[geeks] TRON sequel in the works...

[Phil Stracchino]

nate at portents.com wrote:
>> Then again, it's his baby, and his prerogative.
> 
> Not exactly.  The first Star Wars movie was inspired by Akira Kurosawa's
> Kakushi-toride no san-akunin, i.e The Hidden Fortress.  In the Criterion
> edition of that film, they include an interview with Lucas where he talks
> about how it influenced him and the story he told in the first Star Wars.

Oh, I know that, sure.  Nevertheless, Kurosawa inspiration or not, the
whole Star Wars saga is his creation.  Show me one movie that *didn't*
draw *some* inspiration from something else.


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