>Same with LotR. It may feel cliched, but that is only
>becuase it has been imitated sooooo many times. Star
>Wars for example is pure LotR (ok, both technically
>draw from the same archtypal hero myth, but that is
>getting too nit-picky. I dont think Lucas was reading
>Jung, Freud and Campbell and decided to do Star Wars,
>I think he was reading LotR).
Star Wars was actually inspired by Samurai films more than literature,
but by all accounts Lucas is well-read in mythological sources.
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