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Teaching “Star Wars” and Classical Mythology
Tom Sienkewicz
Monmouth College
tjsienkewicz@monmouthcollege.edu
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http://department.monm.edu.classics/courses/CLAS230/StarWars
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http://
department.monm.edu/classics/Courses/Clas230/StarWars/myththeme.htmSlide5
Required Text
ISBN:
0553378104
Format: Paperback, 200ppPub. Date: November 1997Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Henderson, Mary
Star
Wars. The Magic of MythSlide6
https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/star-wars/online/Slide7
https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/star-wars/online/guide.htmSlide8Slide9
http://department.monm.edu/classics/Courses/Clas230/StarWars/myth2015Schedule.htmSlide10
Course Introductions: What
is Myth?
Star Wars Scene: IV.1 OpeningPowerpoint: What is Myth?
American Heritage Dictionary definitionCullen's "Yet Do I Marvel" Sisyphus: Odyssey 11.593; Apollodorus Note 147; Pausanias 2.5.1; Diodorus Siculus 6.6.3; Hyginus:#60; Apollodorus 1.9.3 On Myths and Sisyphean Tasks Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, 1-7Star Wars V.31 "There is No Try";"Always with you it can't be done."Slide11
Greek Myths and Star Wars
in Popular Culture
Greek Mythology TodayGreek Mythology in Popular Culture
Sisyphus in the Modern WorldSisyphus in Popular Culture (Powerpoint)Cultural Impact of Star WarsPowerpoint: Star Wars and Popular CultureBeckman and Star WarsStar Wars Gangsta RapStar Wars Propaganda PostersStar Wars A CapellaStar Wars According to a Three-Year-OldSlide12
The Intersection of Star Wars and Classical Mythology in Popular Culture
http://empirestripsback.deviantart.com/art/The-Laocoon-Group-325986849Slide13
http://travisdurden.com/index.php/oeuvresSlide14
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/planet1051.com/files/2015/02/Sacred-Drunken-Wookiee-Original2.jpg
http://ep.yimg.com/ay/wizardworld/intergalactic-krewe-of-chewbacchus-2.jpg
The Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus is a parade organization for the most revelrous of Star Wars Freaks, Trekkies, Whovians, Mega-Geeks, Circuit Benders, Cryptozooligists, UFO Conspiracy Theorists, and all the rest of Super Nerdom.http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/planet1051.com/files/2015/02/Sacred-Drunken-Wookiee-Original2.jpg Slide15
http://panoplyclassicsandanimation.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-force-awakens-new-greek-vase-scenes.html
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What is a
Hero? Achilles, Anakin and Luke
Some Definitions of "Hero"
/ The Hero PacketTrojan Cycle Summary of Events Apollodorus Note 111 (Achilles)Hyginus: #92, 96 and 107 (Achilles)AnakinPadme in Revenge of the Sith: “There's good in him“ Script 230; chapter 46https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbjru5CQIW4 “I am your father” script Chapter 46Luke in Return of the Jedi:"I sense the good in you” Script 78, chapter 39Star Wars IV.48 A Hero's Welcomehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhdk0YOrVCgStar Wars Scene: IV.10 Lars Family Dinner (start at 4:30)Torched Homestead IV.17Powerpoint: Achilles and Luke SkywalkerSlide17
Folktale Themes
in Greek Myths and Star Wars
Powerpoint: Perseus Hyginus
: 63 (Danae)Apollodorus 2.4.1-2.4.5“Labyrinth and Rescue of the Princess” in Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, pp. 47-56Star Wars Scenes: IV, 32-34 Rescuing the Princess, Into the Garbage Chute, The Trash CompactorSlide18
Folktale Themes
The process of METAMORPHOSIS
The Unwanted Child who SurvivesThe Wicked Step-mother/Step-envyThe Wicked UncleThe Rival Brothers
