How Samurai Films Influenced The Creation of Star Wars

Was the Hero' Journey the only thing that influenced George Lucas when he created Star Wars?  Watch the following video that does a fantastic job discussing film history, George Lucas and the great Akira Kurosawa: George Lucas was a racer but then he got into an accident that distanced him from competitive racing to wanting to pursue film. He went to a premiere watched Kurosawas Akira 7 samurai film and was inspired by it. At this time film school wasn't a thing because the way to move up in old Hollywood was apprentice in the studio system not watching old forward movies and actually studying filmmaking. Hollywood needed something new thats when Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas came in. Everyone makes their magnum opus while Lucas finds inspiration is Kirasawas, and he names his Samurai Jedi Ji Geki models. That's how Star Wars started. 

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