The Hero's Journey in A New Hope
A scene in A New Hope that shows the film as a hero's journey narrative is when Luke Skywalker is in a local tavern in Tatooine. At first, Luke rejects the call to adventure but after his uncle and aunt are killed by the Empire, he agrees to accompany former Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. For the adventure, Kenobi and Luke need an adequate ship to make the trip to Alderaan. They enter the tavern, looking for Han Solo and Chewbacca for the transaction, regarding the Millenium Falcon. However, before they can discuss, Luke is approached aggressively by a goon. Before the thug could react, Obi-Wan comes to his aid and immediately eliminates the individual with his lightsaber. Joseph Campbell's monomyth encourages us to look at this scene as the Crossing of the First Threshold stage in the hero's journey. The crossing of the first threshold is described as "The point where the person actually crosses into the field of adventure, leaving the known limits of their world, and...