They do say that all stories fall into one of about five archetypes.
Up till Star Wars, the only sci fi available was hokey 60s camp like Star Trek, Lost in Space, Blake's 7 etc. This was the first time sci fi went 'literature' in its scope. Certainly the first time it did it in a blcokbuster way.

EDIT: I'll just DMAAKM then shall I?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:11, 5 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Metropolis

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:12, Reply)

Logan's Run

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:12, Reply)

Silent Running

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:16, Reply)

Ooh! Ooh! I know this one!
Forbidden Planet, right?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:17, Reply)

Dark Star

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:27, Reply)

This is such utter bollocks I don't know wherre to start

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:12, Reply)

www.imdb.com/media/rm1070111232/tt0062622
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:14, Reply)

what are you talking about?! Star Wars had a far bigger scope than that!!
It had Ewocks for fucks sake, EWOCKS!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:16, Reply)

Please don't, that would be rubbish
I've always put the appeal of Star Wars down to it being bloody good fun more than anything to do with originality. Heroes you want to be and properly evil villains. As a kid. It's basically a Western with much cooler weapons and spaceships, but I don't see how that can possibly be a bad thing.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:19, Reply)

Too late.
I'm dead.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:19, Reply)

I always Darth Vader looked ridiculous, even as a child it looked like someone made a fancy dress outfit

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:21, Reply)

I met Dave Prowse a coupe of years ago.
He was proper lovely, and really happy to stop and talk. *Really* west country, though.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:22, Reply)

I'm assuming he was the guy who played DV?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:23, Reply)

Green Cross Code Man

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:25, Reply)

yeah just a pity he's a big ruiner and can't keep his gob shut

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:25, Reply)

You're just upset they look left & right

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:27, Reply)

It certainly wasn't the first.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 14:22, Reply)