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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7874897" data-attributes="member: 4937">So the plot of Star Wars, 'A New Hope' is this:Once upon a time there was a farmer boy living with his aunt and uncle, dreaming of going off to do deeds of daring. A chance encounter, if chance it was, causes him to realize that a Princess is endangered by a Black Knight. He soon meets a wizard, who tells the farmer boy that he is no ordinary farm boy, but the heir of a powerful warrior. The wizard gifts the farmer boy his birthright - a magic sword - and the two set off together to rescue the princess. Meanwhile, we learn that the Dark Lord is in control of a powerful Dragon called The Death Star, which has the power to destroy whole worlds. The Princess is forced to watch the destruction of her people. The farm boy meanwhile encounters a Lovable Rogue and a Monster That is Not What He Seems, who join the quest on the promise that there is treasure in it. However, they party is captured by the forces of the Dark Knight. In order to ensure the survival of his young charge, the Wizard sacrifices his life to allow the young farmer boy to escape, along with the Princess, and the secret of defeating the Dragon. The farm boy goes to the castle of the Princess, and fights along with her brave knights in a seemingly doomed effort to defeat the forces of the Black Knight. Just when it seems all is lost, the Lovable Rogue reveals his Heart of Gold and distracts the Black Knight at a critical moment, and the Wizard speaks to the Farm Boy from beyond the grave, allowing the Farm Boy to fulfill his destiny, thus winning the admiration of the Princess and the Kingdom. But will he live happily ever after? Stay tuned for more thrilling adventures.In it's basics, it's a very common plot, but Star Wars delivered on it elegantly and creatively, while referencing a host of mythic archetypes from Fantasy, Westerns, and Space Operas. I mean, I say that it is a common plot, and almost archetypal, and when I put it like that above it seems reasonable to say that it is a 'common plot', but having said that, how many successful movies can you think of that had that plot? So what Star Wars is for me is the quintessential adaptation of one of the great metaplots to film, a classic - maybe the classic - fairy tale/bildungsroman/Campellian monomyth in cinematic form. Despite the fact it got an Oscar for film editing, I have some problems with the original cut that I think leaves to much character arc out of the story, but I have to admit that despite perhaps not being perfect, there hasn't been a better story of this sort in the movies before or since. Just look at how elegantly all the major figures are introduced into the story with their character intros. It's a masterpiece of sparse but evocative character building and story telling.Compare with how poorly pretty much every major player but Rey (whose intro was pretty good) was handled in 'The Force Awakens', or how badly 'The Force Awakens' handled pretty much all of the same plot points, managing to be both derivative and incoherent at the same time.</blockquote>

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