The hero's journey, which is what Star Wars (iv) is a very specific tale. Where you see the young person leaving home, then meeting a teacher, learning, then finding allies, then facing adversity, and then home again
(lord of the rings, even though it was three parts, omitted the home again, and so it feels unfinished.)
And when you leave out a part of the hero's journey, it is no longer the hero's journey. It is no longer a representation of life. The story goes from having deep personal meaning to being incoherent.
Oh this is a nice comment @builderofcastles !! ) The Hero,s adventure has always been a fundaemental building block of our striving to be better men and women in this mortal plane ! Yet as ever they do what they can to destroy this,by cutting us off from the folklore of ages ! The tales of incredible and brave human deeds while sitting around the fire in a dark wet wood surrounded by the creatures that look on and listen to Men ! To break these ancient tales leave us in a world that is garbled, confused and yes difficult to live as nobody seems to be attached to anything more than their daily hunger and personal needs ! What of the Collective of Man ?? Where are the Defenders, the Ones that stand up and do what is called for, for the betterment of History?? So true my friend !! With this comment you have touched the very nerve of what annoys me most in all of this ! That they do seem actively to remove our dreams and the ability of our dreams being made real in our own lives and reality !! We must all read these great stories of old and the Universal message contained in each one, the common theme of life,s need for abandoning our comfort, the voyage, the fight the victory and reward of this !! We must keep all of these stories alive and protect them from harm and they serve to unify us and make our children dream of who they are and can be if they take their life in their two own hands of courage ! Arthur, Beowulf, Ullyses to name but a few tell this same tale and of course Luke SkyWalker ))))