Luke's new life
In Star Wars: A New Hope, the movie starts out by showing Princess Leia’s ship getting attacked by the empire. Knowing that she isn’t going to be able to get off of the ship, she sends the plans of the Death Star and a message asking for help in R2D2. Instead of the plans reaching Obi-Wan Kenobi as Leia had planned, the plans fell into the hands of a farmer named Luke Skywalker. Luke does end up finding Obi-Wan, and this is where his Hero’s journey begins. One of the most significant moments in Luke’s Hero’s Journey is when he decides to go with Obi-Wan to Alderaan after he sees his Aunt and Uncle dead. This scene in the movie represents Joseph Campbell's step in “Crossing the First Threshold.” This step shows the official start of Luke’s journey in helping the resistance defeat the empire. When Luke first meets Obi-Wan Kenobi and shows him Leia's message, Luke at first was hesitant to go on the journey with him. Luke had his whole life in ...