The story of the original Star Wars trilogy, comprising of Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is at its core a story of sociopolitical and religious struggle. The Sith can be read as a representation of Christianity at the height of its power in the Middle Ages, which inspired its followers to subjugate and enslave countless civilizations in its name. The Jedi Order, by contrast, can be said…
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Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones 2002
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Was Anakin fated to bring a good balance to the Force? Or was the prophecy misread and he was always destined to become the Sith Lord that would tip the scale towards the Dark Side? Such questions bring to mind the myths of the Ancient Greeks, specifically of the births of the first 6 gods of Olympus. At this point Cronus had castrated his father Uranus, the Heavens, thus separating him from the Earth, his mother Gaia, and married his…
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Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 2005
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Heroes are often born for a specific purpose. There is a quest they must embark on and a destiny they must fulfill, and often their stories are told for the purpose of explaining a phenomenon that exists in the world that surrounds us. Greek myths always endeavor to make sense of the chaos that around us because the world is so vast and incomprehensible as to be overwhelming and maddening. We can clearly see this in H. P. Lovecraft’s literature,…
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