I always heard that George Lucas was inspired by The Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa. If you watch it (and it's a great film) the parallels are quite obvious

I always heard that George Lucas was inspired by The Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa. If you watch it (and it's a great film) the parallels are quite obvious. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hidden_Fortress https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hidden_Fortress