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1/09/2016

Topic Reading-Vol.1368-1/9/2016

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
The film that Star Wars stole from
Though it wasn’t actually a prequel, Kurosawa’s “Hidden Fortress” seemed to have awaken the creator of Star Wars. It was 1958 when this Kurosawa’s entertaining movie was released in black and white. The movie featured two weak peasants, one strong woman and man. Lucas seemed to have used these characters as two droids, Princes Lair and Luke Skywalker in Star Wars movies, most likely the Episode 4.
In fact, Lucas admitted that “Hidden Fortress” inspired his creativity for his movie series he wrote, created and released in 1979. There are similarities that you can see in this comparative video:

What do you think? If you’ve seen the latest episode, “The Force Awakens,” you may realize more look-a-like scenes. So, JJ Abrams, the director of the movie, might have studied the legendary movie as well.
Enjoy reading and seeing the video, for fun.


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