A labyrinth has always symbolized a difficult journey into the unknown, and in one way or another it is often incorporated into tales of the hero's journey.

When the heroes arrive in the vicinity of Alderaan, they find that the planet has been destroyed by the Death Star, a gigantic Imperial space station. The Death Star is a technological labyrinth--a maze of hallways, passages, dead ends, and bottomless trenches.

Like traditional knights, Han and Luke don armor to accomplish their first hero deed--the "princess rescue."