Preview

Star Wars: a New Hope

Better Essays
Open Document
Open Document
816 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Star Wars: a New Hope
Critique Star Wars: A new hope "A long.long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…." These short, simple words have

influenced generations. Novices and Star Wars fans alike have enjoyed and thrived on these

inventive movies. The writer and director, George Lucas, came up with the idea during his years

at the University of California. He came up with a six part series, yet, the first movie to be

produced was part four entitled Star Wars: A new hope. It was produced in 1977 by Gary Kurtz.

Star Wars was a serious breakthrough for the marketing of Melodramatic movies. Star Wars: A

new hope is a perfect example of entertaining melodramas that has provided the basis for the

movies seen today. Lasers guns, light sabers and a damsel in distress, each of these elements set the stage for the action-packed adventure that is Star Wars: A new hope. The story begins as

Darth Vader attacks Princess Leia's space ship the Tantive IV. He does this in order to

attain secret transmissions sent from rebel forces which are in Princess Leia's possession.

Meanwhile Princess Leia's friend, R2D2, takes t he transmissions and prepares to bring

them to Obi Wan Kenobi. After some detainment, R2D2 and C3PO find themselves

under the employment of Luke Skywalker. With the help of Obi Wan Kenobi, Han Solo

and Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker is able to save Princess Leia from certain death. Yet,

the danger isn't over because the rebel armies need to now destroy Darth Vader's Death

Star. Luke Skywalker successfully destroys the Death star, but Darth Vader survives to

fight another day.

It isn't hard to picture like the way we want it to be. It is hard to accept the way like

actually is in reality. It is because of this that Melodrama is so appealing to human beings.

Melodrama is the dream or fantasy that is unattainable. In a melodrama, goodness of the world

will always conquer over evil. Through the use

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    In New Hope Luke begins his Jedi training, they rescue Princess Leia from the empire, and Luke destroys the death star. In Empire Strikes, the rebels get defeated on Hoth, Luke trains under Yoda, and finally fights Darth Vader who turns out to be his father. And finally in Return of the Jedi, second death star is built, there’s a giant battle, Empire is defeated. In each star wars movie, starting with New Hope and ending with Return of the Jedi, it has that beginning middle and end. With all three movies in order they make that larger beginning, middle, and end that is needed for a trilogy to really come together. If a movie were to take three hours just talking the setting and the characters and then another movie would make up the middle and then a different movie would make up the end it wouldn’t be a trilogy. It’d be a so weird collection of movies that would be very boring To be a trilogy you have to have that three act structure. And together the star wars movies make a trilogy that is memorable and famous, that is talked about for years to…

    • 539 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    . lunges, but Vader repels the blow” and then “aggressively drives Vader back” (82). The duel between Luke and Darth Vader shows that Luke is becoming just like Vader himself because Luke uses aggression instead of the calm, serene nature of the Force. It shows that Luke is impatient and angry because he results to violence first instead of waiting, again, for his opponent to strike first. Luke uses his anger to try and wear down Vader, but instead Vader gets the upper hand because Luke is impatient and does not plan his moves accordingly and Vader beats him. He also lets his anger get to him and strikes wildly instead of letting the Force flow through him like most Jedi allow the Force to do. Lucas uses this to show, ultimately, that Luke is unintentionally following in his father’s footsteps and that without a change in path Luke will most likely go over to the dark side just like his father before him, who was overrun with anger and impatience. In the film, The Empire Strikes Back, Luke unconsciously follows in his father’s footsteps by being corrupted by anger and impatience in his training with Yoda, his encounter with his own soul in the cave on Dagobah, and in his showdown with Darth Vader in the carbon freezing chamber in Cloud…

    • 1042 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Who Is Anakin Skywalker?

