So, by now you’re probably wondering what any of this has to do with
Star Wars?
Well, as this essay will show, the six Star Wars films together
form a highly structured ring composition. The scheme is so carefully
worked out by Lucas, so intricately organized, that it unifies the films
with a common universal structure (or what film scholar David Bordwell
might call a “new formal strategy”), creating a sense of overall balance
and symmetry.
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theory | Mike Klimo
It's long, but it's an interesting new theory about Star Wars. Sure, we've
all heard about George Lucas borrowing heavily from The Hero With A Thousand Faces, but a ring
composition? That's certainly a new take on things.
But if the Star Wars films comprise a ring composition, it's only
coincidental, as The Secret History of
Star Wars made clear: George Lucas was making it up
as he went along.
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