By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: January 15, 2017
The movie The Hidden Fortress is said to have a major impact on the Star Wars series. From Wikipedia: “George Lucas has acknowledged the heavy influence of The Hidden Fortress on Star Wars, particularly in the technique of telling the story from the perspective of the film's lowliest characters, C-3PO and R2-D2. Lucas's original plot outline for Star Wars also had a strong resemblance to the plot of The Hidden Fortress, which would be reused for The Phantom Menace.”