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Dunes vs Star Wars (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 63 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Star Wars is a ripoff of some international (Italian? Japanese? I don't know) movie.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 100 points 4 months ago

Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa. It’s still enjoyable today IMO, and you can really see how some of the characters are a direct line to Star Wars characters.

[-] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 29 points 4 months ago

Now this information makes "Star Wars Visions: Ronin" look like the the "back to the roots" material.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Akakiri is an even better example.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

It also partially explains the Western feeling to Star Wars. Lots of Kurisawa films were made into Westerns.

Seven Samurai became the Magnificent Seven (and Bug's Life!). Yojimbo and Sanjuro became A Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More.

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