The Hero's Journey: Luke Skywalker (the Star Wars), by Paulina Sieczkowska, 2018.
Illustration work created as a part of author's additional diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland.
The Hero's Journey project is based upon the concept known within the comparative mythology and the narratology fields as the Monomyth, first introduced by Joseph Campbell. Within the project, author searches for the examples of various cultural texts, and examines how they fit within the structure, interpreting them through the narrative and psychological lenses. One of the featured works shows the journey of Luke Skywalker, protagonist of the original Star Wars trilogy, and his transformation from the naive farmboy dreaming about galactic adventures, into the brave Jedi Master, who saves the Galaxy through compasion.
