The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

“Hence the dependent child and its mother constitute for months after the catastrophe of birth as dual unit, not only physically but also psychologically.  Any prolonged absence of the parent causes tension in the infant and consequent impulses of aggression ; also when the mother is obliged to hamper the child, agressive responses are aroused.  Thus the first object of the child’s hostility is identical with the first object of its love, and its first ideal is that the unity of the Madonna and Bambino.”(6)

As I was reading this passage, I was curious about how this dynamic.  How did Luke not having a connection to his biological parents potentially shape his growth and development and put him on a path to being a “hero”?  Could Princess Leia be seen as this guiding mother-like figure?