Star Wars is inspired by Flash Gordon, samurai movies, western movies, fairytales, Greek mythology, A Princess of Mars, etc. The Bible could, debatably, count as one of those, but Star Wars is not directly based on the Bible.
Most audiences don't know that “Raiders” was not the first movie of Lucas' to borrow from the Bible. A 1977 science fiction film directed by Lucas, titled “Star Wars,” borrowed more than the Ark of the Covenant for its story.
The Force and the Jedi religion, Lucas stated, were thus based on all religions in the real-world, as he constructed Star Wars mainly from Methodism—or Christianity, Islam, and Judaism—and Buddhism.
The early Journal of the Whills draft of Star Wars from 1973 is based on the first chapter of the 1931 John Carter novel A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Star Wars borrows significantly from Arthurian mythology; especially with respect to plot and main character development.
Anakin is a clear Christ figure. He dies to become Vader only to later resurrect, fulfilling a prophecy. He is called 'The Chosen One' and had a virgin mother who conceived him miraculously.
Several suggested that if there were to be a “space Jesus” in the franchise, that title would actually belong to Obi-Wan, who is played by Ewan McGregor, with Anakin played by Hayden Christianson on Disney+'s “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Others pointed to how the egregious misunderstanding actually informs right-wing ideology and ...
Is Darth Vader supposed to represent Jesus? - Quora. Yes. According to Jedi (Representing followers of Jesus) prophecy a chosen one (Christ means chosen one) would arise to defeat the Sith forever (or a really long time).
The Big Picture. Darth Vader's character design in Star Wars was heavily influenced by Date Masamune, a legendary samurai from Japan known as the "One-Eyed Dragon."
The film version of Star Wars is not secretly based on a 1976 book by Alan Dean Foster. Even though the book came out before the movie, Foster was hired by George Lucas to write a tie-in novelization of Lucas's screenplay. The book hit shelves early because Star Wars, the film, was late.
Summary. While the Star Wars franchise has many sources of inspiration, one of George Lucas' main influences on the films was the Vietnam War. The Empire in Star Wars was inspired by the Nazis during World War II, but Lucas also took inspiration from the United States' actions during the Nixon administration.
Their creator, the Star Wars writer and director George Lucas, seems to have been heavily influenced by real religions and philosophies such as Buddhism, Taoism, Kabbalah and the medieval code of chivalry. This gives verisimilitude to the Jedi religion in the films.
George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, was inspired by the work of Joseph Campbell in comparative religion and mythology, and drew on a number of religions in the real world to inspire the Jedi religion, notably Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Christianity, and a touch of general new age 'spiritual but not religious'ness.
Given all these virtues, Yoda certainly resembles what the ancient Stoics described as the sage — the ideal person who has perfected his reason and achieved complete wisdom.”
As Christians we can of course enjoy Star Wars as entertainment, but we must always remain aware of the stark contrast between the fictional Force (an impersonal life-energy that is neither good nor evil but merely a tool that can be harnessed for good or evil ends) and the true God who is eternal, omnipotent, ...
Jediism (or Jedism) is a philosophy, and, in some cases, a tongue-in-cheek joke religion, mainly based on the depiction of the Jedi characters in Star Wars media. Jediism attracted public attention in 2001 when a number of people recorded their religion as "Jedi" on national censuses.
Lucas has said that the plot and characters in the 1958 Japanese film The Hidden Fortress, directed by Akira Kurosawa, was a major inspiration. Additionally, the film influenced Lucas to tell the story of Star Wars from the viewpoint of the humble droids, rather than a major player.
More Star Wars movies were always part of Lucas' vision. He conceived of the project partly as an homage to the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials of the 1930s, which broke their stories down into multiple weekly chapters to attract audiences into theaters.
by Isaac Asimov, and I was amazed at just how many things in Star Wars were seemingly inspired by this novel. Foundation was first written in 1951. It was a Hugo Award Winner and spawned several sequel novels. The basic plot is that in the distant future, mankind has spread all over the universe.
Anakin is a variation on a race of giants in Genesis, and Skywalker is an appellation for Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief. The inspiration for Vader's face mask was in all likelihood the grille of a '56 Chevy.
Anakin Skywalker's birth mystery is solved - his mother, Shmi Skywalker, reveals that there was no father and she can't explain what happened. Qui-Gon Jinn believed that the Force itself created Anakin in Shmi's womb, making him the Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force.
Darth was a Sith title given as both a name and title to the Sith Lords, an order of Force-sensitives who channeled their power through the dark side of the Force. The title, which roughly translated to "Dark Lord," was part of a Sith Lord's mantle, preceding a moniker that replaced the Sith Lord's original name.
A lot of religions believe in the dichotomy of good and evil. In the Bible, these two concepts are represented by God and the Devil; in Star Wars, they're represented by the light and dark sides of the Force. The light side offers a virtuous path to the Jedi, while the dark side offers a hateful path to the Sith.
Definitely a deist. Sure, Vader believed in the Force. That's his father, after all. He knows very well that it exists and it created him and he's got a TON or Force power because of it.
Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader was, indeed, the [symbolic, perhaps literal] manifestation of the union between the Living and Cosmic Force, Order and Chaos, Light and Dark... created (or "fathered") by the Force itself (or, personified by Vishnu in Hindu mythology).
