Editing Star Wars sources and analogues (section)

====Pulp heroes and comics====
*[[Buck Rogers]], another hero from pulp magazines from 1920s, and late comic strips (1929–67) and later a [[Buck Rogers (serial)|1939 film serial]] and a 1950–51 TV series. ''Star Wars'' also influenced from its [[Trope (literature)|tropes]].<ref name="Dreams"/><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=XCc570mFQtk |title=STAR WARS Breakdown! A New Hope Analysis & Details You Missed {{!}} Wookieeleaks |date=2019-11-17 |last=New Rockstars |access-date=2025-03-23 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
[[File:Poster - Flash Gordon (Chapter 13, Rocketing to Earth) 03.jpg|thumb|The classic science fiction film serial ''[[Flash Gordon (serial)|Flash Gordon]]'' served as an inspiration for ''Star Wars''.]]
*[[Flash Gordon]] is the pulp hero whose original property which George Lucas had sought to license before making the first ''Star Wars'' film, ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|A New Hope]]''; the film includes many elements derived from the 1936 Universal serial ''[[Flash Gordon (serial)|Flash Gordon]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe]]''. The basic plot involving the infiltration of a megalomaniacal outer-space Emperor's fortress by two heroes disguised in uniforms of soldiers of his army is drawn from ''[[Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe]]'', with Luke Skywalker and Han Solo filling the roles of [[Flash Gordon]] and [[Prince Barin]], respectively, and [[Ming the Merciless]] the Emperor. The Emperor's deadly, hostile planet (the [[Death Star]]/[[Mongo (planet)|Mongo]]), a sometimes scantily-clad brunette space Princess whom the hero defends ([[Princess Leia]]/[[Princess Aura]]), a big, strong, hairy, animal-like ally ([[Chewbacca]]/[[Prince Thun]] of the Lion Men), a fearsome monster found underground and/or fought in an arena by the hero (the Rancor/the Gocko or Orangopoid), a city in the sky ruled by someone who originally works with the villains but later joins the heroes ([[Lando Calrissian]] of Cloud City), ray-guns, and dogfighting spaceships were all elements retained from the first Universal Flash Gordon serial. The opening text crawl of Star Wars is in the same style as the text openings of each chapter of the ''Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe'' serial.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=XCc570mFQtk |title=STAR WARS Breakdown! A New Hope Analysis & Details You Missed {{!}} Wookieeleaks |date=2019-11-17 |last=New Rockstars |access-date=2025-03-23 |via=YouTube}}</ref> [From the 1940 series, not 1936, and the opening crawl is from the movie [[Boys' School|Les Disparus de Saint-Agil]]].
*[[DC Comics]] and [[Jack Kirby]]. There has been a long debate among fans about the influence that [[comic book]] writer [[Jack Kirby]] had on the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/dynamics/2010/12/18/kirby-lucas-and-campbell/|title=Kirby, Lucas, and Campbell|work=Kirby Dynamics|first = Rob|last = Steibel|date = 18 December 2010}}</ref> Kirby's time at [[DC Comics]] between [[Jack Kirby#DC Comics and the Fourth World saga|1971 and 1975]] was defined by his creation of the [[New Gods]] saga. This [[Intergalactic space|intergalactic]] story involved the New God, [[Orion (comics)|Orion]] of the planet [[New Genesis]], being prophesied by the [[Source (comics)|Source]] as the warrior to defeat [[Darkseid]] - the tyrannical ruler of the planet [[Apokolips]], and, by doing so, bring peace to the universe and end the conflict between the two planets. Unknown to Orion was that he was the son of the evil Darkseid. Parallels can thus be drawn between the nature of the relationships between Orion and Darkseid to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, as well as between the mythical Source and [[the Force]]. According to some accounts, Lucas met comic book writer and editor [[Roy Thomas]] at a dinner in 1972, during which Lucas described the plot of ''Star Wars'', to which Thomas noticed the similarity between this and Kirby's New Gods, which was then already a published series. John Williams who made the iconic ''Star Wars'' soundtracks since 1977, also did the soundtrack for the first ''Superman'' movie in 1978.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ro|first=Ronin|title=Tales To Astonish : Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|year=2004|isbn=1-58234-345-4|page=199}}</ref>
*[[Marvel Comics]]:  Lucas original trilogy co-writer [[Lawrence Kasdan]] noted that the spin-offs were expanding the franchise into more of a [[shared universe]]. Far beyond the previously linear saga, adding that one of the strengths of the franchise was how it all fell under the same continuity in comparison to other franchises. Kasdan also contrasted ''Star Wars'' to the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], noting that ''Star Wars'' features less [[comedy]] than the latter, and adding that he felt a more comedic approach like Marvel's ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' would "not be ''Star Wars''" to him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/star-wars-franchise-humor-tone-1201965443/|title='Star Wars': Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan on Why the Franchise Isn't Ready for a 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Tone|first1=Kate|last1=Erbland|date=May 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-cinematic-universe-why-is-it-one-works-1096504|title=Can Anyone Besides Marvel Make a Cinematic Universe Work?|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 29, 2018}}</ref>
**Jon Favreau stated that he took what he learned from doing the Marvel adjacent ''Iron Man'' movies into doing ''The Mandalorian'' and ''Boba Fett''  in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, all these characters rely on metallic, high-tech armors that can fly and fire weapons.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vary |first1=Adam B. |title=How Disney and Lucasfilm Are Remaking Star Wars in the Image of Marvel Studios |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/disney-star-wars-marvel-studios-1234866986/ |website=Variety |date=19 December 2020}}</ref>