SleekSenior English24 July 1999Luke Skywalker- Typical HeroI want to come with you to Alderaan. There's nothing here for me now. I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father. With this statement, Luke Skywalker is already on his way towards a story that is both familiar and different to all heroes. He identifies with several reoccurring traits that many heroes are cast with. Luke is estranged from his natural parents and, as he gets older, finds himself anxious to pull away from his loving foster parents and become a man of his own. After Lukes foster parents are killed, he decides to help former Jedi warrior, Obi Wan Kenobi, aid the Rebel Alliance in restoring freedom to the galaxy, to learn the ways of the Force, and become a Jedi. Odi Wan becomes Lukes teacher and is later replaced by Yoda, who has trained Jedi warriors for eight hundred years. Many heroes have to defeat a threshold guardian. In Luke Skywalkers case, Darth Vador is that threshold guardian. When the Rebels are trying to destroy the death star, Luke is faced with the difficulty of choosing between trusting the Force or a machine to help him dodge Darth Vadors laser blasts. Han Solo and his sidekick, Chewbacca, play a role in helping Luke here. They surprisingly reappear in their junky pirate ship and shoot down one of Vadors wingmen. Vadors other wingman is startled by the oncoming ship and swerves into Darth Vadors ship damaging one of his wings and sending him spinning out into space.Skywalkers real training begins after the demise of the Death Star when he goes to the Dagobah system to be trained by Yoda. Here, Luke travels into the Star Wars version of a netherworld, a place where both sides of the Force exist. Although it isnt specified how long Luke is in the Dagobah system, but it appears to be three days. On his second day, Yoda instructs Luke to go into a cave where the dark side of the force is especially strong. Inside, Luke is pu...
