Tag: Joseph Campbell
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The Next 100 Things You Need To Know About People: #114 — Great Stories Release Brain Chemicals
George Lucas and the Hero’s Journey — In 1975 George Lucas had written two drafts of Star Wars, but the story had not yet “come together”. He then re-read a 1949 book by Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Lucas had read the book first in college, and now he re-read it. He decided to…