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The 26 pages that link to Star Wars, each with the reason it gives.

• New HollywoodBroader topic: Its success shifted studio investment toward franchises, merchandising, and large-scale spectacle.

• Transmedia storytellingBroader topic: Its stories expanded through novels, comics, animation, and games beyond the original films.

• 20th Century FoxBroader topic: 20th Century Fox released the original film and its first five sequels.

• Space operaBroader topic: Its mythic heroes, planetary settings, and space battles became widely influential genre imagery.

• Joseph CampbellBroader topic: The original film is a widely discussed example of the hero’s journey in popular cinema.

• Shared universeBroader topic: Films, novels, comics, and games have been organized around a common fictional history.

• Hero’s journeyBroader topic: Luke Skywalker’s arc is often discussed as a prominent modern use of the journey pattern.

• Miniature effectBroader topic: Its spacecraft battles made detailed miniatures a defining part of the original trilogy’s visual effects.

• The Hero with a Thousand FacesBroader topic: George Lucas has cited Campbell’s ideas as an influence on the original film’s story.

• Media franchiseBroader topic: Its films, television series, books, games, and licensed products exemplify cross-media expansion.

• Media mixBroader topic: Its films, series, games, books, and licensed products illustrate coordinated franchise expansion.

• Mark HamillBroader topic: The original films established Hamill internationally as Luke Skywalker.

• Bob IgerBroader topic: Disney’s ownership expanded the franchise through new films, series, and commercial uses.