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Who is the story really about???

Discussion in 'Star Wars Saga In-Depth' started by DarthMyBoy, Feb 7, 2004.

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  1. DarthMyBoy

    DarthMyBoy Jedi Youngling star 1

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    I didnt see this posted anywhere so I wanted to ask...Who is the entire Star Wars saga about in your mind??? Anakin or Luke. To me it is Anakins's story, the entire saga is about Anakin although some OT lovers will contradict that. What do you all think???
     
  2. Bad_Feeling

    Bad_Feeling Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Without a doubt Anakin.
     
  3. --Darth_Dude--

    --Darth_Dude-- Jedi Youngling star 3

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    uh... that little kid that says "yippee!!" in TPM.. what was his name again?

    :p :D
     
  4. AdamBertocci

    AdamBertocci Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Salacious Crumb.

    (Okay, fine, Anakin.)


    the entire saga is about Anakin although some OT lovers will contradict that.

    I am quite the OT lover myself and I do not contradict it in the least.



    Here's how I see it:
    Eps 123: about Anakin
    Eps 45: about Luke
    Ep 6: about Luke and Anakin
    OVERALL: Anakin


    Just because the saga is about Anakin doesn't mean that every single part of it is about him.

    If you were to watch the first ten minutes of ANH by themselves you wouldn't think the movie was about Luke in the least, yet I think we can all agree he plays an important role. :p



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  5. Darth-Seldon

    Darth-Seldon Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    They are all about Anakin/Vader. That is the story. Should this really be a thread. I don't really see much opposition to the idea of the story being about Anakin. Lucas has said it enough.
     
  6. one-jedi

    one-jedi Jedi Youngling star 1

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    Yeah it is Anakin mainly Lucas has said so. Althouh the Ot or second half of the saga is equaly if not more about Luke.
     
  7. TheFury

    TheFury Jedi Youngling star 3

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    George Lucas.

    Farmboy from a small town (Lucas), is aimless and a bit of a slacker. Major incident forces a re-think (Lucas' car crash/Owen and Beru's murder), decides to follow a different path(Filmmaking/Jedi).

    Before all this the young man is under pressure from the male parent to follow a sensible career(Lucas dad wanted him to go into the stationary business/ Owen wants Luke to stay and work on the farm).

    Young man teams up with a rougish, charasmatic, sometimes selfish hero (Han Solo/Francis Ford Coppola).

    Is guided by older, wiser, more knowledgable people (Obi-Wan,Yoda / Joseph Campbell, Coppola again, Kurosawa's movies).

    Young man joins a bunch of rebels (the group of filmmakers who left Hollywood and set up camp in San Fransisco).

    Takes on an Empire(Hollywood), and defeats it.

    Well that's the OT anyway.


    But in story terms the whole thing is about Anakin.
     
  8. IamZam

    IamZam Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Well it could be retittled the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker.. so I guess that answers that question..

    IT is Anakin.. Anakin....Anakin....Anakin.....
     
  9. Dark_Faith

    Dark_Faith Jedi Youngling star 3

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    The whole saga COULD be about luke, the SW theme IS Lukes theme for Godssake!

    But yeah, Anakin/Vader, is more likely, its just that the last shot of the saga is of Luke and his friends NOT Anakin and co.
     
  10. Dark_Faith

    Dark_Faith Jedi Youngling star 3

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    But ah, my girlfriend Miba is right:

    Its all about the DROIDS!
     
  11. TheFury

    TheFury Jedi Youngling star 3

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    It's about the fans.
     
  12. Bib Fortuna Twi'lek

    Bib Fortuna Twi'lek Jedi Youngling star 10

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    The story is about Anakin's rise, fall, and redemption.
     
  13. Master_Starwalker

    Master_Starwalker Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    It's about the Rise, Fall and Redemption of Anakin Skywalker

    -Jedi Master Zax Starwalker
     
  14. The_Nameless_One

    The_Nameless_One Jedi Padawan star 4

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    It is about a young boy called George and his quest to expand his wallet, his girth, and his flannel collection ;)
     
  15. HanSolo29

    HanSolo29 RPF/SWC/Fan Art Manager & Bill Pullman Connoisseur star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Well, the story is about Anakin now, but it always wasn't that way. The title on the front of the ANH novel says, "From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker" (or something along those lines). But, there is also a source that says that the films are really about the droids. And now, when Lucas decided to go ahead and make th PT, he changed it to Anakin's story.

