“I always considered [the Star Wars] films Westerns. What made the classic Westerns of guys like John Ford great was that the stories they told were so simple that they ended up being deeply resonant and inspiring.”
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George Lucas on Star Wars
Apr 16th, 2008
The Best Space Western?
Oct 29th, 2021
Star Trek? Babylon 5? Star Wars? Firefly? People who argue about which Space Western is better haven’t watched Starchaser: The Legend of Orin.
“Don’t tell ’em what I did.”
Dec 21st, 2022
In Firefly, when Mal throws him in the airlock and confronts Jayne, when Jayne is absolutely sure he is about to die, his concern is that the others should still think of him as a hero.