8th March 2005, 4:45 PM
Quote:You seriously don't think that the Jedi were based off of Samurai? Have you ever heard Lucas talk about his movies before? Even the name Jedi comes from the term Jidai-geki, which is the period drama (aka Samurai movie). The whole series is a tribute to Samurai movies and old scifi serials. Toshiro Mifune (Yojimbo) was even considered for the role of Obi-Wan (which would have kicked ass, btw).
I've watched all the extra material on the Ep.1 and Ep.2 DVDs (don't have the classic DVD set). so of course I've heard that... I was "joking"... as was obvious...
As for Obi-Wan... wasn't he originally supposed to be somewhat crazy until Alec Guiness had them change teh character?