jazzy at 3:43AM, March 7, 2012

I had heard Lucas had read Hero, and that was a huge inspiration for A New Hope. It's too bad Campbell wasn't around to save the prequels.

bravo1102 at 12:54AM, March 7, 2012

All the steps of the hero's journey are specifically from the Epic of Gil-gamesh which Campbell used as the prototypical story. Joseph Campbell and George Lucas did collaborate for Empire Strikes Back but not in A New Hope. There still would have been Star Wars but Darth wouldn't have been Luke's dad and Yoda wouldn't have had Luke go into the cave.

jazzy at 6:30PM, March 6, 2012

Without Joseph Campbell there would be no Star Wars. Strange. I was just talking about this stuff in the comments section of Infinity Burger before I saw this. What does it mean...?;)

jazzy at 6:24PM, March 6, 2012

This is great!