He also ripped off a series of old samuri films styles for the films
All the films are based around what C3PO and R2D2 see, this series of samuri films was based around what 2 slaves (1 short 1 tall) saw.
C3PO was the code for his local post office, I think R2D2 was a map reference to his address where he wrote the films.
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Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 8:43,
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And if you write
O B 1 K NO B
It almost spells OLD KNOB
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zacherynuk @echo off, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 8:49,
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I thought R2D2...
...was a film reference, roll two dialogue two or something like that?
Wasn't it Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" (based on Macbeth) and "The Hidden Fortress" that inspired him?
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TheAlmightyBeev, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 8:51,
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Yep, and the Joseph Campbell book trhe Heroes Tale.
It explains and identifies the elements of the monomyth and how this works in a narrative and psychological sense. It's amazing, and Lucas clearly read it and ripped it off to create a sense of legend in the films.
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Nearly ...
Reel two dialogue two. An engineer asked for it in while working on American Graffitti ... "Get me R2D2".
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