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The Reverse, actually. Lucas had read the Monomyth (which came out in '49), and based a lot of the story on that.

That can count as well. The second known is kinda optional as well. This framework is very rough and adaptable. Basically, if it fits enough characteristics, it works. You can have arguments about whether some stories are too tenuous to fit, but there is almost always an argument that a story...

Not really. The fundemental part of the monomyth is going from known, to unknown, to known. And prior, he was an average grunt that refused to fire on civilians, now he is doom guy, so that's sorta a change. You can really stretch the definition a lot.

The monomyth is just a catagorizing of a large number of stories, not necessarily all of them. Also, the flexibility of the framework means it can be applied more or less accurately to most stories. Even Doom falls to the monomyth: He leaves the known (Mars), enters the unknown (Hell), and...