... months to develop the first draft of Star Wars. Lucas originally tried to fit what was to become the Star Wars Trilogy into one film. But he had such a detailed plot structure that he was able to take the screenplay and make three individual films. Lucas originally envisioned nine films, the evolution of Anakin Skywalker from boy to machine, Luke Skywalker ... repeating over and over again through the whole thing. (Chernoff 28) Lucas's inspiration also came from Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress had a lasting impact on a young Lucas. The plot of Hidden Fortre...

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... humanity. There is something that changes his mind though. The woodcutter adopts a orphaned baby even though he as many children of his own. The orphan baby is an immensely important plot device. The significance of the baby lies in the fact that the woodcutter is sacrificing his fiscal well-being to take care of the child. This disproves the bandit's notions ... ...

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... and change in his country. In his film Ugetsu, Mizoguchi uses all his focus points very well. The film is set in the sixteenth century during the feudal wars. The plot of the film is about two men that leave their wives, one for wealth and other for glory. During the men's journey they realize that their fake gains of wealth ... ...

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... story of a murder. It flashes back to the murder four times and the story of the murder is told by a different character each time. The present-time section of the plot occurs at a gate under which some characters take shelter from the rain. Three men can be found there - a woodcutter who repeatedly proclaims his misunderstanding, a priest who says that what has ... ...

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