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The story goes that after Lucas made ''[[American Graffiti]]'' he wanted to make a ''[[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]]'' [[
''[[Star Wars]]'' was inspired by the 1930s serials and comic strips of ''[[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers]]''. And by [[Isaac Asimov|Asimov's]] ''[[Foundation]]'', most manifested in the Imperial capital of <s>Trantor</s> Coruscant and the concept of the decaying [[The Empire|Galactic Empire]] itself. And by ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'s'' [[World War II]] naval battles [[In Space]], and [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s mystical samurai heroes and bumbling sidekicks. (Kurosawa's film ''[[The Hidden Fortress]]'' was particularly influential on Lucas.)
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* [[Mid-Atlantic Accent]]: Carrie Fisher [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping|slips in and out of]] this accent in ''[[Star Wars]]'':
{{quote|''Daahth Vadah. Ohnly you could be soh bohld.''}}
:Fisher herself described it as a deliberate, if not successful, attempt to sound ''British'', but the result, when she managed it, was distinctly Mid-Atlantic.
* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]: Averted with {{spoiler|Alderaan}}, and the shock and horror various characters express at its destruction. To be fair, at least one of them (Ben) is a Jedi, and very sensitive to the effect several billion people being wiped out at once has on the Force.
* [[Mind Over Manners]]: The Jedi's responsible use of their suggestion and telepathy powers.
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