 Over the years, George Lucas has often acknowledged the influence of Akira Kurosawa's films on his own Star Wars saga, Kurosawa's 1958 film "The Hidden Fortress" contains a lot of techniques, visuals and storytelling techniques that Lucas would go on to use in "Star Wars: A New Hope". An artist by the name of Sillof, who is famous for his highly detailed custom figures and dioramas, decided to take it upon himself to blur the line between the two movies a bit further by creating a series of Star Wars figures done in the style of Kurosawa's films. From R2-D2 to Darth Vader, the entire cast of the film has been re-imagined as samauri, ronin, and even an Oni demon. He even managed to sneak in a certain bounty hunter turned ninja. |
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Among the items of interest to break out of C2E2 in Chicago this past weekend is the news that the Star Wars saga will finally be making its way to the Blu-ray format. Steve Sansweet, Director of Fan Relations and collector of all cool things made the announcement during the Star Wars presentation. While he didn't let slip too many details, he did reveal that they have been working on the project for "a couple of years" and that all six movies, along with "lots of extra materials" will be part of the set. While no official release date has been set yet, the "word on the street" says expect it to hit the shelves in time for Christmas 2011.
