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40. He was heavily influenced by Japanese directors too, who were also inspired by westerns.

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 01:31 PM

Oct 2015

Telling the story from the droids' perspective, some of the costumes and set designs, etc, were borrowed from directors like Kurosawa:

http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/how-star-wars-borrowed-from-akira-kurosawas-great-samurai-films.html

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