Freud, Jung and Star Wars
The Star Wars movies, especially the first three, are clearly a type of myth written to demonstrate archetypal personalities. The characters are driven by their behavior, so what they do and why they take the actions they take can be used to analyze their characters in terms of Jungian and Freudian theories.
In the Empire Strikes Back, many of the characters are acting out of great personal need or personal striving, and many of them fit fairly well into Jung's theory or archetype personalities.
The "Self" is the highest form a personality can take, well integrated and centered. To become a self-actualized Self is Luke Skywalker's goal and the final achievement of his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobe. In an interesting twist, Darth Vader also sees himself that way. He believes self-actualization can be either good or evil, and finds evil more powerful and rewarding.
Most viewers will identify with heroes, so most will see Luke Skywalker as the hero, and Darth Vader as the shadow. The hero often has to fight the Shadow in the story. The hero is often very naive, so we see Luke not realizing who his father is, not realizing who his sister is, and overestimating how well his Jedi skills are.
The Shadow, by comparison, is connected more to our animal past, and isn't self-aware. The movie talks about the "dark side" of the Force, and the Shadow could be viewed as the dark side of an individual. By itself the Shadow...
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