Star Wars
...The hero exhibits outstanding qualities and abilities. These qualities could be supernatural strength and fighting ability (such as in Hercules) or the hero has a superior intellect (like Odysseus from "The Odyssey"). The hero also usually has a quest to complete. Luke Skywalker, the hero in Star Wars, demonstrates these characteristics. Luke proves these aspects with his leadership abilities against the empire. Luke, with his knowledge of flying and his quest to learn the "force" helps him to defeat the empire. Another example of an archetypal character in Star Wars is the helping character. The helping character is somewhat a sidekick to the hero, providing knowledge and guidance without being the main character. Characters such as King Arthur's Merlin, or Lieutenant Dan of Forest Gump are prime examples of helping characters. In Star Wars Ben Kenobi, was a major helping character. Kenobi provided Luke with guidance and the teachings of the force because he himself was too old to defeat the empire. He shows Luke the ways of a Jedi Knight. Archetypes are not only shown as characters. There are many archetypal settings and symbols. One exam...