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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by pjc50 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @08:55AM (#29080493)
Is it? There was a lot of space opera and space adventure and space imperialism in the 1940s and 50s. Claiming to be the original is a big claim.

Mind you, Lucas cribbed from everything in sight; samurai movies (Hidden Fortress), Westerns, war films (the trench run is from 633 Squadron). Partly why it was so successful.

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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @10:07AM (#29081449)
> Mind you, Lucas cribbed from everything in sight;

Cause in point, Lucas cribbed Coruscant from Trantor

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