[Starscream]

I know it's an old thread, but I just now saw it. Cool video. Lucas was inspired not only by Seven Samurai, but also by the old epic movie serials from the '30s and '40s. Some of the shots in the original film are shot by shot duplicates from not only Seven Samurai, but from old action/sci-fi serials and even from World War II dogfight footage. If you've seen the original film enough times, you could see how it could possibly be broken up into a 12 part serial, just like the stuff Lucas grew up on. Indiana Jones is an even bigger tribute to the old action serials by Lucas. You can definitely tell he has an appreciation for the classics.