ooli@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFrank Herbert always thought Star Wars was a Dune ripoffwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down115
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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoStar wars was always just a world war II movie rip off.
minus-squaredarkpanda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoTo be fair World War II was kind of a World War I rip off.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoThe battle scenes are a direct ww2 rip off. (Ships in space having dog fights and flying like planes in atmosphere.) The story takes many elements from Dune.
minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoA lot of the side character archetypes/interactions are stolen from Hidden Fortress too. Like the two drunks becoming the bickering droids.
Star wars was always just a world war II movie rip off.
To be fair World War II was kind of a World War I rip off.
The battle scenes are a direct ww2 rip off. (Ships in space having dog fights and flying like planes in atmosphere.)
The story takes many elements from Dune.
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A lot of the side character archetypes/interactions are stolen from Hidden Fortress too. Like the two drunks becoming the bickering droids.