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Nick posted an update 7 years ago
Hello friends would anyone happen to know the Ancient book on which The Star Wars films we’re based on ?
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Nick posted an update 7 years ago
Hello friends would anyone happen to know the Ancient book on which The Star Wars films we’re based on ?
I know there was a myriad of inspiration for Star Wars, but I think you may be looking for the Indian epic, The Ramayana.
Hello ML
Thank you Very much for the info.
They were heavily influenced by Joseph Campbell and his works.
Winston 1984 many thanks for the info .
At least the mythological/spiritual undertow of the movies are, the force, etc. There’s that part from Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back, when he says to Luke – “My ally is the force, and a powerful ally it is… its energy surrounds us, and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter”. This religious/spiritual undertow of the movie’s are influenced from Joseph Campbells’ works, and possibly the cosmic war aspect of them too, Campbell is certainly aware of these ancient myths in his works – Vedic, Mesopotamian, etc.
Thank you for the info
There is no book that influenced the Star Wars ‘story’.
Although.. a working title could have been.. if we watched the film from the POV of the Emporor…
“Richard Nixon takes the Nazi’s into Space and turns them into the Roman Senate and the Praetorian Guard into Qi Gong Master laser sword weilding samaurai (how did they lose again? ? ? ), learns nothing from Vietnam and gets his butt handed to him by the Vietcong.. err.. Teddybears on Endor..then has David Aquino do a psyop saying he helped to co-write the story.. (the man’s ego has no bounds..) although that honour actually belongs to Dean Allan Foster.
I have just spilled my cup of tea laughing my head off
… and in the interest of fairness and balance watch Iron Sky or the Star Wreck series. 🙂
You have to imagine sometimes.. if Roddenberry didnt have some insider info somewhere.. Dilithium Crystals.. Teleportation.. Warp Drive.. some handheld communicators that let you call people up in space..
Yes, the Ramayana, and Mahabharata, and some Egyptian texts, and as Winston said, also the influence of comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell, whom George Lucas privately consulted prior to making the first film.
Thank you Joseph for the information.
Have you personally read them ?
What’s you’re thought if so.
The “devil” is in the details, you have to read Dr. Farrell’s books to know what he thinks of them… The Cosmic War would be a good place to start. 🙂
Yes I agree
Am currently reading Babylon’s banksters