Wagner’s Ring and Star wars are two revolutionary creative works in history. While Wagner’s ring is an epic opera Star Wars is a huge commercial movie. Each of them borrowed myth from ancient stories and succeed to develop a new myth. To learn more about the relation between them go through this presentation.

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The Star Wars series and
Wagner's Ring

2. Why are They Compared
In fact, they are not comparable! Wagner’s ring is a cycle of four epic operas although
considered as a single work. German composer Richard Wagner composed the ring
cycle from 1848 to 1874 and named as Der Ring des Nibelungen.
George Lucas actually borrowed the plot and music for his masterpiece series Star Wars
from Richard Wagner’s Ring. The Star Wars series are among the top grossing movies
of all time. But critics say Star Wars is a purely commercial creation, not counted at all
as a work of "art".

3. Why are They Compared
Despite the fact that the stunning Star wars series made top grossing in cinema history
it cannot bite the opera Wagner’s ring by any means.
Although there exist so many parallels between Wagner’s art and Star Wars, George
Lucas had to struggle to employ many of the complex devices for musical symbolic
and thematic integration that Wagner so seamlessly achieved in his greatest operas.
The films share a strong thematic link with Wagner’s ring in that they portray the
mythical adventures and fate of a heroic within a complex storyline consisting of
multiple installments.

4. Wagner’s Ring Vs. Star Wars
Wagner’s Ring
Star Wars
Symphonic opera
Symphonic film
Became a tetralogy only
after realizing that needed a
prologue
George Lucas made it a
trilogy after adding a
prologue and a tetralogy
after Episode I: The
Phantom Menace
Took 28 years for the whole
work to reach audiences
Took 28 years for the whole
work to reach audiences
The heroine, Brunhilde,
sacrificed herself to save the
humans and gods
Both Qui-Gon Jinn and ObiWan Kenobi sacrificed
themselves to save the galaxy
The twins lost each other and
find themselves as adults to fall
in love
The twins lost each other and
find themselves as adults to fall
in sort of love

5. Wagner’s Ring Vs. Star Wars
 Both Wagner’s ring and Star Wars are borrowed work.
 Wagner borrowed the theme from several of the Teutonic, northern European
myths and he succeed to create a new myth for the modern era.
 On the other hand, the Star Wars trilogy creatively copied the plot and music from
Wagner’s ring. Star Wars serieses were very successful in earning money.
 Even more than 20 years after the initial release they are living presence in the
minds of thousands of people and developed as modern myth.
 As both of two works developed from myth they can be analyzed to investigate the
possibility of common traits. Both Wagner’s ring and Star Wars are creative
whatever they are borrowed from.