NOTE: Small spoiler from reports of the recent 28 minute press screening of Rogue One footage. In 1973, when George Lucas first attempted to put down the ideas he had for what became Star Wars, he titled his notes and synopsis the “Journal of the Whills.” The Whills were meant to be unseen chroniclers of […]
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REY: ON THE HERO’S PATH – PART 3
Click HERE for Part 1, HERE for Part 2, and HERE for a History and Introduction to the Hero’s Journey. Stage 3: Rey’s Return “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 […]
REY: ON THE HERO’S PATH – PART 2
Click here for Part 1 and here for a history and introduction to the Hero’s Journey. Stage 2: Rey’s Initiation “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 […]
REY: ON THE HERO’S PATH – PART 1
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 […]
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: […]
Analysis of The Force Awakens — General Hux: Fanatical Madman of The First Order
As suggested by the junior novel Servants of the Empire: The Secret Academy, and confirmed in the Visual Dictionary, General Hux is the son of Commandant Brendol Hux. During the time of the Empire, Brendol, unimpressed by the Imperial recruitment system, conceived the idea of raising stormtroopers from birth in order to emulate the loyalty […]