In 1977, a young director named George Lucas completed his second major film project. The project was Star Wars and it saw considerable success. Although a standalone film, Lucas produced two sequels and three prequels. The entire series was a commercial success and spawned an expanded universe larger than any other franchise. However, the story of Star Wars: A New Hope, as it was called after the premiere of The Empire Strikes Back, is not new. In fact, it follows many guidelines established centuries before in European mythology. Although the most often cited work is the tale of King Arthur, Star Wars can be identified as a fairy tale based on the morphology described by Vladimir Propp. According to Folklore Theory and History, Propp was a Russian and Soviet formalist scholar who analyzed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irreducible narrative elements (Propp). By applying Propp's thirty-one functions, we understand that Star Wars is a modern science fiction fairy tale. The Star Wars tale, based on Propp's morphology, can be divided into three sections. The first section begins with Absentation and ends with Departure. Luke, the main character of the Star Wars sequels, is introduced as the nephew of an unassuming farmer on the desert planet of Tatooine. He dreams of becoming a fighter pilot rather than a farmer, but his uncle and aunt forbid him from leaving the planet. When Luke loses one of his uncle's recently purchased droids, he sets out to find it, unaware that his fate has been decided. This plot fits perfectly with the idea of ​​Absentation because Luke is an ordinary person, there are tensions in the family unit, and... middle of paper ......corrupted by the Emperor. Punishment comes swiftly as Darth Vader is strengthened by Luke's cries for help, fights the corruption of the Emperor, destroys him, and punishes the ultimate enemy. Finally, marriage is implied when Luke tells Leia that he and she are siblings, allowing Leia to marry her love, Han Solo. Thus, the fairy tale morphology proposed by Propp is suitable, even if it forgets one of its supporters that the functions must be in order. Despite this, Star Wars: A New Hope is a science fiction fairy tale in terms of this morphology. Works Cited Vladimir Propp, Morphology of the Folk Tale. University of Texas Press, 1968. Propp, Vladimir. "Introduction." Theory and history of folklore. Ed. Anatoly Liberman. University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1984. Kurtz, Gary, Prod. Star Wars. Real. George Lucas." Perf. Hamill, Mark. 20th Century Fox: 1977, Film.