Editing Star Wars sources and analogues (section)

====Akira Kurosawa====
{{Main|Remakes of films by Akira Kurosawa}}

[[Akira Kurosawa]] films:
* ''[[The Hidden Fortress]]'' (1958) {{ndash}} ''A New Hope'' features the exploits of [[C-3PO]] and [[R2-D2]], whereas the plot of ''The Hidden Fortress'' is told from the point of view of two bickering peasants.  The two peasants, Tahei and Matashichi, are first shown escaping a battle, while C-3PO and R2-D2 are first shown fleeing an attack in ''A New Hope''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=David |date=2021-09-09 |title=Star Wars: Every Kurosawa Reference & Homage In Movies & Shows Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-movies-shows-akira-kurosawa-influences-references-explained/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, both films feature a battle-tested General – Rokurota Makabe in ''The Hidden Fortress'' and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] in ''A New Hope'' – who assist a rebellion led by a princess and engage in a duel with a former rival whom they fought years earlier.  Lucas also features many horizontal [[Wipe (transition)|wipe]] scene transitions in ''Star Wars'', a technique used thoroughly by Kurosawa in his films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=David |date=2021-09-09 |title=Star Wars: Every Kurosawa Reference & Homage In Movies & Shows Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-movies-shows-akira-kurosawa-influences-references-explained/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> Similarly, the Princess trades places with a slave girl in ''The Hidden Fortress'', with the slave girl acting as a decoy for the real Princess. In ''The Phantom Menace'', [[Queen Amidala]] trades places with one of her handmaidens who acts as a decoy.
* ''[[Yojimbo (film)|Yojimbo]]'' (1961) inspired the brawl scene in the Cantina. Its sequel ''[[Sanjuro]]'' (1962) inspired the hiding-under-the-floor trick.<ref name="InspirationsLucas">{{cite web|last=Robey|first=Tim|title=10 films that influenced Star Wars|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/star-wars/10817059/10-films-that-influenced-Star-Wars.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=May 10, 2014|date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>
**"A Fistful of Dollars" which is Sergio Leone's first film in ''[[Dollars trilogy]]'', is an unofficial remake of the Kurosawa film "Yojimbo", that also inspired George Lucas. Clint Eastwood's cowboy character without a name, also inspired the post-Lucas created main character of ''The Mandalorian'', and also the Lucas created character [[Cad Bane]] from ''The Clone Wars'' animated series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mandalorian-creator-jon-favreau-talks-shows-inspiration-personal/story?id=67023193|title = 'The Mandalorian' creator Jon Favreau talks show's inspiration, 'personal connection' to filmmaking|website = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> (Though the episode "[[Hostage Crisis (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)|Hostage Crisis]]" that introduced [[Cad Bane]], has the character also inspired on [[Hans Gruber (character)|Hans Gruber]], the villain of ''[[Die Hard]]'', with its plot also being a loose remake of the Bruce Willis film).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Bryan |title=The Cinema Behind Star Wars: Die Hard |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-die-hard |website=Star Wars |date=8 December 2014}}</ref>
***''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'' another unofficial western remake of ''[[Yojimbo]]'', inspired Lucas on the name of his character [[Jango Fett]].{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* ''[[Dersu Uzala (1975 film)|Dersu Uzala]]'' (1975), just two years before the first ''Star Wars'' movie, there are two scenes that bear a striking resemblance to scenes in ''Star Wars''. The first is the Captain and Dersu looking out over the horizon, seeing both the setting sun and the rising moon at the same time. This is much like when Luke Skywalker stares out on the sky with binary suns in ''A New Hope''. The other scene is when Dersu and the Captain are suddenly caught in a blizzard, and they have to quickly build a shelter to spend the night, to survive the cold. The Captain collapses from the cold and Dersu has to drag and stuff him into the shelter. This is similar to the scene in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' where Han Solo cuts a tauntaun open with Luke's [[lightsaber]] and stuffs the unconscious Luke into it, when they get caught in a blizzard on the snow planet [[Hoth]]. A similar moment using a horse, happens in  ''[[The Revenant (2015 film)]]'', than won an Oscar to Leonardo DiCaprio for playing 1700s frontier man [[Hugh Glass]].
*''[[Rashomon]]'' (1950): On ''[[The Last Jedi]]'' (2017), from post-George Lucas director [[Rian Johnson]]. The [[Rashomon effect]], is described on the part where Rey is told by Luke, a description of how he considered murdering his nephew Ben Solo in his sleep, due to feeling his inevitable fall to the dark side of The Force. Then Solo, who by that point had renamed himself as Kylo Ren, tells his perspective, which causes Luke to tell a third perspective of the event. All whom cause a reinterpretation of a similar event in ''Return of the Jedi''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Bryan |title=How The Last Jedi got Luke Skywalker right |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/how-the-last-jedi-got-luke-skywalker-right |website=SYFY WIRE |language=en |date=31 January 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Seven Samurai]]'' also inspired an episode of ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|The Clone Wars]]'' animated series, and the first ''Star Wars'' comic with an original plot, that wasn't adapted from the film. ''The Mandalorian'' released its "[[Chapter 4: Sanctuary]]" has also been compared to ''[[Seven Samurai]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Bryan |title=The Cinema Behind Star Wars: Seven Samurai |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-seven-samurai |website=Star Wars |date=24 June 2013}}</ref>