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Star Wars: The Hero's Journey         Star Wars: A New Hope ,by George Lucas, makes use of the Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell. In A New Hope , much of the story is focused mainly when the characters are in the Death Star. When infiltrating the Death Star, the protagonists go through many stages of Joseph Campbell's monomyth. Some examples of these include the Road of Trials which much of the movie is about, Meeting with the Goddess, and Temptation.     The stage of Meeting with the Goddess is not necessarily meeting with a person, but is rather a point where the protagonist gains an asset that will help him or her with the problem. In this case, Luke Skywalker gains a lightsaber from Obi-Wan, which shows him the pathway to the Force. Furthermore, he gains the help of the Princess, which he rescues on the Death Star. It could be argued that he gains the help of Han and Chewbacca, but they come earlier in the story. However, the biggest asset that Luke Skywalker gains is t