Every mythic hero or heroine’s journey can be traced through the outline of seventeen steps devised by Joseph Campbell. George Lucas’s Star Wars saga contains a unique blend of traditional elements of science fiction and the archetypal structure of a myth. The main protagonist of episodes IV-VI is Luke Skywalker, a boy from Tatooine who goes on an interplanetary journey and learns how to use the Force. Like any other mythic hero or heroine, Luke’s journey can be traced through the seventeen outlined steps. The first major steps are Luke’s journey are the call to adventure and the threshold; both are equally important in the process of a character becoming a true mythic hero. When Luke’s story begins he is only a harvester on his uncle’s
