Like Flash Gordon, Star Wars was in part a response to the events of the 1930s and '40s-so much so that the official Star Wars website for the last year and a half has been running a regular ...

LEGO Star Wars Jango Fett’s Firespray-Class Starship (75409) / 2,970 pieces / $299.99 / Available May 1st, 2025 / See at LEGO: Features an authentic interior, a movable main entrance, adjustable ...

Many of the studios had previously worked on samurai-inspired anime, such as Production I.G.'s Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings, Science SARU's Inu-Oh and even Kamikaze Douga's Batman Ninja.Star Wars ...

How samurai flicks and World War 2 epics informed a galaxy far, far away. ... One look at the scrolling title is all it takes to know what Flash Gordon means to Star Wars.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19: Sam J Jones (Flash Gordon) meets fans during day 1 of the November Birmingham MCM Comic Con at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, UK on November ...

It is no secret that when George Lucas created Star Wars, he took inspiration from a great breadth of sources. The space opera trappings of Star Wars were modeled after the Flash Gordon serials of ...

Both the Samurai Darth Vader and Samurai Stormtrooper skins are part of the Star Wars Samurai Bundle, which hit the Fortnite shop on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024.

Saddled with this legacy, with the series already steeped in nostalgia for John Wayne, John Ford and Flash Gordon since the late ‘70s, new Star Wars media has the unique prerequisite of being ...