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  2. Cultural impact of Star Wars - Wikipedia

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    George Lucas's epic space opera multi-film Star Wars saga has had a significant impact on modern popular culture. Star Wars references are deeply embedded in popular culture; [1] references to the main characters and themes of Star Wars are casually made in many English-speaking countries with the assumption that others will understand the ...

  3. Star Wars sources and analogues - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 The Hobbit and 1954–55 The Lord of the Rings novels inspired George Lucas's creation of Star Wars in 1977. An early draft for the 1977 Star Wars film is said to have included an exchange of dialogue between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker taken directly from the conversation between Gandalf and Bilbo in Chapter 1 of The Hobbit, where Bilbo/Luke says "Good morning!"

  4. Category:Cultural impact by work - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Influence of Sesame Street; Cultural influence of Star Trek; Cultural impact of Star Wars; T.

  5. Cultural influence of Holst's The Planets - Wikipedia

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    John Williams used the melodies and instrumentation of Mars as the inspiration for "The Imperial March" and "Imperial Attack" themes in his soundtrack for the Star Wars films. [54] In addition, he used Venus as inspiration for the Force theme. Many criticize these "inspirations", stating that these themes were simply copied; however, no lawsuit ...

  6. Jediism - Wikipedia

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    Jediism (or Jedism [1]) is a philosophy, [2] and, in some cases, a religion, [3] [4] mainly based on the depiction of the Jedi characters in Star Wars media. [5] Jediism attracted public attention in 2001 when a number of people recorded their religion as "Jedi" on national censuses.

  7. Destiny devs on Star Wars influences and the MMO stigma - AOL

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    By going the Star Wars route, according to a piece at IGN. The dev team even has a name for its genre-melding mashup, and the ingredients include Force-like abilities and gunpowder to go along ...

  8. Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel - Wikipedia

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    The documentary covers the inspirations and influences that shaped the legendary lightsaber in the Star Wars universe and the duels in which the device is used. In the documentary Hamill describes his time in Japan and his brief exposure to Japanese history and culture and how it influenced the Star Wars franchise. [3]

  9. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

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    It documents the making of the original Star Wars trilogy: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983), and their impact on popular culture. The two-and-a-half-hour-long documentary was made for the bonus disc of the DVD box set of the Star Wars Trilogy, released on September 21, 2004. [1]