/lit/ - Literature

Why Star wars sequel trilogy failed, utilizing the lessons learned by reading Joseph Campbell's "Hero with a thousand faces"
With everyone being up in arms over the new star wars trilogy i thought i'd take a moment to point out the true reason the fan base is divided. It doesn't have shit to so with a black stormtrooper or the asian chick. its entirely plot based. In his book, Campbell goes on to talk about how after the hero has completed their journey then the story is over. Luke skywalker became a jedi and redeemed his father. anything after that doesnt make the arc any better because it falls outside of the fundementals of the story arc. its just extra and unnecessary. Rey wasn't AS well written, but by saddling her arc with a continuation of Lukes to fight a new enemy that was never accounted for in the original works, then the overall story suffers. (cont.)