbage shoot. Luke’s main first ordeal was the tie-fighter fight in the Millennium Falcon and his reward is becoming a pilot. The road back is the trip back to the Death Star and the resurrection being fulfilled with the Death Star being eliminated. Luke’s elixir is saving Princess Leia (getting the girl, who happens to be his sister). Luke is then awarded with a medal and earns the title of a hero. His whole journey from start to finish led up to his gaining the hero status. Luke follows the normal elements of film. He takes the hero’s journey and successfully returns with the elixir, Leia. The one thing we do see is that he did not start out as
Mr. Coulter
Period 6
20 February 2013
Star Wars: A New Hope Character Analysis Star Wars Episode IV premiered in theaters on May 25, 1977. Directed by George Lucas, it became one of the first sci-fi movies to really make an impact in the film industry. Out of all the characters shown in the movie, one stands out. Luke Skywalker, a boy raised on the desert planet, Tatooine, from nothing, becomes a powerful Jedi. Luke makes the biggest change out of any of the other characters in the movie. Luke Skywalker is one of the main protagonists in Star Wars. Luke Skywalker, a young farm boy from a planet far from most civilized planets, discovers that he is destined to become a Jedi Knight and use the Force to save the galaxy from the Empire and their death machine, the Death Star. In this movie, the “hero’s journey” is played out. Luke’s ordinary world is his life on Tatooine as a farmer. He meets his mentor and is called to adventure when he finds Obi-wan and they receive the message for help from Princess Leia. Luke’s refusal to call is him not wanting to leave home. Luke crosses the threshold when he decides to leave for Alderan. Throughout the film, the Empire, especially Darth Vader, are shown to be the enemy. Luke’s approach to the inmost cave is represented by the groups near death experience in the garbage shoot. Luke’s main first ordeal was the tie-fighter fight in the Millennium Falcon and his reward is becoming a pilot. The road back is the trip back to the Death Star and the resurrection being fulfilled with the Death Star being eliminated. Luke’s elixir is saving Princess Leia (getting the girl, who happens to be his sister). Luke is then awarded with a medal and earns the title of a hero. His whole journey from start to finish led up to his gaining the hero status. Luke follows the normal elements of film. He takes the hero’s journey and successfully returns with the elixir, Leia. The one thing we do see is that he did not start out as