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Der Ring des Star Wars
> 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.
>
Via Sean Tevis on GoogleMyTwitterFaceSpaceBookPlus, “star wars ring theory |
Mike Klimo [1]”
It's long, but it's an interesting new theory about Star Wars [2]. Sure,
we've all heard about George Lucas borrowing heavily from _The Hero With A
Thousand Faces_ [3], but a ring composition [4]? 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_ [5] made clear: George
Lucas was making it up as he went along [6].
[1]
http://www.starwarsringtheory.com/
[2]
http://www.starwars.com/
[3]
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001U09A4Q/conmanlaborat-20
[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiastic_structure
[5]
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0978465237/conmanlaborat-20
[6]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyTXWaQkCuE&t=1m34s
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