The modern world consists of many different forms of entertainment in which certain ideas and
             philosophies can be portrayed. They can manifest into literature, painting, sculpture, television and cinema. It is in
             the last two that I find myself most attracted to as I have always been a big fan of cinematography and, in short,
             moving pictures. It is said that a picture tells a thousand words, and television and film work on about twenty-five
             frames a second, thus in a second one experiences about eight different pictures (about 3 frames per shot) which
             works out via this theory about eight-thousand words a second, not including the dialogue and music on top of this.
             There are hundreds of films and programs which use the idea of an individual breaking from the normal to save
             the day, and in this subtitle I hope to relate the most potent examples I have encountered and judge the significance
             Probably one of the most successful sagas of all time is George Lucas' "Star Wars" (in fact in a poll to
             find the movie of the millennium the first film in the trilogy came top place as Britains favorite film). At first
             glance the film just seems to follow a young boy Luke Skywalker as he trains to become a Jedi, fight the bad guys
             and eventually save the universe, but if explored more closely one can find numerous parallels to the ideas behind
             Jung's theory of individuation. Firstly as Luke is growing up he is restless but still does not seem to be something
             special. Finally after meeting a friend of his Fathers his guardians are killed and Luke has to think for himself,
             immediately choosing to escape and persue training as a Jedi. Jung insisted that the major development only
             occurred in adult life and one must choose to develop before one can become a successful personality, just as Luke
             decided. The main opposition to good in the universe is named the "Empire" and is a collective ...