[boris]

"To me, a much clearer case of stolen ideas arises when comparing Dune with the first Star Wars film"

Star Wars was essentially a rip-off of Le Morte d'Arthur, the story of the young king Arthur. Obi-Wan is Merlin; you can figure out the rest yourself.

--Boris

[Dr. Frank fan]

As far as I'm concerned it's quite possible for Star Wars to be a ripoff of more than one thing simultaneously :) For what it's worth I believe Lucas has always said it was... "strongly influenced" by The Seven Samurai.

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