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Star Wars Origins: The Dam Busters - Side by Side Scene Comparison

The Non-Conformist · 607.9K views · 2014-08-12 · 2:38

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A three-minute side-by-side comparison of scenes from Star Wars (1977) and the WWII film The Dam Busters (1955). It shows how closely the Death Star trench run mirrors the earlier film.

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buildsjets · 2025-01 · Reference

How about a space battle scene with and without CGI? Compare "The Dam Busters" from 1955 with propeller airplanes to "A New Hope" with X-wings, title says 1977 but I think this is one of the enhanced editions: [VIDEO]

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buildsjets · 2024-11 · Reference

Virtually the entire Battle of Yavin was directly copied from the old WWII movie “The Dambusters”. The dialog, the planning scenes, the special targeting device, the trench run, the sequence of battle, Lucas pretty much ganked it all. [VIDEO]

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krapp · 2019-08 · Reference

The Death Star sequence (specifically the trench run) was based on, and sometimes lifted scene for scene from the 1955 movie "The Dam Busters." [0,1]. Substitute these experimental "bouncing bombs"[2] for Luke force-bending proton torpedoes and you have the end of Star Wars. [0] [LINK] [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]

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