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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

1977 · Directed by George Lucas · United States

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The Hidden Fortress 1958 · Akira Kurosawa Atlas note The Criterion Channel

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George Lucas took the structural DNA of The Hidden Fortress, an epic war told from the perspective of two bickering underlings, and made C-3PO and R2-D2 its direct descendants. Lucas acknowledged this in a 2001 Criterion Collection interview. He didn't hide the influence; he canonized it. Kurosawa showed Lucas that great stories don't need great heroes, they need great storytelling. The Hidden Fortress is available on Criterion Channel.

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

United States · 1977

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