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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Right? I kept hearing this claim so I finally watched Hidden Fortress and now it pisses me off at how much of a huge fucking stretch has to be made. "Oh, two comic relief buddy characters in an otherwise mostly serious film? Must be a Hidden Fortress ripoff!"

Fuck off. You might as well say they're similar because both movies use moving pictures and sound to tell a story.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean it’s been a hot minute since I watched hidden fortress but it’s definitely much more than the droids as far as influence goes, unless I’m completely misremembering it there’s also Kenobi, Luke, and Leia equivalents and Lucas hasnt even been coy about how it was a big influence on the original film as far as I know

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

There isn't a Luke equivalent. That's kind of a big change.

No Han or Chewbacca equivalents, either.