> Parts of the real first Star Wars (the attack on the
Death Star) supposedly
> owe a whole lot to Hidden Fortress, but I haven't
seen that one.
>
I've seen Hidden Fortress (not my favorite Kurosawa by a long
shot)...so far as I could tell, it bears not even a vague
resemblance to any part of Stars Wars whatsoever...perhaps
except for one fussy, hyperexcited character that could with
slight stretching of the imagination be transposed with C3PO.
I had heard that George Lucas was name-dropping Hidden
Fortress when people asked him about influences for Star
Wars...the conclusion I came to was that he was just trying
to pick up some artsy cachet at a time when Kurosawa was an
international cinema arthouse superstar.
David Moran
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