Sith/2005). T h o u g h sprinkled with moments of lightness and humor, the overall tone is dark and tragic, showing the destruction of a human spirit by fatal flaws of anger, pride, and ambition. A mythic theme that seems to run through all the films is a fascination with the emotional territory between fathers and sons. T h e impact of positive male role models, surrogate fathers and mentors like Obi W a n Kenobi, Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn, Luke's Uncle Owen, and M a c e W i n d u is emphasized, but the series is as much interested in the effect of absent or distant fathers and negative role models on a young man's developing personality. T h e first three films released portray Luke Skywalker's quest to discover the identity of his father and his struggle with the dark tendencies in his own nature. Episode TV, the film released in 1977', more or less follows an Arthurian model, with