Star Wars mythology/symbolism etc ?

CosmicWarrior · Post by **CosmicWarrior** » 2007-09-05 12:19pm

I have been fascinated by these themes with regards to Star Wars for a long time now. Do any of you know where i can get a thorough explanation of the mythological aspects of SW, and the use of the esoteric/mystic aspects in it ?

For instance, if you look here http://www.briandemilio.com/matrix.html, then you will see an explanation of the matrix exactly along those lines, and this is what i want to find with regards to star wars.

Thanks in advance

Warsie · Post by **Warsie** » 2007-09-05 01:35pm

Hmm...I remember this good explanation linked to Saxton's site; look there if I don't post it.

searching on del.icio.us.

http://www.spookybug.com/origins/myth.html

EDIT: This MIGHT be the site
http://www.spookybug.com/origins/index.html

Lancer · Post by **Lancer** » 2007-09-05 02:17pm

There are several books out that performs a cursory examination of the subject.

Star Wars The Power of Myth
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth

AndritVoor · Post by **AndritVoor** » 2007-09-05 02:39pm

To get an overall background, I'd recommend Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces The documentary featuring Campbell, The Power of Myth also contains segments about mythology and its relationship to Star Wars.

CosmicWarrior · Post by **CosmicWarrior** » 2007-09-05 03:01pm

Yes. I saw the power of myth. It's excellent. But it only covers a little.

Block · Post by **Block** » 2007-09-05 03:42pm

There was a special on the History channel, and I can't remember what it's called, but it went into what influenced Lucas and helped him shape the Universe.

Post by **Dalton** » 2007-09-10 09:42am

Look up Joseph Campbell.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-09-10 06:22pm

On a simpler level, I think that Star Wars owes much of its success to its signature prop: the lightsabre. Even kids who aren't huge Star Wars fans think lightsabres are ultra-cool. It's the ultimate fusion of future and past, technological and mythological.

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-09-10 07:32pm

I found a guy on Youtube that swears Star Wars is actually endorsing Nazism, you see because the Empire represent Nazism (Despite the costumers basically saying they wanted a Nazi kind of look because everyone knows the Nazis were bad), and the Millenium Falcon flying over the Star Destroyer represents the Thousand Year Reich and the Falcon of the Third Reich, but don't tell him that it's actually an eagle that's been used in Germany as an icon for hundreds of years.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-09-10 09:48pm

General Schatten wrote:I found a guy on Youtube that swears Star Wars is actually endorsing Nazism, you see because the Empire represent Nazism (Despite the costumers basically saying they wanted a Nazi kind of look because everyone knows the Nazis were bad), and the Millenium Falcon flying over the Star Destroyer represents the Thousand Year Reich and the Falcon of the Third Reich, but don't tell him that it's actually an eagle that's been used in Germany as an icon for hundreds of years.

Is he aware that the United States uses a bird of prey very heavily in its iconography as well?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2007-09-10 09:59pm

Or that, entertainingly, the Rebellion's award ceremonies are shamelessly ripped from Triumph of the Will?

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-09-10 11:19pm

Darth Wong wrote:Is he aware that the United States uses a bird of prey very heavily in its iconography as well?

He missed the part where the bird used on the German Coat of Arms is called the Realm Eagle, not the Realm Falcon, I doubt that even occured to him.

Peptuck · Post by **Peptuck** » 2007-09-11 01:06am

General Schatten wrote:I found a guy on Youtube that swears Star Wars is actually endorsing Nazism, you see because the Empire represent Nazism (Despite the costumers basically saying they wanted a Nazi kind of look because everyone knows the Nazis were bad), and the Millenium Falcon flying over the Star Destroyer represents the Thousand Year Reich and the Falcon of the Third Reich, but don't tell him that it's actually an eagle that's been used in Germany as an icon for hundreds of years.

Reminds me of an amusing scene in the second volume of the Hellsing manga, where a vampire made a reference to "Millenium" and they started poking into the Star Wars Fan Club when all the other leads ran dry, because of the Millenium Falcon.

To define the ultimate irony, Hellsing discovered that Nazis were behind all the craziness later on.

that being said, I know who you're talking about - I think I argued with him a while back, but that may have been the other retards on Youtube.