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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6120504" data-attributes="member: 4937">Have you ever watched 'Hidden Fortress'?&nbsp; I'm betting not.&nbsp; This is the wikipedia summary of the plot:&quot;The film begins with two bedraggled peasants, Tahei and Matashichi. Through conversation, they reveal that they had intended to fight with the Yamana clan, but turned up too late, were taken for soldiers of the defeated Akizuki clan, and forced to bury dead. After quarreling and splitting up, the two are both captured again and forced to dig for gold in the Akizuki castle with other prisoners.&nbsp;After an uprising, Tahei and Matashichi escape. Near a river they find gold marked with the crescent of the Akizuki clan. They thereafter travel with the General of the defeated Akizuki clan, Makabe Rokurōta, while escorting Princess Yuki Akizuki and what remains of her family's gold to a secret territory. In order to keep her identity secret, Yuki poses as a mute.&nbsp;During the mission, the peasants impede it and sometimes try to seize the gold. They are later joined by a farmer’s daughter, whom they acquire from a slave-trader. Eventually, they are captured and held by Rokurōta's rival; but the latter unexpectedly sides with the Princess and Rokurōta.&nbsp;The peasants stumble upon the gold, but are later captured; whereupon Rokurōta explains Yuki's true identity, and states that all of the gold has been used to restore her family's domain. The peasants are then dispatched, taking a single ryō. In the final scene, Tahei gives this to Matashichi to protect; but Matashichi allows Tahei to keep it.&quot;Does that sound anything like Star Wars?&nbsp; No, it doesnt'.&nbsp;&nbsp; The only significant resemblence between the two stories is that Stars Wars is initially told from the vantage point of two minor characters and there is a princess with a mission.&nbsp; Everything else is different.*sigh*&nbsp; I disagree, but its clear this is going to go no where.You know, there was almost a break through there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6120504, member: 4937"] Have you ever watched 'Hidden Fortress'? I'm betting not. This is the wikipedia summary of the plot: "The film begins with two bedraggled peasants, Tahei and Matashichi. Through conversation, they reveal that they had intended to fight with the Yamana clan, but turned up too late, were taken for soldiers of the defeated Akizuki clan, and forced to bury dead. After quarreling and splitting up, the two are both captured again and forced to dig for gold in the Akizuki castle with other prisoners. After an uprising, Tahei and Matashichi escape. Near a river they find gold marked with the crescent of the Akizuki clan. They thereafter travel with the General of the defeated Akizuki clan, Makabe Rokurōta, while escorting Princess Yuki Akizuki and what remains of her family's gold to a secret territory. In order to keep her identity secret, Yuki poses as a mute. During the mission, the peasants impede it and sometimes try to seize the gold. They are later joined by a farmer’s daughter, whom they acquire from a slave-trader. Eventually, they are captured and held by Rokurōta's rival; but the latter unexpectedly sides with the Princess and Rokurōta. The peasants stumble upon the gold, but are later captured; whereupon Rokurōta explains Yuki's true identity, and states that all of the gold has been used to restore her family's domain. The peasants are then dispatched, taking a single ryō. In the final scene, Tahei gives this to Matashichi to protect; but Matashichi allows Tahei to keep it." Does that sound anything like Star Wars? No, it doesnt'. The only significant resemblence between the two stories is that Stars Wars is initially told from the vantage point of two minor characters and there is a princess with a mission. Everything else is different. *sigh* I disagree, but its clear this is going to go no where. You know, there was almost a break through there. [/QUOTE]

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