* * * * * Der Ring des Star Wars > So, by now you’re probably wondering what any of this has to do with Star > Wars? > > Well, as this essay will show, the six Star Wars films together form a > highly structured ring composition. The scheme is so carefully worked out > by Lucas, so intricately organized, that it unifies the films with a common > universal structure (or what film scholar David Bordwell might call a “new > formal strategy”), creating a sense of overall balance and symmetry. > Via Sean Tevis on GoogleMyTwitterFaceSpaceBookPlus, “star wars ring theory | Mike Klimo [1]” It's long, but it's an interesting new theory about Star Wars [2]. Sure, we've all heard about George Lucas borrowing heavily from _The Hero With A Thousand Faces_ [3], but a ring composition [4]? That's certainly a new take on things. But if the Star Wars films comprise a ring composition, it's only coincidental, as _The Secret History of Star Wars_ [5] made clear: George Lucas was making it up as he went along [6]. [1] http://www.starwarsringtheory.com/ [2] http://www.starwars.com/ [3] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001U09A4Q/conmanlaborat-20 [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiastic_structure [5] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0978465237/conmanlaborat-20 [6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyTXWaQkCuE&t=1m34s Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .