Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
both his arms and one leg, leaving him to roll near the scorching lava of a volcano.
Palpatine, now revealed to be the evil schemer Darth Sidious, rescues Anakin and uses
machines to turn him into the less-than-human creature we know as Darth Vader. In
this dark and tragic climax, the only ray of hope is that the infants Luke and Leia are
sent to be raised by surrogate parents, Luke going to his aunt and uncle on Tatooine
and Leia being raised by a noble family, the Organas, on the planet Alderaan.
Audiences a n d critics had mixed reactions to the three prequel films,
ranging from strong c r i t i c i s m of comic elements like the character o f Jar-Jar
Binks to expressions of d i s a p p o i n t m e n t that Lucas seemed to have lost some o f
the bright, cheerful spirit of episodes I V - V I . O n e possible explanation for the
markedly different tone o f the prequels is that L u c a s was in a different stage of
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