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Posts tagged with "Joseph Campbell"

CWK Coffee Break: The Hero's Journey-The Meeting of the Mentor & the Magical Talisman Video

CWK Coffee Break: The Hero's Journey-The Meeting of the Mentor & the Magical Talisman

March 5th, 20180183 On today’s CWK Coffee Break, Dan Z looks at the third step in the Hero’s Journey, The Meeting of the Mentor and the Magical Talisman. #CWKCoffeeBreak Join host Dan Z as he brings you a CWK Star Wars thought for the day. Be sure to subscribe to the Coffee With Kenobi YouTube channel, and help spread the word about the newest...
CWK Coffee Break: The Hero's Journey-Threshold Guardians Video

CWK Coffee Break: The Hero's Journey-Threshold Guardians

February 14th, 20180256 On today’s CWK Coffee Break, Dan Z looks at the second step in the Hero’s Journey, Threshold Guardians. #CWKCoffeeBreak Join host Dan Z as he brings you a CWK Star Wars thought for the day. Be sure to subscribe to the Coffee With Kenobi YouTube channel, and help spread the word about the newest iteration of CWK! Have a...
CWK Coffee Break: The Hero's Journey-The Call to Adventure Video

CWK Coffee Break: The Hero's Journey-The Call to Adventure

January 29th, 20182107 On today’s CWK Coffee Break, Dan Z begins looking at the Hero’s Journey, with "The Call to Adventure". #CWKCoffeeBreak Join host Dan Z every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as he brings you a CWK Star Wars thought for the day. Be sure to subscribe to the Coffee With Kenobi YouTube channel, and help spread the word about the...
Luke Skywalker: A Hero Myth or Human Failure

Luke Skywalker: A Hero Myth or Human Failure

January 3rd, 20182557 Typically in Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey (monomyth), the hero is called upon to embark on a life-altering quest. After accomplishing each feat of the journey--accepting the call, crossing the threshold, encountering the shadow presence (in Luke Skywalker's case; his aunt and uncle and the Tusken Raiders). Once the hero...
How Deep Did George Lucas Go with the Hero’s Journey in Star Wars? -- A Guest Blog by Tomas Pueyo

How Deep Did George Lucas Go with the Hero’s Journey in Star Wars? -- A Guest Blog by Tomas Pueyo

September 17th, 201735032 How Deep Did George Lucas Go with the Hero’s Journey in Star Wars? -- A Guest Blog by Tomas Pueyo Much has been said about George Lucas and the Hero’s Journey. He discovered Joseph Campbell’s idea while the script for A New Hope and became instantly fascinated: so many elements of his movie fit in the Hero’s Journey framework!...
NPR's TED Radio Hour: Star Wars Mythology + More Star Wars News & Info

NPR's TED Radio Hour: Star Wars Mythology + More

December 18th, 20150158 In the light of the highly anticipated release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Guy Raz of NPR's TED Radio Hour takes a look back at Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey and how it influenced George Lucas as he created the mythology of Star Wars. Some of the questions that will be answered in this TED Radio Hour episode are: -...
Are We All Dark Disciples? Anti-Heroes and Why We Love Them Star Wars News & Info

Are We All Dark Disciples? Anti-Heroes and Why We Love Them

September 18th, 201511336 Jay's Galactic Espressions I recently taught a lesson in my high school classroom about The Hero’s Journey, popularized by Joseph Campbell's work The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Part of the lesson included choosing a hero with which the student could identify, and correlate that hero’s values with their own. It was a great way to...
Concerning Mortis and the Symbology of the Force Part III — The Agenda of Higher Beings Star Wars News & Info

Concerning Mortis and the Symbology of the Force Part III — The Agenda of Higher Beings

April 4th, 20158333 When looking at the Priestesses and the Overlords of Mortis as one general amalgamation of a higher plane of existence beyond the tangible world of our main heroes and villains, it was seen in Part II that the beings of a higher power, serving as guides and instructors for the instruments of destiny in the real world, often play the...
Dan Z's First Blog for StarWars.com Now Available CWK Show News

Dan Z's First Blog for StarWars.com Now Available

February 28th, 2014345 I am thrilled to announce that my first post for the Official Blog can now be found on Star Wars.com! I talk about how I incorporate Star Wars into the High School curriculum, as well as why using the Saga is relevant (as well as pertinent) to advancing critical thinking and analyzing literature. The support from our community has...
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