Aside from the monomyth, Star Wars was actually the fruit of George Lucas attempting to do a Flash Gordon film but failing to secure the rights. Edit: This tal

Aside from the monomyth, Star Wars was actually the fruit of George Lucas attempting to do a Flash Gordon film but failing to secure the rights. Edit: This talks about Star Wars's influences, and is also great and everybody should watch it: http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/ http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/