How a Myth Professor Helped Create Star Wars: The Hero's Journey Explained
Posted by Levi Gallant on Aug 18th 2025
By your go-to galactic blogger Levi G.
When George Lucas sat down to create Star Wars in the 1970s, he wasn't just dreaming up spaceships and lightsabers. He was crafting a modern mythology—and he had some help from a professor named Joseph Campbell.
The Universal Story Pattern
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