The Curse on a FamilyThe Curse and the VendettaThe Son's Responsibilities to his FatherThe Son's Search for his FatherThe Acquisition of MaturityThe Offense against a God or Goddess and its ConsequencesThe Unavoidable Truth of the OracleThe recognition Sign or the Test of IdentityThe Gift of the Culture HeroThe Hero's QuestThe Test of the Hero through Perils or Temptation (of irresponsibility, sensuality, violence)The Search for Immortality/the Conquest of Death/ the Descent to the Underworld/ the Harrowing of HellFinding what is lostFreeing the OppressedThe Man who ReturnsThe Hero's Betrayal of the PrincessRescue of the PrincessRescue by the Heroine (Women to the Rescue)A Woman's WebA Woman's WitThe Revenge of the Woman ScornedThe Danger of the FeminineCivilization versus Chaos--Justice vs. Injustice--Love vs. HateThe Suitor ContestThe Theft of the BrideThe Deathly Wedding or the Fatal Marriage
The Foundation LegendThe Symbol upon which a Life Depends (Life Token)The Symbol upon which a City's Safety DependsThe Unwanted or Unlucky GiftThe Magical garment
The Fatal Choice
The Never-ending Punishment
The Impossible Task
The "Happily-ever-after" Ending
Divine hostility/ Divine favor
The Magic Spell or Charm
The Hero's Loss of favor with his People and/or the Gods
Mysterious Death of the Hero
Apotheosis of the Hero (Deification)
Ingenious Device or Trick
Disobedient Child or Spouse
Harmful Curiosity
The Solution of a riddle
The breaking of a taboo/disobedience to divine instructions
The skilled craftsman or possessor of a special talent
Intelligence versus Brute Strength
The Accidental Murder of a near relative Slide19
Mythology and Epic:
Homer and Star Wars
Homer and Epic (Genre Section)Also useful:
Iliad (Malhanas) / Chronology / Trojan War / Chronology of Ancient Sources / Odyssey / Peter Struck's CLAS200 Webpage at UpennPowerpoint: Epic: Iliad and Star Wars"Funeral of Hector" Hyginus:
106 Iliad
24
:692-804
(You can also read this
electonically
in
Johnston’s
2006 translation
or in
Samuel Butler’s 19th-century translation
)
Star Wars Scene: VI. 48-49 (Funeral Pyre and Celebration)Slide20
Comparing Star Wars and the Iliad
In what ways are the two similar? How are they different?
Iliad Summary / Structure of the
Iliad Star Wars: Lists of Scenes Star Wars Scripts:IV. A New Hope / V. Empire Strikes Back / VI. Return of the Jedi / I. Phantom Menace / II. Attack of the Clones / III. Revenge of the SithStar Wars Personality Chart / Myers-Briggs Personality IndicatorIliad comparison book by book with Star WarsSlide21
Iliad comparison book by book with Star Wars
http
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department.monm.edu/classics/Courses/Clas230/StarWars/IliadandStarWars.pdfSlide22
Contests in Mythology and Star Wars
Funeral Games of Patroclus in Homer's
Iliad 23 (or Johnston
or Butler)Summary of Funeral Games of PatroclusStar Wars Scene: I.17 Pod RaceBen-Hur Chariot RacePowerpoints: Athletic contests in HomerRoman Circus and AmphitheatreStar Wars and Ben HurSlide23
Katabasis in Star Wars?
Vergil's
Georgics IV.453-528Homer's Odyssey 11
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, pp. 106-113Star Wars Scenes: III.43-47 "Immolation", "The Emperor Arrives", "Secret Delivery", "Birth and Rebirth" and "Darth Vader Awakes“; V.25 “Failure in the Cave”The Hero's Return and Homecomings in Myth and Star WarsStar Wars, 91-95Powerpoint: Katabasis and Star WarsSlide24
Divine
Machinery in Homer and Star Wars
Greek Pantheon /
The Pantheon / The Major Gods /Genealogical TablesApollodorus 1.1.1-1.4.1 (the gods)Athena Restrains Achilles (Iliad 1. 187-222)Athena Mentors Telemachus (Odyssey 1)Size Matters NotHe's Quite Crafty For a HumanThey Think I am a GodPowerpoint: Divine Machinery in Greek Myth and Star WarsSlide25
Gods and Humans in Mythology
GODS:
Extraordinary
Immortals
HEROES:
Extraordinary
Mortals
HUMANS: Ordinary
MortalsSlide26
Why is C-3PO an Ewok god?
