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Originally Posted by atari 2600
and Joseph Campbell "stole everything" from Carl Jung
and Carl Jung "stole everything" from Sir James George Frazer, etal. (sarcasm)
Many Star Wars connections aren't found in Campbell; they are clever films, although certainly many of Campbell's themes are present. Lucas openly credits Campbell as an inspiration. It's not like he's a back alley thief or something.
I watched it. I taped it. Taped the Star Wars Tech special that preceded it as well. The mere title ("the legacy revealed") sort of sets one up for an anti-climax if one already knows the philosophy behind Star Wars movies,and it wasn't quite as entertaining as Empire of Dreams, but there were some fun (even, yes, revealing!) moments; I hope the newer films were illuminated a bit for some. Most of the connexions were known to me already, and all of them weren't covered, but it was done very well and was very enjoyable. |
you mean campbell expanded on jung's work, rather than steal his concepts to do a mass marketed, big effects movie and profit off of it.
campbell wanted to study a part of life, lucas wanted to be rich.