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Thanks for sharing. <3
Interesting in that this series first came out a few years before George Lucas' SW revival, specifically with it's new Sith law of 'there can only be two,' in which the apprentice essentially has to prove themselves worthy by murdering their master.
George... I feel like you might have borrowed something from Alejandro, here!
George… I feel like you might have borrowed something from Alejandro, here!
Good point. In my opinion George Lucas has always been a genius remix artist in the first place. Just think of how the classic Star Wars Trilogy is an obvious mashup/reverence of/to Dune, Star Trek, Jidai-geki (Kurosawa in particular) and Western movies.
Just think of how the classic Star Wars Trilogy is an obvious mashup/reverence of/to Dune, Star Trek, Jidai-geki (Kurosawa in particular) and Western movies.
IMO a brilliant mashup indeed, plus a tribute to the old Flash Gordon serials and to the philosophical precepts (eh, that's not really the right terminology, but...) of Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth.
That said, I kinda wish Lucas would have stopped after the original trilogy, and gone back to making gems like American Graffiti and so forth.
The other huge X-factor in the room of course is his divorce from wife Marcia, who heavily contributed to the genius of early Star Wars, IMO. Both she and people like Harry Ford would regularly tell George: "this is a great idea, but the dialogue is absolute crap." XD
It’s part of the Jodorwosky & Moebius Incal John Difool universe, which dates back to the 1980s. Highly recommended!