Rey's character, written by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt, has her controversies. This episode compares the hero with her predecessors through plot structures and character archetypes found in ancient mythology.
The Privileged Hero - Black Panther
The Naive Hero - Clarice Starling : Silence of the Lambs
The Disguised Hero - Django
The Shortsighted Hero - Mulan
The Stubborn Hero - Antigonê
The Incompetent Hero: Psyche
The Subversive Hero: Joker
Fictionalizing a Hero: Hamilton
The Forgotten Hero: Theseus
The Killer Hero: Hercules
Creating the Chosen One: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Creating the Chosen One: The Matrix
Writing a Tragic Hero - Oedipus the King
How to Write a Hero: Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace
How to Write a Hero: Star Wars IV: A New Hope
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