On Sat, 16 May 2009 08:38:54 -0700, Chambers wrote:

> 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...

I could believe that.

Jim

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