Star Wars : une saga, un mythe

Star Wars, the epic tale by George Lucas, features among the greatest successes of the history of cinema. Through his works, this filmmaker has managed to create an extraordinarily complex universe, inhabited by archetypal characters. With the numerous twists and turns of the battle between the Light and the Dark, Star Wars encourages infinite reading, analysis and even daydreaming. In this work designed as an A to Z reference work, Laurent Aknin analyses the symbolic role of the characters and organisations such as the Empire of the Jedi knights. In order to emphasise the universal scope of this saga which reinvents the great founding myths of humanity, he draws on the mythological and religious tales that inspired George Lucas. We are therefore dealing with questions of immortality incarnation, chivalry and of repentance... Laurent Aknin also establishes parallels with the universes of Asimov and Tolkien, the creator of The Lord of the Rings. Those who are unfamiliar with Star Wars or may have missed some of the episodes will appreciate the summary featuring at the end of this work.