C-3PO
: I do believe they think I am some kind of god.
Han Solo: Well, why don't you use your divine influence and get us out of this? C-3PO: I beg your pardon General Solo, but that just wouldn't be proper. Han Solo: Proper? C-3PO: It's against my programming to impersonate a deity. Return of the Jedi (VI.24)Slide27
“
He’s quite clever, you know, for a human being.”3CPO’s opinion of Luke in “Empire Strikes Back”
V.6 (Closing the Doors)
3CPO’s statement about Luke juxtaposes humans with droids (machines) in a significant way which suggests important things about the Force and about Nature, especially when seen in conjunction with the Ewoks’ role in the fall of the Empire in “Return of the Jedi.” EWOKS HUMANS DROIDS
FORCE DARK SIDESlide28
EWOKS HUMANS DROIDS
simple complex
nature technology FORCE DARK SIDE Nature TechnologySlide29
Star Wars and The Hero Pattern
Lord Raglan's Hero Pattern
Other Hero Patterns
Apollodorus
2.4.8 (Birth of Heracles)
Livy 1
(Birth of Romulus and Remus)
Birth of Luke Skywalker
Powerpoint
:
Hero Pattern
PowerpointSlide30
How Many Points Does Luke Skywalker Fit?
Hero's mother is a royal virgin;
His father is a king, and
Often a near relative of his mother, but The circumstances of his conception are unusual, and He is also reputed to be the son of a god. At birth an attempt is made, usually by his father or his maternal grand father to kill him, but he is spirited away, and Reared by foster -parents in a far country. We are told nothing of his childhood, but On reaching manhood he returns or goes to his future Kingdom. After a victory over the king and/or a giant, dragon, or wild beast, He marries a princess, often the daughter of his predecessor and And becomes king.
For a time he reigns uneventfully and Prescribes laws, but later he loses favor with the gods and/or his subjects, and Is driven from the throne and city, after which
He meets with a mysterious death,
Often at the top of a hill,
His children, if any do not succeed him.
His body is not buried, but nevertheless
He has one or more holy sepulchres. Slide31
How Many Points Does Anakin Fit?
Hero's mother is a royal virgin;
His father is a king, and
Often a near relative of his mother, but The circumstances of his conception are unusual, and He is also reputed to be the son of a god. At birth an attempt is made, usually by his father or his maternal grand father to kill him, but he is spirited away, and Reared by foster -parents in a far country. We are told nothing of his childhood, but On reaching manhood he returns or goes to his future Kingdom. After a victory over the king and/or a giant, dragon, or wild beast, He marries a princess, often the daughter of his predecessor and And becomes king.
For a time he reigns uneventfully and Prescribes laws, but later he loses favor with the gods and/or his subjects, and Is driven from the throne and city, after which
He meets with a mysterious death,
Often at the top of a hill,
His children, if any do not succeed him.
