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Lukes Hero JourneyDeparture:

Call To Adventure

Lukes uncle buys C-3PO and R-D! "#o s#o" Luke ev$dence o%an adventure to be #ad&

Without this call to the possibi lity of an adventure, Luke would havestayed at home, seemingly miserable, with only the possibility ofgoing to the academy, or would have been killed with his uncle andaunt.

'(ou )ust learn t#e "ays o% t#e %orce $% you are to co)e "$t# )eto Alderaan&* + Ob$-,an enob$ .actual call to co)e on t#eadventure/

Without the call to adventure, Luke would have never left Tatooine.

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Luke! Ob$-,an! Han! C#e"bacca! C-3PO! and R-D leave Tatoo$neand cross $nto #yperspace&

The death star i s guarded by an imp erial cruiser.At this point, Luke can not return home to Tatooine, even if he wantedto.

2upernatural A$d

Ob$-,an beco)e a %orce 0#ost and 0u$des Luke at cr$t$cal po$nts&After Obi-Wans death, he tells Luke to run rather than ! ght."n the death star trench, he tell s Luke to trust the force rather thanhis computer.

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Road O% Tr$als

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#etting shot atAvoiding imperial troopers#etting shot at some more$estroying the tie ! ghtersAvoiding getting shot by the tie !ghters

Apot#eos$s

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Luke turns o5 #$s tar0et$n0 co)puter and uses t#e %orce to 0u$det#e p#oton torpedo $nto t#e e6#aust port7uses t#e %orce to kno""#en to 8re t#e torpedo&At t#$s po$nt! Luke #as t#e potent$al to be )ore t#an 9ust a p$lot!#e can learn about t#e %orce and beco)e a 9ed$&

This could be seen as another %ourney within the current one. Twopossibilities&

Luke can e$t#er stay as a re0ular p$lot and be t#e #ero o% t#e rebell $on&Luke could beco)e a 9ed$ and be t#e #ero o% t#e rebell $on as "ell as t#e #eroo% t#e 9ed$&

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Without the destruction of the death star, yavin ' would have beendestroyed, along with the ma%ority of the rebellion.

Return:

Rescue 1ro) ,$t#out

Han and C#e"$e return and save Luke %ro)