On 5/15/2009 7:12 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Star Wars, The Belgariad, and Dune, and Magician:Apprentice (and its
> sequels) all have a common plot - the world is in trouble and then saved
> by a messiah character.  That doesn't mean they were inspired by the
> Bible (or that any of their authors read the Bible or were even inspired
> by it).

Actually, I saw an interview with George Lucas once where he pretty much 
stated that Star Wars was inspired by the Bible.  His whole point in 
making it was, "What if Jesus turned bad?"  Of course, it took him more 
than 20 years to really finish the whole story, but that's beside the 
point...

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...Chambers
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