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He may not have been inspired by this particular magazine, but it's likely he was inspired by similar opening crawls that existed in cinema as early as the 30s,
by kapowaz 14y ago
He may not have been inspired by this particular magazine, but it's likely he was inspired by similar opening crawls that existed in cinema as early as the 30s, such as Flash Gordon: http://i.imgur.com/XNzi7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/XNzi7.jpg. There are a whole bunch of things that Star Wars can be reasonably said to have copied and reused, and if you're at all interested in this you should definitely check out Kirby Ferguson's excellent ‘Everything is a Remix’ series, which looks at Star Wars in more detail here: http://vimeo.com/19447662 http://vimeo.com/19447662
- crayola 14y agoThe phrase "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." is suspiciously similar to the one in the ad, though. But maybe that, also, was borrowed by the ad from previous material?
- bediger4000 14y agoAnd more to the point, is that previous Intellectual Property still under copyright? It seems that the most diligent respecter of Intellectual Property, Disney, may have bought a pig in a poke - someone else may legitimately be entitled to some compensation for the unauthorized use of their property.