I'm going to pick on Star Wars but the theme is repeated over and over in our pop-culture: The ONE that is plucked from obscurity by the wise master to save the day with skills that only the ONE possesses.
I'm not a fan-boy so if I massacre some details, please forgive.
But the kid is a farmer, buys a droid gets the call to action, finds a master, spends a couple hours on a ship and masters the saber then jumps into a craft he has never flown before and has the miraculous shot that destroys the enemies super-weapon.
There is no reference to the 10,000 hours needed for mastery of any field (Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell).
Yes there is something to be said for letting go in the moment and letting our instincts (force) take over but does this line of story telling teach generations of us to sit back and wait for the message from the blue that will give us our destiny and true calling? As opposed to the hours of sweat and tears that it actually takes to master any subject, whether it be arts, craftsmanship, writing, sports.
