I was given this book once on Star Wars and mythology and the book goes on and on about the various mythological hero journey tidbits that George Lucas tried to use for Star Wars, and it listed the droids C-3P0 and R2 as the “heralds” who usually present the hero in question with the calling to an adventure. The book then goes to the Phantom Menace and it lists Padme as the herald who provokes Anakin’s journey from Tatioone to Coruscant and the path of Jedi training and darkness. I was like “How the hell is Padme a herald?” If anything I thought the continuity ridden Qui-Gon Jinn was the herald, seeing as how he was the one who set Anakin free and dragged him to Coruscant to fulfill that damned prophecy.

What do you all think?