What Campbell saw across the various myths of history was a similar pattern, which has been termed the “Hero’s Journey,” built around what Campbell called the “Monomyth.” George Lucas credited Campbell’s description of this narrative form as critical to the development of his Star Wars epic. By now, much of Hollywood has studied what Lucas learned from Campbell. Films that retell an epic story, such as Ben-Hur, or that follow the Hero’s Journey, such as The Lion King, are often among the most profitable.
