Star Wars Had a Massive Impact on ‘Firefly’
The Big Picture Just like George Lucas drew inspiration from Flash Gordon adventure serials, Akira Kurosawa's samurai films, and Westerns to create the unique genre mish-mash that is the one and only Star Wars franchise, so have creators heavily drawn from Star Wars. Such is the cycle of media: all art takes creative cues from its predecessors. Ever since A New Hope blasted onto screens in 1977, Star Wars' influence has been practically inescapable within the sci-fi genre.
Rather than sample from the Western in bits and pieces, Firefly took its influences and ran wild with more tenacity than A New Hope's Tatooine-based scenes. Virtually every planet the Serenity crew visit looks like the Old West circa director Sergio Leone. The characters ride horses, wield second-hand rifles and pistols, and wear various leather accouterments in shades of brown.
Found family isn't a trope unique to Star Wars, but the way the Serenity crew bickers echoes the initial dynamic of Han, Luke Skywalker , and Leia Organa . All parties have starkly different goals and viewpoints, often strong enough to be oppositional. Their clashes are humorous, heartfelt, and always heavy-laden with sarcasm or verging on histrionic.
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