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Via: latino-review.com
Luke Skywalker is a perfect monomyth – the term coined by Joseph Campbell in The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Like Odysseus or King Arthur in the earlier years, Luke is the typical main character, a strong hero whose journey passes through a few major points and breakthroughs as he lets us witness his amazing adventures. The monomyth always has a mentor, usually has an uncertain past – just compare Obi-Wan to Merlin, Arthur’s orphaned childhood to… Hmm… Luke’s?
