…undeveloped man. There there's kind of a worm. By being executive of a system one is not developing one's humanity. I think that George Lucas really did a beautiful thing there. The idea of machine is the idea that we want the world to be made in our…

…the last two summers of his life we taped these conversations in California at skywalker ranch, the home of his friend George Lucas, whose movie trilogy star wars had been influenced by Campbell's work. We talked about the message and meaning of myth,…

…when you look at something like star wars, recognize some of the themes of the hero throughout mythology? Well I think that George Lucas was using standard mythological figures: the old man as the advisor. Well specifically what he made me think of is the…

…claims. But I can hear someone out there in the audience saying: well that's all well and good. For the imagination of a George Lucas or for the scholarship of a Joseph Campbell but that isn't what happens in my life. You bet it does. If the person…