LUKE SKYWALKER THE WIZARD’S JOURNEY

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Luke Skywalker goes beyond his Hero’s Journey to embark on a different type of adventure…

TRICIA BARR

In discussions of the Hero’s Journey in contemporary storytelling, Luke Skywalker is one of the most frequently cited examples. Joseph Campbell—the academic whose work on the subject influenced George Lucas’ writing—viewed Luke’s path in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) as a modern execution of what he called the “monomyth:” the archetypal hero’s story common to every culture and era. Likewise, Christopher Vogler—who reframed Campbell’s ideas into a model specifically designed for cinematic storytelling—used A New Hope as one of his primary examples in his 1992 book The Writer’s Journey. Yet Luke’s story did not, of course, end with A New Hope. What seemed like a complete Hero’s Journey in that film was expanded and developed upon in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1981) and Star Wars: Return of…

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