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And these two droids are the comedic relief, which is a hold over from the Two Thieves which a Samurai (Jedi) forces to help him and his Princess escape an Imperial Forces in the movie Hidden Fortress, which the original Star Wars treatment blatantly plagiarized.

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The secret history of Star Wars explains how the treatment Lucas proposed was a ripoff of the Samurai film Hidden Fortress with s/horses/hovercraft/ s/bumbling thieves/comical robots/ s/the crown's gold/Deathstar plans/, s/Protective General/Jedi Master/, etc. Afterwards Lucas added many elements to the movie drawing inspiration from Metropolis (see C3PO), Buck Rodgers (and other sci-fi serials, thus starting at the 4th episode as if you were catching the show mid way), Dune (Tatooine, but the spice was ultimately unneeded), etc. Many ideas were drawn from the set R2D2 was the name of a 2nd reel of film, and others were spouted during stream of consciousness sessions.

Many plot elements were made up on the fly, not pre-planned for twists. Luke and Leia weren't siblings (hence their kiss, which they have to explain away later). Darth Vader really did kill Luke's father, but his writers changed things as they neared the third film, Revenge of the Jedi (s/Revenge/Return/). George Lucas never had some grandiose script that was too demanding of the technology of the day such that he had to start the original trilogy at episode 4. He lucked into Star Wars with good cast chemistry, the existence of Industrial Light and Magic, and despite a lack loathing ow writing (hence the initial plagiarism) he stumbled into a classic "hero's journey" tale. He did achieve his initial intention to create a "cowboys in space" movie that "every 10 year old boy would love", and I put it to you that even if most of the details were changed, society was primed for such a movie.

Unfortunately you can't create luck on demand; Which explains episodes 1-3. Disney has some competent writers and directors that understand the technical feats play a second fiddle to the emotional roller coaster, so I'm glad the franchise passed to them. If only the copyright terms were shorter we could have tons of films with Star Wars settings, similar to how we have many films and TV shows incorporating folk fairy tales like Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, etc. (the preexistence and collective nostalgia of which helped Disney attain his fortune).

Just like with Star Wars, when one thinks of Constitutional Laws one needs to understand their necessity due to the circumstances they were penned under.

Secret History of Star Wars

Fucking Firefox. If you can't get the URL coppied into the clipboard done right with the protocol remover bullshit, then leave "http://" in the fucking URL bar.

You forgot the Spacing Guild.

Yeah but no one's handing out mass produced DVDs of a cam rip of Iron Man 4. They're being sold at sleazy electronics shops and god knows where.

If you make money on breaking IP law, fuck you.

If you're not, then eh, whatever.

You sir, are simply ignorant. Allow me to educate. Let us take, for example, Star Wars.

Here is the break-down of the initial treatment submitted by Lucas, compared to Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress:

From Lucasâ(TM) synopsis:
"It is the thirty-third century, a period of civil wars in the galaxy. A rebel princess, with her family, her retainers, and the clan treasure, is being pursued. If they can cross territory controlled by the Empire and reach a friendly planet, they will be saved. The Sovereign knows this, and posts a reward for the capture of the princess."

Versus Kurosawaâ(TM)s film:
It is the sixteenth century,a period of civil wars. A princess, with her family, her retainers, and the clan treasure is being pursued.If they can cross enemy territory and reach a friendly province they will be saved. The enemy knows this and posts are ward for the capture of the princess.
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Lucas:
"She is being guarded by one of her generals, (Luke Skywalker) and it is he who leads her on the long and dangerous journey that follows. They take along with them two hundred pounds of the greatly treasured "aura spice",and also two Imperial bureaucrats, whom the general has captured."

Kurosawa:
She is being guarded by one of her generals, (Rokurota Makabe) and it is he who leads her on the long and dangerous journey that follows. They take along with them two hundred pounds of the greatly treasured royal gold and also two peasants,whom the general has captured.
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Lucas:
"The two terrified, bickering bureaucrats crash land on Aquilae while trying to flee the battle of the space fortress. They accidentally discover a small container of the priceless 'aura spice' and are rummaging around the rocks pushing and pulling each other trying to find more when they are discovered by Luke Skywalker and taken to his camp."

Kurosawa:
The two terrified, bickering peasants stumble upon the hidden fortress while trying to flee the battle of the prison camp. They accidentally discover a small piece of wood containing the priceless royal gold and are rummaging around the rocks pushing and pulling each other trying to find more when they are discovered by Rokurota Makabe and taken to his camp.
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Lucas:
"The princess and the general are disguised as farmers, and the bureaucrats join their party with the intention of stealing their "land speeder" and "aura spice". It doesn't take them too long to realize the general isn't a farmer and that they are captives about to embark on a dangerous mission. The two bureaucrats are essentially comic relief inserted among the general seriousness of the adventure."

Kurosawa:
The princess and the general are disguised as farmers, and the peasants join their party with the intention of stealing their horses and royal treasure. It doesn't take them too long to realize the general isn't a farmer and that they are captives about to embark on a dangerous mission. The two peasants are essentially comic relief inserted among the general seriousness of the adventure.
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Lucas:
"The small group in their sleek, white, two-man "land speeders" travel across the waste lands of Aquilae, headed for the space port city of Gordon, where they hope to get a spacecraft that will take them to the friendly planet of Ophuchi. At a desolate rest stop, the rebels are stopped and questioned by an Imperial patrol. Apparently satisfied, the captain lets the group continue on their way,but a short distance into the wilderness, they are attacked by the patrol. The Imperial patrol of twelve men is no match for the incredibly skilled and powerful general,

If you wanna know why the original trilogy worked,

I disagree (PDF)

I'm pretty fucking certain that the original saga worked because it was the 70's and people were fascinated by us pushing the human exploration space frontier (Now we just whip around in orbit, and joe 6-pack don't care), and that Lucas accidentally stumbled upon a the birth of a new type of special effects, and tripped into a cast with chemistry (Come on, it's not like Harrison Ford was destined for the role, he was a janitor), then bumbled into a plot with twists because he didn't know how things were going to turn out until right before they made the damn movies -- The story arc wasn't planned out in advance. It was pieced together as they went along (Darth really DID kill Luke's father, the writers changed their minds later because it worked better... THE WRITERS). It's hard as hell to get lucky like that whenever you want to, and so he didn't with the next attempt.

In conclusion: Lucas has given several different accounts, including saying that his "original script" for star wars ep1-3 wasn't possible given the technology. all of them bullshit and lies. George Lies. LIAR. For fuck's sake, are you daft?

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I use a combination of blosxom, which I also use to write my blog, and blagg, which reads my feeds and generates blog entries of the new entries in a separate "news" category. In fact, I have replaced blagg with a rewrite in Python that I call (obviously) plagg, but I haven't done its web page yet, so stay tuned...