Luke is the Chosen One, Not Anakin

Posted by jackjward on Feb 22nd, 2026 in Screenplay, Writing

Everyone knows that George Lucas declared Anakin Skywalker as “The Chosen One” in the Prequels. Most recently, May the Force Be With You website returned to comment on his original concept:“You gotta remember this is one movie and it’s meant to be seen one through six. So, I think when you watch the actual movie in order, the story will …

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The Phases of the Hero’s Journey

Posted by jackjward on Sep 11th, 2017 in Writing

If all you have is a hammer, then every story you see is “The Hero’s Journey”… Every once in a while I’m blessed to be asked to join Don and Rob in their epic podcast The Department of Nerdly Affairs. If you love all things nerdy and geeky, you really should subscribe. Certainly, some of those discussions we have are …

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Joseph Cambellana-rama

Posted by jackjward on May 5th, 2017 in Research

Open Culture is a fantastic resource for public domain recordings a videos. My current favourite is this 48 hour-a-thon Joseph Campbell  as the blog says: You may not be interested in politics, they say, but politics is interested in you. The same, if you believe famed mythologist Joseph Campbell, goes for myth: far from explaining only the origin of the world …

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