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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/110402740981922508">Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 04:48:58 JST</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands" title="inthehands@hachyderm.io"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/53259-48-20231130154634.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Paul Cantrell" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Paul Cantrell</a></section><article><p>I’d heard in the past that the plot of the original Star Wars was inspired by Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress, and…sure? In some specific ways? If you squint?</p><p>But I just recently read that the costume designers specifically modeled the Imperial helmets after Samurai helmets and…it’s kind of blowing my mind.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/1559120#notice-3089697">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-05-21T04:48:58+09:00" title="Sunday, 21-May-2023 04:48:58 JST">Sunday, 21-May-2023 04:48:58 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/110402740981922508" rel="external" title="Sent from hachyderm.io via ActivityPub">hachyderm.io</a></span></span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/110402740981922508">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1035794">A Samurai helmet: aged metal, scary mask with hollow eyes and a menacing mouth, rounded top with a slight visor, long flared neck guard extending around the sides and back</a></label><br><a href="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/110/402/723/662/806/071/original/5894eabd1493b00e.jpg" rel="external">https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/110/402/723/662/806/071/original/5894eabd1493b00e.jpg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1035795">Darth Vader’s helmet, showing striking similarities: hollow eyes, ventilator creating a menacing mouth, rounded top with a slight visor, long flared neck guard extending around the sides and back</a></label><br><a href="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/110/402/723/804/826/008/original/909ee09b92147c8c.jpg" rel="external">https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/110/402/723/804/826/008/original/909ee09b92147c8c.jpg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1035796">An elaborately decorated Samurai helmet (no mask) with engravings, prominent flared decorations, elaborate detail — but again, the rounded top and the long flare extending back behind the neck</a></label><br><a href="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/110/402/724/104/179/156/original/f568189a910c5b5b.jpg" rel="external">https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/110/402/724/104/179/156/original/f568189a910c5b5b.jpg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1035797">Death Star troopers wearing shiny black helmets — no elaborate details or decorations, but the same underlying form of the round top and the long, flared neck guard extending back</a></label><br><a href="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/110/402/724/563/669/580/original/6a516c1eaf16f346.png" rel="external">https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/110/402/724/563/669/580/original/6a516c1eaf16f346.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 04:48:58 JST Paul Cantrell
I’d heard in the past that the plot of the original Star Wars was inspired by Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress, and…sure? In some specific ways? If you squint?
But I just recently read that the costume designers specifically modeled the Imperial helmets after Samurai helmets and…it’s kind of blowing my mind.
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