    So now, I ask you...which one is it?
     
  16. TheFury

    TheFury Jedi Youngling star 3

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    He didn't change anything. It was always about Anakin.
     
  17. AdamBertocci

    AdamBertocci Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, whatever they may be, are part of Anakin's story.

    Just because ANH is not particularly about Anakin doesn't mean the saga as a whole isn't about Anakin.

    If anyone's read The Two Towers -- "Book III" doesn't have Frodo or the Ring in it at all, yet I think we can all agree that the LOTR story certainly has quite a lot to do with Frodo and the Ring.



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  18. TheFury

    TheFury Jedi Youngling star 3

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    And what a pity that is.
     
  19. HanSolo29

    HanSolo29 RPF/SWC/Fan Art Manager & Bill Pullman Connoisseur star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    He didn't change anything. It was always about Anakin.

    Actually he did. Back before Lucas decided to even make the PT, he said that the story of Star Wars was about the droids. He turned that around and made it Anakin's story when the SE was released and he was certain that the PT would be made.
     
  20. Obi-Ewan

    Obi-Ewan Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    The old trilogy was always made to focus on Luke, and nothing in the prequels can change that. Unlike Frodo's story, which runs parallel to the other stories, Anakin's journey ends in Episode III. Bringing him back was Luke accomplishment, and is only part of ROTJ. Anakin has no journey through ANH and ESB; he is a static character there.
     
  21. MatthewZ

    MatthewZ Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Bib and others are right. It is about Anakin.

    It was never about the driods. They are a literary device. The narrators of the story so to speak.

    You can also look at the Star Wars saga as the story of the Skywalker family. There are few scenes in the 5 movies that don't feature Anakin/Vader or Luke or Leia or Padme or even the driods R2 (Padme's) and C-3P0 (Anakin's)
     
  22. --Darth_Dude--

    --Darth_Dude-- Jedi Youngling star 3

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    IMO, it's totally different. The story isn't about Anakin or Luke, it's about both. It's about us. Luke and Anakin reflect both sides of mankind, and the story can't bring over the message without either of them.

    Anakin and Luke are the mirrors which we are supposed to look in. The story is about us... yourself, ultimately.

    just my 2 cents...
     
  23. TheFury

    TheFury Jedi Youngling star 3

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    A large part of ESB is very much about Anakin. The search for his son is what drives the story and the plot.
    To say Anakins story ends after Ep3 is wrong.

     
  24. Obi-Ewan

    Obi-Ewan Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Luke's journey to become a Jedi is what drives the old trilogy. Anakin's journey to become a Jedi drives the prequels. His redemption isn't the dominant story in the old trilogy, as there is no redemption, or even a hint of it, in the first two films. His redemption happens solely in Return of the Jedi, and that possibility doesn't even enter into the picture until 30 minutes into it. Anakin's redemption is Luke's mission, and part of his own journey. Lucas never made the originals to be about Vader, and never claimed they were about Vader until 12 years later. Anakin is as much the hero of the old trilogy as Padme is the heroine.
     
  25. All_Powerful_Jedi

    All_Powerful_Jedi Force Ghost star 4

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    I think it's about both Luke and Anakin and that there is a distinct and literal passing of the lightsaber that happens between the two trilogies.

    Darth Vader haunts the OT as a shadow of what Luke stands to become. He isn't a static character and does change as Luke starts to impact his life again, but Vader is a symbol of evil that Luke has the potential to embrace.

    Viewed as a saga, while Anakin's story does parallel the rise of the empire and fall of the republic, Luke's story parallels the rise of the Rebellion and the determination to overcome society's past mistakes.

    Of course, Lucas' strength as a filmmaker is in the Editing, and he has control over the final edit.

    The safe answer is R2-D2.
     
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