A through line is a connecting theme or plot used in media such as films and books. it is sometimes also called the 'spine', and was first suggested by Konstantin Stanislavski as a simplified way for actors to think about characterization. He believed actors should not only understand what their character was doing, or trying to do, (their

objective Objective may refer to: * Objective (optics), an element in a camera or microscope * ''The Objective'', a 2008 science fiction horror film * Objective pronoun, a personal pronoun that is used as a grammatical object * Objective Productions, a Brit ...

) in any given

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, but should also strive to understand the through line that linked these objectives together and thus pushed the character forward through the narrative. Through line is increasingly being used in other contexts as substitutes for words like ''thread'', as seen in the following excerpt from an article by Alex Knapp: "There is a constant through line we see starting with '' A New Hope'' and running through to the end of the ''

Return of the Jedi ''Return of the Jedi'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi'' is a 1983 American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand. The screenplay is by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas from a story by Lucas, who ...

'' of the Emperor consolidating more and more power into his own hands and that of his right-hand man,

Darth Vader Darth Vader is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. The character is the central antagonist of the original trilogy and, as Anakin Skywalker, is one of the main protagonists in the prequel trilogy. ''Star Wars'' creator George ...

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