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    Luke Skywalker represents the archetype of the initiate in Star Wars. As the initiate, Luke is trained by Obi Wan Kenobi in the ways of the Force and learns how to use his magic weapon, the lightsaber. Luke's task is to rescue Princess Leia and destroy the Death Star, representing the situational archetype of the task. In completing his task, Luke risks his life to save Leia and destroy the Empire's ultimate weapon. The magic weapons of the Force and lightsaber, symbolically representing the Jedi, are essential to Luke's success.

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    Luke Skywalker represents the archetype of the initiate in Star Wars. As the initiate, Luke is trained by Obi Wan Kenobi in the ways of the Force and learns how to use his magic weapon, the lightsaber. Luke's task is to rescue Princess Leia and destroy the Death Star, representing the situational archetype of the task. In completing his task, Luke risks his life to save Leia and destroy the Empire's ultimate weapon. The magic weapons of the Force and lightsaber, symbolically representing the Jedi, are essential to Luke's success.

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    Gould1

    WalterGould
    Mrs.Reid
    English10
    March1,2016
    ArchetypesEssay
    Anarchetypemeansfirstmodel.Itdescribesthecharactersandthesituational
    andsymbolicelementsofthemovieorstory.In
    StarWars
    ,TheRepublicisfighting
    againsttheevilempire.TheRepublichastheplanstotheDeathStarandDarthVader
    theleaderoftheEmpirewantstogettheplansbacksotheRepubliccantdestroythe
    DeathStar.IntheendofthemovietherepublicissuccessfulanddestroystheDeath
    Star.ThemostimportantarchetypesinStarWarsisLukeastheinitiate,Thetaskof
    savingLeiaanddestroyingthedeathstar,andThemagicweaponsoftheforceandthe
    lightsaber.

    Oneofthemostimportantcharacterarchetypesin
    StarWars
    isLukeSkywalker
    astheinitiateandheroofthemovie.OneofthewaysheisaninitiateishisteacherObi
    WanKanobiteacheshimthewaysoftheforceandhowtouseit.ObiWanhasLuke
    doingtrainingandexercisestohelphimlearn.Healsoencourageshimtolearnthe
    waysoftheforcewhenLukefeelsthathecant.Lukegetstomeethiscompetitionwho
    isdarthvaderwhentheyrescueprincessLeia.Hethengoestojointherepublic.Inthe
    endhebecomestheheroofthemovieanddestroysthedeathstar.Lukesroleasan
    initiateisessentialtodestroyingthedeathstarandtheentiremovie.

    Gould
    2

    OneofthemostimportantsituationalarchetypesinStarWarsisthetask.Inthe
    movieLukeperformshistaskofsavingPrincessLeiaanddestroysthedeathstar
    savingthegalaxy.Lukeassumeshisrightfulpositionandgetsawardedamedalforhis
    successatdestroyingthedeathstar.Onewayhecompleteshistaskisbyrescuing
    princessLeiaandalmostgettingkilledbyescapingthedeathstar.Lukeriskshislife
    againwhenhegoestothedeathstarwiththeRepublicandreleasesabombfromhis
    shipthatfallstothecenteroftheDeathStarandblowsupthespacestation.Darth
    Vaderstilllives,buthisultimateweaponisgone.ThenLeiagiveshimhismedalinthe
    endofthemovie.Lukesroleasthetaskwasessentialtorescuingtheprincessandthe
    entiremovie.

    ThemostimportantsymbolicarchetypeinStarWarsisthemagicweapon.The
    magicweaponinthismovieistheforceandthelightsaber.Thelightsaberandtheforce
    arebothusedbytheJedisandLukeislearninghowtobecomeajedi.ObiWanand
    DarthVaderarebothjedisinthisfilm.Theybothusetheforceandlightsaberastheir
    primaryweapons.WhenLukeistrainingwithobiwanheusedthelightsaberwhilehe
    waslearningthewaysoftheforce.Lukeusedtheseweaponswhilerescuingthe
    princessanddestroyingthedeathstarwhichwaswhenheknewhowtousethe
    weapons.Thelightsabersandforcesroleasthemagicweaponinstarwarsisessential
    tothesuccessofLuke,DarthVader,andObiWan.

    Gould
    2

    In
    StarWars
    themostimportantarchetypesweretheinitiate,task,andmagic
    weapon.ManyotherstorieshavethesamearchetypesasStarWars.Thisisbecause
    thesekindofarchetypeshelptomakethestoryinterestingandengagingtotheviewer.
    Italsohelpsthestorytomakesensebecausewithoutarchetypestheirwouldbeno
    story.

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