Star Wars: A New Hope

George Lucas · 1977 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

A farm boy on a desert planet buys two secondhand droids, one of them carrying stolen plans and a plea for help from a captured princess. He falls in with a desert hermit, a smuggler and a rebellion facing an empire that has just finished a moon-sized weapon. The monomyth assembled deliberately from Campbell's blueprint and Kurosawa's frames.

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Lineage

• influenced by ↑ Lawrence of Arabia
  David Lean · 1962 CE · Film
• influenced by ↑ The Hidden Fortress
  Akira Kurosawa · 1958 CE · Film
• ↓ The Matrix
  The Wachowskis · 1999 CE · Film — influenced by this
• ↓ Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
  Irvin Kershner · 1980 CE · Film — continues this

Attributes

Closest analogues

• The Lord of the Rings
  J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954 CE · Novel

  57% · 20 shared
  AdventureGood vs EvilSacrificeContemporaryHeroMentorShadowHero's JourneyThe QuestCall to AdventureRefusal of the CallSupernatural AidCrossing the ThresholdRoad of TrialsThe Ultimate BoonFreedomLight & Darkvs SupernaturalEpicMythic
• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
  Richard Marquand · 1983 CE · Film

  52% · 19 shared
  FilmScience FictionAdventureGood vs EvilSacrificeAtonementContemporaryHeroMentorShadowThe QuestOvercoming the MonsterThe SwordLight & DarkThe Machinevs PersonEpicMythicModern / American
• The Matrix
  The Wachowskis · 1999 CE · Film

  49% · 18 shared
  FilmScience FictionAdventureFreedom vs FateSacrificeContemporaryHeroMentorTricksterHero's JourneyOvercoming the MonsterCall to AdventureRefusal of the CallSupernatural AidCrossing the ThresholdFreedomMythicModern / American
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
  Irvin Kershner · 1980 CE · Film

  45% · 17 shared
  FilmScience FictionAdventureGood vs EvilComing of AgeFreedom vs FateContemporaryHeroMentorShadowHero's JourneyThe SwordThe Machinevs PersonEpicMythicModern / American
• Haroun and the Sea of Stories
  Salman Rushdie · 1990 CE · Novel

  41% · 14 shared
  AdventureGood vs EvilFreedom vs FateContemporaryHeroMentorTricksterHero's JourneyThe QuestCall to AdventureSupernatural AidRoad of Trialsvs SupernaturalMythic
• Theseus and the Minotaur
  Greek myth · c. 600 BCE · Myth / Legend

  37% · 12 shared
  AdventureGood vs EvilSacrificeHeroThreshold GuardianHero's JourneyOvercoming the MonsterCall to AdventureSupernatural AidBelly of the Whalevs SupernaturalMythic