If you ever wonder what really is fascinating about the whole Star Wars epic – it is the fact that it was a labor of love for a guy that loved doing exactly that kind of stuff, he was into his work, a perfectionist. Just like any other work of art – the important part of the epic was not the dollar amounts it brought but its genesis, the genesis of the story is closely aligned with George Lucas’s sensibility, and his desire to bring archetypal stories to the screen. The same exact themes he explored in his first film THX 1138.
Th major themes of Star Wars have been around for 2.5 thousand years starting with Greek mythology. Joseph Campbell and his work – The Hero with a thousand faces – explored these themes and connected the dots between myths and stories from different cultures. George Lucas, in his developing of the Star Wars story, was influenced by Joseph Campbell’s work.
Below – Kurt Vonnegut on a similar topic.
“Someone gets into trouble, gets out of it.
People love that kind of story”: