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Re:Was the Death Star assault scene in the original Star War... by krapp on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:37PM (#20656562)
To be fair, Akira Kurosawa was influenced by spaghetti westerns[0] and one of his films (Throne of Blood) is just Macbeth in feudal Japan, so the copying goes both ways.

[0]https://www.thebubble.org.uk/culture/film/kurosawa-and-the-w...

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Re:Was the Death Star assault scene in the original Star War... by Spooky23 on Friday August 09, 2019 @05:01PM (#20658228)
Star Wars is a little closer IMO.

The Tahei and Matashichi sequences towards the beginning when they split up are basically exactly the same and R2D2 and C3PO in the desert. Even the musical score is very close. Ditto on the space scenes and Midway.

Personally, I didn't have a problem with it -- many of the themes are universal and influence is fine... if anything adding the SFX and different storyline really honors the influencing films. I did get a little jaded when I saw a George Lucas interview on one of the DVD releases where he downplayed the similarities in what was in my opinion a disingenuous way.

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Re:Was the Death Star assault scene in the original Star War... by yesenadam on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:28PM (#20659578)
Also, I've never read mention of this, but Yoda seems to me in many ways like Dersu Uzala from...Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala! (I think my favourite K movie) - e.g. forest-dwelling, short, benevolent, wise, and they speak similarly.

I believe Lucas helped with the financing of several of K's later films.

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