His body is not buried, but nevertheles
s
He has one or more holy sepulchres. Slide32
Heroines in Greek Mythology and Star WarsSlide33
Heroines and the Hero Pattern
The Hero Pattern applied to Women in Myth, History, and Literature
Hero Cycle of Marie de MediciLeia and Lord Raglan
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, pp. 65-67; 158-159"Penelope to Ulysses" in Ovid's Heroides Star Wars Scenes: VI, 11-12 On the Sail Barge and The Sarlacc PitPowerpoint: Heroines in Greek Myth and Star WarsSlide34
The Hero Quest
in Classical Mythology and Star Wars
The Hero Quest Stages in the Heroic Quest
Variations on the Theme of the Heroic QuestStar Wars: Magic of MythStar Wars: The Magic of Myth, pp. 15-46Star War Scenes: IV/17-18 Torched Homestead and Luke's DecisionPowerpoint: Hero Quest and Star WarsSlide35
Five Stages of the Hero Quest
Call to AdventureStruggle or Crossing the Threshold
Tests of Will, Endurance and AbilityThe Ordeal and Its RewardThe ReturnSlide36
Joseph Campbell and Star Wars
"The Power of Myth" (video)
"Joseph Campbell--A Scholar's Life""Joseph Campbell's Mythic Journey" by Jonathan YoungSlide37
George Lucas and Star Wars
Mythology of Star Wars
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, pp. 7-14"George Lucas on Joseph Campbell""George Lucas Interview"
"How did George Lucas Create Star Wars?George Lucas bio"George Lucas in Love"Mythic Map of Lucas' LifeGeorge Lucas and Frank CoppolaHeinrich ZimmerSlide38
The Feel of the Past
in Greek Mythology and Star Wars
Cultural and Historical Influences on Star Wars and Greek MythologyStar
Wars: The Magic of Myth, pp. 160-202PowerPointStar Wars Pp. 123-157Myths: 1.) Plutarch on Theseus; 2.) Herodotus on Europa ; 3. Thucydides on and the Trojan War; 4.)Vergil on Anchises and Aeneas; 5.) Vergil on Aeneas and RomeDid Theseus Slay the Minotaur?Hyginus: 40-43Theseus and MinotaurMyth and HistorySlide39
Feel of the Past in Homer
Boar Tooth HelmetHomeric Shields
Nestor’s CupSlide40
The Feel of the Past in Star Wars
Military Costumes, Weapons and Aviation
Touches of Art DecoHitler’s GermanyFar Eastern InfluencesLuke’s Transformations
Mythic SettingsFemale robot from Fritz Lang’s film “Metropolis” (1927)Restoration Trailer
Japanese Kabuko HelmetSlide41
The Feel of the Past
Tamtel
Skreej was the alias taken by Lando Calrissian during his stay a tJabba's Palace, as he attempted to rescue his friend Han Solo, who had been frozen in carbonite. An essential part of the resulting disguise was a mask of gondar tusks to hide his face.
...while on his head
He put a helmet made of hide, stiffened
With numerous taut leather thongs inside
And faced outside with gleaming white teeth
Of a tusker boar set thick in alternate rows
Cunningly and well. It was lined with felt.
(
Iliad
10.261-65, Stanly Lombardo trans.) Slide42
Writing Assignments
Compare the use of Greek Mythology and Star Wars in Popular Culture
.Compare and contrast the use of folktales themes in Greek Mythology and Star Wars.Explain the epic features of Star Wars
Compare and contrast a scene from Star Wars and a scene from the Iliad.Compare and contrast chariot races in the Iliad and in Star Wars.Compare and contrast divine machinery in the Iliad and in Star Wars.Compare and Contrast how Anakin or Luke Skywalker and a Greek hero of your choice, fit Raglan's and one other hero pattern.Compare and Contrast how Leia or Padme and a Greek heroine of your choice, fit Raglan's and one other hero pattern.Respond to Joseph Campbell's interpretation of Star Wars. Do you agree or disagree?Slide43Slide44
The Force Awakens
Rey vs. Leia: heroinesFin vs. Luke: I am no hero
Kylo Ren vs. Han Solo: father-son conflictKylo Ren vs. Darth Vader
Rey: heroine
Finn: I am no heroKylo Ren vs. Han Solo: father-son conflictSlide45
Teaching “Star Wars” and Classical Mythology
Tom Sienkewicz
Monmouth College
tjsienkewicz@monmouthcollege.edu
http://department.monm.edu/classics/swpaca.starwars.pptx