George Lucas based Star Wars on Joseph Campbell&#x27;s comparative work on the parallels among the heroes/mystics/teachers/founders of the major world religions and world mythologies. This is a diagram of those parallels as presented in his book &quot;The Hero with a Thousand Faces.&quot; A more readable version can be found in Christopher Vogler&#x27;s &quot;The Writer&#x27;s Journey&quot; -- a text for screenwriters.