NOTE: For a history and breakdown of the Hero’s Journey concept see my prologue article, The Hero’s Path. This examination of Rey’s Journey will mainly follow Christopher Vogler’s outline of the Hero’s Journey—with several of Campbell’s steps mentioned. It will also follow the chronological plot of the film, rather than a strictly linear outline of […]
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THE HERO’S PATH: Background and Examination of The Hero’s Journey
“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.” —Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces NOTE: […]
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Knowledge is Power: Legends in The Force Awakens
Crafting characters and universes is, put mildly, incredibly difficult. More difficult than threading a needle into a camel’s eye (such a small target and the hairy buggers keep objecting) or making pigs fly when the catapult is broken, it is nevertheless an essential part of storycraft. It can be done in hundreds of ways, big […]
Rogue One Trailer & TFA on Bluray – CCC Ep. 046
Michael and Nathan discuss the Rogue One Teaser before breaking down the Behind the scenes features on the TFA bluray release and discussing their impressions of the bluray variations now that they have them in hand.
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Behind the Scenes and Around the World with BB-8!
BB-8 + NASA = AWSOME! Check out this cool release: Want a little more BB-8 in your life? We’ve got a special bonus clip and concept art showing the design process behind creating the world’s new favorite droid! This little celebrity has been very busy on screen as well as off! Take a look at […]
The Force Awakens coming to home video – CCC Ep. 039
This Week Michael is Joined by Nathan P. Butler to discuss the upcoming The Force Awakens home video release as well as the many home video releases of the other six Star Wars films over the years. Other topics include The new Imperial Assault expansion releases by Fantasy Flight Games and some news coming out […]