    • 718 Words
    • 3 Pages

    As the sole survivor of the Empire's greatest defeat, Vader was blamed and found himself pitted against several potential replacements vying to become the Emperor's new apprentice. In the meantime, he uncovered that the Force-sensitive pilot who destroyed the Death Star was his son, Luke, whom Amidala had given birth to before she passed away and Obi-Wan had hidden on the one planet he would never return to,…

    • 718 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Luke SkyWalker’s journey begins in Star Wars A New Hope during a long period of civil war. Rebel spaceships strike from a hidden base, winning their first victory against the Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies stole secret plans to the Empire’s DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.…

    • 702 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Cool Hand Luke

    • 1063 Words
    • 5 Pages

    but it does not reinforce hope. Instead it leaves a defeatist attitude in the community if Cool Hand Luke couldn't beat the system, no one could.If Luke had...…

    • 1063 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Cool Hand Luke

    • 776 Words
    • 4 Pages

    “VIOLATION” is the first thing seen when watching the screen, setting the theme right off the bat for the movie “Cool Hand Luke”. Lukas Jackson, a man introduced to us by cutting the heads off parking meters, is sent to a chain gang for two years as punishment. After watching the film, and reading the reviews, it is obvious that there are several pertinent ideas that characterize the film’s central theme-Luke’s question of his faith, his keen smile that tells all, how he is neither a hero or an anti hero, and how ironically he is a Christ like figure himself.…

    • 776 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    raiders of the lost ark

    • 2214 Words
    • 9 Pages

    The first film of the Indiana Jones quadrilogy, created by Spielberg and Lucas, the greatest filmmakers of their generation. A timeless piece of the very best entertainment. This is a typical Hero’s Journey and an excellent starting point for screen story study.…

    • 2214 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Movies have been around since Thomas Edison’s invention of the Kinetoscope in 1894. The Kinetoscope, or peep show, was a tall, wooden box that allowed a person to look inside and see moving images. Viewing images was made possible by the film moving past a shutter over a light source. The Kinetoscope, however, had a two major flaws: the images viewed were jerky and didn’t move smoothly, and the viewing time for one show was only twenty seconds. Improvements to the Kinetoscope allowed it to hold more film and present at least a full minute of animation. Many early films had the theme of popular culture: dancers, performances, or reenactments of historical events.…

    • 1263 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Lightsaber

    • 497 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Form VII: Juyo - This lightsaber form is described by the Jedi as “the most difficult, both physically and emotionally” This view is typical of a Jedi to think due to its passion and vigor. This style turns the enemies’s emotions back on themselves which makes them feel weak and inferior. I will note, however, that during the Clone Wars, Mace Windu was known to use this fighting style. - This fighting style mixed with Ataru is the best one can achieve as a Sith. They implore speed, agility, vigor and more importantly,…

    • 497 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Sabre Two Analysis

    • 1059 Words
    • 5 Pages

    With trepidation, both Sabre Two and Sabre Three complied with the order. As they closed in, streaks of laser fire spat from every angle of the Centaur, some hitting the fighters, others streaking off into the skies, bright, blue…

    • 1059 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    George Lucas wrote the move Star Wars in the late 1970 's. "The film became and international success because of its creative special effects, appealing characters, and suspenseful story of good versus evil" (World Book 513). The original Star Wars garnered 8 Academy Awards for George Lucas. He did not stop at just making one Star Wars movie, George Lucas went on to make 2 sequels, both written by George Lucas, by 1983. The first sequel he wrote was "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980, which was nominated for a PEO award in 1981 and took the Academy award in 1980 for sound. In 1983 Lucas gave it another go by releasing "The Return of the Jedi" which did not win any awards but was nominated for best film in the 1984 PEO awards.…

    • 1472 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Star Wars Movie Analysis

    • 1093 Words
    • 5 Pages

    In a galaxy far, far away, a man named George Lucas has been directing a movie of his called American Graffiti, while filming the movie, he gets a great idea, a movie, a space western to be exact. It’s a beautiful idea and he starts working on it right after American Graffiti. He starts to write this amazing movie of his. He calls it, “The Star Wars: Into the Adventures Of Luke Starkiller” he writes 4 drafts of the…

    • 1093 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The final Phase of a hero’s journey is the return. This begins when the hero takes a “magic flight”. In Luke’s case, an army of people furious with Darth…

    • 571 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Or May 25, 1977 to be precise, Star Wars was first brought to the silver screen, entrancing millions of viewers worldwide. The newly created hordes of fans demanded more and more Star Wars content. This lead to the creation of arguably the largest fictional universe to this day (certainly the largest grossing franchise), The Star Wars 'Expanded Universe”…

    • 1359 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Akilathirattu Ammanai

    • 3361 Words
    • 14 Pages

    legends he began it at night and continued writing for days. Another legend says that he began it on Friday, the…

    • 3361 Words
    • 14 Pages
    Powerful Essays