Star Wars

Hi,
I would like to reflect on what I learned from my class discussion on Star Wars. It was definitely an interesting discussion as I discovered many things about Star Wars that I never noticed when I watched the film. I also learned that the special techniques George Lucas used to make Star Wars interesting can be applied into my composition as well. Firstly, I would like to share some of the minor yet important details of Star Wars. According to Mr. Teo, in one of the scenes, Luke Skywalker was standing on a rock in Tatooine. However, the peculiar thing was that the shadow that was cast on the ground was actually Darth Vader's shadow. This could be used to show the connection between the two characters and how they were leading the same life. Viewers cannot tell whether Luke was a good character or bad as he was enticed by the Sith many times to join the dark force. The same applied to Anakin. The only main difference was that Luke chose to walk down the right path while Darth Vader or Anakin could not resist the temptation and let hatred control his life. Another detail used to show this was the colours of the uniforms Luke and Darth Vader were wearing. Darth Vader was dressed in black throughout episodes 4 to 6. Luke was wearing white in episode 4, brown in episode 5 and black in episode 6. White portrays goodness and purity, while black represents evil. Brown was to show that Luke had contrasting feelings and was caught between the Jedi and the Sith, which grew more in episode 6. However, after Sith Palpatine was killed, Luke took out Darth Vader's mask and saw that his face was pure white, thus explaining that inner self is more important than outward appearance. Luke also wore white in the celebrations. Before the discussion, I thought that Star Wars was produced for entertainment and I did not realise the true meaning of the film. Star Wars was shot in the Cold War, which was a battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, also the democrats and the communists. The Jedi were the democrats while the Sith were the communists. It was common that the Soviets sent out people to fight the war for them, just like how the Sith hired droids to battle. However, the democrats were people of many different backgrounds and races, similar to the different characters of the Jedi, such as Kit Fisto. In conclusion, I can conclude that I benefited a lot from the discussion and will try to use some of the skills to make my composition more interesting.


Nathanael (18) 1I1