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スター・ウォーズを構想中だったジョージ・ルーカスが、比較神話学の権威ジョーゼフ・キャンベルの講演を聞いて、物語の中に神話の要素を盛り込んでいったと云う。キャンベルにとって、神話は宇宙の詩であり、人間の意識の底に深くしみ込んだ音楽だった。人間は神話と云う音楽に合わせて舞っている。
スター・ウォーズ初作第2,第3稿の冒頭の一部
『…そして最大の絶望の時代に救世主が現れ、彼は太陽の子(THE SON OF THE SUNS)として知られるだろう』
より神話的なオープニングクロール案
太陽が複数形なんですね
遥か彼方の銀河系を舞台にした神話
引用元に詳細説明があります
Instead of the now-familiar "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....", the second and third drafts of Star Wars opened with a prophetic verse from the mysterious "Journal of the Whills":
"'… And in the time of greatest despair there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as: THE SON OF THE SUNS.'
—Journal of the Whills, 3:127"
So what exactly is this supposed to mean?
Well, we have to start with Navajo mythology. The Navajo tell of two brothers, called the "Hero Twins" or the "Twin Warriors," whose father is the Sun. The elder twin, Monster Slayer, is a bold warrior who ventures out into the wilderness to (of course) fight monsters and vanquish evil. The younger twin, Born of Water, is more cautious however, and usually stays at home watching his magical prayer sticks, which alert him when his brother is in peril. But if this should happen, Born of Water will rise to the occasion and come to his older brother's aid, proving himself a warrior in his own right. (See second image below.)
In the second draft of Star Wars, there are also two brothers, Deak and Luke Starkiller. Deak wears a medallion around his neck which he received from his legendary father, identifying him to the initiated as the prophesied "Son of the Suns." Deak, the elder brother, is a skilled warrior who travels through outer space in his starship battling the Empire and its Sith Lords. Luke, the younger brother, remains at his uncle's farm on the planet Utapau, guarding the Kiber Crystal. Luke is not a natural warrior like Deak; he is more of an artist and an intellectual. But when he receives a holographic message from R2-D2 alerting him that Deak has been captured and that their father is in danger, he bravely sets off to save both of them. (See third image below.)
This all should have been pretty convincing already, but just to head off any possible objections: yes, the Navajo Hero Twins are discussed repeatedly and at length in "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell. (See fourth image below.)
This is all fascinating on its own terms, but it also has very interesting implications for later developments of Star Wars' story. It shows that Lucas was consciously drawing on the mythological twin motif even with characters like Deak and Luke Starkiller, who are different ages. It clarifies why Lucas briefly turned Luke into a girl in this version of the story, creating a literal male/female, brother/sister twin pair. It further clarifies the significance of Leia being reintroduced into the story and taking the place of Deak in the following draft, simultaneous to Luke being reverted to a boy. And finally it ties into the reintroduction of a messianic prophecy in the story of the prequels, in which the hero's father is literally divine and ultimately connected to the Whills (whom Lucas conceptualized as forming a sort of dyad with the midi-chlorians).
Information about Navajo Twin Heroes in second image from here: ehillerman.unm.edu/1635#stha…
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フォースが強いのかも>敷島
村上教授、野田さん、典子、今回みんなスゴいんだけどさ、敷島…お前マジどうなってんの?
いくら主人公とはいえチートが過ぎんか??(鳴神作戦での光景を思い出しながら)
#ゴジラ #ゴジラゴジラマイナスゼロ
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【新入荷📚】
『Lucas Museum of Narrative Art』
ジョージ・ルーカスが手がけたルーカス・ミュージアムの公式大規模カタログ。
全2巻にわたり、古代神話から映画、コミック、イラストまで「物語を描く芸術」の歴史をたどります。
スター・ウォーズの制作資料も収録。
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ペーパーバックが欲しいのにkindleしか見当たらない
🚨New covers for ‘The Book Of Boba Fett’ Marvel comic adaptation for issue 6🚨
Source @CBR
#starwars #themandalorian #dindjarin #grogu #bobafett #fennec #bokatan #TheMandalorianandgrogu
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息子さんにアナキンって名付けて家族でスター・ウォーズ楽しんでたお父さんいたなぁ
シークエル観てルークとアナキンの父子愛と贖罪を台無しにされたと物凄く落ち込んで、それ以降新作観るの止めてしまった
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