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Josh Campbell came up with the idea of ​​the Hero's Journey by suggesting that most fantasy, fairy tales, and myths follow certain steps or guidelines. In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Lucas 1977), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) is introduced as an ordinary farm boy on Tatooine. Apparently, it's like he lives in the middle of nowhere. The "Call to Adventure" (phase two) comes when Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi asks Luke to travel with him, save the princess, and destroy evil. Luca “Rejects the Call” (third phase) because he feels he cannot abandon his chores or his uncle for the Harvest. Interestingly, she refused to travel with Ben even though Luke wanted to apply to school to become a pilot and leave his family behind. However, when Luke finds the badly burned bodies of his aunt and uncle, he is encouraged to take the Journey as there is nothing left for him on Tatooine. Luke is also briefed by Ben who informs him that his father was a Jedi Knight, so Luke is driven to follow in his father's footsteps. Once Ben sees that Han (Harrison Ford) and Luke have saved Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), he is killed by Darth Vader. This pushes Luca to the fifth step, “Crossing the threshold”. Luke is tested as he must trust the Force to destroy the Death Star for the sixth step ("Tests, Allies, Enemies"). While Vader locks onto Luke's ship to finish him off, Han saves Luke from being killed. Luke gets the “green light” to release his torpedoes, which fit perfectly into the exhaust port relying on the force. This could be considered “The Resurrection” (phase 11) because according to Campbell other allies could arrive at the last minute to help. As regards the final phase “Return with the Elixir” it should be...... in the center of the card ...... prize” represented as a sword (phase 9). For the “Road Back” (phase 10) Dorothy returns to the magician who then rewards his companions with what they thought they were missing, but always had. Dorothy and her friends are then transformed by their experiences (stage 11). The same goes for Luke and Frodo as their adventure transformed their character and they also grew from their experiences. However, in the final stage when Dorothy returns to Kansas, there is no way to know whether her journey was real or whether she imagined it in her head. So the difference between previous films is that not only does the heroine try to return home, but there is no reason for her to destroy evil. There is a suggestion that Dorothy should not go on an adventure to destroy evil, so she may have wanted to go on an adventure but she may have made it up in her head because she is a girl.